English Words: Y

2,763 words · Page 8 of 56

yanderenoun

A character, usually a girl, who has an obsessive and possessive side in regards to their crush, ready to use violent (if not murderous) means to maintain an exclusive bond.

Yandexname

A search engine owned by the company of the same name.

yandyverb

To separate (grain or pieces of mineral) by shaking in a special shallow dish

Yanezname

A surname from Spanish.

yangnoun

A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.

Yang di-Pertuan Agongname

The paramount monarch of Malaysia.

Yang-Baxter equationnoun

A consistency equation first introduced in the field of statistical mechanics, based on the idea that, in some scattering situations, particles may preserve their momentum while changing their quantum internal states.

Yang-chouname

Alternative form of Yangzhou.

Yang-hsinname

Alternative form of Yangxin.

Yang-loname

Alternative form of Yangluo.

Yang-Mills theorynoun

A gauge theory that seeks to describe the behaviour of elementary particles using certain Lie groups. It is important in the unification of the electromagnetic force and weak nuclear force.

Yang-tzŭname

Alternative form of Yangtze.

yangbannoun

A member of the ruling class of male Confucian intellectuals in Korea at and before the time of the Korean Empire.

Yangchengname

A county of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.

Yangchowname

Alternative form of Yangzhou.

Yangchuname

Alternative form of Yangqu.

Yangchüanname

Alternative form of Yangquan.

Yanggangname

Synonym of Ryanggang.

Yanggaoname

A county of Datong, Shanxi, China.

Yanghename

A town in Yongning, Yinchuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.

Yanghsinname

Alternative form of Yangxin (in Shandong).

Yangi Hissarname

Alternative form of Yengisar.

yangirenoun

A type of yandere, lacking romantic motivation for their violence.

yangitenoun

A chain-silicate mineral with the formula PbMnSi₃O₈•H₂O.

Yangjiangname

A prefecture-level city in southwestern Guangdong, China, formerly a county.

Yangjingbangname

A former tributary of the Huangpu, Shanghai, China.

Yanglingname

A district of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.

Yangluoname

A subdistrict of Xinzhou district, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

yangmeinoun

The edible crimson fruit of the subtropical tree Myrica rubra.

yangochiropterannoun

Any microbat of the suborders Yangochiroptera or Vespertilioniformes

Yangonname

The largest city and former capital of Myanmar; formerly, Rangoon (19th–21st c.), Dagon (16th–18th c.), and Dagoon (rare).

Yangpuname

A district of Shanghai, China.

yangqinnoun

A Chinese musical instrument, a hammered dulcimer traditionally fitted with bronze strings.

Yangquname

A county of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.

Yangquanname

A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.

Yangsanname

A city in Yeongnam, South Korea.

Yangshaonoun

The members of a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China from around 5000 BC to 3000 BC.

Yangshuoname

A county of Guilin, Guangxi autonomous region, China.

Yangshupuname

Former name of Yangpu, a district of Shanghai, China.

yangtaonoun

Synonym of kiwi fruit.

Yangtsename

Alternative form of Yangtze.

Yangtszepooname

Alternative form of Yangshupu.

Yangtzename

The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.

Yangtzeanadj

Of or pertaining to the Yangtze river.

Yangxinname

A town, the county seat of Yangxin County, Binzhou, Shandong, China.

Yangzhouname

A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China.

Yangzhou fried ricenoun

Synonym of special fried rice.

Yangziname

Alternative spelling of Yangtze.

Yangzi Jiangname

Synonym of Yangtze: a major river in China, the third-longest river in the world.

Yanhename

A Tujia autonomous county in Tongren, Guizhou, China.

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 8. 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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