English Words: Y

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Young Islandname

An island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

young ladynoun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see young, lady.

young mannoun

A term of endearment or admonishment by adults for a young boy.

young moonnoun

The phase of the moon when it is waxing, especially before quarter moon.

Young Nick's Headname

A headland on the south side of Poverty Bay, Gisborne district, on the east coast of the North Island, New Zealand.

young offendernoun

A child who has been convicted of a criminal offense.

Young Polandname

The modernist period in Polish visual arts, literature, and music which lasted from the end of the 19th century to 1918.

Young symmetrizernoun

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.

young Turknoun

From the late-19th to the early-20th century, a member of a movement that campaigned for reform of the Ottoman Empire.

Young's modulusnoun

The coefficient of elasticity of a solid; the rate of change of stress with strain.

young'unnoun

Child.

young, dumb, and full of comeadj

Alternative form of young, dumb, and full of cum.

young, dumb, and full of cumadj

Young, horny, and (consequently) foolish.

Young-Earthernoun

An adherent of Young Earth Creationism.

young-ladyishadj

Befitting, or typical of, a young lady.

young-ladyismnoun

Behaviour befitting, or typical of, a young lady.

Young-Laplace equationname

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.

youngberrynoun

A hybrid between a blackberry and a dewberry of the rose family, first cultivated in the western United States.

youngbloodnoun

Someone who constitutes or brings fresh blood, especially a youngster who joins an older team etc.

youngcelnoun

A young incel.

youngenverb

To make or become young.

youngeningverb

present participle and gerund of youngen

youngeradj

comparative form of young: more young

Younger Dryasname

The last stage of the Pleistocene epoch, lasting from circa 12,900 to 11,700 years BP.

youngerlyadj

young

Youngermanname

A surname from German.

youngestadj

superlative form of young: most young

youngfolknoun

Children.

youngfolksnoun

Synonym of youngfolk.

youngheadnoun

Younghood, youth.

younghoodnoun

Youth, the state of being young.

Younghusbandname

A surname.

Youngianadj

Of or relating to Lester Young (1909–1959), American jazz musician.

youngienoun

A young person.

younginnoun

A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person.

youngingnoun

The direction in which stratigraphy becomes younger, for a particular formation

youngishadj

Somewhat young.

Youngkinname

A surname from German.

youngletnoun

A young person or animal.

younglikeadj

Resembling being young.

younglingadj

Young; youthful.

Younglovename

A surname.

younglyadj

Like a young person or thing; young; youthful.

youngmannoun

Obsolete form of young man.

youngnessnoun

The state or qualities of being young or youthful; youth.

Youngsname

A surname.

youngshitnoun

A transgender person who began transitioning at a young age.

youngsomeadj

Seemingly young in appearance, manner, or behaviour; youthful

youngsternoun

A young person.

youngstocknoun

young farm animals

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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.

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