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English words: yulan to yyyy

188 English words, part 12 of 12 of the words starting with Y, A to Z. 13 have a page of their own.

English words yulan to yyyy

  1. yulan noun: Magnolia denudata, a species of magnolia with large white blossoms that open before the leaves.
  2. yule interjection, noun /juːl/: A proclamation of joy at Christmas.
  3. Yule block noun: Yule log
  4. Yule bread noun: Synonym of Yule cake.
  5. Yule cake noun: A rich sweet bread with spices and currants, etc. traditionally made for Yuletide.
  6. yule cat noun: Alternative letter-case form of Yule cat
  7. Yule lad noun: One of several trolls, children of the ogress Grýla, who, according to Icelandic folktales, arrive one each day from December 12th through December 25, and...
  8. yule log noun: A large log traditionally burned on Christmas Eve.
  9. Yule-Simon distribution noun: A certain discrete probability distribution.
  10. Yule tree noun: A Christmas tree.
  11. Yule wreath noun: A yuletide decoration comprising a ring of greenery decorated with ribbons.
  12. yuletide noun /ˈjuːlˌtaɪd/: Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”).
  13. Yuletree noun: Alternative form of Yule tree.
  14. Yuli proper noun: An urban township in Hualien County, Taiwan.
  15. Yulia proper noun: A female given name from Russian, equivalent to English Julia.
  16. Yulin proper noun: A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
  17. yulo noun: A Chinese scull (oar)
  18. yuloh noun: A large, heavy sculling oar with a socket on the underside of its shaft to fits over a stern-mounted pin, creating a pivot that allows the oar to swivel and...
  19. Yulong proper noun: A Naxi autonomous county in Lijiang, Yunnan, China.
  20. yum adjective, interjection /jʌm/: Indicating delight at the flavor of food.
  21. yum cha noun: A traditional (usually daytime, sometimes nighttime) Chinese meal, consisting of several small courses (dim sum) and Chinese tea.
  22. yum yum interjection, noun: Alternative form of yum.
  23. yum yum sauce noun: A sauce made from mayonnaise and various spices.
  24. Yuma noun: The Quechan people and language
  25. Yuman adjective: Of or relating to a language family spoken by Native Americans in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
  26. Yumanist noun: A linguist who specialises in studying Yuman languages.
  27. yumberry noun: The yangmei, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit.
  28. yume noun, verb: Alternative form of yumeshipper.
  29. yume kawaii noun: An aesthetic of pastel-colored cute imagery.
  30. yumekawa noun: Alternative form of yume kawaii
  31. yumekawaii noun: Alternative form of yume kawaii
  32. Yumeko proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
  33. Yumen proper noun: A county-level city of Jiuquan, Gansu, China, formerly a county.
  34. yumeship noun, verb: To ship oneself with a fictional character.
  35. yumeshipper noun: Synonym of selfshipper
  36. yumi noun: A type of archery bow from Japan.
  37. Yumiko proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
  38. yumitori-shiki noun: The bow-twirling ceremony that closes each day of a tournament.
  39. yummers adjective: Yummy, delicious.
  40. yummies noun: delicious foods
  41. yummify verb: To make yummy.
  42. yummily adverb: In a yummy way.
  43. yumminess noun: The state or condition of being yummy.
  44. yummo adjective, interjection: Yum; yummy.
  45. yummy adjective, noun /ˈjʌm.i/: Delicious.
  46. yummy-licious adjective: Alternative spelling of yummylicious.
  47. yummy mummy noun: A mother who is sexually attractive.
  48. yummylicious adjective: extremely tasty or delicious
  49. yumoji noun: The traditional Japanese undergarment (like a loincloth or perizoma) for adult females; it may also be worn as a kimono underskirt, and as a single-layer...
  50. yump verb: To leave the ground briefly when driving over a ridge at high speed.
  51. yumpie noun: Synonym of yuppie.
  52. yumptious adjective: delicious, yummy
  53. yumtastic adjective /jʌmˈtæstɪk/: yummy; delicious
  54. Yun proper noun: A surname from Mandarin.
  55. Yuna proper noun: A town in Mid West, Western Australia, Australia.
  56. yunaconitine noun: Synonym of guayewuanine.
  57. Yunan proper noun: A county of Yunfu, Guangdong, China.
  58. Yunani noun: Alternative form of Unani.
  59. yunc noun: A young person who acts in an unusually mature or worldly manner; a young unc.
  60. Yuncheng proper noun: A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
  61. Yung proper noun: A surname.
  62. yunga noun: An area of forest in the eastern Andes, located between the highlands and eastern forests.
