English words: yellowfin tuna to yet

300 English words, part 6 of 12 of the words starting with Y, A to Z. 32 have a page of their own.

English words yellowfin tuna to yet

yellowfin tuna noun: An edible species of tuna, Thunnus albacares, found especially in tropical seas.
yellowfish noun: Certain species of the genus Labeobarbus of mid-sized ray-finned fish.
yellowhammer noun /ˈjɛl.əʊˌhæm.ə(ɹ)/: A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
yellowhead noun: A yellowhead butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthocephalus).
yellowheart noun: The tree Zanthoxylum flavum.
yellowhorn noun: Xanthoceras sorbifolium, the Chinese flowering chestnut.
yellowing noun, verb: The process of turning yellow.
yellowish adjective /ˈjɛləʊɪʃ/: Somewhat yellow in colour.
yellowishly adverb: With a colour resembling yellow.
yellowishness noun: The property of having a slight or moderate shade of yellow, usually tinged with other colours.
yellowism noun: A conceptual movement or a system where everything is reduced to, or flattened to, the color yellow, representing a single, unifying interpretation.
yellowjacket noun: Alternative form of yellow jacket (“predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen”).
Yellowknife proper noun /ˈjɛloʊnaɪf/: The capital of and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
Yellowknifer noun: A native or inhabitant of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
yellowleg noun: Either of two species of shorebirds, of the genus Tringa, that have yellow legs
yellowlegs noun: Synonym of yellowleg.
yellowline verb: To charge a higher price for services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas.
yellowline arrow crab noun: A marine crab of species Stenorhynchus seticornis.
yellowly adverb: In a yellow manner; with yellow colour.
yellowman noun: Alternative form of yellow man.
yellowmargin triggerfish noun: A species of triggerfish, Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus
yellowmouth adjective: Having yellow markings around the mouth.
yellownape noun: greater yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha)
yellowness noun: The state, quality, or degree of being yellow in colour.
yellownose adjective: That has a yellow nose
yellowred adjective, noun: Alternative form of yellow-red.
yellowrocket noun: Alternative form of yellow rocket.
yellowroot noun: Xanthorhiza simplicissima, syn. X. apiifolia, a North American subshrub whose roots were formerly used to produce a yellow dye.
yellows noun, verb: plural of yellow
yellowseed noun: A form of peppergrass or pepperwort (Lepidium campestre)
yellowshank noun: Alternative form of yellowshanks (“a bird”).
yellowshanks noun: A bird, the lesser yellowleg.
yellowshins noun: yellowlegs
yellowshow noun: A tropical American herb of the genus Amoreuxia.
yellowsis noun: A form of dermatitis in sheep.
yellowspike orchid noun: Any member of some species of orchids in the genus Polystachya, which are found in many tropical and subtropical environments worldwide.
yellowspotted adjective: Having yellow spots
Yellowstone proper noun /ˈjɛləʊstəʊn/: A national park of the USA, located in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.
Yellowstone cutthroat trout noun: Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri, a subspecies of the cutthroat trout.
yellowtail adjective, noun: Having a yellow tail.
yellowtail amberjack noun: A species of large edible fish, Seriola lalandi, found in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
yellowtail barracuda noun: Sphyraena flavicauda, a barracuda of the family Sphyraenidae, found in Indo-West Pacific oceans.
yellowtail reef fish noun: Any member of the species Chromis enchrysura of fish of the western Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
yellowtail reeffish noun: Alternative form of yellowtail reef fish.
yellowtail scad noun: A small marine fish of the jack family, of species Atule mate.
yellowthorn noun: A variety of acacia.
yellowthroat noun /ˈjɛləʊˌθɹəʊt/: Any of a mostly yellow-colored group of New World warblers in the genus Geothlypis
yellowthroated adjective: Alternative spelling of yellow-throated.
yellowtop noun: Any of the genus Flaveria of plants with yellow flowers, related to the sunflower.
yellowware noun: A type of earthenware made from yellow clay.
yellowweed noun: Goldenrod (several species in the genus Solidago)
yellowwood noun: Any of the tree genus Cladrastis.
yellowwort noun: Blackstonia perfoliata, a gentianaceous plant with bright yellow flowers.
