YB, Noun
  • (n) yottabit, Ybit, Yb: (a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits)
  • (n) yottabyte, YB: (a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabytes or 10^24 bytes)
  • (n) yottabyte, yobibyte, YB, YiB: (a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes)
  • (n) ytterbium, Yb, atomic_number_70: (a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime)
YHVH, Noun
  • (n) Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH: (a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH)
YHWH, Noun
  • (n) Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH: (a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH)
Y, Noun
  • (n) Y, y, wye: (the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet)
  • (n) yttrium, Y, atomic_number_39: (a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys)
Yafo, Noun
  • (n) Jaffa, Joppa, Yafo: (a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950)
Yahoo, Noun
  • (n) Yahoo: (one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift)
  • (n) Yahoo: (a widely used search engine for the web that finds information, news, images, products, finance)
  • (n) yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon: (a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture)
Yahve, Noun
  • (n) Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH: (a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH)
Yahveh, Noun
  • (n) Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH: (a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH)
Yahwe, Noun
  • (n) Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH: (a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH)
Yahweh, Noun
  • (n) Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH: (a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH)
Yale, Noun
  • (n) Yale, Elihu_Yale: (English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721))
  • (n) Yale_University, Yale: (a university in Connecticut)
Yaltopya, Noun
  • (n) Ethiopia, Federal_Democratic_Republic_of_Ethiopia, Yaltopya, Abyssinia: (Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia)
Yamaltu, Noun
  • (n) Tera, Pidlimdi, Yamaltu: (a three-tone Chadic language)
Yangon, Noun
  • (n) Yangon, Rangoon: (the capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta)
Yangtze, Noun
  • (n) Chang_Jiang, Changjiang, Chang, Yangtze, Yangtze_River, Yangtze_Kiang: (the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai)
Yank, Noun
  • (n) Yankee, Yank, Northerner: (an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War))
  • (n) Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle: (an American (especially to non-Americans))
Yankee-Doodle, Noun
  • (n) Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle: (an American (especially to non-Americans))
Yankee, Adjective
  • (s) Yankee: (used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier))
Yankee, Noun
  • (n) New_Englander, Yankee: (an American who lives in New England)
  • (n) Yankee, Yank, Northerner: (an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War))
  • (n) Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle: (an American (especially to non-Americans))
Yay, Noun
  • (n) Yay: (a branch of the Tai languages)
Ybit, Noun
  • (n) yottabit, Ybit, Yb: (a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits)
Yeddo, Noun
  • (n) Tokyo, Tokio, Yeddo, Yedo, Edo, Japanese_capital, capital_of_Japan: (the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan)
Yedo, Noun
  • (n) Tokyo, Tokio, Yeddo, Yedo, Edo, Japanese_capital, capital_of_Japan: (the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan)
Yekaterinoslav, Noun
  • (n) Dnipropetrovsk, Yekaterinoslav: (city in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River; center of metallurgical industry)
Yellowstone, Noun
  • (n) Yellowstone, Yellowstone_River: (a tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park)
Yemen, Noun
  • (n) Yemen, Republic_of_Yemen: (a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990)
Yemeni, Adjective
  • (a) Yemeni: (of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants) "Yemeni mountains"
Yemeni, Noun
  • (n) Yemeni: (a native or inhabitant of Yemen)
Yenisei-Samoyed, Noun
  • (n) Enets, Entsi, Entsy, Yenisei, Yenisei-Samoyed, Yeniseian: (the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian)
Yenisei, Noun
  • (n) Enets, Entsi, Entsy, Yenisei, Yenisei-Samoyed, Yeniseian: (the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian)
  • (n) Yenisei, Yenisei_River, Yenisey, Yenisey_River: (a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea)
Yeniseian, Noun
  • (n) Enets, Entsi, Entsy, Yenisei, Yenisei-Samoyed, Yeniseian: (the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian)
  • (n) Yeniseian: (a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia)
Yenisey, Noun
  • (n) Yenisei, Yenisei_River, Yenisey, Yenisey_River: (a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea)
Yerevan, Noun
  • (n) Yerevan, Jerevan, Erivan, capital_of_Armenia: (capital of Armenia)
Yerwa-Maiduguri, Noun
  • (n) Maiduguri, Yerwa-Maiduguri: (a city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center)
Yezo, Noun
  • (n) Hokkaido, Ezo, Yezo: (the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu)
Ygdrasil, Noun
  • (n) Yggdrasil, Ygdrasil: ((Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together)
