yield up
1: surrender, as a result of pressure or force
yielder
1: a person who yields or surrenders [syn: {surrenderer}]
yielding
1: inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; "a timid yielding person" 2: lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber" 3: tending to give in or sur...
yieldingly
1: in an obedient manner; "obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking" [syn: {obediently}] [ant: {disobediently}]
yin
1: the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology; "the interaction of yin and yang maintains the harmony of the universe" [ant: {yang}]
yip
1: bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped" [syn: {yelp}, {yap}]
yips
1: nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts); "to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting"
Yisrael
1: Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine [syn: {Israel}, {State of Israel}, {Zion}, {Sion}]
ylang-ylang
1: evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental [syn: {ilang-ilang}, {Cananga odorata}]
ylem
1: (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements
Ymir
1: (Norse mythology) the primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world: the sea from his blood; the earth from his flesh; the mountains from his bones; the s...
yo-yo
1: a toy consisting of a spool that is reeled up and down on a string by motions of the hand
yob
1: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: {bully}, {tough}, {hooligan}, {ruffian}, {roughneck}, {rowdy}, {yobo}, {yobbo}]
yobbo
1: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: {bully}, {tough}, {hooligan}, {ruffian}, {roughneck}, {rowdy}, {yob}, {yobo}]
yobo
1: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: {bully}, {tough}, {hooligan}, {ruffian}, {roughneck}, {rowdy}, {yob}, {yobbo}]
yodel
1: a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto v : sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: {war...
yodeling
1: singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto
yodeller
1: a singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs)
yodh
1: the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
yoga
1: 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 2: a sys...
Yogacara
1: one of the main traditions of Mahayana Buddhism; holds that the mind is real but that objects are just ideas or states of consciousness
yoghourt
1: a custard-like food made from curdled milk [syn: {yogurt}, {yoghurt}]
yoghurt
1: a custard-like food made from curdled milk [syn: {yogurt}, {yoghourt}]
Yogi
1: United States baseball player (born 1925) [syn: {Berra}, {Lawrence Peter Berra}, {Yogi Berra}] 2: one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight
Yogi Berra
1: United States baseball player (born 1925) [syn: {Berra}, {Lawrence Peter Berra}, {Yogi}]
yogic
1: of or relating to yoga; "yogic exercises" [syn: {yogistic}]
yogistic
1: of or relating to yoga; "yogic exercises" [syn: {yogic}]
yogurt
1: a custard-like food made from curdled milk [syn: {yoghurt}, {yoghourt}]
yoke
1: fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment 2: an oppresssive power; "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination" 3: two items of the same kind [syn: {couple}, ...
yokel
1: not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: {rube}, {hick}, {yahoo}, {hayseed}, {bumpkin}, {chawbacon}]
yokel-like
1: stupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitants; "the boy's empty yokel-like expression"
yokelish
1: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: {ill-bred}, {bounderish}, {lowbred}, {rude}, {underbred}]
Yoko Ono
1: United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933) [syn: {Ono}]
Yokohama
1: port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan
Yokuts
1: a Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts people in the San Joaquin Valley [syn: {Mariposan}] 2: a member of the North American Indian people of the San Joaquin Valley
yolk
1: nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) [syn: {vitellus}]
yolk sac
1: membranous structure that functions as the circulatory system in mammal embryos until the heart becomes functional [syn: {vitelline sac}, {umbilical vesicle}, {vesicula umbilicus}] 2: membranous st...
Yom Kippur
1: (Judaism) a solemn Jewish fast day; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic Law [syn: {Day of Atonement}]
Yom Kippur War
1: Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt [syn: {Arab-Israeli War}]
yon
1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn: {yonder}] adv : at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and di...
yonder
1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn: {yon}] adv : at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and diale...
yore
1: the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" [syn: {past}, {past times}, {yesteryear}] [ant: {future}]
York
1: the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose [syn: {House of York}]
Yorkshire
1: a former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties
Yorkshire fog
1: tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage [syn: {velvet grass}, {Holcus lanatus}]
Yorkshire pudding
1: light puffy bread made of a puff batter and traditionally baked in the pan with roast beef
Yorkshire terrier
1: very small breed having a long glossy coat of bluish-gray and tan
Yorktown
1: in 1781 during the American Revolution the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops
Yoruba
1: a member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria 2: a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria [syn: {Aku}]
Yosemite
1: a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year [syn: {Yosemite Falls}]
Yosemite Falls
1: a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year [syn: {Yosemite}]
Yosemite toad
1: of high Sierra Nevada meadows and forest borders [syn: {Bufo canorus}]
you bet
1: an expression of emphatic agreement [syn: {and how}, {you said it}]
you said it
1: an expression of emphatic agreement [syn: {and how}, {you bet}]
you're welcome
1: conventional response to thanks meaning `freely granted'
you-drive
1: a rented car; "she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel" [syn: {car rental}, {hire car}, {rent-a-car}, {self-drive}, {u-drive}]
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young
1: (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" [syn: {immature}] [ant: {old}] 2: (of crops) harvested at an early stage of developmen...