yellowy adjective /ˈjɛloʊ.i/: Somewhat yellow; yellowish.
yelly adjective: Tending to yell.
yelm noun, verb /jɛlm/: A bundle of straw laid out straight, chiefly to be used for thatching; a helm.
yelman noun: Alternative spelling of yalman.
yelmer noun: One who prepares straw for use as thatch.
yelp noun, verb /jɛlp/: An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
yelper noun: One who yelps.
yelping noun, verb /ˈjɛlpɪŋ/: The act of producing a yelp.
yelpish adjective: Resembling a yelp; yelplike.
yelplike adjective: Resembling a yelp.
yelpy adjective: Prone to yelp.
yelt noun /jɛlt/: A young sow who has not yet had a litter.
yelting noun: A fish, the mangrove snapper or gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus.
Yelton proper noun: A surname.
Yeltsin proper noun /ˈjɛltsɪn/: A transliteration of the Russian surname Е́льцин (Jélʹcin).
Yeltsinian adjective: Of or relating to Boris Yeltsin (Russian: Бори́с Е́льцин; 1931–2007), Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from...
Yeltsinism noun: the outward appearance of democracy, while actually concentrating power in a form of authoritarianism
Yeltsinite noun: A supporter of Boris Yeltsin (Russian: Бори́с Е́льцин; 1931–2007), Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991...
yelve noun: A fork used to carry dung; such a fork used as a garden tool.
Yelverton proper noun: A village in Buckland Monachorum parish, West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5267).
yem adverb, noun /ˈiːəm/: A Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and a V-shaped bottom worn by women on the torso, originally as an underbodice and now also as an outer garment.
Yemasee noun: Alternative form of Yamasee.
Yemassee noun: Alternative form of Yamasee.
yeme verb: To keep, to observe, to pay attention.
Yemeni adjective, noun /ˈjɛ.mə.ni/: Of, from or relating to Yemen, or the Yemeni people.
Yemenic adjective: Of or relating to Yemen.
Yemeniness noun: Quality of being Yemeni.
Yemenite noun: A native or inhabitant of Yemen.
Yemenite deaf-blind hypopigmentation syndrome noun: A disorder caused by a mutation on the SRY-related HMG-box gene 10.
Yemenization noun: the act or process of making Yemeni
Yemenize verb: To make Yemeni.
Yemishi noun: Dated spelling of Emishi.
yemista noun: Alternative form of gemista.
Yemm proper noun: A surname from Old English.
yen noun, verb /jɛn/: The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
yen-hock noun: Alternative form of yen-hok.
yen-hok noun: A hook-like tool used to pierce or stretch opium.
yen pock noun: Alternative form of yen pok (“opium pellet for smoking”).
yen pok noun: An opium pellet for smoking.
yen she noun: The ashes remaining after prepared opium has been smoked.
yen shee noun: Alternative form of yen she.
yen sleep noun: A trance-like state resulting from the use of opium or opioid drugs such as morphine or heroin.
Yenagoa proper noun: The largest city and state capital of Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
yenap noun: Alternative form of yennep.
yender adverb: Alternative form of yonder.
yene velt noun /ˈjɛ.nə vɛlt/: The world to come, hereafter
yenemsvelt noun: Alternative form of yene velt.
yenerite noun: Synonym of boulangerite.
Yeniche noun: Alternative form of Yenish.
Yenisei proper noun /ˌjɛnəˈseɪ/: A river in Russia, the longest river of Siberia. It flows from south to north into the Arctic Ocean, splitting Siberia in two parts: the Eastern Siberia and...
Yeniseian adjective, noun: A member of the original ethnolinguistic group hypothesized to have spoken Proto-Yeniseian.
Yeniseianist noun: A linguist who specialises in studying Yeniseian languages.
Yeniseic adjective: Synonym of Yeniseian.
Yenish adjective, noun: A group of nomadic people in Europe, living mostly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Wallonia, and parts of France. They often claim to be descendants of...
Yenisseian adjective: Alternative form of Yeniseian.
yenite noun: Alternative form of jenite.
yenless adjective: Without any yen (Japanese currency).
yennep noun: A penny.
yenny noun: One yen (unit of Japanese currency); a coin worth one yen.
yenom noun: Money
yens noun, pronoun, verb: You, you all; used in referring to a group that includes one's audience.
yenta noun: A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.
yente noun: Alternative spelling of yenta.
yentl noun: Alternative spelling of yenta.
