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Y
Y, the twenty-fifth 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 , 145, 178-9, 272.
Yacht
To manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht.
Yaguarundi
Same as .
Yakamilk
See , 3 .
Yankee-Doodle
The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the national airs of the United States.
Yapon
Same as .
Yardstick
A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc.
Yarr
To growl or snarl as a dog.
Yawningly
In a yawning manner.
Yaw-weed
A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant () growing along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers.
Ye
The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.
year 2000 compliant
having dates fully and properly represented, and not susceptible to failure due to the .
Yearnings
The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used as a rennet for curdling milk.
Yeast-bitten
A term used of beer when the froth of the yeast has rentered the body of the beer.
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.
Yellowbird
The American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See .
Yellow Book
In France, an official government publication bound in yellow covers.
Yellowing
The act or process of making yellow.
Yellowlegs
Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus , in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also , , , ; and . See , 2.
Yellowtop
A kind of grass, perhaps a species of .
Yelper
An animal that yelps, or makes a yelping noise.
Yenite
A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals; -- also called .
Yeorling
The European yellow-hammer.
Yer
Ere; before.
Yerd
See 1st 2d .
Yerk
To throw out the heels; to kick; to jerk.
Yernut
An earthnut, or groundnut. See .
Yerst
See .
Yest
See .
Yesternight
On the last night.
Yeve
To give.
Yex
To hiccough.
Yezdi
Same as .
Yholde
of .
Yid
A Jew; -- now (1998) usually considered offensive or contemptuous.
Yield
Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
yin and yang
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.
Yite
The European yellow-hammer.
Yllanraton
The agouara.
Ymaked
Made.
Yodler
One who yodels.
Yogism
Yoga, or its practice.
Yoit
The European yellow-hammer.
Yokelet
A small farm; -- so called as requiring but one yoke of oxen to till it.
Yom Kippur
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 .
Yon
Yonder.
Yonker
A young fellow; a younker.
Youl
To yell; to yowl.
Youngish
Somewhat young.
Young Men's Christian Association
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 . See also the similar organizations and .
Youngness
The quality or state of being young.
Young one
A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt.
Youngthly
Pertaining to, or resembling, youth; youthful.
Yours
See the Note under .
Yowe
A ewe.
Yowl
To utter a loud, long, and mournful cry, as a dog; to howl; to yell.
Ypight
See .
Yren
Iron.
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 173.2. Cf. .
Yttria
The oxide, , or earth, of yttrium.
Yu
Jade.
Yucca
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.
Yuck
To itch.
yucky
repugnant or distasteful.
Yuen
The crowned gibbon (), 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 , and .
Yuletide
Christmas time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas.
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.
Yunx
A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.
Yux
See ,