| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| yachtsmen | plural | of Yachtsman |
| yachtsman | noun | One who owns or sails a yacht; a yachter. |
| yankeeism | noun | A Yankee idiom, word, custom, or the like. |
| yardstick | noun | A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc. |
| yawningly | adverb | In a yawning manner. |
| yearnings | noun pl. | The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used as a rennet for curdling milk. |
| yellowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Yellow, The act or process of making yellow. |
| yellowfin | noun | A large squeteague. |
| yellowish | adjective | Somewhat yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish color. |
| yellowtop | noun | A kind of grass, perhaps a species of Agrostis. |
| yesterday | noun | The day last past; the day next before the present., Fig.: A recent time; time not long past., On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday. |
| yestereve | noun | Alt. of Yester-evening |
| yieldable | adjective | Disposed to yield or comply. |
| yieldance | noun | The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth., The act of yielding; concession. |
| yieldless | adjective | Without yielding; unyielding. |
| yoke-toed | adjective | Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers. |
| yorkshire | noun | A county in the north of England. |
| youngling | noun | A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life., Young; youthful. |
| youngness | noun | The quality or state of being young. |
| youngster | noun | A young person; a youngling; a lad. |
| youngthly | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, youth; youthful. |
| youthhood | noun | The quality or state of being a youth; the period of youth. |
| youthsome | adjective | Youthful. |
| ytterbium | noun | A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf. Yttrium. |