  63. yungan noun: The dugong.
  64. Yungang proper noun: A district of Datong, Shanxi, China.
  65. Yunis-Varon syndrome noun: A syndrome of cleidocranial dysplasia with micrognathia or absent thumbs and distal aphalangia.
  66. Yunker proper noun: A surname.
  67. Yunlin proper noun: A county in western Taiwan.
  68. yunluo noun: A traditional Chinese musical instrument, consisting of a set of tuned flat gongs in a frame, which are played with a stick; (sometimes) an individual gong,...
  69. Yunnan proper noun /juː(n)ˈnɑːn/: A province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam. Capital: Kunming.
  70. Yunnan camellia noun: A camellia of species Camellia reticulata or Camellia yunnanensis
  71. Yunnan keelback noun: Hebius parallelum, a species of snake found in India.
  72. Yunnan sudden death syndrome noun: A syndrome of sudden unexplained death from cardiac arrest, occurring among rural villagers in Yunnan province in southwest China, later found to be caused...
  73. Yunnanese adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the Chinese province of Yunnan.
  74. yunnanosaurid noun: Any member of the Yunnanosauridae.
  75. yunnanozoan noun: Any extinct creature of the family Yunnanozoon
  76. yunno interjection: Pronunciation spelling of you know.
  77. yunnori noun: A traditional board game played in Korea, especially during Korean New Year.
  78. yunnow interjection: Pronunciation spelling of you know.
  79. Yunupingu proper noun: A Yolŋu surname
  80. Yunus proper noun: Jonah, a major prophet of Islam.
  81. yup interjection, noun /jʌp/: A yes; an affirmative answer.
  82. Yup'ik noun /ˈjuːpɪk/: A member of an Eskimo people of western and southwestern Alaska.
  83. Yupanqui proper noun: A surname from Spanish
  84. Yupik noun: Alternative form of Yup'ik.
  85. yupon noun: Alternative form of yaupon.
  86. yuppers interjection: Alternative form of yeppers.
  87. yuppette noun: A female yuppie.
  88. yuppie food stamp noun: A $20 bill, as dispensed from an ATM.
  89. yuppiedom noun: The condition of being a yuppie.
  90. yuppiehood noun: The condition or time of being a yuppie.
  91. yuppieish adjective: Alternative form of yuppyish.
  92. yuppieism noun: The lifestyle or attitudes of yuppies.
  93. yuppieness noun: Alternative form of yuppiness.
  94. yuppification noun: The act or process of yuppifying.
  95. yuppiness noun: The quality of being a yuppy.
  96. yuppism noun: Alternative form of yuppieism.
  97. yuppity adjective, adverb [ˈjʌpɨɾi]: Yes.
  98. yuppo interjection: Yes.
  99. yuppydom noun: Alternative form of yuppiedom.
  100. yuppyish adjective: Characteristic of a yuppie.
  101. yuppyism noun: Alternative form of yuppieism.
  102. yups noun, particle /jʌps/: Yes.
  103. yur noun, pronoun: Pronunciation spelling of your.
  104. Yura proper noun: A certain group of Pama-Nyungan languages.
  105. Yuracaré noun: A certain indigenous people of Bolivia.
  106. Yurak noun: Alternative form of Yörük (“member of Turkish subgroup”).
  107. yure determiner, noun: Pronunciation spelling of your.
  108. yurei noun: A ghost, spirit of the dead, in Japanese mythology
  109. Yurek proper noun: A surname from Polish.
  110. yuremamine noun: A phytoindole alkaloid isolated from the bark of Mimosa tenuiflora.
  111. yuri noun /ˈjʊɹi/: A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women.
  112. yuribait noun, verb: Media that teases a romantic relationship between female characters without explicit confirmation.
  113. yuricest noun /ˈjʊ.ɹiː.sest/: Yuri involving incest.
  114. Yurick proper noun: A surname from Polish.
  115. Yurie proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
  116. yuriful adjective: uncommonly good, wonderful, awesome
  117. yurifully adverb: In a yuriful way or manner.
  118. yurigem noun: Uncommonly good lesbian erotic or romantic content.
  119. Yurika proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
  120. Yuriko proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
  121. yurily adverb: In a way or manner that shows similarities to yuri.
  122. Yurina proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
  123. yurk verb /jɝk/: To invite; to meet up.
  124. Yurko proper noun: A surname.
  125. yurla noun: A Tibetan pastry, consisting of butter added to wheat flour and cooked into a paste
  126. Yurok noun: A member of a particular Native American tribe of Northern California.
  127. yurt noun /jɜːt/: A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).
  128. yurta noun: Synonym of yurt.
  129. yurting noun: The recreational activity of camping in a yurt.
  130. yurtlike adjective /ˈjɜːtlaɪk/: Resembling or characteristic of a yurt.
