English words: Yapese to yaw

300 English words, part 3 of 12 of the words starting with Y, A to Z. 27 have a page of their own.

English words Yapese to yaw

Yapese adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the people of the island of Yap or the Yapese language.
yapfest noun: An occasion characterized by excessive yapping.
Yapman noun: A man from the island of Yap.
yapock noun: Alternative spelling of yapok.
yapok noun /ˈjæpɒk/: The water opossum (Chironectes minimus).
yapon noun: Alternative form of yaupon.
yapp noun /jæp/: In bookbinding, the edge of the binding that extends beyond the edges of the pages, and may protect the gilding.
yapped adjective, verb: Of a book: having a yapp.
yapper noun /ˈjæp.ə/: A person's mouth, especially one that gossips or talks too much.
yapper dog noun: A dog that frequently barks, especially a small dog with a high-pitched bark.
yappie noun: A young affluent parent.
yappily adverb: In a yappy manner.
yappin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of yapping.
yappiness noun: The quality of being yappy.
yapping noun, verb: A sound that yaps, especially the continued barking of a small dog.
yappingly adverb: With yapping sounds.
yappish adjective: yappy; resembling or producing yapping sounds
yappism noun: Excessive talking or rambling.
yappologist noun: A person who talks or rambles excessively.
yappuccino noun /ˈjæp.ə.t͡ʃiː.noʊ/: Any written or spoken material that is excessively lengthy or lacks a clear purpose.
yappy adjective /ˈjæpi/: Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner.
yapsin noun: A form of pepsin.
yapunyah noun: Eucalyptus ochrophloia, a eucalypt native to inland New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia.
yaqona noun: Alternative form of yagona.
Yaqub proper noun: (Jacob), revered as a major nabi in Islam.
Yaqui noun: A Uto-Aztecan-speaking indigenous people of Mexico.
Yaquina noun /jəˈkwɪnə/: A Native American people from Oregon.
yar adjective, verb /jɑː/: To snarl; to gnar.
Yara proper noun: A female given name.
yarage noun: The power of moving, or being managed, at sea.
yarak noun /ˈja.ɹak/: A super-alert state where the bird is hungry, but not weak, in a trance-like state of alertness and ready to hunt.
yaram noun: Alternative spelling of yarrum.
yaranga noun: A rounded or conical tent of reindeer hide, the traditional mobile home of some nomadic indigenous peoples of Russia.
yaravi noun: A traditional nostalgic love song of Peru.
yaray noun: The palm tree Sabal causiarum.
yarb noun: herb
Yarber proper noun: A surname.
yarborough noun: A hand, in bridge or whist, that has no card with a value greater than nine (and no aces), though in some circles it is no card above a ten.
Yarbro proper noun: A surname.
Yarbrough proper noun: A surname from Old English.
yard noun, verb /ˈjɑːd/: A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
yard-arita noun: Alternative form of yardarita.
yard arm noun: Alternative form of yardarm.
yard bird noun: Alternative form of yardbird.
yard dart noun: Synonym of lawn dart.
yard duty noun: The duty of supervising pupils in a school playground during breaktimes.
yard fowl noun: Alternative form of yardfowl.
yard-garita noun: Alternative form of yardarita.
yard globe noun: A mirrored or reflective sphere used as an outdoor lawn ornament; often placed on a pedestal or nestled in flower beds,.
yard goat noun: A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
yard goods noun: Merchandise, especially fabric, sold in units of linear measure.
yard jockey noun: A yardman who switches locomotives and rolling stock in a switchyard, or a truck driver who analogously switches tractors and semi-trailers at a truckyard...
yard light noun: Alternative form of yardlight.
yard-long adjective: Very long; about a yard in length.
yard-long bean noun: Alternative form of yardlong bean.
yard-long cucumber noun: Synonym of Armenian cucumber.
yard of ale noun: The amount of ale that fills a very tall tapering beer glass (approximately 1 yard). Drinking it as quickly as possible is a traditional pub game.
yard of clay noun: A long pipe for smoking; a churchwarden pipe.
yard of land noun: Alternative form of yardland.
yard of satin noun: A glass of gin.
yard out verb: To place livestock in a pen in a stockyard.
yard pilot noun: A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
yard rope noun: A rope that goes through a block or sheave at the top of a mast that is used for hoisting or lowering a yard; gantline.
yard sale adjective, noun, verb: A sale of used household goods held on the seller's own premises.
yard slug noun: A slug (locomotive accessory) designed for switching; it has a low body, and no cab, in order to allow an engineer or driver in a powered unit to the rear...
yard trash day noun: A day for residences when yard waste gets picked up.
yard up verb: To enclose in a yard
yard work noun: Alternative form of yardwork.
yardage noun: An amount or length measured in yards.
yardage book noun /ˈjɑːdɪdʒ ˌbʊk/: A book of maps of a golf course, with distances indicated to specific points of interest.
yardang noun: A large wind-eroded mass of soft or poorly consolidated rock in a desert region which lies parallel to the prevailing winds, often with an unusual shape.
yardarita noun: A margarita that fills a very tall tapering glass (approximately 1 yard).
yardarm noun, verb: The outer end of a yard, often equipped with blocks for reeving signal halyards.
yardarm and yardarm adverb: Alternative form of yardarm to yardarm.
yardarm it verb: To begin to drink alcohol once it is late enough in the day.
yardarm to adverb: Very close to, very nearby.
yardarm to yardarm adverb: Very close to each other.
yardarm with adverb: Alternative form of yardarm to.
yardbird noun /ˈjɑːd.bəːd/: A chicken.
Yarde proper noun: A surname.
yarden noun: An area which is both a yard and a garden.
yarder noun: A motor-driven logging machine which transports logs by means of a system of cables and winches.
yardfowl noun /ˈjɑːdfaʊl/: A chicken raised in a yard.
yardfowlism noun: Political sycophancy in return for favors.
yardful noun: Enough to fill a yard.
yardgarita noun: Alternative form of yardarita.
yardgoat noun: A tractor, smaller than a yardhorse, for hauling loads around a shipping yard.
yardgrass noun: Grass in a lawn.
yardhorse noun: A heavy-duty tractor designed for moving shipping containers on chassis around a shipping terminal.
yardie noun: Alternative form of Yardie.
yardland noun: Synonym of virgate.
yardless adjective: Without a yard.
Yardley proper noun: A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP124538).
yardlight noun: A freestanding weatherproof exterior light fixture in a garden or landscaped setting.
yardlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a yard.
yardlong adjective: Alternative spelling of yard-long.
yardlong bean noun: A vigorous climbing annual vine (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) grown primarily for its strikingly long (35-75 cm) immature pods with uses very...
yardman noun /ˈjɑɹdmən/: A worker in a railyard.
yardmaster noun: A railway employee who is in charge of a railway yard.
yardperson noun: A yardman of any gender.
yardroom noun /ˈjɑːdˌɹʊm/: Room (space) in a yard (such as a barnyard or rail yard): room (for movement, exercise, storage, etc.) supplied by a yard.
yardrope noun: Alternative form of yard-rope.
yards noun, verb /jɑɹdz/: The totality of the sailing rig.
yardsale noun: Alternative spelling of yard sale.
yardsman noun: The foreman or man in charge of the activities in a yard (train yard, prison yard, stock yard, etc).
yardsnap noun: A strap equipped with snaps at the outer end of a yard for securing signal halyards.
yardstick noun /ˈjɑːdˌstɪk/: A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long.
yardwand noun: A yardstick.
yardwork noun: Work done in maintaining a lawn, and related landscaping activities
yare adjective, adverb, noun /jɛː/: Ready; prepared.
yarely adverb: In a yare way.
Yarema proper noun: A surname.
Yaremchuk proper noun /jɑːrɛmˈtʃʊk/: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Яремчук (Jaremčuk).
