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1: a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta [syn: {Huang He}, {Hwang Ho}]

1: noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium [syn: {rockcress}, {rocket cress}, {Barbarea vulgaris}, {Sisymbrium barbarea}]

1: perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves [syn: {goldenseal}, {golden seal}, {turmeric root}, {Hydrastis Canadensis}]

1: European perennial naturalized throughout United States having hollow stems with a few long narrow tapered leaves and each bearing a solitary pale yellow flower [syn: {Tragopogon dubius}]

1: plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia [syn: {Abronia latifolia}]

1: part of the Pacific off the east coast of Asia

1: slender perennial of western North America having weakly bristly leaves and yellow flower heads [syn: {Haplopappus spinulosus}]

1: any of several fungous or viral diseases characterized by yellow spotting on the leaves 2: a yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision [syn:...

1: fungus causing yellow spot (a sugarcane disease in Australia) [syn: {Cercospora kopkei}]

1: medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood [syn: {red spruce}, {eastern spruce}, {Picea rubens}]

1: any of various squash plants grown for their yellow fruits with somewhat elongated necks 2: squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck

1: European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States [syn: {Barnaby's thistle}, {Centaurea solstitialis}]

1: biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent; widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop [syn: {Melilotus officinalis}]

1: prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America [syn: {black medick}, {hop clover}, {nonesuch clover}, {Medicago lupulina}]

1: pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect wide-mouth yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with erect lids [syn: {huntsman's horn}, {huntsman's horns}, {yellow pitcher plant}, {trumpets}, {...

1: the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food [syn: {rutabaga}, {swede}, {swedish turnip}]

1: southwestern United States plant with yellow flowers on stems that twist and twine through other vegetation [syn: {Antirrhinum filipes}]

1: scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage [syn: {common vetchling}, {meadow pea}, {Lathyrus pratensis}]

1: yellow-throated American wood warbler [syn: {golden warbler}, {yellowbird}, {Dendroica petechia}]

1: common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated [syn: {yellow iris}, {yellow flag}, {Iris pseudacorus}]

1: a water lily with yellow flowers [syn: {Nuphar lutea}]

1: annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities [syn: {marsh cress}, {Rorippa islandica}]

1: offensive term for an Oriental woman

1: easily frightened [syn: {chicken}, {chickenhearted}, {lily-livered}, {white-livered}, {yellow}]

1: eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen [syn: {Sphyrapicus varius}]

1: freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets [syn: {slider}, {Pseudemys scripta}]

1: a form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned [syn: {tetartanopia}]

1: confusion of yellow and blue [syn: {yellow-blue dichromacy}]

1: confusion of yellow and blue [syn: {yellow-blue color blindness}]

1: common in Russia and Siberia [syn: {Emberiza aureola}]

1: American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds [syn: {Icteria virens}]

1: a medium to dark brownish yellow color [syn: {amber}, {brownish-yellow}]

1: North American night heron [syn: {Nyctanassa violacea}]

1: a now-illegal labor contract whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union

1: any of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States

1: plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places [syn: {Xyridaceae}, {family Xyridaceae}]

1: mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue [syn: {Aedes aegypti}]

1: midway between yellow and green

1: any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment

1: a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew [syn: {Falcatifolium taxoides}]

1: large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail [syn: {Colaptes auratus}, {yellowhammer}]

1: large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma [syn: {Charronia flavigula}]

1: heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America [syn: {rockchuck}, {Marmota flaviventris}]

1: yellow-throated American wood warbler [syn: {yellow warbler}, {golden warbler}, {Dendroica petechia}] 2: American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer [syn: {New world goldfinch}, {go...

1: an impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore [syn: {U308}]

1: changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment" [syn: {yellow}]

1: may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics [syn: {yellowfin tuna}, {Thunnus albacares}]

1: a fish of the Pacific coast of North America [syn: {surffish}, {surf fish}, {Umbrina roncador}]

1: popular panfish from Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil [syn: {Gerres cinereus}]

1: may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics [syn: {yellowfin}, {Thunnus albacares}]

1: large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail [syn: {yellow-shafted flicker}, {Colaptes auratus}] 2: European bunting the male being bright yellow...

1: similar to the color of an egg yolk [syn: {yellow}, {xanthous}]

1: a medium to dark tan color [syn: {raw sienna}, {buff}, {caramel}, {caramel brown}]

1: a shade of green tinged with yellow [syn: {yellow green}, {chartreuse}, {Paris green}, {pea green}]

1: a shade of pink tinged with yellow [syn: {apricot}, {peach}, {salmon pink}]

1: a town in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada on the Great Slave Lake

1: either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs

1: the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons [syn: {yellow}]

1: a tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park [syn: {Yellowstone River}]

1: the first national park in the United States; located in the border area between Wyoming and Montana and Idaho; spectacular wilderness; famous for Old Faithful geyser and for buffalo and bears

1: a tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park [syn: {Yellowstone}]

1: superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail [syn: {yellowtail snapper}, {Ocyurus chrysurus}] 2: game fish of southern Californ...

