University Vocabulary
367,698 words and 113,531 expressions at the university level.
Alternative form of y'all'dn't've.
Alternative spelling of Y chromosome.
plural of Y-chromosome
The direction aligned with the y-axis of a coordinate system.
A point at which a line crosses the y-axis of a Cartesian grid.
plural of y-intercept
A three-way intersection of routes shaped like a capital letter Y.
plural of Y-junction
A splitter; a device used to split a single power source into two.
plural of Y-splitter
A surname from Russian.
plural of Yablochkov
plural of Yablonski
Numerous settlements in Ukraine, including
On board a yacht.
Synonym of yachtsmanship.
plural of yachtperson
One who sails on a yacht.
plural of yachtperson
Resembling or characteristic of a yachtsman.
The skill or art of sailing a yacht.
plural of yachtsperson
One who sails a yacht.
plural of yachtsperson
A woman who sails a yacht.
plural of yachtswoman
A town in the Shire of Indigo, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
Alternative form of Yagara.
Alternative spelling of yackety-yak.
plural of yackety-yack
plural of yackety-yak
plural of Yacoubian
Alternative form of yada yada yada.
A town, the county seat of Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States.
the European green woodpecker, Picus viridis
plural of yaffingale
An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing calcium, oxygen, tellurium, and zinc.
A surname from Armenian.
plural of Yaghoubian
Alternative spelling of jaguarundi.
Alternative form of jaguarundi.
Alternative spelling of jaguarundi.
Alternative spelling of jaguarundi.
plural of yaguarondi
Alternative form of jaguarundi.
plural of yaguarundi
A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent towards him, places his knee against his opponent's inner thigh and drives the leg upwards while forcing him over.
A census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.
A ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
A ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
plural of Yahooskin
plural of yahrtzeit
plural of Yahwehist
Of or relating to Yajnavalkya, an ancient Hindu Vedic sage.
A sacred thread worn during the upanayana ritual.
plural of yajnopavita
Alternative form of Yajurveda.
Of or pertaining to the Yajurveda.
plural of Yajurvedi
Alternative spelling of yackety-yak.
simple past and past participle of yakety-yak
plural of yakety-yak
A monoclinic-prismatic pistachio green mineral containing calcium, copper, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.
Someone from Yakima, Washington State; a Yakiman.
plural of Yakimaniac
A Japanese shish kebab-type dish made with small pieces of chicken or other ingredients cooked on skewers, often marinated in soy sauce or seasoned with salt.
Alternative spelling of yackety-yak.
simple past and past participle of yakity-yak
plural of yakity-yak
Alternative spelling of yackety-yak.
plural of yakkety-yak
A village in Zavitne silrada, Kerch Raion, the Crimea, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1784.
A surname from Telugu.
plural of Yalamanchili
The Demiurge or 'False God'. Created when Sophia (one of the lesser aeons) tried to emanate without her counterpart (Christ).
plural of Yalensian
A locality in the Rural City of Ararat, central western Victoria, Australia.
Alternative form of Yaldabaoth.
plural of Yamashiro
plural of Yamashita
plural of yamaskite
Of or relating to the mineral yamaskite.
Synonym of Japanologist (“one who studies Japan, its language, culture and history”).
plural of Yamatologist
A city in Nara Prefecture, Japan.
A locality on King Island, Tasmania, Australia.
plural of yamberry
plural of Yamhadian
The humorous form of the Korean orthography where hangul syllables are distorted by replacing them with visually similar counterparts.
plural of yammering
the official and administrative capital of Ivory Coast.
A village in Lyman urban hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
plural of yamstchik
A district of Haryana, India.
Sixteen in Cumbrian sheep counting.
eleven in Cumbrian sheep counting
A town, the county seat of Caswell County, North Carolina, United States.
Alternative form of Yangquan.
A former tributary of the Huangpu, Shanghai, China.
A major philosophical school of Neo-Confucianism, based on the ideas of Wang Shouren (Yangming Zi).
Alternative form of Yangshupu.
Alternative form of Yangtze.
A town on the Fleurieu Peninsula, south of Adelaide, South Australia.
simple past and past participle of Yankeefy
third-person singular simple present indicative of Yankeefy
present participle and gerund of Yankeefy
plural of Yankeeism
The process of Yankeeizing.
simple past and past participle of Yankeeize
third-person singular simple present indicative of Yankeeize
present participle and gerund of Yankeeize
Alternative spelling of Yankee land.
The quality of being Yankee.
A town in Levy County, Florida, United States.
The herbaceous perennial plant Eupatorium compositifolium.
