| Y: | Y the twentyfifth letter of the English alphabet at the beginning of a word or syllable except when a prefix see Y is usually a fricative vocal consonant as a prefix and usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable it is a vowel See Guide to Pronunciation sectsect 145 1789 272 |
| Y: | Something shaped like the letter Y a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y |
| Y: | I |
| Y: | A prefix of obscure meaning originally used with verbs adverbs adjectives nouns and pronouns In the Middle English period it was little employed except with verbs being chiefly used with past participles though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped or yclept is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this use |
| Ya: | Yea |
| Yacare: | A South American crocodilian Jacare sclerops resembling the alligator in size and habits The eye orbits are connected together and surrounded by prominent bony ridges Called also spectacled alligator and spectacled cayman |
| Yacca: | A West Indian name for two large timber trees Podocarpus coriaceus and Podocarpus Purdicanus of the Yew family The wood which is much used is pale brownish with darker streaks |
| Yacht: | A light and elegantly furnished vessel used either for private parties of pleasure or as a vessel of state to convey distinguished persons from one place to another a seagoing vessel used only for pleasure trips racing etc |
| Yacht: | To manage a yacht to voyage in a yacht |
| Yachter: | One engaged in sailing a jacht |
| Yachting: | Sailing for pleasure in a yacht |
| Yachtman: | See Yachtsman |
| Yachtsman: | One who owns or sails a yacht a yachter |
| Yaf: | Gave See Give |
| Yaffingale: | The yaffle |
| Yaffle: | The European green woodpecker Picus viridis syn Genius viridis It is noted for its loud laughlike note Called also eccle hewhole highhoe laughing bird popinjay rain bird yaffil yaffler yaffingale yappingale yackel and woodhack |
| Yager: | In the German army one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles resembling the chasseur of the French army |
| Yaguarundi: | Same as Jaguarondi |
| Yahoo: | One of a race of filthy brutes in Swifts bdGullivers Travelsb8 See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction |
| Yahweh: | A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated Jehovah in the Bible used by some critics to discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the Christian Jehovah Yahweh or Yahwe is the spelling now generally adopted by scholars |
| Yahwism: | The religion or worship of Yahweh Jehovah or the system of doctrines etc connected with it |
| Yahwist: | The author of the passages of the Old Testament esp those of the Hexateuch in which God is styled Yahweh or Jehovah the author of the Yahwistic or Jehovistic Prophetic Document J also the document itself |
| dYajurVeda: | See Veda |
| Yak: | A bovine mammal Po89phagus grunnies native of the high plains of Central Asia Its neck the outer side of its legs and its flanks are covered with long flowing fine hair Its tail is long and bushy often white and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China There are several domesticated varieties some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks Called also chauri gua grunting cow grunting ox sarlac sarlik and sarluc |
| Yakamilk: | See Trumpeter 3 a |
| Yakare: | Same as Yacare |
| Yakin: | A large Asiatic antelope Budorcas taxicolor native of the higher parts of the Himalayas and other lofty mountains Its head and neck resemble those of the ox and its tail is like that of the goat Called also budorcas |
| Yakoots: | Ethnol A nomadic Mongolian tribe native of Northern Siberia and supposed to be of Turkish stock They are mainly pastoral in their habits |
| dYaksha: | A kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera the god of wealth |
| Yakut: | The Turkish language of the Yakuts a Mongolian people of northeastern Siberia which is lingua franca over much of eastern Siberia |
| Yalah: | The oil of the mahwa tree |
| Yam: | A large esculent farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea also the plants themselves Mostly natives of warm climates The plants have nettedveined petioled leaves and pods with three broad wings The commonest species is Dioscorea sativa but several others are cultivated |
| dYama: | The king of the infernal regions corresponding to the Greek Pluto and also the judge of departed souls In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all and the tormentor of the wicked He is represented as of a green color with red garments having a crown on his head his eyes inflamed and sitting on a buffalo with a club and noose in his hands |
