English words starting with Y

y chromosome

1. noun: the sex chromosome that is carried by men; "human males normally have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome"

y-axis

1. noun: the vertical axis in a plane coordinate system

y-linked gene

1. noun: a gene located on a Y chromosome

y-shaped

1. adjective: shaped in the form of the letter Y

y'all

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y'know

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ya

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yacca

1. noun: West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves

yacca podocarp

1. noun: West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves

yacht

1. noun: an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
2. verb: travel in a yacht

yacht chair

1. noun: a light folding armchair for outdoor use

yacht club

1. noun: club that promotes and supports yachting and boating

yacht race

1. noun: a race between crews of people in yachts

yachted

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yachting

1. noun: water travel for pleasure

yachting cap

1. noun: a cap with a flat circular top and a visor

yachts

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yachtsman

1. noun: a person who owns or sails a yacht

yachtsmen

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yachtswoman

1. noun: a person who owns or sails a yacht

yachtswomen

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yack

1. noun: noisy talk
2. verb: talk incessantly and tiresomely

yack away

1. verb: talk incessantly and tiresomely

yada

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yafo

1. noun: a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950

yagi

1. noun: a sharply directional antenna

yagi aerial

1. noun: a sharply directional antenna

yahi

1. noun: a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California
2. noun: the Yanan language spoken by the Yahi

yahoo

1. noun: a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
2. noun: one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift

yahoos

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yahve

1. noun: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH

yahveh

1. noun: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH

yahwe

1. noun: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH

yahweh

1. noun: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH

yajur-veda

1. noun: a collection of sacrificial formulas and prayers

yak

1. noun: noisy talk
2. noun: large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated

yak butter

1. noun: butter made from yaks' milk

yak's milk

1. noun: the milk of a yak

yakety-yak

1. noun: noisy talk

yakima

1. noun: a town in south central Washington

yakked

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yakking

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yaks

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yakut

1. noun: a member of a Turkic people of northeastern Siberia (mainly in the Lena river basin)
2. noun: the Turkic language spoken by the Yakut

yakuza

1. noun: a Japanese gangster
2. noun: organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises

yale

1. noun: a university in Connecticut
2. noun: English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721)

yale university

1. noun: a university in Connecticut

yalta

1. noun: a resort city in Crimea in the southern Ukraine on the Black Sea; site of the Allied conference between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill in February 1945

yalta conference

1. noun: a conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe

yaltopya

1. noun: Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia

yalu

1. noun: river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China)

yalu river

1. noun: river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China)
2. noun: a battle in the Korean War (November 1950); when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River 200,000 Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back

yam

1. noun: edible tuber of any of several yams
2. noun: any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots

yam bean

1. noun: twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
2. noun: Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young and young pods must be thoroughly cooked; pods and seeds also yield rotenone and oils

yam family

1. noun: yams

yam plant

1. noun: any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots

yama

1. noun: Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld

yamaltu

1. noun: a three-tone Chadic language

yamamoto

1. noun: Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943)

yamani

1. noun: Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930)

yammer

1. verb: cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert"
2. verb: complain whiningly

yammered

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yammerer

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yammerers

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yammering

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yammers

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yamoussukro

1. noun: capital of the Ivory Coast

yams

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yana

1. noun: a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California
2. noun: the Yanan language spoken by the Yana

yanan

1. noun: a language group of the Hokan family

yang

1. noun: the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology; "yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence"

yang chen ning

1. noun: United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Tsung Dao Lee in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1922)

yangon

1. noun: the capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta

yangtze

1. noun: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai

yangtze kiang

1. noun: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai

yangtze river

1. noun: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai

yank

1. noun: an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
2. noun: an American (especially to non-Americans)

yanked

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yankee

1. noun: an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
2. noun: an American who lives in New England

yankee corn

1. noun: corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm

yankee-doodle

1. noun: an American (especially to non-Americans)

yanker

1. noun: someone who gives a strong sudden pull

yanking

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yanks

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yanquapin

1. noun: water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds

yaounde

1. noun: the capital of Cameroon

yap

1. noun: informal terms for the mouth
2. verb: bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped"

yap away

1. verb: talk incessantly and tiresomely

yapped

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yapping

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yaps

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yard

1. noun: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
2. noun: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"

yard bird

1. noun: a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks
2. noun: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

yard donkey

1. noun: a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road

yard goods

1. noun: merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard

yard grass

1. noun: coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere

yard line

1. noun: in football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field

yard marker

1. noun: (football) a marker indicating the yard line

yard measure

1. noun: a ruler or tape that is three feet long

yard sale

1. noun: an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises

yard-long bean

1. noun: South American bean having very long succulent pods

yardage

1. noun: distance measured in the aggregate number of yards; "what is the yardage of this golf course?"

yardages

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yardarm

1. noun: either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship

yardarms

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yardbird

1. noun: a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks
2. noun: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

yardbird parker

1. noun: United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955)

yarder

1. noun: (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards; "the golfer hit a 300-yarder to the green"
2. noun: a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road

yardgrass

1. noun: coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere

yardie

1. noun: member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence; "A much publicized raid on a yardie stronghold had first been simulated at Riot City"

yardman

1. noun: worker in a railway yard
2. noun: a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)

yardmaster

1. noun: a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard

yardmasters

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yardmen

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yards

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yardstick

1. noun: a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?"
2. noun: a ruler or tape that is three feet long

yardsticks

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yarmelke

1. noun: a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer)

yarmulka

1. noun: a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer)

yarmulke

1. noun: a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer)