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1: a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys [syn: {yttrium}, {atomic number 39}] 2: the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet

1: the sex chromosome that is carried by men; "human males normally have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome"

1: the vertical axis in a plane coordinate system

1: a gene located on a Y chromosome [syn: {holandric gene}]

1: shaped in the form of the letter Y

1: the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar

1: prepared to accurately process date and time data between and into the 20th and 21st centuries

1: West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves [syn: {yacca podocarp}, {Podocarpus coriaceus}]

1: West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves [syn: {yacca}, {Podocarpus coriaceus}]

1: an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing [syn: {racing yacht}] v : travel in a yacht

1: a light folding armchair for outdoor use

1: club that promotes and supports yachting and boating [syn: {boat club}]

1: a race between crews of people in yachts [syn: {sailing-race}]

1: water travel for pleasure [syn: {boating}]

1: a cap with a flat circular top and a visor [syn: {kepi}, {peaked cap}, {service cap}]

1: sails a yacht [syn: {yachtswoman}]

1: sails a yacht [syn: {yachtsman}]

1: noisy talk [syn: {yak}, {yakety-yak}, {chatter}, {cackle}] v : talk incessantly and tiresomely [syn: {jaw}, {yack away}, {rattle on}, {yap away}]

1: talk incessantly and tiresomely [syn: {yack}, {jaw}, {rattle on}, {yap away}]

1: a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950 [syn: {Jaffa}, {Joppa}]

1: a sharply directional antenna [syn: {Yagi aerial}]

1: a sharply directional antenna [syn: {yagi}]

1: a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California 2: the Yanan language spoken by the Yahi people

1: not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: {yokel}, {rube}, {hick}, {hayseed}, {bumpkin}, {chawbacon}] 2: one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by...

1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: {Yahweh}, {YHWH}, {Yahwe}, {Yahveh}, {YHVH}, {Wahvey}, {Jahvey}, {Jahweh}, {Jehovah}, {JHVH}]

1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: {Yahweh}, {YHWH}, {Yahwe}, {YHVH}, {Yahve}, {Wahvey}, {Jahvey}, {Jahweh}, {Jehovah}, {JHVH}]

1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: {Yahweh}, {YHWH}, {Yahveh}, {YHVH}, {Yahve}, {Wahvey}, {Jahvey}, {Jahweh}, {Jehovah}, {JHVH}]

1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: {YHWH}, {Yahwe}, {Yahveh}, {YHVH}, {Yahve}, {Wahvey}, {Jahvey}, {Jahweh}, {Jehovah}, {JHVH}]

1: a collection of sacrificial formulas and prayers

1: noisy talk [syn: {yack}, {yakety-yak}, {chatter}, {cackle}] 2: large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated [syn: {Bos grunniens}] [also: {yakking}, {yakked}]

1: butter made from yaks' milk

1: the milk of a yak

1: noisy talk [syn: {yak}, {yack}, {chatter}, {cackle}]

1: a town in south central Washington

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1: a member of a Turkic people of northeastern Siberia (mainly in the Lena river basin) 2: the Turkic language spoken by the Yakut people

1: a Japanese gangster 2: organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises

1: a university in Connecticut [syn: {Yale University}] 2: English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721) [syn: {Elihu Yale}]

1: a university in Connecticut [syn: {Yale}]

1: a resort city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea; scene of the Allied conference between Churchill and Stalin and Roosevelt in 1945

1: Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia [syn: {Ethiopia}, {Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia}, {Abyssinia}]

1: river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China) [syn: {Yalu River}]

1: river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China) [syn: {Yalu}] 2: a battle in the Korean War (November 1950); ...

1: edible tuber of any of several yams 2: any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots [syn: {yam plant}] 3: sweet potato with deep orange flesh that rema...

1: twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots [syn: {potato bean}, {Pachyrhizus tuberosus}] 2: Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or coo...

1: yams [syn: {Dioscoreaceae}, {family Dioscoreaceae}]

1: any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots [syn: {yam}]

1: Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld

1: a three-tone Chadic language [syn: {Tera}, {Pidlimdi}]

1: Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943) [syn: {Isoroku Yamamoto}]

1: Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930) [syn: {Ahmed Zoki Yamani}]

1: cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert" [syn: {howl}, {wrawl}, {yowl}] 2: complain whiningly [syn: {whine}, {grizzle}, {yawp}]

1: capital of the Ivory Coast

1: a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California 2: the Yanan language spoken by the Yana people

1: a language group of the Hokan family

1: the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology; "yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence" [ant: {yin}]

1: United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Tsung Dao Lee in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1922) [syn: {Chen N. Yang}]

1: the capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta [syn: {Rangoon}]

1: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai [syn: {Chang Jiang}, {Chang}, {Yangtze River}, {Yangtze Kiang}]

1: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai [syn: {Chang Jiang}, {Chang}, {Yangtze}, {Yangtze River}]

1: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai [syn: {Chang Jiang}, {Chang}, {Yangtze}, {Yangtze Kiang}]

1: an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) [syn: {Yankee}, {Northerner}] 2: an American who lives in New England [syn: {New Englander}, {Yankee}] 3: an American [...

1: used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier) n 1: an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) [syn: ...

1: corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm [syn: {flint corn}, {flint maize}, {Zea mays indurata}]

1: an American [syn: {Yankee}, {Yank}]

1: someone who gives a strong sudden pull [syn: {jerker}]

1: water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds [syn: {water chinquapin}, {American lotus}, {Nelumbo lutea}]

1: the capital of Cameroon [syn: {capital of Cameroon}]

1: informal terms for the mouth [syn: {trap}, {cakehole}, {hole}, {maw}, {gob}] v : bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped" [syn: {yelp}, {yip}] [also: {yapping}, {yapped}]

1: talk incessantly and tiresomely [syn: {yack}, {jaw}, {yack away}, {rattle on}]

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1: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride [syn: {pace}] 2: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a ...

1: merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard [syn: {piece goods}]

1: coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere [syn: {yardgrass}, {wire grass}, {goose grass}, {Eleusine indica}]

1: in football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field

1: (football) a marker indicating the yardline

1: a ruler or tape that is three feet long [syn: {yardstick}]

1: an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises [syn: {garage sale}]

1: South American bean having very long succulent pods [syn: {asparagus bean}, {Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis}, {Vigna sesquipedalis}]

1: distance measured in the aggregate number of yards; "what is the yardage of this golf course?"

1: either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship

1: United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955) [syn: {Parker}, {Charlie Parker}, {Bird Parker}, {Charles Christopher Parker}]

1: (used only in combinations) the height of length of something in yards; "the golfer hit a 300-yarder to the green"

1: coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere [syn: {yard grass}, {wire grass}, {goose grass}, {Eleusine indica}]

1: member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence; "A much publicized raid on a yardie stronghold had first been simulated at Riot City"

1: worker in a railway yard 2: a laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)

1: a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard [syn: {trainmaster}, {train dispatcher}]

1: a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?" 2: a ruler or tape that is three feet long [syn: {yard measure}]

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1: a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer) [syn: {yarmulke}, {yarmulka}]

1: a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer) [syn: {yarmulke}, {yarmelke}]

1: a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer) [syn: {yarmulka}, {yarmelke}]

1: the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant" [syn: {narration}, {recital}] 2: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or ny...

1: dye (fabric) before it is spun [syn: {impress}]

1: inclined to tell long and involved stories (often of incredible happenings)

1: 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 [syn: {milfoi...

1: the face veil worn by Muslim women [syn: {yashmak}]

1: the face veil worn by Muslim women [syn: {yashmac}]

1: Palestinian statesman who is chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (born in 1929) [syn: {Arafat}]

1: United States baseball player (born in 1939) [syn: {Carl Yastrzemski}]

1: a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge

1: a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals [syn: {tularemia}, {tularaemia}, {rab...

1: an evergreen shrub

1: tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes [syn: {tannia}, {spoonflower}, {malanga}, {Xanthosoma sagittifolium}, {Xanthosoma atrovirens}]

1: a member of a North American Indian people of central Arizona 2: the Yuman language spoken by the Yavapai people

1: an erratic deflection from an intended course [syn: {swerve}] v 1: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: {gape}, {yawn}] 2: deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the s...

1: a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars) 2: a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost v : emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" [syn...

1: 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 a...

1: a person who yawns

1: gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something; "the yawning mine shaft"; "a yawning abyss" 2: with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness; "a yawning congregation" 3: s...

1: make a raucous noise [syn: {bawl}] 2: complain whiningly [syn: {whine}, {grizzle}, {yammer}]

1: an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions [syn: {frambesia}, {framboesia}]

1: a branch of the Tai languages

1: a river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg [syn: {Yazoo River}]

1: a river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg [syn: {Yazoo}]

1: a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime [syn: {ytterbium}, {atomic number 70}]

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