yah - int. expressing derision or defiance. [imit.]...

Yankee - perh. f. Du. Janke dimin. of Jan John attested (17th c.) as a nickname]...

yanke - perh. f. Du. Janke dimin. of Jan John attested (17th c.) as a nickname]...

yarmulke - n. (also yarmulka) a skullcap worn by Jewish men. [Yiddish]...

yougnster - n. a child or young person. ...

yahou - n. a coarse bestial person. [name of an imaginary race of brutish creatures in Swift's...

youngter - n. a child or young person. ...

youls - poss.pron. 1 the one or ones belonging to or associated with you (it

younsgter - n. a child or young person. ...

yddish - n. & adj. a vernacular used by Jews in or from...

yidish - n. & adj. a vernacular used by Jews in or from...

yea - adv. & n. archaic 1 yes. 2 indeed , nay (ready,...

yip - v. & n. US intr. (yipped, yipping) = YELP v. = YELP n. [imit.]...

yaheh - see JEHOVAH]...

yarmukle - n. (also yarmulka) a skullcap worn by Jewish men. [Yiddish]...

yedi - n. = Abominable Snowman. [Tibetan]...

yomi - n. a symbol of the female genitals venerated by Hindus etc. [Skr., = source, womb,...

yawn - v. & n. 1 intr. (as a reflex) open the mouth wide and ...

yell - n. & v. 1 a loud sharp cry of pain, anger, fright, encouragement, delight, etc....

yarmulk - n. (also yarmulka) a skullcap worn by Jewish men. [Yiddish]...

yule - cf. ON jl]...

youthful - adj. 1 young, esp . in appearance or manner. 2 having...

yegg - perh. a surname]...

yarmuke - n. (also yarmulka) a skullcap worn by Jewish men. [Yiddish]...

yap - v. & n. intr. (yapped, yapping) 1 bark shrilly or fussily. 2 colloq. talk noisily,...

yawl - cf. JOLLY(2)]...

yoni - n. a symbol of the female genitals venerated by Hindus etc. [Skr., = source, womb,...

yaweh - see JEHOVAH]...

youngster - n. a child or young person. ...

yoors - poss.pron. 1 the one or ones belonging to or associated with you (it

yearling - n. & adj. 1 an animal between one and two years old ....

yon - adj., adv., & pron. literary & dial. & adv. yonder. --pron. yonder person or thing....

yaho - n. a coarse bestial person. [name of an imaginary race of brutish creatures in Swift's...

yorba - n. 1 a member of a Black African people inhabiting the west coast, esp. Nigeria....

youthfu - adj. 1 young, esp . in appearance or manner. 2 having...

Yoruba - n. 1 a member of a Black African people inhabiting the west coast, esp. Nigeria....

yuck - int. & n. (also yuk) sl. an expression of strong distaste or disgust. something...

yummy - adj. (yummier, yummiest) colloq. tasty, delicious. [YUM-YUM + -Y(1)]...

yes - the answer to your question is affirmative, it is as you say or as I have said,...

yonder - cf. OS gendra, Goth. jaindre]...

yack - n. & v. (also yackety-yack) sl. derog. trivial or unduly persistent conversation....

youmg - adj. & n. (younger; youngest) 1 not far advanced in life, development, or existence;...

yogh - n. a Middle English letter used for certain values of g and y. [ME]...

young - adj. & n. (younger; youngest) 1 not far advanced in life, development, or existence;...

yew - n. 1 any dark-leaved evergreen coniferous tree of the genus ...

Yiddish - n. & adj. a vernacular used by Jews in or from...

youba - n. 1 a member of a Black African people inhabiting the west coast, esp. Nigeria....

yall - cf. JOLLY(2)]...

Yugoslav - n. & adj. (also Jugoslav) 1 a native or national of Yugoslavia. 2 a person of Yugoslav...

yokel - n. a rustic; a country bumpkin. [perh. f. dial. yokel green woodpecker]...

yagar - var. of JAEGER. ...

yup - var. of YEP. ...

yoghurt - n. (also yogurt) a semi-solid sourish food prepared from milk fermented by added...

yuk - var. of YUCK. ...

you - supplanting ye because of the more frequent use of the obj. case, and thou and thee...

yalbolough - n. a whist or bridge hand with no card above a 9. [Earl of Yarborough (d. 1897),...

yoke - n. & v. 1 a wooden crosspiece fastened over the necks of two ...

yelow - adj., n ., & v. 1 of the colour between green ...

yankea - perh. f. Du. Janke dimin. of Jan John attested (17th c.) as a nickname]...

yast - cf. MDu. ghist, MHG jist, ON jstr]...

yeti - n. = Abominable Snowman. [Tibetan]...

yeest - cf. MDu. ghist, MHG jist, ON jstr]...

ynca - abbr. Young Men's Christian Association. ...

yeoman - n. (pl. -men) 1 esp. hist. a man holding and cultivating...

yep - adv. & n. (also yup) US colloq. = YES. [corrupt.]...

yarborough - n. a whist or bridge hand with no card above a 9. [Earl of Yarborough (d. 1897),...

yuan - see YEN(1) )]...

yoker - n. a rustic; a country bumpkin. [perh. f. dial. yokel green woodpecker]...

yawr - cf. JOLLY(2)]...

yicks - cf. hyke call to hounds, HEY(1)]...