Yentl syndrome noun: The underdiagnosis of ischemic heart disease and other cardiovascular issues in women as compared to men.
yentnite noun: A supposed form of scapolite, later found to be quartz.
yeo noun /jəʊ/: Alternative form of ea.
Yeoh proper noun /jəʊ/: A Chinese surname from Hokkien or Teochew.
yeoman noun /ˈjəʊ.mən/: An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a yeoman of the guard, a member...
yeoman of the chamber noun: a servant in a royal household who had access to the bedchamber
yeoman of the guard noun: A member of the British ruler's personal guard.
yeoman's labor noun: Synonym of yeoman's service.
yeoman's service noun: Arduous work, performed in a vigorous, committed manner.
yeoman's work noun: Synonym of yeoman's service.
yeoman service noun: Alternative form of yeoman's service.
Yeoman Warder noun: A member of the ceremonial guard of the Tower of London.
yeoman work noun: Alternative form of yeoman's work.
yeomanette noun: A yeowoman.
yeomanhood noun: The role or status of yeoman.
yeomanlike adjective, adverb: Resembling a yeoman or yeoman's work: brave and stout
yeomanly adjective, adverb: Like a yeoman: stout and true.
yeomanry noun /ˈjoʊmənɹi/: A class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.
Yeomans proper noun: A surname.
Yeong proper noun: A unisex given name from Korean.
yeoperson noun: A yeoman or yeowoman.
yeorling noun: The yellowhammer.
yeoryeong noun: A female Korean court entertainer
Yeosu proper noun: A city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.
yeouch interjection: Alternative form of yeow.
Yeovil proper noun /ˈjoʊvɪl/: A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5516).
Yeovilton proper noun /ˈjoʊvɪltən/: A village and former civil parish, now in Yeovilton and District parish, Somerset, England, and previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST5423).
yeow interjection: Expressing sudden pain or startlement.
yeowch interjection: Alternative form of yeow.
yeowchie interjection: Alternative form of yeow.
yeowoman noun: A female yeoman.
yeowtch interjection: Alternative form of yeow.
yep interjection, noun /jɛp/: Yes.
yepa interjection: yikes; oh no
yeply adverb: Promptly; quickly; at once.
yepper interjection: Alternative form of yeppers.
yepperoni interjection: yes
yepperoo interjection: yes
yeppers interjection /ˈjɛpəz/: Yes.
yeppity adverb [ˈjɛpɨɾi]: Yes.
yeppo interjection: yes
Yeppoon proper noun: A coastal town and locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Central Queensland, Australia, near Rockhampton and the Keppels.
yepsen noun: Amount that can be held in two hands cupped together.
yer adverb, contraction, determiner, noun, pronoun, suffix /ˈjɛ(ə)/: Pronunciation spelling of yeah (“yes”).
yer man pronoun: Alternative spelling of your man.
yer one noun: An unknown or unnamed person.
Yerava noun: Synonym of Ravula (“tribal community”).
yerb noun: Pronunciation spelling of herb.
yerba noun: Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich...
yerba buena noun: A perennial herb native to North America, Satureja douglasii, having white or purple flowers and a mint-like fragrance.
yerba mansa noun: A fragrant plant, used medicinally, and native to the southern US and northern Mexico, Anemopsis californica.
yerba mate noun: Alternative form of yerba mate.
yerba santa noun: Any of a group of plants native to southwestern North America. Eriodictyon californicum or other species in the genus Eriodictyon, which have traditionally...
yerbal noun: A field for growing maté.
Yerby proper noun: A surname.
yercum noun: The plant Calotropis gigantea.
yerd noun, verb: A yard, plot of ground around a building or fenced paddock.
yere pronoun /jiəɹ/: your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye
yeremeyevite noun: Alternative form of jeremejevite.
Yerevan proper noun /ˌjeɹəˈvæːn/: The capital and largest city of Armenia.
Yerevanian adjective, noun /ˌjeɹəˈvæːnɪ.ən/: A person who was born in, or is a citizen or inhabitant of Yerevan, Armenia.
