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Terms
317- Y
- Y Current
- Y Level
- Y-; I-
- Ya
- Yacare
- Yacca
- Yacht
- Yachter
- Yachting
- Yachtman
- Yachtsman
- Yaf
- Yaffingale
- Yaffle
- Yager
- Yaguarundi
- Yahoo
- Yahweh; Yahwe; Jahveh; Jahve
- Yahwism; Jahvism
- Yahwist; Jahvist; Jahwist; Jehovist
- Yajur-Veda
- Yak
- Yakamilk
- Yakare
- Yakin
- Yakoots
- Yaksha
- Yakut
- Yalah
- Yam
- Yama
- Yamen
- Yamma
- Yamp
- Yang
- Yank
- Yankee
- Yankee-Doodle
- Yankeeism
- Yaourt
- Yap
- Yapock
- Yapon
- Yarage
- Yard
- Yardarm
- Yardful
- Yardland
- Yardstick
- Yardwand
- Yare
- Yarely
- Yark
- Yarke
- Yarn
- Yarnen
- Yarnut
- Yarr
- Yarrish
- Yarrow
- Yarwhip
- Yataghan
- Yate
- Yaud
- Yaul
- Yaulp
- Yaup
- Yauper
- Yaupon
- Yautia
- Yaw
- Yaw-Weed
- Yawd
- Yawi
- Yawl
- Yawl-Rigged
- Yawn
- Yawningly
- Yawp
- Yaws
- Yazoo Fraud
- Ybe
- Ycleped
- Ydo
- Ydrad
- Ye
- Yea
- Yead
- Yean
- Yeanling
- Year
- Year'S Purchase
- Yeara
- Yearbook
- Yeared
- Yearling
- Yearly
- Yearn
- Yearnful
- Yearningly
- Yearnings
- Yearth
- Yeast
- Yeast-Bitten
- Yeastiness
- Yeasty
- Yedding
- Yede
- Yeel
- Yeldhall
- Yeldrin; Yeldrine
- Yelk
- Yell
- Yellow
- Yellow Book
- Yellow-Covered
- Yellow-Eyed
- Yellow-Golds
- Yellowammer
- Yellowbill
- Yellowbird
- Yellowfin
- Yellowfish
- Yellowhammer
- Yellowing
- Yellowish
- Yellowlegs
- Yellowness
- Yellowroot
- Yellows
- Yellowseed
- Yellowshanks; Yellowshins
- Yellowtail
- Yellowthroat
- Yellowtop
- Yellowwood
- Yellowwort
- Yelp
- Yelper
- Yelting
- Yeman
- Yen
- Yend
- Yenite
- Yeoman
- Yeomanlike
- Yeomanly
- Yeomanry
- Yeorling
- Yer
- Yerba
- Yerd
- Yerk
- Yern
- Yerne
- Yernut
- Yerst
- Yes
- Yest
- Yester
- Yesterday
- Yestereve; Yester-Evening
- Yestermorn; Yester-Morning
- Yestern
- Yesternight
- Yesternoon
- Yesterweek
- Yesteryear
- Yestreen
- Yesty
- Yet
- Yeve
- Yeven
- Yew
- Yewen
- Yex
- Yezdegerdian
- Yezdi
- Yezidee; Yezidi
- Yfere
- Ygdrasyl
- Yghe
- Ygo
- Yground
- Yholde
- Yid
- Yiddish
- Yiddisher
- Yield
- Yieldable
- Yieldance
- Yielder
- Yielding
- Yieldless
- Yift
- Yin
- Yis
- Yit
- Yite
3 entries 1 source
Y
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at the beginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), is usually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 145, 178-9, 272.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y. Specifically:
2. One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye.
3. A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: pronoun (pron.)
I. [Obs.] King Horn. Wyclif.