Select a letter for some words
Y
Something shaped like the letter ; a forked piece resembling in form the letter .
Y
I.
Ya
Yea.
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.
Yakamilk
See , 3 .
Yakare
Same as .
Yakut
The Turkish language of the Yakuts, a Mongolian people of northeastern Siberia, which is lingua franca over much of eastern Siberia.
Yamma
The llama.
Yamp
An umbelliferous plant (); also, its small fleshy roots, which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho to California.
Yank
A jerk or twitch.
Yank
To twitch; to jerk.
Yank
An abbreviation of .
Yaourt
A fermented drink, or milk beer, made by the Turks.
Yapon
Same as .
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; .
Yare
Ready; dexterous; eager; lively; quick to move.
Yarke
Same as .
Yarrow
An American and European composite plant () 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 , and .
Yaud
See .
Yaul
See .
Yauper
One who, or that which, yaups.
Yaw
To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
yawd
A jade; an old horse or mare.
Yawningly
In a yawning manner.
Yawp
See .
Y current
The current through one branch of the star arrangement of a three-phase circuit.
Ye
Yea; yes.
Yea
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; .
Yeara
The California poison oak (). See under ,
Yearth
The earth.
Yede
Went. See .
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.
Yellowammer
See .
Yellow-covered
Covered or bound in yellow paper.
Yellowseed
A kind of pepper grass ().
Yellowtail
Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus ; especially, the large California species () which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish; -- called also , and .
Yellowtop
A kind of grass, perhaps a species of .
Yelper
An animal that yelps, or makes a yelping noise.
Yeman
A yeoman.
Yend
To throw; to cast.
Yeorling
The European yellow-hammer.
Yer
Ere; before.
Yest
See .
Yesternight
On the last night.
Yghe
Eye.
Yieldable
Disposed to yield or comply.
Yieldless
Without yielding; unyielding.
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.
Yive
To give.
Ylang-ylang
See .
Y level
See under ,
Yllanraton
The agouara.
Ymaked
Made.
Yoga
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.
Yogism
Yoga, or its practice.
Yojan
A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five.
Yoke-toed
Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers.
Yon
At a distance, but within view; yonder.
Yonder
Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon.
Yonker
A young fellow; a younker.
Young
The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.
Youngling
A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life.
Youngly
Like a young person or thing; young; youthful.
Youngly
In a young manner; in the period of youth; early in life.
Youpon
Same as .
Your
The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun .
Youthful
Not yet mature or aged; young.
Youthhood
The quality or state of being a youth; the period of youth.
Youthly
Young; youthful.
Youze
The cheetah.
Yowe
A ewe.
Yowl
To utter a loud, long, and mournful cry, as a dog; to howl; to yell.
Yox
See .
Ypight
See .
Ypres lace
Fine bobbin lace made at in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace.
Yronne
Run.
Ythrowe
of Throw.
Yttria
The oxide, , or earth, of yttrium.
yucky
repugnant or distasteful.
Yufts
Russia leather.
Yux
See ,
Yvel
Evil; ill.