English Words: Y
2,763 words · Page 44 of 56
A headland on the south side of Poverty Bay, Gisborne district, on the east coast of the North Island, New Zealand.
The modernist period in Polish visual arts, literature, and music which lasted from the end of the 19th century to 1918.
An element of the group algebra of the symmetric group, constructed in such a way that, for the homomorphism from the group algebra to the endomorphisms of a vector space V^(⊗n) obtained from the action of S_n on V^(⊗n) by permutation of indices, the image of the endomorphism determined by that element corresponds to an irreducible representation of the symmetric group over the complex numbers.
From the late-19th to the early-20th century, a member of a movement that campaigned for reform of the Ottoman Empire.
The coefficient of elasticity of a solid; the rate of change of stress with strain.
A nonlinear partial differential equation that describes the capillary pressure difference sustained across the interface between two static fluids, such as water and air, due to the phenomenon of surface tension or wall tension.
A hybrid between a blackberry and a dewberry of the rose family, first cultivated in the western United States.
Someone who constitutes or brings fresh blood, especially a youngster who joins an older team etc.
The last stage of the Pleistocene epoch, lasting from circa 12,900 to 11,700 years BP.
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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 44. 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.
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