| yardage2 |
the use of a pen or enclosure to hold livestock at a railway station before or after transportation by train. [2 definitions] |
| yardarm |
either half of a spar that hangs at right angles across a mast to support a square sail. |
| yard goods |
see "piece goods." |
| yardman |
a man who works in a yard, esp. a railroad yard or shipyard. [2 definitions] |
| yardmaster |
a person who manages a railroad yard. |
| yard sale |
a sale of used or unwanted items such as clothes, furniture, or kitchen utensils, often held in the yard of a house. |
| yardstick |
a measuring stick three feet long. [2 definitions] |
| yarmulke |
a skull cap worn by male Jews, esp. during prayer and other religious activities. |
| yarn |
a strand of twisted fibers made from natural or synthetic materials and used esp. for knitting or weaving. [4 definitions] |
| yarrow |
any of a variety of plants native to Eurasia that have feathery, fernlike leaves, bear tight clusters of small white, pink, or yellow flowers, and are sometimes used as medicine. |
| yashmak |
the veil worn by Muslim women in public. |
| yataghan |
a Turkish sword with a double-curved blade and a hilt with a prominent pommel and no guard. |
| yaw |
to weave, move unsteadily, turn, or pitch from side to side, esp. on a vertical axis. [4 definitions] |
| yawl |
a two-masted sailing ship having a large mainmast on the foredeck and a smaller mizzenmast behind the rudderpost. (Cf. ketch.) [2 definitions] |
| yawn |
to open the mouth involuntarily while breathing in deeply, usu. as a sign of tiredness, boredom, or the like. [4 definitions] |
| yawp |
(informal) to utter a loud sharp cry; yelp. [2 definitions] |
| yaws |
(used with a sing. verb) a tropical disease caused by a spirochete and characterized by the eruption of red, berrylike growths on the skin. |
| y-axis |
in a two-dimensional coordinate system, the vertical axis along which the y ordinates are measured. [2 definitions] |
| yay1 |
(informal) used as an expression of celebration in connection with a certain result. |
| yay2 |
(informal) to this extent (used along with a gesture or other visual sign to indicate extent). |
| Yb |
symbol of the chemical element ytterbium. |