young buck
1: an adolescent male [syn: {young man}]
young carnivore
1: the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion [syn: {cub}]
young girl
1: a girl or young woman who is unmarried [syn: {lass}, {lassie}, {jeune fille}]
young lady
1: a young woman; "a young lady of 18" [syn: {girl}, {miss}, {missy}, {young woman}, {fille}]
young man
1: an adolescent male [syn: {young buck}] 2: a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" [syn: {boyfriend}, {fellow}, {beau}, {swain}]
young person
1: a young person (especially a young man or boy) [syn: {youth}, {younker}, {spring chicken}]
Young Turk
1: a member of one or more of the insurgetn groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule 2: a young radical who agitates for reform
young woman
1: a young woman; "a young lady of 18" [syn: {girl}, {miss}, {missy}, {young lady}, {fille}]
Young's modulus
1: a coefficient of elasticity applicable to the stretching of a wire
young-bearing
1: capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring [syn: {egg-producing(a)}, {young-bearing(a)}]
young-begetting
1: capable of fathering offspring [syn: {young-begetting(a)}]
youngness
1: the opposite of oldness [ant: {oldness}]
youngster
1: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters" [syn: {child}, {kid}, {minor}, {shaver}, {nipper}, {small fry}, {tid...
younker
1: a young person (especially a young man or boy) [syn: {young person}, {youth}, {spring chicken}]
youth
1: a young person (especially a young man or boy) [syn: {young person}, {younker}, {spring chicken}] 2: young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"...
youth crusade
1: political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people [syn: {youth movement}]
youth culture
1: young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture
youth hostel
1: inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips) [syn: {hostel}, {student lodging}]
youth movement
1: political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people [syn: {youth crusade}]
youth subculture
1: a minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members; often characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre
youth-on-age
1: vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk [syn: {pickaback plant}, {piggyback plant}, {Tolmiea menziesi...
youthful
1: suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh [syn: {vernal}]
youthfully
1: in a youthful manner; "he is still youthfully enthusiastic"
youthfulness
1: the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person [syn: {youth}, {juvenility}]
yowl
1: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" [syn: {bellow}, {bellowing}, {holla}, {holler}, {hollering}, {hollo}, {holloa}, {roar}, {roaring}] v 1: cry loud...
Ypres
1: battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the All...
Yquem
1: a sweet white French wine
yr
1: a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920" [syn: {year}, {twelvemonth}]
ytterbite
1: a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium [syn: {gadolinite}]
ytterbium
1: a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime [syn: {Yb}, {atomic number 70}]
yttrium
1: a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys [syn: {Y}, {atomic number 39}]
yuan
1: the basic unit of money in China [syn: {kwai}] 2: the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 [syn: {Yuan dynasty}, {Mongol dynasty}]
Yuan dynasty
1: the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 [syn: {Yuan}, {Mongol dynasty}]
Yucatan
1: a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea [syn: {Yucatan Peninsula}]
Yucatan Peninsula
1: a peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea [syn: {Yucatan}]
Yucatec
1: a member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico [syn: {Yucateco}] 2: a Mayan language spoken by the Yucatec people [syn: {Yucateco}]
Yucateco
1: a member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico [syn: {Yucatec}] 2: a Mayan language spoken by the Yucatec people [syn: {Yucatec}]
yucca
1: any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America
Yucca aloifolia
1: a stiff yucca with a short trunk; found in the southern United States and tropical America; has rigid spine-tipped leaves and clusters of white flowers [syn: {Spanish bayonet}]
Yucca baccata
1: tall woody-stemmed yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico having stiff swordlike pointed leaves and a large cluster of white flowers [syn: {Spanish bayonet}]
Yucca brevifolia
1: a large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers [syn: {Joshua tree}]
Yucca carnerosana
1: arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers [syn: {Spanish dagger}]
Yucca elata
1: tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States [syn: {soapweed}, {soap-weed}, {soap tree}]
Yucca filamentosa
1: yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages [syn: {Adam's needle}, {Adam's needle-and-thread}, {spoonleaf yucca}, {needle palm}]
Yucca glauca
1: yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers [syn: {bear grass}]
Yucca gloriosa
1: yucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves [syn: {Spanish dagger}]
Yucca smalliana
1: yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers [syn: {bear grass}]
Yucca whipplei
1: yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico with a tall spike of creamy white flowers [syn: {Our Lord's candle}]
yucky
1: 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...
Yue
1: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China [syn: {Yue dialect}, {Cantonese}, {Cantonese dialect}]
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