Yggdrasil, Noun
  • (n) Yggdrasil, Ygdrasil: ((Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together)
YiB, Noun
  • (n) yottabyte, yobibyte, YB, YiB: (a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes)
Yi, Noun
  • (n) Lolo, Yi: (a Loloish language)
Yibit, Noun
  • (n) yobibit, Yibit: (a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibits or 2^80 bits)
Yiddish, Noun
  • (n) Yiddish: (a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script)
Yisrael, Noun
  • (n) Israel, State_of_Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion: (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)
Yogi, Noun
  • (n) Berra, Lawrence_Peter_Berra, Yogi, Yogi_Berra: (United States baseball player (born 1925))
  • (n) yogi: (one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight)
Yokuts, Noun
  • (n) Mariposan, Yokuts: (a Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts in the San Joaquin Valley)
  • (n) Yokuts: (a member of the North American Indian people of the San Joaquin Valley)
York, Noun
  • (n) York, House_of_York: (the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose)
Yorkshire, Noun
  • (n) Yorkshire: (a former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties)
Yoruba, Noun
  • (n) Yoruba: (a member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria)
  • (n) Yoruba, Aku: (a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria)
Yosemite, Noun
  • (n) Yosemite, Yosemite_Falls: (a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year)
Young, Noun
  • (n) young, offspring: (any immature animal)
  • (n) Young, Loretta_Young: (United States film and television actress (1913-2000))
  • (n) Young, Whitney_Young, : (United States civil rights leader (1921-1971))
  • (n) Young, Thomas_Young: (British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829))
  • (n) Young, Pres_Young, Lester_Willis_Young: (United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959))
  • (n) Young, Edward_Young: (English poet (1683-1765))
  • (n) Young, Cy_Young, Danton_True_Young: (United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955))
  • (n) Young, Brigham_Young: (United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877))
  • (n) young, youth: (young people collectively) "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"
Yuan, Noun
  • (n) yuan, kwai: (the basic unit of money in China)
  • (n) Yuan, Yuan_dynasty, Mongol_dynasty: (the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368)
Yucatec, Noun
  • (n) Yucatec, Yucateco: (a member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico)
  • (n) Yucatec, Yucateco: (a Mayan language spoken by the Yucatec)
Yucateco, Noun
  • (n) Yucatec, Yucateco: (a member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico)
  • (n) Yucatec, Yucateco: (a Mayan language spoken by the Yucatec)
Yue, Noun
  • (n) Yue, Yue_dialect, Cantonese, Cantonese_dialect: (the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China)
Yugoslav, Adjective
  • (a) Yugoslavian, Yugoslav: (of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages) "Yugoslavian wine"
Yugoslav, Noun
  • (n) Yugoslav, Jugoslav, Yugoslavian, Jugoslavian: (a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia)
Yugoslavia, Noun
  • (n) Serbia_and_Montenegro, Union_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro, Yugoslavia, Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia, Jugoslavija: (a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro)
  • (n) Yugoslavia: (a former country of southeastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea; formed in 1918 and named Yugoslavia in 1929; controlled by Marshal Tito as a communist state until his death in 1980) "Tito's Yugoslavia included Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro"
Yugoslavian, Adjective
  • (a) Yugoslavian, Yugoslav: (of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages) "Yugoslavian wine"
Yugoslavian, Noun
  • (n) Yugoslav, Jugoslav, Yugoslavian, Jugoslavian: (a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia)
Yukon, Noun
  • (n) Yukon, Yukon_River: (a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea)
  • (n) Yukon, Yukon_Territory: (a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s)
Yule, Noun
  • (n) Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel: (period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6)
Yuletide, Noun
  • (n) Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel: (period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6)
Yurak-Samoyed, Noun
  • (n) Nenets, Nentsi, Nentsy, Yurak-Samoyed: (a Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia)
yacht, Noun
  • (n) yacht, racing_yacht: (an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing)
yacht, Verb
  • (v) yacht: (travel in a yacht)
yachting, Noun
  • (n) boating, yachting: (water travel for pleasure)
yachtsman, Noun
  • (n) yachtsman, yachtswoman: (a person who owns or sails a yacht)
yachtswoman, Noun
  • (n) yachtsman, yachtswoman: (a person who owns or sails a yacht)
yack, Noun
  • (n) yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle: (noisy talk)
yack, Verb
  • (v) yack, jaw, yack_away, rattle_on, yap_away: (talk incessantly and tiresomely)
yak, Noun
  • (n) yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle: (noisy talk)
  • (n) yak, Bos_grunniens: (large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated)