| Yamen: | In China the official headquarters or residence of a mandarin including court rooms offices gardens prisons etc the place where the business of any public department is transcated |
| Yamma: | The llama |
| Yamp: | An umbelliferous plant Carum Gairdneri also its small fleshy roots which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho to California |
| Yang: | The cry of the wild goose a honk |
| Yang: | To make the cry of the wild goose |
| yang: | one of the two fundamental principles See yin and yang |
| Yank: | A jerk or twitch |
| Yank: | To twitch to jerk |
| Yank: | An abbreviation of Yankee |
| Yankee: | A nickname for a native or citizen of New England especially one descended from old New England stock by extension an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner also applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States |
| Yankee: | Of or pertaining to a Yankee characteristic of the Yankees |
| YankeeDoodle: | The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the national airs of the United States |
| Yankeeism: | A Yankee idiom word custom or the like |
| dYaourt: | A fermented drink or milk beer made by the Turks |
| Yap: | To bark to yelp |
| Yap: | A bark a yelp |
| Yapock: | A South American aquatic opossum Chironectes variegatus found in Guiana and Brazil Its hind feet are webbed and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing Called also water opossum |
| Yapon: | Same as Yaupon |
| Yarage: | The power of moving or being managed at sea said with reference to a ship |
| Yard: | To confine cattle to the yard to shut up or keep in a yard as to yard cows |
| Yardarm: | Either half of a squarerigged vessels yard6 from the center or mast to the end |
| Yardful: | As much as a yard will contain enough to fill a yard |
| Yardland: | A measure of land of uncertain quantity varying from fifteen to forty acres a virgate |
| Yardstick: | A stick three feet or a yard in length used as a measure of cloth etc |
| Yardwand: | A yardstick |
| Yare: | Ready dexterous eager lively quick to move |
| Yare: | Soon |
| Yarely: | In a yare manner |
| Yark: | To yerk |
| Yarke: | Same as Saki |
| Yarnen: | Made of yarn consisting of yarn |
| Yarnut: | See Yernut |
| Yarr: | To growl or snarl as a dog |
| Yarrish: | Having a rough dry taste |
| Yarrow: | An American and European composite plant Achillea Millefolium with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers It has a strong and somewhat aromatic odor and taste and is sometimes used in making beer or is dried for smoking Called also milfoil and nosebleed |
| Yarwhip: | The European bartailed godwit called also yardkeep and yarwhelp See Godwit |
| Yataghan: | A long knife or short saber common among Mohammedan nations usually having a double curve sometimes nearly straight |
| Yate: | A gate See 1st Gate |
| Yaud: | See Yawd |
| Yaul: | See Yawl |
| Yaulp: | To yaup |
| Yaup: | To cry out like a child to yelp |
| Yauper: | One who or that which yaups |
| Yaupon: | A shrub Ilex Cassine of the Holly family native from Virginia to Florida The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina Called also SouthSea tea |
| Yautia: | In Puerto Rico any of several araceous plants or their starchy edible roots which are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes as the taro |
| Yaw: | To rise in blisters breaking in white froth as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works |
| Yaw: | To steer wild or out of the line of her course to deviate from her course as when struck by a heavy sea said of a ship |
| Yaw: | A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course a deviation from a straight course in steering |
| yawd: | A jade an old horse or mare |
| yawl: | A small ships boat usually rowed by four or six oars |
| Yawl: | To cry out like a dog or cat to howl to yell |
| Yawlrigged: | Having two masts with foreandaft sails but differing from a schooner in that the after mast is very small and stepped as far aft as possible See Illustration in Appendix |
| Yawn: | An involuntary act excited by drowsiness etc consisting of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at inspiration the mouth fauces etc being wide open |
| Yawningly: | In a yawning manner |
| Yawp: | See Yaup |
| Yaws: | A disease occurring in the Antilles and in Africa characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors of a contagious character which in shape and appearance often resemble currants strawberries or raspberries There are several varieties of this disease variously known as frambd2sia pian verrugas and crabyaws |