1: flesh of American flounder having a yellowish tail 2: American flounder having a yellowish tail [syn: {Limanda ferruginea}]

1: superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail [syn: {yellowtail}, {Ocyurus chrysurus}]

1: small olive-colored American warblers with yellow breast and throat

1: yellow-colored wood of any of various yellowwood trees 2: any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract [syn: {yellowwood tree}]

1: any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract [syn: {yellowwood}]

1: a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) [syn: {yelping}] v : bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped" [syn: {yip}, {yap}]

1: a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) [syn: {yelp}]

1: a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990 [syn: {Republic of Yemen}]

1: of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants; "Yemeni mountains" n : a native or inhabitant of Yemen

1: 100 Yemeni fils are worth one Yemeni rial [syn: {fils}]

1: monetary unit in Yemen

1: the basic unit of money in Yemen; equal to 100 fils [syn: {rial}]

1: a yearning for something or to do something [syn: {hankering}] 2: the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen v : have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a ...

1: a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea [syn: {Yenisei River}, {Yenisey}, {Yenisey River}] 2: the Uralic language sp...

1: a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea [syn: {Yenisei}, {Yenisey}, {Yenisey River}]

1: the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people [syn: {Enets}, {Entsi}, {Entsy}, {Yenisei}, {Yeniseian}]

1: a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia 2: the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people [syn: {Enets}, {Entsi}, {Entsy}, {Yenisei}, {Yenisei-Samoye...

1: a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea [syn: {Yenisei}, {Yenisei River}, {Yenisey River}]

1: a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea [syn: {Yenisei}, {Yenisei River}, {Yenisey}]

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{yen}

1: (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant 2: (Yiddish) a woman gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal

1: officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch [syn: {yeoman of the guard}, {beefeater}] 2: in former times was free and cultivated his own land

1: officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch [syn: {yeoman}, {beefeater}]

1: class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land 2: a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army

1: trailing perennial evergreen herb of northwestern United States with small white flowers; used medicinally [syn: {Micromeria chamissonis}, {Micromeria douglasii}, {Satureja douglasii}]

1: stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone [syn: {Anemopsis californica}]

1: viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to Deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses [syn: {Eriodictyon californicum}]

1: capital of Armenia [syn: {Jerevan}, {Erivan}, {capital of Armenia}]

1: United States psychologist who studied the intelligence of primates (1876-1956) [syn: {Robert M. Yerkes}, {Robert Mearns Yerkes}]

1: French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943) [syn: {Alexandre Yersin}, {Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin}]

1: a Bacillus bacteria that causes plague; aerosolized bacteria can be used as a bioweapon

1: a mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,709 feet high)

1: a city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center [syn: {Maiduguri}]

1: an affirmative; "I was hoping for a yes" [ant: {no}]

1: a person of unquestioning obedience [syn: {flunky}, {flunkey}, {stooge}]

1: a question that can be answered by yes or no

1: an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud) [syn: {yeshivah}] [also: {yeshivoth} (pl), {yeshivahs} (pl)]

1: an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud) [syn: {yeshiva}]

{yeshiva}

{yeshiva}

1: the day immediately before today; "it was in yesterday's newspapers" 2: the recent past; "yesterday's solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays" adv 1: on the day preceding today; ...

1: the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" [syn: {past}, {past times}, {yore}] [ant: {future}]

1: up to the present time; "I have yet to see the results"; "details are yet to be worked out" 2: used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the pres...

1: large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas [syn: {abominable snowman}]

1: Russian poet who expressed the feelings of the post-Stalinist generation (born in 1933) [syn: {Yevtushenko}, {Yevgeni Yevtushenko}]

1: Russian poet who expressed the feelings of the post-Stalinist generation (born in 1933) [syn: {Yevtushenko}, {Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko}]

1: Russian poet who expressed the feelings of the post-Stalinist generation (born in 1933) [syn: {Yevgeni Yevtushenko}, {Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko}]

1: wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows 2: any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-sha...

1: sometimes classified as member of order Taxales [syn: {Taxaceae}, {family Taxaceae}]

1: the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; north of Honshu [syn: {Hokkaido}, {Ezo}]

1: (Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and heaven and hell together [syn: {Yggdrasil}]

1: (Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and heaven and hell together [syn: {Ygdrasil}]

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

1: a Loloish language [syn: {Lolo}]

1: 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

1: production of a certain amount [syn: {output}] 2: an amount of a product [syn: {fruit}] 3: the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" [syn: {return}, {issue},...