A surname from Russian.
The process of something being made American.
plural of Yankophile
plural of Yankovich
plural of Yankowski
plural of Yanktonai
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, indium, and oxygen.
A locality in the Bourke council area, north-western New South Wales, Australia.
Alternative spelling of Yanukovych.
A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Януко́вич (Janukóvyč).
plural of yapaholic
plural of yappatron
plural of yappuccino
A hand, in bridge or whist, that has no card with a value greater than nine (and no aces), though in some circles it is no card above a ten.
plural of yarborough
plural of Yarbrough
plural of yard-fowl
plural of yard-rope
simple past and past participle of yard-sale
third-person singular simple present indicative of yard-sale
present participle and gerund of yard-sale
plural of yardarita
present participle and gerund of yardarm
Political sycophancy in return for favors.
plural of yardhorse
plural of yardlight
plural of yardmaster
plural of yardperson
plural of yardperson
plural of yardstick
plural of Yardumian
plural of Yaremenko
A surname from Telugu.
plural of Yarlagadda
A village and civil parish (served by North Cadbury and Yarlington Parish Council) in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6529).
A settlement in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine.
Of or relating to part of a now-obsolete geologic time scale of the early Quaternary of North America.
plural of yarn-beam
plural of yarn-over
plural of yarn-spinner
simple past and past participle of yarnbomb
Alternative form of yarn bomber.
plural of yarnbomber
Alternative form of yarn bombing.
plural of yarnmaker
simple past and past participle of yarnover
present participle and gerund of yarnover
A storyteller; one who spins a yarn.
plural of yarnspinner
The telling of stories.
simple past and past participle of yarnstorm
One who yarnstorms; a yarn bomber.
plural of yarnstormer
Synonym of yarn bombing (“a form of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn”).
third-person singular simple present indicative of yarnstorm
A device for winding yarn into a ball.
plural of yarnwindle
An orthorhombic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Alternative form of Yaroslavl.
Alternative spelling of jarovization.
present participle and gerund of yarovize
A locality in the Forbes council area and the Parkes council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
A locality in the Wagga Wagga council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
A locality in the Kempsey council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A southern suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
A locality in the Central Coast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A locality in the Snowy Valleys council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia
A locality in the Shire of Loddon, north western Victoria, Australia
A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A local government area in north-west Victoria, Australia; in full, the Shire of Yarriambiack.
plural of yarringle
A surname.
plural of Yarrington
A town in the Shire of Moira, northern Victoria, Australia.
A locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A locality in the Walcha council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
caterpillar fungus
Alternative form of yashmaked.
present participle and gerund of yassify
A city in Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Of or relating to yatapoxviruses.
Any of a group of poxviruses including Tanapox.
A city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
A locality in the Central Coast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
plural of yattering
Alternative form of Jatvingian.
plural of Yatvingian
Alternative form of Jatvingian.
plural of Yatvyagian
A monoclinic-prismatic light pink mineral containing iron, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.
present participle and gerund of yaw-haw
plural of yawn-sigh
plural of yawnathon
Synonym of dullsville (“a boring place, or state of being bored”).
A town in La Unión department, El Salvador.
A particular steroid glycoside.
Of or relating to the Sassanian kings called Yazdegerd.
Alternative form of Yazgulyam.
Alternative form of Yazgulyam.
A calcium sulphoaluminate mineral.
plural of yea-sayer Alternative form of yeasayers.
present participle and gerund of yea-say
Alternative form of year-round.
plural of year-bird
plural of year-book
Alternative form of yeargroup.
plural of year-group
Alternative form of year-over-year.
Operating or continuing throughout the year.
A person who lives in a place throughout the year (as opposed to a seasonal vacationer).
plural of year-rounder
Relating to the period from the beginning of a fiscal year to the end of a reporting period.
Being compared with those of a previous year; interannual.
Someone who participates in some manner in the development of a yearbook.
plural of yearbooker
In the style or semblance of a yearbook, especially a high-school or college yearbook.
Resembling a yearbook.
plural of yeargroup
Century (a hundred-year timespan).
plural of yearhundred
In a yearnful manner.
The quality of being yearnful.
With yearning; with desire; longingly.
The quality of longing or yearning.
Alternative form of yearslong.
The amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one year.
millennium (a thousand-year timespan)
plural of yearthousand
With the froth of the yeast having re-entered the body of the beer.
That kills yeasts
The state or condition of being yeasty.
A yeast extract used as a food for bacterial cultures
plural of yeastolate
A triclinic-pinacoidal clove brown mineral containing antimony, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.
A town in Morelos, Mexico.
