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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
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-y (suffix)
-yl (suffix)
-yne (suffix)
y (in linguistics)
Y (Young Men's Christian Association)
Y-chromosome (sex chromosome)
Y2K (year)
Y2K bug (in computers)
YAG (hard synthetic yttrium aluminum garnet)
Yahrzeit (anniversary of the death of a relative)
Yahweh (in Judaism)
Yahwist (putative author of the earliest sources)
yak (mammal)
yak (chatter)
Yakama (indigenous people of North America)
Yakut (member of a people)
yam (vegetable, plant)
Yamasee (tribe, North America)
Yank (Yankee)
Yankee (the military, sociology, United States)
Yankee Doodle (Yankee)
Yankeeism (Yankee custom)
Yankton (city, South Dakota)
Yanktonai (division of the Sioux people)
Yanomami (member of a South American Indian people)
Yao (member of a people)
Yaqui (people, Mexico)
yard (unit, measure)