Yerger proper noun: A surname from German.
Yergin proper noun: A surname.
yeri noun: lake
yerida noun: The emigration of Jews from Israel.
yeridah noun: Alternative spelling of yerida.
Yering proper noun: A town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, central Victoria, Australia
Yerington proper noun: An uncommon surname.
yerk noun, verb /jɜː(ɹ)k/: To stab (someone or something).
Yerkes proper noun: A surname.
yermic adjective: Characteristic of a desert.
yermosol noun: A yermic andosol.
yermulke noun: Alternative form of yarmulke.
yern adverb /jəːn/: eagerly, heartily, gladly, willingly, earnestly.
yernut noun: The earthnut or hawknut, Bunium bulbocastanum.
yero noun: Alternative spelling of gyro (Greek sandwich)
yerra interjection: An exclamation of disbelief, dismissal or asseveration.
yersel pronoun: yourself
yersen pronoun: Alternative form of yoursen (“yourself”).
yersinia noun: A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which...
yersiniabactin noun: A polyketide-peptide siderophore isolated from bacteria of the genus Yersinia.
yersinial adjective: Of or pertaining to yersinia.
yersiniosis noun: A disease caused by infection by a bacterium of the genus Yersinia, especially Yersinia enterocolitica.
yersinosis noun: Synonym of yersiniosis.
yertchuk noun: Eucalyptus consideniana, an Australian plant of the myrtle family.
yerth noun: earth
Yerushalmi adjective: Of Jerusalem.
Yerxa proper noun: A surname.
yery noun: A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet: ы (y), now usually simply called "ы"
yes determiner, interjection, noun, particle, verb /jɛs/: Used to show agreement or acceptance.
yes and noun, phrase, verb: To go along with what is offered, especially in a performative context, and to accept and expand upon it; to go with the flow; to take it in stride.
yes and amen phrase: An enthusiastic agreement.
yes and no phrase: An answer in reply to a yes-no question, indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer
yes-brainer noun: Something (a problem, decision, task etc.) that requires thought and consideration; a sensible conclusion or solution.
yes homo adverb /(ˈ)jɛs ˈhoʊ̯moʊ̯/: Used to cancel out a no homo, or to confirm that a statement (etc.) is intended with a homosexual meaning.
yes-huh adverb: Used to assert a statement that has just been denied by another, especially where that denial took the form of "nuh-uh".
yes'm interjection /ˈjɛsəm/: Alternative form of yessum.
yes ma'am particle: A polite affirmative said to a female.
yes man noun /jɛs mæn/: A person who always agrees with their employer or superior.
yes-no question noun: A question that can only be answered by yes or no and does not allow for elaboration or detail.
yes-or-no question noun: Alternative form of yes-no question.
yes to death verb: To agree with someone, often sarcastically.
yes, Virginia phrase /ˈjɛs vəˈd͡ʒɪn.i.ə/: Used to express that something is true, despite skepticism by some people.
yes way interjection: Contradicts a previously said "no way".
yes woman noun: Alternative spelling of yeswoman.
yesable adjective: That can be agreed to.
yeser noun: Alternative form of yesser.
yesh interjection: Pronunciation spelling of yes.
yeshiba noun: Alternative spelling of yeshiva.
yeshibah noun: Alternative spelling of yeshiva.
yeshiva noun /jəˈʃiː.və/: An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts.
yeshivah noun: Alternative spelling of yeshiva.
yeshivish adjective: Relating to a yeshiva.
Yeshua proper noun /ˈjɛ.ʃuː.ə/: Jesus
Yesidi adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of Yazidi.
yesish interjection: An expression of half-hearted or partial agreement.
yesk verb: Alternative form of yex.
yesman noun: Alternative spelling of yes man.
yesmanism noun: Synonym of yesmanship.
yesmanship noun: An atmosphere in which people claim to agree with leadership for political reasons, despite holding other opinions privately.
yesn't interjection /ˈjɛ.sənt/: Yes, but actually no; yes and no.
