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# English words: Y

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62 words under Y.

- [yacht](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yacht/) — A boat with sails, used for racing or for pleasure.
- [yak](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yak/) — A yak is a large, long-haired wild or farm ox that lives in the high, cold mountains of Tibet, the Himalayas and Central Asia.
- [yam](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yam/) — A yam is a large root vegetable with brown skin and firm white or orange flesh, grown in warm countries and cooked like a potato.
- [yana](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yana/) — Yana is a girl's name, common in Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and other countries; in Ukrainian it is written Яна.
- [yang](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yang/) — Yang is one half of yin and yang, the old Chinese idea that the world is made of two opposite forces that balance each other; yang is the…
- [yank](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yank/) — To yank something is to pull it suddenly and hard.
- [yap](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yap/) — To give short, high, sharp barks: «The puppy yapped at the postman.».
- [yard](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yard/) — A yard is the ground around a house; in the USA it often has grass (in the UK a «garden»). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yarn](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yarn/) — Yarn is long thread made of wool, cotton or other fibre, used for knitting, crocheting and weaving. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yawn](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yawn/) — To yawn means to open your mouth very wide and breathe in deeply, usually because you are tired or bored.
- [yawning](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yawning/) — Opening your mouth wide and taking a deep breath without meaning to, usually because you are tired or bored. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yay](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yay/) — A cry of joy, excitement or approval, like «hooray».
- [ye](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ye/) — You (more than one person); the people being spoken to.
- [yea](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yea/) — Yea is an old word for «yes». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yeah](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yeah/) — Yes.
- [year](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/year/) — A year is the time it takes for the Earth to go once around the sun. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yearling](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yearling/) — An animal in its second year of life, after its first birthday and before its second, such as a young horse, deer or seal.
- [yearly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yearly/) — Happening once every year: a yearly visit. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yearn](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yearn/) — To yearn is to want something very much, often for a long time and with a sad or aching feeling; to yearn for home or to yearn to fly. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yearning](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yearning/) — A strong, longing wish for someone or something far away or hard to have. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yearningly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yearningly/) — In a way that shows a deep, longing wish for someone or something.
- [yeast](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yeast/) — Yeast is a tiny living thing, a kind of fungus, used to make bread rise and to make beer.
- [yell](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yell/) — To yell means to shout something very loudly, because you are angry, excited, scared or in pain, or to call someone far away.
- [yellow](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yellow/) — Yellow is the colour of the sun, bananas, lemons and egg yolks. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yellowish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yellowish/) — Yellowish means a little yellow, or partly yellow.
- [yelp](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yelp/) — To give a short, sharp cry, especially of pain, fright or surprise.
- [yelping](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yelping/) — Yelping means making short, sharp, high cries, as a dog or puppy does when it is hurt, scared or excited.
- [yen](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yen/) — The yen is the money of Japan; its sign is ¥.
- [yer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yer/) — Your: «Get yer coat.».
- [yes](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yes/) — A word used to agree, say something is true, or accept: «Yes, please.». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yesterday](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yesterday/) — Yesterday means on the day before today. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yesternight](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yesternight/) — The night before today; yesterday evening.
- [yet](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yet/) — Yet means up to now: «Has he come yet?». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yeti](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yeti/) — A large, hairy, ape-like creature that some people say lives in the Himalaya mountains; it is a legend, and no one has ever proved it is…
- [yew](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yew/) — A yew is an evergreen tree with dark green, flat needles and red berry-like cones; it can live for a very long time.
- [yi](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yi/) — yī means "one" in Mandarin Chinese; it sounds like English "ee". — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yiddish](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yiddish/) — Yiddish is a language spoken by many Jewish people, especially those whose families came from Central and Eastern Europe.
- [yield](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yield/) — To yield means to let other cars or people go first, for example at a road sign. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yin](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yin/) — Yin is the dark, cool, quiet, soft side in the old Chinese idea of yin and yang: two opposite forces that balance each other in everything.
- [yip](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yip/) — A yip is a short, high-pitched bark or cry, like that of a small dog, a puppy or a coyote.
- [yoga](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yoga/) — Yoga is a kind of exercise in which you stretch, hold your body in special positions and breathe slowly to make your body strong and your…
- [yoghurt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yoghurt/) — Yoghurt is a thick, creamy food made from milk that has been turned slightly sour by helpful bacteria.
- [yogi](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yogi/) — A yogi is a person who practises yoga a lot, especially as a teacher or a religious or spiritual person in Hinduism.
- [yogurt](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yogurt/) — A thick, slightly sour food made from milk that has had special helpful bacteria added to it.
- [yoke](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yoke/) — A yoke is a wooden bar fixed across the necks of two animals, usually oxen, so they can pull a plough or cart together. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yokel](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yokel/) — A person who lives in the countryside and is not used to town ways; often said in a slightly unkind way.
- [yolk](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yolk/) — The yolk is the round yellow or orange part in the middle of an egg.
- [yon](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yon/) — That, or those, over there: "yon hill" means "that hill over there". — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yonder](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yonder/) — Over there; at some distance but within sight: the hill yonder. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [yore](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yore/) — Yore means long ago; "days of yore" means the old days, times long past.
- [york](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/york/) — York is an old city in the north of England, famous for its walls, its cathedral (York Minster) and the Vikings. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [you](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/you/) — You means the person or people someone is talking to. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [young](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/young/) — Young means having lived only a short time; not old. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [younger](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/younger/) — Younger means having lived fewer years than someone else. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [youngster](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/youngster/) — A young person, often a child or a teenager.
- [youth](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/youth/) — Youth is the time of life when someone is young, especially the years between being a child and being an adult. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [youthful](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/youthful/) — Young, or full of the energy, hope and spirit of being young.
- [yr](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yr/) — "yr" is a short written form of "year", as in "a 5 yr old".
- [yuan](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yuan/) — The yuan is the money of China; one yuan is divided into ten jiao or a hundred fen.
- [yucky](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yucky/) — Very unpleasant or disgusting, especially to taste, touch or look at.
- [yule](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yule/) — The old name for the Christmas season, and the festival of Christmas itself; a yule log is a large log burned at Christmas.
- [yummy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yummy/) — Yummy means tasting very good; delicious.