English Words: Y
2,763 words · Page 38 of 56
A type of large, bronze bell originating in ancient China, played as a musical instrument to indicate the beat.
A Hakka Chinese dish consisting of tofu (or sometimes vegetables or mushrooms) filled with ground meat or fish paste.
A cape in Tanchon, South Hamgyong, North Korea, on the northern shore of East Korea Bay.
a Chinese imperial era name (various era names: 136–141; 345–356; 416–417; 433–439; 935–936; 1375–1379; 1721)
The vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.
An oviform object, made from jade or other precious stone, which is inserted into the vagina to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles.
An unsophisticated resident of the towns of Oldham, Rochdale or surrounding areas. Now more widely applied to residents of any the satellite towns of Greater Manchester who speak with a broad Lancashire accent. A Lancashire hillbilly or bumpkin.
The fourth generation or great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants, particularly in North America and in Latin America.
An informal and somewhat nonstandard style of language used by young people, incorporating modern slang etc.
A neologism denoting abundant or near-infinite returns, especially in digital finance and DeFi contexts.
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 38. 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.