A male given name used among Telugu people.
present participle and gerund of yee-haw
a town in Armenia and the administrative centre of the Vayots Dzor Province
A surname from Armenian.
plural of Yeghiazarian
A surname from Armenian.
plural of Yeghiazaryan
Alternative form of Yegoryevsk.
A town and the administrative center of Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia.
Alternative form of Yecheng (Kargilik)
plural of yeibichai
A city, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, the fifth-largest in the country by population.
Krasnodar.
A transliteration of the Russian female given name Елизаве́та (Jelizavéta), equivalent to Elizabeth.
present participle and gerund of yelloch
Alternative form of yellowhammer.
plural of yellow-ammer
Alternative form of yellowback.
plural of yellow-back
Alternative spelling of yellowbird.
plural of yellow-bird
To show someone a yellow card
Alternative form of yellow dog.
A certain plant, probably Buphthalmum salicifolium, the yellow oxeye.
A yellowish-green colour.
plural of yellow-green
Blond, having yellow-colored hair.
Alternative spelling of yellowhammer.
Alternative form of yellow jacket.
A yellowish-orange colour.
Alternative spelling of yellow rattle.
Of a colour between yellow and red; orange.
plural of yellow-red
Synonym of yellow-rumped warbler.
Having rump plumage of a yellow colour.
plural of yellow-rump
Ranunculus bulbosus (St. Anthony's turnip), of western Europe.
plural of yellow-weed
A color that is predominantly white but with a subtle yellowish tint.
plural of yellow-white
Archaic spelling of yellowhammer.
plural of yellowammer
A cheap sensational novel.
plural of yellowback
plural of yellowbelly
plural of yellowberry
The cloudberry.
Ceuthmochares aereus, an African cuckoo with a heavy yellow bill.
plural of yellowbill
The yellow warbler
plural of yellowbird
Only used in Madagascar yellowbrow
plural of yellowbrow
A concentrated form of uranium ore containing a mixture of oxides.
plural of yellowcake
The herbaceous flowering plant Mentzelia affinis.
Rorippa palustris, a flowering plant in the mustard family.
plural of yellowcress
Synonym of golden-crowned warbler.
plural of yellowcrown
The plant Helenium amarum
plural of yelloweye
A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor yellows their face in order to portray an East Asian.
performance in yellowface makeup
plural of yellowfin
Certain species of the genus Labeobarbus of mid-sized ray-finned fish.
plural of yellowfish
A surname from Navajo.
plural of Yellowhair
A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
plural of yellowhammer
plural of yellowhead
The tree Zanthoxylum flavum.
Xanthoceras sorbifolium, the Chinese flowering chestnut.
plural of yellowhorn
A surname from Navajo primarily used by the Navajo people, probably a calque of an existing Navajo name.
superlative form of yellowy: most yellowy
plural of yellowing
With a colour resembling yellow.
The property of having a slight or moderate shade of yellow, usually tinged with other colours.
Alternative form of yellow jacket (“predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen”).
plural of yellowjacket
The capital of and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
A native or inhabitant of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
plural of Yellowknifer
A surname.
plural of yellowleg
To charge a higher price for services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas.
simple past and past participle of yellowline
third-person singular simple present indicative of yellowline
present participle and gerund of yellowline
Having yellow markings around the mouth.
greater yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha)
plural of yellownape
plural of yellowness
That has a yellow nose
plural of yellowred
Alternative form of yellow rocket.
Xanthorhiza simplicissima, syn. X. apiifolia, a North American subshrub whose roots were formerly used to produce a yellow dye.
A form of peppergrass or pepperwort (Lepidium campestre)
plural of yellowseed
Alternative form of yellowshanks (“a bird”).
A bird, the lesser yellowleg.
yellowlegs
A tropical American herb of the genus Amoreuxia.
plural of yellowskin
Having yellow spots
A national park of the USA, located in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.
plural of yellowtail
A fanatic of the Liberal Party of the Philippines.
A variety of acacia.
Any of a mostly yellow-colored group of New World warblers in the genus Geothlypis
plural of yellowthroat
plural of yellowtop
A type of earthenware made from yellow clay.
plural of yellowware
Goldenrod (several species in the genus Solidago)
plural of yellowweed
Any of the tree genus Cladrastis.
plural of yellowwood
Blackstonia perfoliata, a gentianaceous plant with bright yellow flowers.