| Yawweed: | A low shrubby rubiaceous plant Morinda Royoc growing along the seacoast of the West Indies It has small white odorous flowers |
| YazooFraud: | The grant by the State of Georgia by Act of Jan 7 1795 of 35000000 acres of her western territory for 500000 to four companies known as the Yazoo Companies from the region granted commonly so called the act being known as the Yazoo Frauds Act because of alleged corruption of the legislature every member but one being a shareholder in one or more of the companies The act granting the land was repealed in 1796 by a new legislature and the repealing provision was incorporated in the State constitution in 1798 In 1802 the territory was ceded to the United States The claims of the purchasers whom Georgia had refused to compensate were sustained by the United States Supreme Court which 1810 declared the repealing act of 1796 unconstitutional Congress in 1814 ordered the lands sold and appropriated 5000000 to pay the claims |
| Ybe: | Been |
| Ycleped: | Called named obsolete except in archaic or humorous writings |
| Ycurrent: | The current through one branch of the star arrangement of a threephase circuit |
| Ydo: | Done |
| Ydrad: | Dreaded |
| Ysupresupr: | an old method of printing the article the AS the bdyb8 being used in place of the AngloSaxon thorn yc7 See The and Thorn n 4 |
| Y: | An eye |
| Ye: | The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case |
| Ye: | Yea yes |
| Yea: | An affirmative vote one who votes in the affirmative as a vote by yeas and nays |
| Yead: | Properly a variant of the defective imperfect yode but sometimes mistaken for a present See the Note under Yede |
| Yean: | To bring forth young as a goat or a sheep to ean |
| Yeanling: | A lamb or a kid an eanling |
| yearbug: | an error in the coding of certain computer programs in which the year portion of dates was represented by only two decimal digits assuming that the first two digits are bd19b8 In such a program the the year 1975 is represented as bd75b8 This was a common practise in computer programming even into the 1990s as many programmers failed to consider that their programs would be used after the year 1999 Thus with such a program a person born in 2000 would be considered as 101 years old in 2001 many different serious problems as various as the programs could be caused by such an error |
| yearcompliant: | having dates fully and properly represented and not susceptible to failure due to the year 2000 bug |
| Yeara: | The California poison oak Rhus diversiloba See under Poison a |
| Yearbook: | A book published yearly any annual report or summary of the statistics or facts of a year designed to be used as a reference book as the Congregational Yearbook |
| Yeared: | Containing years having existed or continued many years aged |
| Yearling: | An animal one year old or in the second year of its age applied chiefly to cattle sheep and horses |
| Yearling: | Being a year old |
| Yearly: | Annually once a year to year as blessings yearly bestowed |
| Yearn: | To pain to grieve to vex |
| Yearn: | To be pained or distressed to grieve to mourn |
| Yearn: | To curdle as milk |
| Yearn: | To be filled with longing desire to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing or feeling the want of a thing to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness to long to be eager |
| Yearnful: | Desirous |
| Yearningly: | With yearning |
| Yearnings: | The maws or stomachs of young calves used as a rennet for curdling milk |
| Yearspurchase: | The amount that is yielded by the annual income of property used in expressing the value of a thing in the number of years required for its income to yield its purchase price in reckoning the amount to be paid for annuities etc |
| Yearth: | The earth |
| Yeastbitten: | A term used of beer when the froth of the yeast has re89ntered the body of the beer |
| Yeastiness: | The quality or state of being yeasty or frothy |
| Yeasty: | Frothy foamy spumy like yeast |
| Yedding: | The song of a minstrel hence any song |
| Yede: | Went See Yode |
| Yeel: | An eel |
| Yeldhall: | Guildhall |
| Yeldrin: | The yellowhammer called also yeldrock and yoldrin |
| Yelk: | Same as Yolk |
| Yell: | To cry out or shriek with a hideous noise to cry or scream as with agony or horror |
| Yell: | To utter or declare with a yell to proclaim in a loud tone |
| Yell: | A sharp loud hideous outcry |
| Yellow: | Being of a bright saffronlike color of the color of gold or brass having the hue of that part of the rainbow or of the solar spectrum which is between the orange and the green |