Yaresan noun: Ahl-e Haqq; Yarsanism; the Yarsanis.
yareta noun: Azorella compacta, a South American flowering cushion plant in the family Apiaceae.
yarfa noun: Alternative form of yarpha.
yarg noun /jɑːɡ/: A semi-hard cheese made in Cornwall with a distinctive rind made by wrapping the cheese in nettle leaves.
yarghul noun: Alternative form of arghul (“musical instrument”).
yari noun: Any of various sizes of spear used in Japanese martial arts.
yari-yari noun: A type of wood from certain species of trees from the Caribbean in the Annonaceae family.
yark verb /jɑːk/: To make ready; prepare.
Yarkand proper noun: Alternative form of Yarkant.
Yarkandi adjective: Pertaining to the city or district of Yarkand.
yarke noun /ˈjɑɹ.ki/: The saki, Pithecia leucocephala
Yarkovsky effect noun: A force acting on a rotating body in space caused by the anisotropic emission of thermal photons, which carry momentum.
Yarkovsky-O'Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack effect noun: Synonym of YORP effect.
yarl noun, verb /jɑɹl/: A deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the 1990s and early 2000s.
yarligh noun /jɑɹˈliɡ/: A khan's decree in the Mongol Empire.
yarlyg noun: Alternative form of yarligh.
yarlyk noun: Alternative form of yarligh.
yarm noun, verb /jɑː(ɹ)m/: To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.
yarmalka noun: Alternative spelling of yarmulke.
yarmalke noun: Alternative spelling of yarmulke.
yarmelka noun: Alternative spelling of yarmulke.
yarmelke noun: Alternative spelling of yarmulke.
Yarmouk proper noun /jɑːˈmuːk/: A river in Jordan, Syria and Israel, the largest tributary of the Jordan River.
Yarmouth proper noun /ˈjɑː(ɹ).məθ/: Ellipsis of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Yarmouth capon noun: A bloater, or red herring.
Yarmouthian adjective: Of or relating to part of a now-obsolete geologic time scale of the early Quaternary of North America.
yarmulka noun: Alternative spelling of yarmulke.
yarmulke noun /ˈjɑːməlkə/: A skullcap worn by religious Jewish males (especially during prayer).
yarn noun, verb /jɑːn/: A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.
yarn-beam noun: A large, horizontal spool that holds warp yarn for weaving, knitting, or other processing.
yarn bomb noun, verb: To cover (a public structure) with decorative knitted yarn, as a form of graffiti or street art.
yarn bomber noun: One who yarn bombs.
yarn bombing noun, verb: A form of graffiti or street art which involves colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn.
yarn dust verb: To talk rubbish.
yarn on verb: To continue telling stories for a long time; to yammer without interruption.
yarn over noun: Alternative form of yarnover.
yarn-spinner noun: One who spins yarns, a storyteller.
Yarnall proper noun: A surname.
yarnbomb noun, verb: Alternative form of yarn bomb.
yarnbomber noun: Alternative form of yarn bomber.
yarnbombing noun, verb: Alternative form of yarn bombing.
yarncraft noun: The making of decorative items from yarn.
yarndie noun: Marijuana.
Yarnell proper noun: A surname.
yarnen noun: An economic scheme in agriculture in which farmers make repayments after their harvest.
yarner noun: One who tells yarns or stories.
yarnless adjective: Without yarn.
yarnlike adjective: Resembling yarn; coarse, ropelike.
yarnmaker noun: A manufacturer of yarn.
yarnover noun, verb: A technique in which the yarn is passed over the right-hand needle. In general, the new loop is knitted on the next row, either by itself (producing a hole)...
yarnspinner noun: A storyteller; one who spins a yarn.
yarnspinning noun: The telling of stories.
yarnstorm noun, verb: Synonym of yarn bomb (“to cover a public structure with decorative knitted yarn, as a form of graffiti or street art”).
yarnstormer noun: One who yarnstorms; a yarn bomber.
yarnstorming noun, verb: Synonym of yarn bombing (“a form of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn”).