  131. Yurucari noun: Alternative form of Yuracaré
  132. Yurujare noun: Alternative form of Yuracaré
  133. Yurujure noun: Alternative form of Yuracaré
  134. yuruk noun: A kind of Turkish rug from Konya and Karaman regions.
  135. Yuruna noun: Alternative form of Juruna.
  136. yus noun, particle /jʊs/: Alternative form of yes.
  137. yusdrum noun: An old Turkish unit of weight, equivalent to 0.32075 kilograms.
  138. yush interjection: A greeting.
  139. Yushan proper noun: Jade Mountain, a mythological mountain and residence of The Queen Mother of the West
  140. Yushchenko proper noun: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Ю́щенко (Júščenko).
  141. yusheng noun: A Chaozhou-style raw fish salad.
  142. yushkinite noun: A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, sulfur, and vanadium.
  143. yusho noun: The top-ranking position at the end of a basho; the championship.
  144. Yusho disease noun: poisoning by polychlorinated biphenyls in contaminated rice bran oil
  145. Yushu proper noun: A Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai, China.
  146. Yussuf proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
  147. Yustaga noun: A Timucua people who lived in what is now northwestern Florida during the 16th and 17th centuries.
  148. Yusuf proper noun: Joseph, a prophet in Islam.
  149. Yusufzai noun: A major Pashtun tribe.
  150. Yusupov proper noun: A surname.
  151. Yuta proper noun: A female given name.
  152. Yutian proper noun: A county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
  153. yutnori noun: Alternative form of yunnori.
  154. yutori education noun: A Japanese education policy that reduced the hours and content making up primary education, with the aim of lowering stress among students.
  155. yutz noun, verb /jʌts/: A foolish, incompetent, awkward, or contemptible person.
  156. Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ noun: Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ First Nation spelling of Ucluelet.
  157. yuuge adjective: Elongated form of yuge
  158. Yuulngu noun /ˈjuːlŋʊ/: Alternative spelling of Yolngu.
  159. yuuuge adjective: Elongated form of yuge
  160. Yuva noun: The ninth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
  161. Yuvraj proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
  162. Yuwaaliyaay adjective, noun: An Australian Aboriginal people of New South Wales.
  163. Yuxi proper noun: A prefecture-level city of Yunnan, China.
  164. yuz pronoun: Alternative form of yous.
  165. Yuzawa proper noun: A city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
  166. yuzh adjective, noun: Alternative form of uzhe; Clipping of usual.
  167. yuzhe adjective, noun: Alternative form of uzhe; Clipping of usual.
  168. Yuzhou proper noun: A district of Yulin, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
  169. yuzlik noun: An old Ottoman silver coin.
  170. yuzluk noun: Alternative form of yuzlik.
  171. Yuzpe method noun: Synonym of Yuzpe regimen.
  172. Yuzpe regimen noun: A method of emergency contraception that uses a combination of ethinylestradiol and levonorgestrel. It works by preventing fertilization of an egg.
  173. yuzu noun /ˈjuːzuː/: A citrus fruit originating in East Asia, Citrus ichangensis x Citrus reticulata var. austera.
  174. yuzukosho noun: A fermented Japanese condiment made from chili peppers, yuzu peel, and salt.
  175. yuzuquat noun: A fruit that is a hybrid of yuzu and kumquat.
  176. Yuzuru proper noun: A male given name from Japanese.
  177. Yvelines proper noun: A department of Île-de-France, France. Capital: Versailles (INSEE code 78).
  178. Yves proper noun /ˈiːv/: A male given name from French
  179. yvonite noun: A turquoise-blue mineral containing copper, arsenic, hydrogen, and oxygen.
  180. Yvonne proper noun /iːˈvɒn/: A female given name from French borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century.
  181. yw phrase: Abbreviation of you're welcome.
  182. YWAMer noun: A member of Youth With A Mission, an interdenominational Christian missionary organization.
  183. ywdL noun: A gene in Bacillus cerius involved in the formation of the exosporium
  184. YWMV phrase: Initialism of your wallet may vary: you may have more or less money to spend, or different financial priorities.
  185. ywn phrase: Initialism of you will never.
  186. ywroken adjective /ɪˈɹəʊkən/: Avenged.
  187. yy noun: Abbreviation of year, in two-digit numeric format, as in: dd/mm/yy.
  188. yyyy noun: Abbreviation of year, in four-digit numeric format, as in: dd/mm/yyyy.

Part 11 · English words: Y

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under Y: 3,488 words, in 12 parts.