yak, Verb
  • (v) yak, gab: (talk profusely) "she was yakking away about her grandchildren"
yakety-yak, Noun
  • (n) yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle: (noisy talk)
yakuza, Noun
  • (n) yakuza: (a Japanese gangster)
  • (n) yakuza: (organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises)
yam, Noun
  • (n) yam: (edible tuber of any of several yams)
  • (n) yam, yam_plant: (any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots)
  • (n) yam: (sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked)
  • (n) yam: (edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food)
yammer, Verb
  • (v) howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl: (cry loudly, as of animals) "The coyotes were howling in the desert"
  • (v) whine, grizzle, yammer, yawp: (complain whiningly)
yang, Noun
  • (n) yang: (the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology) "yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence"
yank, Verb
  • (v) yank, jerk: (pull, or move with a sudden movement) "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"
yanker, Noun
  • (n) yanker, jerker: (someone who gives a strong sudden pull)
yap, Noun
  • (n) trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob: (informal terms for the mouth)
yap, Verb
  • (v) yelp, yip, yap: (bark in a high-pitched tone) "the puppies yelped"
yard, Noun
  • (n) cubic_yard, yard: (a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel))
  • (n) thousand, one_thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard: (the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100)
  • (n) yard, pace: (a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride)
  • (n) yard, grounds, curtilage: (the enclosed land around a house or other building) "it was a small house with almost no yard"
  • (n) yard: (a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)) "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
  • (n) yard: (a tract of land where logs are accumulated)
  • (n) yard, railway_yard, railyard: (an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines)
  • (n) yard: (a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen)
  • (n) yard: (an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock))
yardbird, Noun
  • (n) convict, con, inmate, yard_bird, yardbird: (a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison)
  • (n) yard_bird, yardbird: (a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks)
yardmaster, Noun
  • (n) yardmaster, trainmaster, train_dispatcher: (a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard)
yardstick, Noun
  • (n) yardstick: (a measure or standard used for comparison) "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?"
  • (n) yardstick, yard_measure: (a ruler or tape that is three feet long)
yarmelke, Noun
  • (n) yarmulke, yarmulka, yarmelke: (a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer))
yarmulka, Noun
  • (n) yarmulke, yarmulka, yarmelke: (a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer))
yarmulke, Noun
  • (n) yarmulke, yarmulka, yarmelke: (a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer))
yarn-dye, Verb
  • (v) impress, yarn-dye: (dye (fabric) before it is spun)
yarn, Noun
  • (n) narration, recital, yarn: (the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events) "his narration was hesitant"
  • (n) thread, yarn: (a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving)
yarn, Verb
  • (v) yarn: (tell or spin a yarn)
yarrow, Noun
  • (n) yarrow, milfoil, Achillea_millefolium: (ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America)
yashmac, Noun
  • (n) yashmak, yashmac: (the face veil worn by Muslim women)
yashmak, Noun
  • (n) yashmak, yashmac: (the face veil worn by Muslim women)
yatobyo, Noun
  • (n) tularemia, tularaemia, rabbit_fever, deer_fly_fever, yatobyo: (a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals)
yaup, Verb
  • (v) howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup: (emit long loud cries) "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
yautia, Noun
  • (n) yautia, tannia, spoonflower, malanga, Xanthosoma_sagittifolium, Xanthosoma_atrovirens: (tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes)
yaw, Noun
  • (n) yaw, swerve: (an erratic deflection from an intended course)
yaw, Verb
  • (v) gape, yawn, yaw: (be wide open) "the deep gaping canyon"
  • (v) yaw: (deviate erratically from a set course) "the yawing motion of the ship"
  • (v) yaw: (swerve off course momentarily) "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"
yawl, Noun
  • (n) yawl: (a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars))
  • (n) yawl, dandy: (a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost)
yawl, Verb
  • (v) howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup: (emit long loud cries) "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
yawn, Noun
  • (n) yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy: (an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom) "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy"
yawn, Verb
  • (v) gape, yawn, yaw: (be wide open) "the deep gaping canyon"
  • (v) yawn: (utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired) "The child yawned during the long performance"
yawning, Adjective
  • (s) drowsy, oscitant, yawning: (showing lack of attention or boredom) "the yawning congregation"
