LAtin American Words That Start With a Y?
yabba large Jamaican earthenware or wooden vessel yabby small
edible freshwater crayfish yachty relating to yachts yad rod used
by readers of the Torah as a pointer for following text yaff to
bark like a snarling dog yaffingale green woodpecker yag synthetic
diamond made of yttrium aluminum garnet yager nineteenth-century
rifle yahrzeit Jewish remembrance of the first anniversary of
someone's death yair tidal enclosure for catching fish yajna Hindu
sacrificial rite yakhdan box used for carrying ice on back of pack
animal yakow animal crossbred from male yak and domestic cow yale
mythical animal resembling tusked horse with elephant's tail and
used in heraldry yam posting-house along a road yantra geometrical
diagram designed as a meditation aid yapness hunger yapok an
amphibious opossum of South America yapp limp leather binding in
which cover overlaps edges of book yarak of a hawk, in good
condition for hunting yarborough hand of cards containing no card
above nine yardage charge for use of a yard yardang ridge formed by
wind erosion parallel to prevailing winds yardarm either end of the
yard of a square-rigged ship yarder donkey-engine used in logging
yardland unit of land area equal to 30 acres yare marked by
quickness and agility; nimble; prepared; easily handled yarling
wailing; howling yarmulke skullcap worn by Orthodox Jewish men
yarnwindle tool for winding yarn into a ball yarpha peatbog; sandy
or fibrous peat yarrow flowering herb growing in moist areas;
milfoil yashiki residence of a feudal Japanese nobleman yashmak
double Muslim veil leaving only eyes uncovered yataghan long curved
knife or Sabre yate species of eucalyptus tree with strong wood
yautia root crop of the West Indies like a yam yaw to move
unsteadily side to side; to rotate about a vertical axis yawl
ship's small boat; sailboat carrying mainsail and one or more jibs
yawny prone to yawning; characterized by yawning yealing person of
the same age yean to give birth to a lamb or kid yeanling lamb; kid
yeasty full of restless energy or creativity; insubstantial yede to
go yegg a burglar of safes yelek outer garment worn by Turkish
women yellow to bellow; to yelp yellowback cheap sensational novel
yelm a straight bundle of straw used for thatching yelt a young sow
yeomanette old term for a female yeoman in the American naval
reserve yerk to draw tight; to bind yeuk to itch yex to hiccup,
belch or spit yikker to utter sharp little cries yird to bury ylem
in alchemy, substance from which the elements developed yogh letter
in Middle English representing y or 'hh' sound yogibogeybox
materials used by a spiritualist yoicks expression of surprise or
excitement yomp to carry heavy equipment over difficult terrain yon
yonder yonderly mentally or emotionally distant; absent-minded yoni
symbol representing female genitals yordim emigrants who leave
Israel younker a young person yowie a little ewe yperite mustard
gas ypsiliform shaped like an upsilon yrneh unit of reciprocal
inductance yttriferous bearing yttrium yu precious jade yuft Russia
leather yuke to itch
