| yule |
(sometimes cap.) Christmas or the Christmas season. |
| yule log |
a large log that traditionally formed the foundation of the Christmas Eve fire. |
| yuletide |
(sometimes cap.) the Christmas holiday season. [2 definitions] |
| yummy |
(informal) very tasty or otherwise pleasing to the senses. |
| yum-yum |
delicious; tasty; excellent (used to express pleasure, esp. in the taste of food). |
| yuppie |
(informal) any young urban professional who is ambitious, upwardly mobile, materialistic, faddish, or the like. |
| yurt |
a movable round tent of skins or felt, used esp. by nomads in parts of Asia. |
| YWCA |
abbreviation of "Young Women's Christian Association." |
| YWHA |
abbreviation of "Young Women's Hebrew Association." |
| z |
the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet. [3 definitions] |
| Zagreb |
the capital of Croatia. |
| Zaire |
a central African country from 1971 to 1997, now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2 definitions] |
| zaire |
the chief monetary unit of Zaire, equaling one hundred makuta. |
| Zakynthos |
an island belonging to Greece, the third largest in the Ionian Sea. |
| Zambia |
a south central African country, south of Zaire and east of Angola; formerly Northern Rhodesia. |
| zany |
crazily silly or comical. [3 definitions] |
| zap |
(informal) to kill, strike, destroy, or smash suddenly. [4 definitions] |
| Zarathustra |
Zoroaster. |
| zarf |
an ornamental coffee cup holder used in the Middle East. |
| zayin |
the name of the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet. |
| zeal |
intense enthusiasm for a person, ideal, cause, or the like. |