yuck |
(slang) used as an expression of disgust. |
yucky |
(slang) distasteful; disgusting. |
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 Balkan Peninsula. It is now divided into the independent republics of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, and Serbia. |
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). |
yup |
(informal) yes. |
Yupik |
a member of an indigenous group of people inhabiting parts of Alaska and Siberia, or a descendant of this group. |
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 |
former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, used from 1971 to 1997. [2 definitions] |
zaire |
the former chief monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equaling one hundred makuta. |