  • (s) yawning: (gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something) "the yawning mine shaft"; "a yawning abyss"
  • (s) yawning: (with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness) "a yawning congregation"
yawning, Noun
  • (n) yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy: (an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom) "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy"
yawp, Verb
  • (v) whine, grizzle, yammer, yawp: (complain whiningly)
  • (v) yawp, bawl: (make a raucous noise)
yaws, Noun
  • (n) yaw, swerve: (an erratic deflection from an intended course)
  • (n) yaws, frambesia, framboesia: (an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions)
yea, Noun
  • (n) yea: (an affirmative) "The yeas have it"
year-around, Adjective
  • (a) year-round, year-around: (operating or continuing throughout the year) "a year-round resort"; "a year-round job"
year-round, Adjective
  • (a) year-round, year-around: (operating or continuing throughout the year) "a year-round resort"; "a year-round job"
year, Noun
  • (n) class, year: (a body of students who graduate together) "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
  • (n) year, twelvemonth, yr: (a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days) "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"
  • (n) year: (a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity) "a school year"
  • (n) year: (the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun) "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"
yearbook, Noun
  • (n) annual, yearly, yearbook: (a reference book that is published regularly once every year)
  • (n) yearbook: (a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students)
yearling, Noun
  • (n) toddler, yearling, tot, bambino: (a young child)
  • (n) yearling: (a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth)
  • (n) yearling: (an animal in its second year)
yearly, Adjective
  • (s) annual, yearly: (occurring or payable every year) "an annual trip to Paris"; "yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income"
yearly, Noun
  • (n) annual, yearly, yearbook: (a reference book that is published regularly once every year)
yearn, Verb
  • (v) ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish: (have a desire for something or someone who is not present) "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
  • (v) hanker, long, yearn: (desire strongly or persistently)
  • (v) yearn: (have affection for; feel tenderness for)
yearned-for, Adjective
  • (s) longed-for, wished-for, yearned-for: (greatly desired)
yearner, Noun
  • (n) longer, thirster, yearner: (a person with a strong desire for something) "a longer for money"; "a thirster after blood"; "a yearner for knowledge"
yearning, Noun
  • (n) longing, yearning, hungriness: (prolonged unfulfilled desire or need)
years, Noun
  • (n) class, year: (a body of students who graduate together) "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"
  • (n) days, years: (the time during which someone's life continues) "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years"
  • (n) long_time, age, years: (a prolonged period of time) "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
  • (n) old_age, years, age, eld, geezerhood: (a late time of life) "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
  • (n) year, twelvemonth, yr: (a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days) "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"
  • (n) year: (a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity) "a school year"
  • (n) year: (the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun) "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"
yeast, Noun
  • (n) yeast, barm: (a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey)
  • (n) yeast: (any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division)
yeastlike, Adjective
  • (a) yeasty, yeastlike: (of or resembling or containing yeast)
yeasty, Adjective
  • (a) yeasty, yeastlike: (of or resembling or containing yeast)
  • (s) yeasty: (exuberantly creative)
  • (s) zestful, yeasty, zesty, barmy: (marked by spirited enjoyment)
yell, Noun
  • (n) cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation: (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition) "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
  • (n) cry, yell: (a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)) "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain"
yell, Verb
  • (v) shout, shout_out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall: (utter a sudden loud cry) "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
  • (v) yell, scream: (utter or declare in a very loud voice) "You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine"
yelled, Adjective
  • (s) shouted, yelled: (in a vehement outcry) "his shouted words of encouragement could be heard over the crowd noises"
yeller, Noun
  • (n) roarer, bawler, bellower, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller: (someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice)
yelling, Noun
  • (n) yelling, shouting: (uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement)
yellow-beige, Adjective
  • (s) yellow-beige, yellowish-beige: (of beige tinged with yellow; )
