Words starting with Y

YashodaThe foster mother of Krishna.
yashtAny of a collection of hymns and prayers.
YasmeenA female given name from Arabic.
YasminA female given name from Arabic.
YasminaA female given name from Arabic.
YasmineA female given name from Arabic.
YasnaThe primary liturgical collection of texts of the Avesta.
YasodharaThe former wife of Gautama Buddha.
YasothonA province of Thailand.
yassA strong expression of excitement or admiration.
yassaA spicy Senegalese dish of marinated meat poultry, fish, or lamb with onions, lemon, or mustard.
YassenoffA surname from Slavic.
YasserA male given name from Arabic.
yassificationThe process of making something relevant to or suggestive of LGBTQ+ culture.
yassifyTo apply several beauty filters to (a picture or video of someone), typically making the subject look more made-up, potentially more feminine, and often unrecognizable.
YassinA surname.
yassuhA formal affirmative response, addressed to a man; yes.
YastrebovA transliteration of the Russian surname Ястребов (Jastrebov).
YasudaA surname from Japanese.
YasugiA city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
YasuhiroA male given name from Japanese.
YasuiA surname from Japanese.
YasujA city in Iran, the seat of Boyer-Ahmad County's Central District and the capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province.
YasukoA female given name from Japanese.
YasuoA male given name from Japanese.
YasushiA male given name from Japanese.
YasutoshiA male given name from Japanese.
YasynuvataA city in Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
yatA vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use
yataghanA type of sword used in Muslim countries from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries.
yataiA small mobile stall or cart selling street food in Japan.
YatalanAn age from 3.4 to 2 million years ago, a subdivision of the Plio-Pleistocene.
yatalaseA commercial enzyme preparation used to digest fungal cell walls
yataliteA form of coarse-grained pegmatite composed of uralitic actinolite.
yatapoxviralOf or relating to yatapoxviruses.
yatapoxvirusAny of a group of poxviruses including Tanapox.
YatchawA locality in the Shire of Southern Grampians, south western Victoria, Australia
yateAny of several species of Eucalyptus.
YateleyA town and civil parish with a town council in Hart district, Hampshire, southern England (OS grid ref SU8160).
yatesA surname.
YatesburyA small village in Cherhill parish, east of Calne, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0671).
yatgaA traditional plucked bridge zither played in Mongolia.
YathellaA locality in the Junee council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
YathiA male given name from India, of Indian usage.
YathkyedA lake in Nunavut, Canada.
Yathribthe original name of Medina before the advent of Islam
yatia Jain monk
yatiriA community healer and herbalist among the Aymara of Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
YatishA male given name from India.
yatraA Hindu pilgrimage.
yatrenSynonym of chiniofon.
yatriA Hindu pilgrim, one taking part in yatra.
YatskoA surname from Russian.
YatsushiroA city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
yattA gate.
yattaAn exclamation of happiness or excitement.
YattalungaA locality in the Central Coast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
YattendonA village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5574).
yatterNatter; prattle; mindless chatter.
yatteringtrivial talk; prattle
yattleSynonym of yakow.
YattonA hamlet in Aymestrey parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4366).
YatungSynonym of Shasima (Sharsingma; Xarsingma; a town and the administrative headquarters of Yadong County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China).
yatzyA dice game.
YauA surname.
YauaperyAn indigenous language of that region.
YauchA surname from German.
YaucoA town and municipality in southern Puerto Rico.
yaudA workhorse; an old or worn-out mare.
YaugerA surname.
YauhenA transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Яўге́н (Jawhjén).
YauheniA transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Яўге́ній (Jawhjénij).
YauheniiA transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Яўге́ній (Jawhjénij).
YauheniyA transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Яўге́ній (Jawhjénij).
yauldVigorous; strong; healthy.
YaunA surname from Dutch.
YaunaAn extinct Tucanoan language of Colombia.
yauphungry
yauponThe yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria, an evergreen holly shrub with white flowers and red or yellow berries, found in the south-eastern United States.
yautiaAn edible plant commonly found in the Caribbean: Xanthosoma sagittifolium, new cocoyam.
yavaA surname.
