| yr.2 |
abbreviation of "your." |
| yrs.1 |
abbreviation of "years." |
| yrs.2 |
abbreviation of "yours." |
| ytterbium |
a rare-earth chemical element that has seventy protons in each nucleus and that occurs in pure form as a soft silvery crystalline metal. (symbol: Yb) |
| yttrium |
a metallic chemical element that has thirty-nine protons in each nucleus and that occurs as a trivalent ion. (symbol: Y) |
| yuan |
the chief monetary unit of the People's Republic of China, equaling ten jiao, or one hundred fen; renminbi. [2 definitions] |
| yucca |
any of a group of tall plants that grow mainly in warm, dry regions, bear white, lilylike flowers atop a thick stem, and have stiff, pointed leaves. |
| Yugoslav |
a native or citizen of present or former Yugoslavia, or a descendant thereof; Yugoslavian. [2 definitions] |
| Yugoslavia |
formerly, a southeastern European country on the Adriatic Sea, south of Austria and Hungary, presently divided into Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Yugoslavia, all independent republics. |
| Yukon |
a territory of northwestern Canada. [2 definitions] |
| Yukon River |
a river that flows from the Yukon territory in Canada through central Alaska to the Bering Sea. |
| 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] |