Yarnton proper noun: A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4712).
yarnut noun: Alternative form of yernut.
yarnwindle noun: A device for winding yarn into a ball.
yarny adjective: Resembling yarn; coarse, ropelike.
yaroo interjection: Alternative form of yarooh.
yarooh interjection: A cry of pain.
Yarosh proper noun: A surname.
Yaroslav proper noun: A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Russian, or Ukrainian male given name Яросла́в (Jarosláv).
Yaroslava proper noun: A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Russian, or Ukrainian female given name Яросла́ва (Jarosláva)
yaroslavite noun: An orthorhombic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Yaroslavl proper noun /ˌjæɹəˈslævəl/: An oblast of Russia.
yarovization noun: Alternative spelling of jarovization.
yarovize verb: Alternative form of jarovize.
yarpha noun /ˈjɑːfə/: Peat bog.
yarr interjection, noun, verb: To growl or snarl like a dog.
Yarra proper noun: A river in southern Victoria, Australia, which flows through Melbourne to Port Phillip.
Yarralumla proper noun: A southern suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Yarram proper noun: A town in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
yarraman noun: horse
yarran noun: Acacia homalophylla, a species of acacia tree found commonly in Australia.
Yarraville proper noun: A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia
Yarrawonga proper noun: A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
yarri noun: Synonym of Queensland tiger.
yarringle noun: A historic instrument for winding yarn, no longer used.
Yarrington proper noun: A surname.
yarrish adjective: Having a rough, dry taste.
yarrow noun /ˈjæɹəʊ/: Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine.
yarrowite noun: A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing copper and sulfur.
yarrum noun /ˈjæɹəm/: Milk.
yarsagumba noun: caterpillar fungus
Yarsani adjective, noun: A practitioner of Yarsanism.
Yarsanism noun: Ahl-e Haqq.
yart noun: A THC cartridge.
yarth noun: earth
yartseit noun: Alternative spelling of yahrzeit.
yartz verb: To vomit
yartzeit noun: Alternative spelling of yahrzeit.
Yaru proper noun: A village in Hormozgan Province, Iran.
yarum noun: Alternative spelling of yarrum.
Yarura noun: Alternative form of Yaruro.
Yaruran adjective: Of or relating to the Yaruro people.
Yaruro noun: An indigenous people of Venezuela.
yarwhelp noun: godwit, a type of bird.
yarwhip noun: The bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica
yarwip noun: godwit, a type of bird.
Yarwood proper noun: A surname.
yary adjective /ˈjɛə.ɹi/: Ready.
yas queen interjection: An expression of approval, support, or encouragement.
yasak noun: An in-kind tribute in Imperial Russia exacted from the indigenous peoples of Siberia, usually in fur.
YASD noun: The player's accidental death, caused by carelessness, in a roguelike video game.
Yash proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Yasha proper noun: A diminutive Яша of the Russian/Ukrainian male given name Яков (Jákov)/Яків (Jákiv), equivalent to English Jake
yasher koach interjection /ˌjɑːʃəɹ ˈkoʊəx/: good job!, well done!
yashiki noun: A residence or estate of a daimyo
Yashin proper noun: A transliteration of the Russian surname Я́шин (Jášin).
yashiro noun: A Shinto temple.
yashmac noun: Alternative spelling of yashmak.
yashmack noun: Alternative spelling of yashmak.
yashmacked adjective: Alternative form of yashmaked.
yashmak noun /ˈjæʃ.mæk/: A veil worn by Muslim women to cover parts of the face when they are in public.
yashmaked adjective: Wearing a yashmak.
Yashoda proper noun: The foster mother of Krishna.
yasht noun /jæʃt/: Any of a collection of hymns and prayers.
yasmak noun: Alternative form of yashmak.
Yasmeen proper noun /ˈjæzmiːn/: A female given name from Arabic.
Yasmin proper noun: A female given name from Arabic.
Yasmina proper noun: A female given name from Arabic.