yellow-bellied, Adjective
  • (s) chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied: (easily frightened)
yellow-blindness, Noun
  • (n) tetartanopia, yellow-blindness: (a form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned)
yellow-brown, Adjective
  • (s) amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown: (of a medium to dark brownish yellow color)
yellow-gray, Adjective
  • (s) yellow-grey, yellow-gray, yellowish-grey, yellowish-gray: (of grey tinged with yellow)
yellow-grey, Adjective
  • (s) yellow-grey, yellow-gray, yellowish-grey, yellowish-gray: (of grey tinged with yellow)
yellow-orange, Adjective
  • (s) yellow-orange, yellowish-orange: (of orange tinged with yellow)
yellow-white, Adjective
  • (s) yellow-white, yellowish-white: (of a white tinged with yellow)
yellow, Adjective
  • (s) chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied: (easily frightened)
  • (s) jaundiced, icteric, yellow: (affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc)
  • (s) scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow: (typical of tabloids) "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow press"
  • (s) yellow, yellowish, xanthous: (of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk)
  • (s) yellow, yellowed: (changed to a yellowish color by age) "yellowed parchment"
  • (s) yellow: (cowardly or treacherous) "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight"; "too yellow to stand and fight"
yellow, Noun
  • (n) yellow, yellowness: (yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons)
yellow, Verb
  • (v) yellow: (turn yellow) "The pages of the book began to yellow"
yellowbird, Noun
  • (n) New_World_goldfinch, goldfinch, yellowbird, Spinus_tristis: (American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer)
  • (n) yellow_warbler, golden_warbler, yellowbird, Dendroica_petechia: (yellow-throated American wood warbler)
yellowcake, Noun
  • (n) yellowcake, U308: (an impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore)
yellowed, Adjective
  • (s) yellow, yellowed: (changed to a yellowish color by age) "yellowed parchment"
yellower, Adjective
  • (s) chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied: (easily frightened)
  • (s) jaundiced, icteric, yellow: (affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc)
  • (s) scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow: (typical of tabloids) "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow press"
  • (s) yellow, yellowish, xanthous: (of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk)
  • (s) yellow, yellowed: (changed to a yellowish color by age) "yellowed parchment"
  • (s) yellow: (cowardly or treacherous) "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight"; "too yellow to stand and fight"
yellowish-beige, Adjective
  • (s) yellow-beige, yellowish-beige: (of beige tinged with yellow; )
yellowish-gray, Adjective
  • (s) yellow-grey, yellow-gray, yellowish-grey, yellowish-gray: (of grey tinged with yellow)
yellowish-grey, Adjective
  • (s) yellow-grey, yellow-gray, yellowish-grey, yellowish-gray: (of grey tinged with yellow)
yellowish-orange, Adjective
  • (s) yellow-orange, yellowish-orange: (of orange tinged with yellow)
yellowish-white, Adjective
  • (s) yellow-white, yellowish-white: (of a white tinged with yellow)
yellowish, Adjective
  • (s) yellow, yellowish, xanthous: (of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk)
yellowness, Noun
  • (n) yellow, yellowness: (yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons)
yelp, Noun
  • (n) yip, yelp, yelping: (a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog))
yelp, Verb
  • (v) yelp, yip, yap: (bark in a high-pitched tone) "the puppies yelped"
yelping, Noun
  • (n) yip, yelp, yelping: (a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog))
yen, Noun
  • (n) hankering, yen: (a yearning for something or to do something)
  • (n) yen: (the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen)
yen, Verb
  • (v) ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish: (have a desire for something or someone who is not present) "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
yeoman, Noun
  • (n) yeoman, yeoman_of_the_guard, beefeater: (officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch)
  • (n) yeoman: (in former times was free and cultivated his own land)
yes-man, Noun
  • (n) flunky, flunkey, stooge, yes-man: (a person of unquestioning obedience)
yes, Noun
  • (n) yes: (an affirmative) "I was hoping for a yes"
yeshiva, Noun
  • (n) yeshiva, yeshivah: (an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud))
yeshivah, Noun
  • (n) yeshiva, yeshivah: (an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud))
yesterday, Noun
  • (n) yesterday: (the day immediately before today) "it was in yesterday's newspapers"
  • (n) yesterday: (the recent past) "yesterday's solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays"
yesteryear, Noun
  • (n) past, past_times, yesteryear: (the time that has elapsed) "forget the past"
yid, Noun
  • (n) kike, hymie, sheeny, yid: ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew)
yield, Noun
  • (n) output, yield: (production of a certain amount)
  • (n) output, yield, production: (the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)) "production was up in the second quarter"