Yeso proper noun: Obsolete spelling of Ezo (“former name of Hokkaido”).
yessah contraction: Pronunciation spelling of yes sir, representing New England English.
yesser noun: One who yesses.
yessir interjection, noun /ˈjɛsɜː(ɹ)/: Used to express assent, especially to a male superior.
yessiree interjection: A more enthusiastic way of saying yes.
yessiree Bob interjection: A more enthusiastic form of yessiree.
yessirree interjection: Alternative spelling of yessiree.
Yesso scallop noun: A Japanese scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis).
yessotoxin noun: A toxin, produced by some dinoflagellates, that can accumulate in mollusks and subsequently cause food poisoning in humans.
yesss interjection: Elongated form of yes.
yessuh contraction: Pronunciation spelling of yessir, representing African-American Vernacular English.
yessum contraction /ˈjɛs(ə)m/: Used to express agreement with a woman (and, somewhat less commonly, a man): yes, ma'am.
yestaday adverb /ˈjɛstədeɪ/: Pronunciation spelling of yesterday.
yester adjective, adverb, noun, prefix /ˈjɛs.tɚ/: Yesterday.
yester-millennium adverb: From a millennium ago; from a previous millennium.
yester-minute adverb: The very recent past; minutes ago.
yester month adverb: Alternative form of yestermonth.
yester-morrow noun /ˈjɛstə(ɹ)ˌmɒɹəʊ/: Yesterday morning.
yester-year noun: Alternative spelling of yesteryear.
yestercentury adverb, noun: In the century preceding the current century.
yesterdawn adverb, noun: The dawn of yesterday.
yesterday adverb, noun /ˈjɛstədeɪ/: The day immediately before today; one day ago.
yesterday but one adverb: Day before yesterday.
yesterday is gone proverb: It is impossible to change or to relive what has already happened.
yesterday night noun: Last night.
yesterday's adjective: Of or relating to yesterday. (This entry is a translation hub.)
yesterday's fish and chips noun: Old news.
yesterday's gone proverb: Alternative form of yesterday is gone.
yesterday's news noun: Something no longer novel and, in some cases, no longer even relevant.
yesterday-today-and-tomorrow noun: The flowering plant Brunfelsia pauciflora, of Brazil.
yesterday-today-tomorrow noun: An evergreen shrub, Brunfelsia australis.
yesterdayness noun: The property of being, or seeming to be, in the past.
yesterdom noun: A time in the past; a time long ago.
yestereen noun: Alternative form of yestreen.
yestereve adverb, noun: Yesterday evening.
yestereven adverb: Synonym of yestereve.
yesterevening noun: Synonym of yestereve.
yesterfang noun: That which was captured or caught on the previous day or former occasion; a previous day's catch.
yestergay noun: A former gay male who is now in a heterosexual relationship.
yesterly adverb: From yesterday; from a time in the past.
yestermillennium adverb: Alternative form of yester-millennium.
yesterminute adverb: Alternative spelling of yester-minute.
yestermonth adverb: Last month; a few months ago.
yestermorn adverb, noun: During the morning of yesterday; yesterday morning.
yestermorning noun: Yesterday morning.
yestermorrow adverb, noun: A day in the sequence of days from past to future, emphasizing the connection between past and future events.
yestern adjective, adverb, noun: Of or pertaining to yesterday.
yesternight adverb, noun /ˈjɛstə(ɹ)naɪt/: Last night.
yesternoon noun: Yesterday at noon.
yesterseason noun: A past or prior season, last season; an earlier or previous period of time.
yestersol adverb, noun: On the sol (Martian day) before the present one.
yestertech noun: Retro-style automotive technology; modern cars, motorbikes, etc. designed to appear old-fashioned.
yestertide adverb, noun: A time period previous to the present; the past.
yestertime adverb, noun: Time previous to the present; the past.
yesterweek adverb, noun: On the week preceding the current week.
yesteryear adverb, noun /ˈjɛstəjɪə/: Past years; time gone by; yore.
yestiddy adverb: Pronunciation spelling of yesterday.
yestie noun: Alternative spelling of yesty.
yestreen noun: The night before; last night.
yesty noun /ˈjɛsti/: Abbreviation of yesterday.
yeswoman noun: A female yes man.
yet adverb, conjunction, noun, verb /jɛt/: In negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future.

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.