| Yellow: | A bright golden color reflecting more light than any other except white the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green |
| Yellow: | To make yellow to cause to have a yellow tinge or color to dye yellow |
| Yellow: | To become yellow or yellower |
| Yellowammer: | See Yellowhammer |
| Yellowbill: | The American scoter |
| Yellowbird: | The American goldfinch or thistle bird See Goldfinch |
| YellowBook: | In France an official government publication bound in yellow covers |
| Yellowcovered: | Covered or bound in yellow paper |
| Yelloweyed: | Having yellow eyes |
| Yellowfin: | A large squeteague |
| Yellowfish: | A rock trout Pleurogrammus monopterygius found on the coast of Alaska called also striped fish and Atka mackerel |
| Yellowgolds: | A certain plant probably the yellow oxeye |
| Yellowhammer: | A common European finch Emberiza citrinella The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast neck and sides of the head with the back yellow and brown and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish Called also yellow bunting scribbling lark and writing lark |
| Yellowing: | The act or process of making yellow |
| Yellowish: | Somewhat yellow as amber is of a yellowish color |
| Yellowlegs: | Any one of several species of longlegged sandpipers of the genus Totanus in which the legs are bright yellow called also stone snipe tattler telltale yellowshanks and yellowshins See Tattler 2 |
| Yellowness: | The quality or state of being yellow as the yellowness of an orange |
| Yellowroot: | Any one of several plants with yellow roots |
| Yellowpages: | a telephone book or part of a book in which the telephone numbers and often advertisements of business enterprises are listed in numerous sections organized by the category of the business the categories themselves being arranged alphabetically a classified telephone directory So called because for many years the listing thus organized was printed on yellow paper to distinguish it from the white pages containing the names of individuals listed alphabetically by last name The yellow pages are usually bound together with the white pages in the telephone book distributed by the telephone company to its subscribers The name was adopted by companies not affiliated with the telephone company for the classified business directories that they sell |
| Yellows: | A disease of the bile in horses cattle and sheep causing yellowness of the eyes jaundice |
| Yellowseed: | A kind of pepper grass Lepidium campestre |
| Yellowshanks: | See Yellolegs |
| Yellowtail: | Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus Seriola especially the large California species Seriola dorsalis which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds and is highly esteemed as a food fish called also cavasina and white salmon |
| Yellowthroat: | Any one of several species of American ground warblers of the genus Geothlypis esp the Maryland yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas which is a very common species |
| Yellowtop: | A kind of grass perhaps a species of Agrostis |
| Yellowwood: | The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees also any one of the trees themselves Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria an American leguminous tree the several species of prickly ash Xanthoxylum the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana a tree related to the mahogany certain South African species of Podocarpus trees related to the yew the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia and the true satinwood Chloroxylon Swietenia All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber |
| Yellowwort: | A European yellowflowered gentianaceous Chlora perfoliata The whole plant is intensely bitter and is sometimes used as a tonic and also in dyeing yellow |
| Yelp: | A sharp quick cry a bark |
| Yelper: | An animal that yelps or makes a yelping noise |
| Yelting: | The Florida and West Indian red snapper Lutianus aya also sometimes one of certain other allied species as Lutianus caxis |
| Yeman: | A yeoman |
| dYen: | The unit of value and account in Japan The yen is equal to 100 sen From Japans adoption of the gold standard in 1897 to about 1913 the value of the yen was about 50 cents In 1997 and 1998 the value of the yen varied from 80 per U S dollar to 120 per dollar |
| Yend: | To throw to cast |
| Yenite: | A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals also called ilvaite |
| Yeomanlike: | Resembling or suitable to a yeoman yeomanly |
| Yeomanly: | Pertaining to a yeoman becoming or suitable to a yeoman yeomanlike |
| Yeomanry: | The position or rank of a yeoman |
| Yeorling: | The European yellowhammer |
