| Word | Definition |
| yabba | large Jamaican earthenware or wooden vessel |
| yabby | small edible freshwater crayfish |
| yachty | relating to yachts |
| yad | rod used by readers of the Torah as a pointer for following text |
| yaff | to bark like a snarling dog |
| yaffingale | green woodpecker |
| yag | synthetic diamond made of yttrium aluminum garnet |
| yager | nineteenth-century rifle |
| yahrzeit | Jewish remembrance of the first anniversary of someone's death |
| yair | tidal enclosure for catching fish |
| yajna | Hindu sacrificial rite |
| yakhdan | box used for carrying ice on back of pack animal |
| yakow | animal crossbred from male yak and domestic cow |
| yale | mythical animal resembling tusked horse with elephant's tail and used in heraldry |
| yam | posting-house along a road |
| yantra | geometrical diagram designed as a meditation aid |
| yapness | hunger |
| yapok | an amphibious opossum of South America |
| yapp | limp leather binding in which cover overlaps edges of book |
| yarak | of a hawk, in good condition for hunting |
| yarborough | hand of cards containing no card above nine |
| yardage | charge for use of a yard |
| yardang | ridge formed by wind erosion parallel to prevailing winds |
| yardarm | either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship |
| yarder | donkey-engine used in logging |
| yardland | unit of land area equal to 30 acres |
| yare | marked by quickness and agility; nimble; prepared; easily handled |
| yarling | wailing; howling |
| yarmulke | skullcap worn by Orthodox Jewish men |
| yarnwindle | tool for winding yarn into a ball |
| yarpha | peatbog; sandy or fibrous peat |
| yarrow | flowering herb growing in moist areas; milfoil |
| yashiki | residence of a feudal Japanese nobleman |
| yashmak | double Muslim veil leaving only eyes uncovered |
| yataghan | long curved knife or sabre |
| yate | species of eucalyptus tree with strong wood |
| yautia | root crop of the West Indies like a yam |
| yaw | to move unsteadily side to side; to rotate about a vertical axis |
| yawl | ship's small boat; sailboat carrying mainsail and one or more jibs |
| yawny | prone to yawning; characterized by yawning |
| yealing | person of the same age |
| yean | to give birth to a lamb or kid |
| yeanling | lamb; kid |
| yeasty | full of restless energy or creativity; insubstantial |
| yede | to go |
| yegg | a burglar of safes |
| yelek | outer garment worn by Turkish women |
| yellow | to bellow; to yelp |
| yellowback | cheap sensational novel |
| yelm | a straight bundle of straw used for thatching |
| yelt | a young sow |
| yeomanette | old term for a female yeoman in the American naval reserve |
| yerk | to draw tight; to bind |
| yeuk | to itch |
| yex | to hiccup, belch or spit |
| yikker | to utter sharp little cries |
| yird | to bury |
| ylem | in alchemy, substance from which the elements developed |
| yogh | letter in Middle English representing y or 'hh' sound |
| yogibogeybox | materials used by a spiritualist |
| yoicks | expression of surprise or excitement |
| yomp | to carry heavy equipment over difficult terrain |
| yon | yonder |
| yonderly | mentally or emotionally distant; absent-minded |
| yoni | symbol representing female genitals |
| yordim | emigrants who leave Israel |
| younker | a young person |
| yowie | a little ewe |
| yperite | mustard gas |
| ypsiliform | shaped like an upsilon |
| yrneh | unit of reciprocal inductance |
| yttriferous | bearing yttrium |
| yu | precious jade |
| yuft | Russia leather |
| yuke | to itch |
10:12 PM
Ankur Dubey
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