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1: a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys [syn: {yttrium}, {atomic number 39}] 2: the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet

1: the sex chromosome that is carried by men; "human males normally have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome"

1: the vertical axis in a plane coordinate system

1: a gene located on a Y chromosome [syn: {holandric gene}]

1: shaped in the form of the letter Y

1: the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar

1: prepared to accurately process date and time data between and into the 20th and 21st centuries

1: West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves [syn: {yacca podocarp}, {Podocarpus coriaceus}]

1: West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves [syn: {yacca}, {Podocarpus coriaceus}]

1: an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing [syn: {racing yacht}] v : travel in a yacht

1: a light folding armchair for outdoor use

1: club that promotes and supports yachting and boating [syn: {boat club}]

1: a race between crews of people in yachts [syn: {sailing-race}]

1: water travel for pleasure [syn: {boating}]

1: a cap with a flat circular top and a visor [syn: {kepi}, {peaked cap}, {service cap}]

1: sails a yacht [syn: {yachtswoman}]

1: sails a yacht [syn: {yachtsman}]

1: noisy talk [syn: {yak}, {yakety-yak}, {chatter}, {cackle}] v : talk incessantly and tiresomely [syn: {jaw}, {yack away}, {rattle on}, {yap away}]

1: talk incessantly and tiresomely [syn: {yack}, {jaw}, {rattle on}, {yap away}]

1: a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950 [syn: {Jaffa}, {Joppa}]

1: a sharply directional antenna [syn: {Yagi aerial}]

1: a sharply directional antenna [syn: {yagi}]

1: a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California 2: the Yanan language spoken by the Yahi people

1: not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: {yokel}, {rube}, {hick}, {hayseed}, {bumpkin}, {chawbacon}] 2: one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by...

1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: {Yahweh}, {YHWH}, {Yahwe}, {Yahveh}, {YHVH}, {Wahvey}, {Jahvey}, {Jahweh}, {Jehovah}, {JHVH}]

1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: {Yahweh}, {YHWH}, {Yahwe}, {YHVH}, {Yahve}, {Wahvey}, {Jahvey}, {Jahweh}, {Jehovah}, {JHVH}]

1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: {Yahweh}, {YHWH}, {Yahveh}, {YHVH}, {Yahve}, {Wahvey}, {Jahvey}, {Jahweh}, {Jehovah}, {JHVH}]

1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: {YHWH}, {Yahwe}, {Yahveh}, {YHVH}, {Yahve}, {Wahvey}, {Jahvey}, {Jahweh}, {Jehovah}, {JHVH}]

1: a collection of sacrificial formulas and prayers

1: noisy talk [syn: {yack}, {yakety-yak}, {chatter}, {cackle}] 2: large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated [syn: {Bos grunniens}] [also: {yakking}, {yakked}]

1: butter made from yaks' milk

1: the milk of a yak

1: noisy talk [syn: {yak}, {yack}, {chatter}, {cackle}]

1: a town in south central Washington

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1: a member of a Turkic people of northeastern Siberia (mainly in the Lena river basin) 2: the Turkic language spoken by the Yakut people

1: a Japanese gangster 2: organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises

1: a university in Connecticut [syn: {Yale University}] 2: English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721) [syn: {Elihu Yale}]

1: a university in Connecticut [syn: {Yale}]

1: a resort city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea; scene of the Allied conference between Churchill and Stalin and Roosevelt in 1945

1: Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia [syn: {Ethiopia}, {Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia}, {Abyssinia}]

1: river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China) [syn: {Yalu River}]

1: river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China) [syn: {Yalu}] 2: a battle in the Korean War (November 1950); ...

1: edible tuber of any of several yams 2: any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots [syn: {yam plant}] 3: sweet potato with deep orange flesh that rema...

1: twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots [syn: {potato bean}, {Pachyrhizus tuberosus}] 2: Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or coo...

1: yams [syn: {Dioscoreaceae}, {family Dioscoreaceae}]

1: any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots [syn: {yam}]

1: Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld

1: a three-tone Chadic language [syn: {Tera}, {Pidlimdi}]

1: Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943) [syn: {Isoroku Yamamoto}]

1: Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930) [syn: {Ahmed Zoki Yamani}]

1: cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert" [syn: {howl}, {wrawl}, {yowl}] 2: complain whiningly [syn: {whine}, {grizzle}, {yawp}]

1: capital of the Ivory Coast

1: a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California 2: the Yanan language spoken by the Yana people

1: a language group of the Hokan family

1: the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology; "yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence" [ant: {yin}]

1: United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Tsung Dao Lee in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1922) [syn: {Chen N. Yang}]

1: the capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta [syn: {Rangoon}]

1: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai [syn: {Chang Jiang}, {Chang}, {Yangtze River}, {Yangtze Kiang}]