| Yer: | Ere before |
| dYerba: | An herb a plant |
| Yerd: | See 1st 2d Yard |
| Yerk: | To throw out the heels to kick to jerk |
| Yerk: | A sudden or quick thrust or motion a jerk |
| Yern: | See 3d Yearn |
| Yern: | Eager brisk quick active |
| Yerne: | Eagerly briskly quickly |
| Yernut: | An earthnut or groundnut See Groundnut d |
| Yerst: | See Erst |
| Yes: | Ay yea a word which expresses affirmation or consent opposed to no |
| Yest: | See Yeast |
| Yester: | Last last past next before of or pertaining to yesterday |
| Yesterday: | On the day last past on the day preceding today as the affair took place yesterday |
| Yestereve: | The evening of yesterday the evening last past |
| Yestermorn: | The morning of yesterday |
| Yestern: | Of or pertaining to yesterday relating to the day last past |
| Yesternight: | The last night the night last past |
| Yesternight: | On the last night |
| Yesternoon: | The noon of yesterday the noon last past |
| Yesterweek: | The week last past last week |
| Yesteryear: | The year last past last year |
| Yestreen: | Yesterevening yesternight last night |
| Yesty: | See Yeasty |
| Yet: | Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus or Cymba a boat shell |
| Yet: | Nevertheless notwithstanding however |
| Yeve: | To give |
| Yeven: | Given |
| Yew: | See Yaw |
| Yew: | Of or pertaining to yew trees made of the wood of a yew tree as a yew whipstock |
| Yewen: | Made of yew as yewen bows |
| Yex: | To hiccough |
| Yex: | A hiccough |
| Yezdegerdian: | Of or pertaining to Yezdegerd the last Sassanian monarch of Persia who was overthrown by the Mohammedans as the Yezdegerdian era which began on the 16th of June a d 632 The era is still used by the Parsees |
| Yezdi: | Same as Izedi |
| Yezidee: | Same as Izedi |
| Yfere: | Together See Ifere |
| Ygdrasyl: | See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction |
| Yghe: | Eye |
| Ygo: | Gone |
| Yground: | p p of Grind |
| Yholde: | p p of Hold |
| Yid: | A Jew now 1998 usually considered offensive or contemptuous |
| Yiddish: | A language used by German and other Jews being a Middle German dialect developed under Hebrew and Slavic influence It is written in Hebrew characters |
| Yiddisher: | A Yid |
| Yield: | To give up the contest to submit to surrender to succumb |
| Yield: | Amount yielded product applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation |
| Yieldable: | Disposed to yield or comply |
| Yieldance: | The act of producing yield as the yieldance of the earth |
| Yielder: | One who yields |
| Yielding: | Inclined to give way or comply flexible compliant accommodating as a yielding temper |
| Yieldless: | Without yielding unyielding |
| Yift: | Gift |
| Yin: | A Chinese weight of 2frac23 pounds |
| Yin: | one of the two fundamental principles See yin and yang |
| yinandyang: | the two fundamental principles one negative dark passive cold wet and feminine yin and the other yang positive bright active dry hot and masculine The interactions and balance of these forces in people and nature influence their behavior and fate |
| Yis: | Yes |
| Yit: | Yet |
| Yite: | The European yellowhammer |
| Yive: | To give |
| yl: | A suffix used as a characteristic termination of chemical radicals as in ethyl carbonyl hydroxyl etc |
| Ylangylang: | See Ihlangihlang |
| Yle: | Isle |
| Ylevel: | See under Y n |
| Yliche: | Like alike |
| Yllanraton: | The agouara |
| Ymaked: | Made |
| Ymel: | Among |
| Ynambu: | A South American tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens called also perdiz grande and rufous tinamou See Illust of Tinamou |
| Ynough: | Enough |
| Yockel: | The yaffle |
| Yode: | Went walked proceeded |
| Yodel: | To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers by suddenly changing from the head voice or falsetto to the chest voice and the contrary to warble |
| Yodel: | A song sung by yodeling as by the Swiss mountaineers |
| Yodler: | One who yodels |
| dYoga: | A species of asceticism among the Hindoos which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit and to acquire superhuman faculties |
| Yogi: | A follower of the yoga philosophy an ascetic |
| Yogism: | Yoga or its practice |
| Yoicks: | A cry of encouragement to foxhounds |
| Yoit: | The European yellowhammer |
| dYojan: | A measure of distance varying from four to ten miles but usually about five |
| Yoke: | To be joined or associated to be intimately connected to consort closely to mate |
| Yokeage: | See Rokeage |
| Yokefellow: | An associate or companion in or as in a mate a fellow especially a partner in marriage |
| Yokel: | A country bumpkin |
| Yokelet: | A small farm so called as requiring but one yoke of oxen to till it |
