English Words: Y

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yattaintj

An exclamation of happiness or excitement.

yatternoun

Natter; prattle; mindless chatter.

yatteringnoun

trivial talk; prattle

yattlenoun

Synonym of yakow.

Yatton Keynellname

A village and civil parish north-west of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8676).

Yatungname

Synonym of Shasima (Sharsingma; Xarsingma; a town and the administrative headquarters of Yadong County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China).

Yauname

A surname.

Yau Ma Teiname

An area of Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Yau Ma Tiname

Alternative form of Yau Ma Tei.

Yau Tongname

An area of Kwun Tong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Yau Tsim Mongname

A district of Hong Kong.

Yauchname

A surname from German.

yaudnoun

A workhorse; an old or worn-out mare.

yauldadj

Vigorous; strong; healthy.

Yaumateiname

Alternative form of Yau Ma Tei.

Yaumatiname

Alternative form of Yau Ma Tei.

Yaunname

A surname from Dutch.

yaupernoun

Alternative form of yawper.

yauponnoun

The yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States.

yautianoun

An edible plant commonly found in the Caribbean: Xanthosoma sagittifolium, new cocoyam.

yavanoun

Alternative form of kava.

Yavapai Countyname

One of 15 counties in Arizona, United States. County seat: Prescott.

yavapaiitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic light pink mineral containing iron, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.

Yavnename

A city in the Central District, Israel.

Yavorivname

A village in Dolyna urban hromada, Kalush Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine.

yawnoun

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 the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.

Yaw Yinnoun

The Lisu people.

yaw-hawnoun

A loud, coarse laugh.

Yawaname

A township in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

yaweyadj

Alternative form of yawy.

YAWFname

Initialism of Youth Against War and Fascism.

yawinglyadv

With a yawing motion.

yawkintj

Imitative for the sound of a shot, in particular of a gun.

yawker birdnoun

The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus

yawlnoun

A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.

yawlernoun

One who sails a yawl.

yawlsmannoun

One who sails a yawl.

Yawm al-Dinname

Judgment Day

yawmeternoun

An instrument that measures an aircraft's yaw.

yawnverb

To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.

yawnableadj

Boring; tedious.

yawnathonnoun

A very boring event or situation.

yawnernoun

A person who yawns.

yawnestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of yawn

yawnethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of yawn

yawnfestnoun

A particularly boring event.

yawnfuladj

boring; tedious

yawnfullyadv

In a yawnful manner; boringly.

yawnilyadv

In a yawny manner.

yawninessnoun

The quality of being yawny.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter Y contains 2,763 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 56 pages, and you are currently viewing page 15. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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