  • (n) return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff: (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property) "the average return was about 5%"
  • (n) yield, fruit: (an amount of a product)
yield, Verb
  • (v) concede, yield, grant: (be willing to concede) "I grant you this much"
  • (v) concede, yield, cede, grant: (give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another)
  • (v) give, yield: (cause to happen or be responsible for) "His two singles gave the team the victory"
  • (v) give, yield: (be flexible under stress of physical force) "This material doesn't give"
  • (v) give_way, yield: (end resistance, as under pressure or force) "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
  • (v) move_over, give_way, give, ease_up, yield: (move in order to make room for someone for something) "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
  • (v) render, yield, return, give, generate: (give or supply) "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
  • (v) succumb, yield: (be fatally overwhelmed)
  • (v) yield, give, afford: (be the cause or source of) "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
  • (v) yield, relent, soften: (give in, as to influence or pressure)
  • (v) yield, pay, bear: (bring in) "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
  • (v) yield: (cease opposition; stop fighting)
  • (v) yield, give_in, succumb, knuckle_under, buckle_under: (consent reluctantly)
yielder, Noun
  • (n) surrenderer, yielder: (a person who yields or surrenders)
yielding, Adjective
  • (s) yielding: (inclined to yield to argument or influence or control) "a timid yielding person"
  • (s) yielding: (lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure) "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber"
  • (s) yielding: (tending to give in or surrender or agree) "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington"
yielding, Noun
  • (n) concession, conceding, yielding: (the act of conceding or yielding)
  • (n) giving_up, yielding, surrender: (a verbal act of admitting defeat)
yin, Noun
  • (n) yin: (the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology) "the interaction of yin and yang maintains the harmony of the universe"
yip, Noun
  • (n) yip, yelp, yelping: (a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog))
yip, Verb
  • (v) yelp, yip, yap: (bark in a high-pitched tone) "the puppies yelped"
ylang-ylang, Noun
  • (n) ilang-ilang, ylang-ylang, Cananga_odorata: (evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental)
yob, Noun
  • (n) bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo: (a cruel and brutal fellow)
yobbo, Noun
  • (n) bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo: (a cruel and brutal fellow)
yobibit, Noun
  • (n) yobibit, Yibit: (a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibits or 2^80 bits)
yobibyte, Noun
  • (n) yottabyte, yobibyte, YB, YiB: (a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes)
yobo, Noun
  • (n) bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo: (a cruel and brutal fellow)
yodel, Noun
  • (n) yodel: (a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto)
yodel, Verb
  • (v) yodel, warble, descant: (sing by changing register; sing by yodeling) "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"
yoga, Noun
  • (n) yoga: (Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion)
  • (n) yoga: (a system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind)
yoghourt, Noun
  • (n) yogurt, yoghurt, yoghourt: (a custard-like food made from curdled milk)
yoghurt, Noun
  • (n) yogurt, yoghurt, yoghourt: (a custard-like food made from curdled milk)
yogic, Adjective
  • (a) yogistic, yogic: (of or relating to yoga) "yogic exercises"
yogistic, Adjective
  • (a) yogistic, yogic: (of or relating to yoga) "yogic exercises"
yogurt, Noun
  • (n) yogurt, yoghurt, yoghourt: (a custard-like food made from curdled milk)
yoke, Noun
  • (n) couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad: (two items of the same kind)
  • (n) yoke: (fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment)
  • (n) yoke: (an oppressive power) "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination"
  • (n) yoke: (a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke) "pulled by a yoke of oxen"
  • (n) yoke: (support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end)
  • (n) yoke, coupling: (a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together)
  • (n) yoke: (stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team)
yoke, Verb
  • (v) yoke: (become joined or linked together)
  • (v) yoke, link: (link with or as with a yoke) "yoke the oxen together"
  • (v) yoke: (put a yoke on or join with a yoke) "Yoke the draft horses together"
yokel, Noun
  • (n) yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon: (a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture)
yokelish, Adjective
  • (s) ill-bred, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish: ((of persons) lacking in refinement or grace)
yolk, Noun
  • (n) egg_yolk, yolk: (the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen)
  • (n) yolk, vitellus: (nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg))
yon, Adjective
  • (s) yonder, yon: (distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)) "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?"