| Yokemate: | Same as Yokefellow |
| Yoketoed: | Having two toes in front and two behind as the trogons and woodpeckers |
| Yold: | Yielded |
| Yolden: | Yielded |
| Yoll: | To yell |
| Yom: | Day a Hebrew word used in the names of various Jewish feast days as Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement Yom Teruah lit day of shouting the Feast of Trumpets |
| YomKippur: | the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month Tishri according to the rites described in Leviticus xvi Also called Day of Atonement |
| Yon: | At a distance but within view yonder |
| Yon: | Yonder |
| Yoncopin: | A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus Nelumbo lutea |
| Yond: | Furious mad angry fierce |
| Yond: | Yonder |
| Yonder: | At a distance but within view |
| Yonder: | Being at a distance within view or conceived of as within view that or those there yon |
| dYoni: | The symbol under which Sakti or the personification of the female power in nature is worshiped Cf Lingam |
| Yonker: | A young fellow a younker |
| Yore: | In time long past in old time long since |
| Yorker: | A tice |
| Yorkrite: | The rite or ceremonial observed by one of the Masonic systems deriving its name from the city of York in England also the system itself which in England confers only the first three degrees |
| Yorkshire: | A county in the north of England |
| Yorkuse: | The one of the three printed uses of England which was followed in the north It was based on the Sarum use See Use n 6 |
| Yot: | To unite closely |
| Yote: | To pour water on to soak in or mix with water |
| You: | The pronoun of the second person in the nominative dative and objective case indicating the person or persons addressed See the Note under Ye |
| Youl: | To yell to yowl |
| Young: | The offspring of animals either a single animal or offspring collectively |
| Youngger: | One who is younger an inferior in age a junior |
| Youngish: | Somewhat young |
| Youngling: | A young person a youth also any animal in its early life |
| Youngling: | Young youthful |
| Youngly: | Like a young person or thing young youthful |
| Youngly: | In a young manner in the period of youth early in life |
| YoungMensChristianAssociation: | An organization for promoting the spiritual intellectual social and physical welfare of young men founded June 6 1844 by George Williams knighted therefor by Queen Victoria in London In 1851 it extended to the United States and Canada and in 1855 representatives of similar organizations throughout Europe and America formed an international body The movement has successfully expanded not only among young men in general but also specifically among railroad men in the army and navy with provision for Indians and negroes and a full duplication of all the various lines of oepration in the boys departments It currently 1998 maintains buildings which usually have both recreational facilities and dormitories for dwelling It is usually called by its acronym YMCA See also the similar organizations Young Womens Christian Association and YMHA |
| Youngness: | The quality or state of being young |
| Youngone: | A young human being a child also a young animal as a colt |
| Youngster: | A young person a youngling a lad |
| Youngth: | Youth |
| Youngthly: | Pertaining to or resembling youth youthful |
| Youngun: | A young human being a contraction of young one |
| YoungWomensChristianAssociation: | An organization for promoting the spiritual intellectual social and economic welfare of young women originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnairds home for young women and Miss Emma Roberts prayer union for young womenin England which were combined in the year 1884 as a national association Now nearly all the civilized countries and esp the United States have local national and international organizations See also the similar organizations Young Mens Christian Association and YMHA |
| Younker: | A young person a stripling a yonker |
| Youpon: | Same as Yaupon |
| Your: | The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you |
| Yours: | See the Note under Your |
| Yourself: | An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person used as a subject commonly with you as you yourself shall see it also alone in the predicate either in the nominative or objective case as you have injured yourself |
| Youthful: | Not yet mature or aged young |
| Youthhood: | The quality or state of being a youth the period of youth |
| Youthly: | Young youthful |
| Youthsome: | Youthful |
| Youthy: | Young |
| Youze: | The cheetah |
| Yow: | You |
| Yowe: | A ewe |
