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1: surrender, as a result of pressure or force

1: a person who yields or surrenders [syn: {surrenderer}]

1: inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; "a timid yielding person" 2: lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber" 3: tending to give in or sur...

1: in an obedient manner; "obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking" [syn: {obediently}] [ant: {disobediently}]

1: the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology; "the interaction of yin and yang maintains the harmony of the universe" [ant: {yang}]

1: bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped" [syn: {yelp}, {yap}]

1: nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts); "to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting"

1: Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine [syn: {Israel}, {State of Israel}, {Zion}, {Sion}]

1: evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental [syn: {ilang-ilang}, {Cananga odorata}]

1: (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements

1: (Norse mythology) the primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world: the sea from his blood; the earth from his flesh; the mountains from his bones; the s...

1: a toy consisting of a spool that is reeled up and down on a string by motions of the hand

1: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: {bully}, {tough}, {hooligan}, {ruffian}, {roughneck}, {rowdy}, {yobo}, {yobbo}]

1: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: {bully}, {tough}, {hooligan}, {ruffian}, {roughneck}, {rowdy}, {yob}, {yobo}]

1: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: {bully}, {tough}, {hooligan}, {ruffian}, {roughneck}, {rowdy}, {yob}, {yobbo}]

1: a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto v : sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: {war...

1: singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto

{yodel}

1: a singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs)

{yodel}

1: the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

1: Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion 2: a sys...

1: one of the main traditions of Mahayana Buddhism; holds that the mind is real but that objects are just ideas or states of consciousness

1: a custard-like food made from curdled milk [syn: {yogurt}, {yoghurt}]

1: a custard-like food made from curdled milk [syn: {yogurt}, {yoghourt}]

1: United States baseball player (born 1925) [syn: {Berra}, {Lawrence Peter Berra}, {Yogi Berra}] 2: one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight

1: United States baseball player (born 1925) [syn: {Berra}, {Lawrence Peter Berra}, {Yogi}]

1: of or relating to yoga; "yogic exercises" [syn: {yogistic}]

{yogi}

1: of or relating to yoga; "yogic exercises" [syn: {yogic}]

1: a custard-like food made from curdled milk [syn: {yoghurt}, {yoghourt}]

1: fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment 2: an oppresssive power; "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination" 3: two items of the same kind [syn: {couple}, ...

1: not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: {rube}, {hick}, {yahoo}, {hayseed}, {bumpkin}, {chawbacon}]

1: stupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitants; "the boy's empty yokel-like expression"

1: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: {ill-bred}, {bounderish}, {lowbred}, {rude}, {underbred}]

1: United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933) [syn: {Ono}]

1: port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan

1: a Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts people in the San Joaquin Valley [syn: {Mariposan}] 2: a member of the North American Indian people of the San Joaquin Valley

1: nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) [syn: {vitellus}]

1: membranous structure that functions as the circulatory system in mammal embryos until the heart becomes functional [syn: {vitelline sac}, {umbilical vesicle}, {vesicula umbilicus}] 2: membranous st...

1: (Judaism) a solemn Jewish fast day; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic Law [syn: {Day of Atonement}]

1: Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt [syn: {Arab-Israeli War}]

1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn: {yonder}] adv : at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and di...

1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn: {yon}] adv : at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and diale...

1: the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" [syn: {past}, {past times}, {yesteryear}] [ant: {future}]

1: the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose [syn: {House of York}]

1: a former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties

1: tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage [syn: {velvet grass}, {Holcus lanatus}]

1: light puffy bread made of a puff batter and traditionally baked in the pan with roast beef

1: very small breed having a long glossy coat of bluish-gray and tan

1: in 1781 during the American Revolution the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops

1: a member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria 2: a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria [syn: {Aku}]

1: a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year [syn: {Yosemite Falls}]

1: a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year [syn: {Yosemite}]

1: a national park in California famous for its waterfalls and rock formations

1: of high Sierra Nevada meadows and forest borders [syn: {Bufo canorus}]

1: an expression of emphatic agreement [syn: {and how}, {you said it}]

1: an expression of emphatic agreement [syn: {and how}, {you bet}]

1: conventional response to thanks meaning `freely granted'

1: a rented car; "she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel" [syn: {car rental}, {hire car}, {rent-a-car}, {self-drive}, {u-drive}]