YavapaiA Native American tribe of Arizona.
yavapaiiteA monoclinic-prismatic light pink mineral containing iron, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.
YavatmalA district of Maharashtra, India.
YavneA city in the Central District, Israel.
YavorivA village in Dolyna urban hromada, Kalush Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine.
yawThe rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.
YawaA township in Karakax, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
YawataA city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
YawelmaniRelating to a dialect of Yokuts.
YawhenA transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Яўге́н (Jawhjén).
yawinglyWith a yawing motion.
yawkImitative for the sound of a shot, in particular of a gun.
yawlA small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
yawlerOne who sails a yawl.
yawlessWithout yaw.
yawlsmanOne who sails a yawl.
yawmeterAn instrument that measures an aircraft's yaw.
yawnTo open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
yawnableBoring; tedious.
yawnathonA very boring event or situation.
yawnerA person who yawns.
yawnfestA particularly boring event.
yawnfulboring; tedious
yawnfullyIn a yawnful manner; boringly.
yawnilyIn a yawny manner.
yawninessThe quality of being yawny.
yawningThe action of the verb yawn.
yawninglyIn a yawning way; accompanied by yawns.
yawnlessWithout a yawn.
yawnsomeCharacterised or marked by yawning; boring; dull.
yawnsvilleSynonym of dullsville (“a boring place, or state of being bored”).
yawnupsA stupid person.
yawnyProne to yawning.
yawpTo yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise.
yawperA person who yawps; one who cries vigorously.
yawpingloud or coarse talk
yawsA contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble berries.
YawuruA Nyulnyulan language of the indigenous people of Western Australia.
yawweedThe flowering plant Morinda royoc.
yawyPertaining to, or afflicted with, the disease yaws.
yaxcheceiba tree
YaxleyA village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1892).
yayAn expression of happiness.
yayaA nanny; female caregiver; nursemaid
yayanA standard form of spoken Chinese, and lingua franca, of ancient China.
YayantiqueA town in La Unión department, El Salvador.
YayatiThe fifth king of the Lunar dynasty, son of Nahusha, the husband of Devayani and Sharmishtha, and the progenitor of the lineages of the Yadavas and the Pandavas.
yaynessyay; hooray
yayococaine
YayoiAn ethnic group of the Japanese archipelago during the Yayoi period (300 BCE–300 CE).
yayoisaponinA particular steroid glycoside.
yayueA form of Chinese ritual music performed at imperial courts since the Zhou Dynasty, and usually associated with Confucianism.
yayuhyes; yeah
YazanA transliteration of the Arabic male given name يازن.
yazataA divinity.
YazawaA surname from Japanese.
YazdA city in Iran, the seat of Yazd County's Central District and the capital of Yazd Province.
YazdaniA surname from Persian.
YazdegerdA transliteration of the Middle Persian male given name 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭫𐭲𐭩 (yzdklty) or 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩 (Yazdegerd, Yazdgird), notably borne by several Sassanid kings.
YazdegerdianOf or relating to the Sassanian kings called Yazdegerd.
YazgulyamA Pamir language of Tajikistan.
yazhA fretless harp of ancient Tamil origin, with a variable number of gut strings, characterized by a boat-shaped resonator.
YazhouA district of Sanya, Hainan, China.
YazidiA member of an endogamous, largely Kurmanji-speaking ethnoreligious group which practices Yazidism and is natively concentrated mostly in Syria, Iraq, and the Caucasus.
yazidiattyranny, oppression
YazidinessThe quality or characteristic of being Yazidi.
YazidismThe religion of the Yazidis; an inherited, highly syncretic faith strongly influenced by local folk beliefs, Islam, and other religious doctrines.
yazooA tributary that runs parallel to a river (especially when separated by a natural levee).
YazorA small village and civil parish (served by Foxley Group Parish Council) in west-central Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4046).

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