English Words: Y
2,763 words · Page 26 of 56
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 beverage maté.
A perennial herb native to North America, Satureja douglasii, having white or purple flowers and a mint-like fragrance.
A fragrant plant, used medicinally, and native to the southern US and northern Mexico, Anemopsis californica.
Any of a group of plants native to southwestern North America. Eriodictyon californicum or other species in the genus Eriodictyon, which have traditionally been used medicinally.
A law of psychology stating that performance increases with physiological or mental arousal, but only up to a point, beyond which it decreases.
A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.
A disease caused by infection by a bacterium of the genus Yersinia, especially Yersinia enterocolitica.
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.
An answer in reply to a yes-no question, indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer
Used to cancel out a no homo, or used to confirm that a statement is intended with a homosexual meaning.
Something (a problem, decision, task etc.) that requires thought and consideration; a sensible conclusion or solution.
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 26. 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.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "Y" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.