yonder, Adjective
  • (s) yonder, yon: (distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)) "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?"
yottabit, Noun
  • (n) yottabit, Ybit, Yb: (a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabits or 10^24 bits)
yottabyte, Noun
  • (n) yottabyte, YB: (a unit of information equal to 1000 zettabytes or 10^24 bytes)
  • (n) yottabyte, yobibyte, YB, YiB: (a unit of information equal to 1024 zebibytes or 2^80 bytes)
you-drive, Noun
  • (n) car_rental, hire_car, rent-a-car, self-drive, u-drive, you-drive: (a rented car) "she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel"
young-bearing, Adjective
  • (s) egg-producing, young-bearing: (capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring)
young, Adjective
  • (s) new, young: ((of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity) "new potatoes"; "young corn"
  • (s) unseasoned, untested, untried, young: (not tried or tested by experience) "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"
  • (a) young, immature: ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth) "young people"
  • (s) young: (being in its early stage) "a young industry"; "the day is still young"
  • (s) youthful, vernal, young: (suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh) "he is young for his age"
younger, Adjective
  • (s) new, young: ((of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity) "new potatoes"; "young corn"
  • (s) unseasoned, untested, untried, young: (not tried or tested by experience) "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"
  • (a) young, immature: ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth) "young people"
  • (s) young: (being in its early stage) "a young industry"; "the day is still young"
  • (s) younger, : (used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father) "John Junior"; "John Smith, Jr."
  • (s) youthful, vernal, young: (suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh) "he is young for his age"
youngest, Adjective
  • (s) new, young: ((of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity) "new potatoes"; "young corn"
  • (s) unseasoned, untested, untried, young: (not tried or tested by experience) "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"
  • (a) young, immature: ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth) "young people"
  • (s) young: (being in its early stage) "a young industry"; "the day is still young"
  • (s) youthful, vernal, young: (suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh) "he is young for his age"
youngness, Noun
  • (n) youngness: (the opposite of oldness)
youngster, Noun
  • (n) child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small_fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling: (a young person of either sex) "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
younker, Noun
  • (n) young_person, youth, younker, spring_chicken: (a young person (especially a young man or boy))
youth, Noun
  • (n) young, youth: (young people collectively) "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"
  • (n) young_person, youth, younker, spring_chicken: (a young person (especially a young man or boy))
  • (n) youth: (the time of life between childhood and maturity)
  • (n) youth: (early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced)
  • (n) youth, early_days: (an early period of development) "during the youth of the project"
  • (n) youth, youthfulness, juvenility: (the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person)
youthful, Adjective
  • (s) youthful, vernal, young: (suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh) "he is young for his age"
youthfulness, Noun
  • (n) youth, youthfulness, juvenility: (the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person)
yowl, Noun
  • (n) bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl: (a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)) "his bellow filled the hallway"
yowl, Verb
  • (v) howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl: (cry loudly, as of animals) "The coyotes were howling in the desert"
  • (v) yowl, caterwaul: (utter shrieks, as of cats)
yr, Noun
  • (n) year, twelvemonth, yr: (a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days) "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"
ytterbite, Noun
  • (n) gadolinite, ytterbite: (a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium)
yttrium, Noun
  • (n) yttrium, Y, atomic_number_39: (a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys)
yucky, Adjective
  • (s) disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky: (highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust) "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
yummy, Adjective
  • (s) delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy: (extremely pleasing to the sense of taste)
yuppie, Noun
  • (n) yuppie: (a young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style)