Yasmine proper noun: A female given name from Arabic.
Yasna proper noun: The primary liturgical collection of texts of the Avesta.
Yasodhara proper noun: The former wife of Gautama Buddha.
yass interjection, particle /jɑːs/: Pronunciation spelling of yes.
yassa noun: A spicy Senegalese dish of marinated meat poultry, fish, or lamb with onions, lemon, or mustard.
yassification noun: The process of making something relevant to or suggestive of LGBTQ+ culture.
yassify verb /ˈjɑːs.ɪ.faɪ̯/: To apply several beauty filters to (a picture or video of someone), typically making the subject look more made-up, potentially more feminine, and often...
Yassin proper noun: A surname.
yassuh interjection: A formal affirmative response, addressed to a man; yes.
yassum contraction: Alternative form of yessum.
Yasuda proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
Yasuhiro proper noun: A male given name from Japanese.
Yasui proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
Yasuko proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
Yasuo proper noun: A male given name from Japanese.
Yasushi proper noun: A male given name from Japanese.
Yasynuvata proper noun: A city in Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
yat noun: A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use
yataalii noun: Alternative spelling of hataalii.
yatagan noun: Alternative spelling of yataghan.
yataghan noun /ˈjætəɡæn/: A type of sword used in Muslim countries from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries.
yatai noun: A small mobile stall or cart selling street food in Japan.
yatalase noun: A commercial enzyme preparation used to digest fungal cell walls
yatalite noun: A form of coarse-grained pegmatite composed of uralitic actinolite.
yatapoxviral adjective: Of or relating to yatapoxviruses.
yatapoxvirus noun: Any of a group of poxviruses including Tanapox.
yate noun: Any of several species of Eucalyptus.
Yateley proper noun /ˈjeɪtli/: A town and civil parish with a town council in Hart district, Hampshire, southern England (OS grid ref SU8160).
yatga noun: A traditional plucked bridge zither played in Mongolia.
Yathrib proper noun: the original name of Medina before the advent of Islam
yati noun: a Jain monk
yatigan noun: Alternative spelling of yataghan.
yatiri noun: A community healer and herbalist among the Aymara of Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
yatra noun: A Hindu pilgrimage.
yatren noun: Synonym of chiniofon.
yatri noun: A Hindu pilgrim, one taking part in yatra.
yatt noun [jæt]: A gate.
yatta interjection /jɑˈtɑ/: An exclamation of happiness or excitement.
yatter noun, verb: Natter; prattle; mindless chatter.
yattering noun, verb: trivial talk; prattle
yattle noun: Synonym of yakow.
Yatton proper noun: A hamlet in Aymestrey parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4366).
Yatvingian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Jatvingian.
Yatvyag adjective, noun: Alternative form of Jatvingian.
Yatvyagian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Jatvingian.
yatzy noun: A dice game.
Yau proper noun: A surname.
yauboo noun: Alternative form of yaboo (“Afghan pony”).
Yauch proper noun /ˈjaʊk/: A surname from German.
Yauco proper noun: A town and municipality in southern Puerto Rico.
yaud noun: A workhorse; an old or worn-out mare.
yaul noun: Alternative form of yawl.
yauld adjective: Vigorous; strong; healthy.
yaup adjective, verb: hungry
yaupan noun: Alternative form of yaupon.
yauper noun: Alternative form of yawper.
yaupon noun /ˈjoʊˌpɑn/: The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States.
yautia noun: An edible plant commonly found in the Caribbean: Xanthosoma sagittifolium, new cocoyam.
yava noun /jɑː.və/: Alternative form of kava.
Yavapai noun: A Native American tribe of Arizona.
yavapaiite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic light pink mineral containing iron, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.
Yavatmal proper noun: A district of Maharashtra, India.
YAVIS adjective: Initialism of young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, successful: a set of traits in a client said to elicit a positive bias from therapists.
Yavne proper noun: A city in the Central District, Israel.
yaw noun, verb /jɔː/: The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from...

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.