English Words: Y

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Years of Leadname

A period during the Cold War, characterized by left-wing and right-wing terrorism and the strategy of tension, beginning in Italy and later spreading to the rest of Europe.

years youngnoun

Years old.

Yearsleyname

A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5874).

yearslongadj

Lasting several or many years.

yearsmannoun

Someone employed for the period of one year.

yearsworthnoun

The amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one year.

yeartextnoun

A Bible verse especially chosen to serve as an annual theme for congregation meetings, particularly by Jehovah's Witnesses.

yearthousandnoun

millennium (a thousand-year timespan)

yeartidenoun

A specific time of year; season.

yeartimenoun

A time of the year; a season.

yearwardadv

In the direction of the year as a whole; toward the remainder of the year.

yearwiseadv

With respect to year.

yeasayverb

To say yes to; to agree with, or approve.

yeasayernoun

One whose attitude is positive, optimistic, confidently affirmative.

yeastnoun

An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.

yeast extractnoun

any of various forms of processed yeast products used as food additives or flavourings.

yeast infectionnoun

Any infection by a fungus of the genus Candida; candidiasis

yeastedadj

Treated with yeast; fermented.

yeastfuladj

Synonym of yeasty.

yeastilyadv

In a yeasty manner.

yeastinessnoun

The state or condition of being yeasty.

yeastlessadj

Without yeast.

yeastlikeadj

Resembling or having characteristics of yeast

yeastyadj

Having or resembling yeast.

yeatmanitenoun

A triclinic-pinacoidal clove brown mineral containing antimony, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.

Yeatonname

A village in Baschurch parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ432194).

Yeatsname

A surname.

Yeatsianadj

Of or pertaining to the Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) or his writings.

yeayadv

Misspelling of yea (“thus, so”).

yeboadv

yes

Yecapixtlaname

A town in Morelos, Mexico.

yechintj

An exclamation of disgust.

yechidahnoun

One of the cabalistic aspects of the soul, that of being one with God.

yechiniknoun

one who believes that Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn is the Messiah; a Meshichist

yechyadj

Highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.

Yeckname

A surname from German.

yecoraitenoun

A tetragonal mineral containing bismuth, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and tellurium.

yedverb

To speak; sing.

yeddernoun

Alternative form of edder (“flexible wood used in binding hedge stakes”).

yeddingnoun

A song, especially the song of a minstrel.

yedeverb

simple past of go, now replaced by went.

Yedinghamname

A village in Ebberston and Yedingham parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE8979).

yedlinitenoun

A trigonal-rhombohedral red violet mineral containing chlorine, chromium, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.

Yedoname

Alternative form of Edo.

yedomanoun

A type of permafrost in the Pleistocene-age with an ice content of 50–90% by volume.

Yedukondaluname

A male given name used among Telugu people.

yeepron

You (the people being addressed); alternative spelling of ye.

yee haintj

Alternative form of yeeha.

yee-hahintj

Alternative form of yeehaw.

yee-yee assadj

Poor-quality; unimpressive, lame.

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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 19. 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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