Of or relating to Boris Yeltsin (Russian: Бори́с Е́льцин; 1931–2007), Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.
the outward appearance of democracy, while actually concentrating power in a form of authoritarianism
A supporter of Boris Yeltsin (Russian: Бори́с Е́льцин; 1931–2007), Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.
plural of Yeltsinite
A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5975).
plural of Yelverton
A surname.
plural of Yelvington
Quality of being Yemeni.
the act or process of making Yemeni
present participle and gerund of Yemenize
A former raion of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine.
Alternative form of Yancheng.
A city in eastern Ukraine, in Donetsk oblast.
Alternative form of Yenakiyeve.
A town in the Magway Region, Myanmar.
A Meitei surname from Manipuri
Alternative form of yene velt.
A town in Xayar, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township.
A township in Qiemo, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
A linguist who specialises in studying Yeniseian languages.
plural of Yeniseianist
plural of Yeniseian
Alternative form of Yeniseian.
A Meitei surname from Manipuri
A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.
A yeowoman.
plural of yeomanette
The role or status of yeoman.
Resembling a yeoman or yeoman's work: brave and stout
plural of yeomanry
plural of yeoperson
a village or town in the Ayrarat province of ancient Armenia
Ilex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté.
Alternative form of jeremejevite.
A person who was born in, or is a citizen or inhabitant of Yerevan, Armenia.
plural of Yerevanian
A locality in the Wollondilly council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A village in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
plural of yersiniosis
A disease caused by infection by a bacterium of the genus Yersinia, especially Yersinia enterocolitica.
Synonym of yersiniosis.
Of Jerusalem.
plural of yes-brainer
An atmosphere in which people claim to agree with leadership for political reasons, despite holding other opinions privately.
A city in Stavropol Krai, Russia.
A toxin, produced by some dinoflagellates, that can accumulate in mollusks and subsequently cause food poisoning in humans.
plural of yessotoxin
The very recent past; minutes ago.
Alternative form of yestermonth.
Yesterday morning.
Alternative spelling of yesteryear.
plural of yester-year
In the century preceding the current century.
The dawn of yesterday.
plural of yesterdawn
Of or relating to yesterday. (This entry is a translation hub.)
The property of being, or seeming to be, in the past.
plural of yesterday.
Contraction of yestereven.
plural of yestereen
Synonym of yestereve.
Synonym of yestereve.
plural of yestereve
That which was captured or caught on the previous day or former occasion; a previous day's catch.
plural of yestergay
Alternative spelling of yester-minute.
Last month; a few months ago.
During the morning of yesterday; yesterday morning.
Yesterday morning.
A day in the sequence of days from past to future, emphasizing the connection between past and future events.
plural of yestermorrow
Last night.
plural of yesternight
Yesterday at noon.
plural of yesternoon
A past or prior season, last season; an earlier or previous period of time.
plural of yestersol
A time period previous to the present; the past.
Time previous to the present; the past.
plural of yestertime
On the week preceding the current week.
plural of yesteryear
A village and civil parish (served by the group Parish Council of Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca) in West Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5910).
A resort city and raion in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia. It is located on the Black Sea coast.
plural of yewberry
present participle and gerund of Yewtree
A period of intense political repression and mass purges in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s, particularly from 1937 to 1938.
Alternative spelling of Yggdrasil.
plural of Yglesias
A surname from Greek.
Similar to Yiddish.
plural of Yiddisher
Alternative form of Yiddishize.
simple past and past participle of Yiddishise
third-person singular simple present indicative of Yiddishise
present participle and gerund of Yiddishise
The Yiddishist movement.
plural of Yiddishism
A proponent of the Yiddish language and culture.
Yiddishist
plural of Yiddishist
To make more Yiddish or Yiddishist.
simple past and past participle of Yiddishize
third-person singular simple present indicative of Yiddishize
present participle and gerund of Yiddishize
Alternative form of Yiddishkeit.
Jewishness; the Jewish way of life, particularly Ashkenazi and Yiddish culture.
A region where Yiddish is spoken; the areas of Eastern Europe or the Jewish Autonomous Oblast that had significant numbers of Jewish inhabitants.
Rare spelling of Yiddish-like.
The quality of being Yiddish.
Alternative form of Yiddishkeit.
Alternative spelling of Yiddishkeit.
Alternative form of Yiddishkeit.
In a yielding way.
Tendency to yield; submissiveness.
present participle and gerund of yiffpile
Alternative form of Yinchuan.
An indigenous Australian people of Western Australia.
Alternative form of Yingcheng.
Alternative form of Yingjisha (Yengisar)
plural of ying-yang
An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and uranium.
Synonym of Yengiostang: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
A sesquiterpene found in the roots of Artabotrys hexapetalus.
Belonging or pertaining to the subclass Yinotheria.