| Yowl: | To utter a loud long and mournful cry as a dog to howl to yell |
| Yowl: | A loud protracted and mournful cry as that of a dog a howl |
| Yowley: | The European yellowhammer |
| Yox: | See Yex |
| Ypight: | See Pight |
| Ypocras: | Hippocras |
| Ypreslace: | Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium usually exactly like Valenciennes lace |
| Ypsiliform: | Resembling the in appearance said of the germinal spot in the ripe egg at one of the stages of fecundation |
| Ypsiloid: | In the form of the letter Y Yshaped |
| Yraft: | Bereft |
| Yren: | Iron |
| Yronne: | Run |
| Ysame: | Together |
| Ysuprtsupr: | an old method of printing that AS the bdyb8 taking the place of the old letter bdthornb8 Ye the |
| Ythrowe: | p p of Throw |
| Ytterbic: | Pertaining to or derived from ytterbium containing ytterbium |
| Ytterbium: | 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 1732 Cf Yttrium |
| Yttria: | The oxide Y2O3 or earth of yttrium |
| Yttric: | Pertaining to derived from or containing yttrium |
| Yttriferous: | Bearing or containing yttrium or the allied elements as gadolinite is one of the yttriferous minerals |
| Yttrious: | Same as Yttric |
| Yttrium: | A rare metallic element of the boronaluminium group found in gadolinite and other rare minerals and extracted as a dark gray powder Symbol Y Atomic number 39 Atomic weight 889 |
| Yttrocerite: | A mineral of a violetblue color inclining to gray and white It is a hydrous fluoride of cerium yttrium and calcium |
| Yttrocolumbite: | A tantalate of uranium yttrium and calcium of a brown or black color |
| dYu: | Jade |
| Yucca: | See Flicker n 2 |
| dYucca: | A genus of American liliaceous sometimes arborescent plants having long pointed and often rigid leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms |
| Yuccaborer: | A California boring weevil Yuccaborus frontalis |
| Yuck: | To itch |
| Yuck: | To scratch |
| yuck: | an interjection expressing repugnance or distaste |
| yuck: | a laugh also a joke or gag usually used in the plural as the skit got lots of yucks |
| Yuckel: | Same as Yockel |
| yuckfactor: | a reaction of repugnance or distaste used in discussion of acceptability of proposed new foods medicines etc among potential consumers or patients |
| yucky: | repugnant or distasteful |
| Yuen: | The crowned gibbon Hylobates pileatus native of Siam Southern China and the Island of Hainan It is entirely arboreal in its habits and has very long arms the males are dark brown or blackish with a caplike mass of long dark hair and usually with a white band around the face The females are yellowish white with a dark spot on the breast and another on the crown Called also wooyen and wooyen ape |
| Yufts: | Russia leather |
| Yug: | Any one of the four ages Krita or Satya Treta Dwapara and Kali into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world |
| Yuke: | Same as Yuck |
| Yulan: | A species of Magnolia Magnolia conspicua with large white blossoms that open before the leaves See the Note under Magnolia |
| Yule: | Christmas or Christmastide the feast of the Nativity of our Savior |
| Yuletide: | Christmas time Christmastide the season of Christmas |
| Yuman: | Designating or pertaining to an important linguistic stock of North American Indians of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico nearly all agriculturists and adept potters and basket makers Their usual dwelling is the brush wikiup and in their native state they wear little clothing The Yuma Maricopa Mohave Walapi and Yavapai are among the chief tribes all of fine physique |
| Yumas: | A tribe of Indians native of Arizona and the adjacent parts of Mexico and California They are agricultural and cultivate corn wheat barley melons etc |
| yummy: | very pleasing or attractive especially pleasing to the taste delicious scrumptious |
| Yunca: | An Indian of a linguistic stock of tribes of the Peruvian coast who had a developed agricultural civilization at the advent of the Spaniards before which they had been conquered by the Incas They constructed irrigation canals which are still in use adorned their buildings with basreliefs and frescoes and were skilled goldsmiths and silversmiths |
| dYunx: | A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks |
| Yupon: | Same as Yaupon |
| yuppie: | an ambitious young adult usually collegeeducated living in or near a large city with a professional career and an affluent lifestyle The u in the word is sometimes interpreted as meaning bdupwardly mobileb8 |
| Yux: | See Yex n |
| Yvel: | Evil ill |
| Ywar: | Aware wary |
| Ywis: | Certainly most likely truly probably |
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