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An alphabetical listing of General terms and items.

Y   Dico Tools
The 25th letter of the Roman alphabet


Y   Dico Tools
A silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys


Y-axis   Dico Tools
The vertical axis in a plane coordinate system


Y-linked_gene   Dico Tools
A gene located on a Y chromosome


Y-shaped   Dico Tools
Shaped in the form of the letter Y


Y2K   Dico Tools
The year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar


Y2K_compliant   Dico Tools
Prepared to accurately process date and time data between and into the 20th and 21st centuries


Yacca   Dico Tools
West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves


Yacca_podocarp   Dico Tools
West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves


Yacht   Dico Tools
An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing


Yacht   Dico Tools
Travel in a yacht


Yachting   Dico Tools
Water travel for pleasure


Yachting_cap   Dico Tools
A cap with a flat circular top and a visor


Yachtsman   Dico Tools
Sails a yacht


Yachtswoman   Dico Tools
Sails a yacht


Yacht_chair   Dico Tools
A light folding armchair for outdoor use


Yacht_club   Dico Tools
Club that promotes and supports yachting and boating


Yacht_race   Dico Tools
A race between crews of people in yachts


Yack   Dico Tools
Noisy talk


Yack   Dico Tools
Talk incessantly and tiresomely


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Yack_away   Dico Tools
Talk incessantly and tiresomely


Yafo   Dico Tools
A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950


Yagi   Dico Tools
A sharply directional antenna


Yagi_aerial   Dico Tools
A sharply directional antenna


Yahi   Dico Tools
The Yanan language spoken by the Yahi people


Yahi   Dico Tools
A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California


Yahoo   Dico Tools
One of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift


Yahoo   Dico Tools
Not very intelligent or interested in culture


Yahve   Dico Tools
A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


Yahveh   Dico Tools
A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


Yahwe   Dico Tools
A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


Yahweh   Dico Tools
A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


Yajur-Veda   Dico Tools
A collection of sacrificial formulas and prayers


Yak   Dico Tools
Large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated


Yak   Dico Tools
Noisy talk


Yak's_milk   Dico Tools
The milk of a yak


Yakety-yak   Dico Tools
Noisy talk


Yakima   Dico Tools
A town in south central Washington


Yakut   Dico Tools
The Turkic language spoken by the Yakut people


Yakut   Dico Tools
A member of a Turkic people of northeastern Siberia (mainly in the Lena river basin)


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Yakuza   Dico Tools
Organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises


Yakuza   Dico Tools
A Japanese gangster


Yak_butter   Dico Tools
Butter made from yaks'' milk


Yale   Dico Tools
A university in Connecticut


Yale   Dico Tools
English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721)


Yale_University   Dico Tools
A university in Connecticut


Yalta   Dico Tools
A resort city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea; scene of the Allied conference between Churchill and Stalin and Roosevelt in 1945


Yaltopya   Dico Tools
Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia


Yalu   Dico Tools
River in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China)


Yalu_River   Dico Tools
A battle in the Korean War (November 1950); when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River 200,000 Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back


Yalu_River   Dico Tools
River in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China)


Yam   Dico Tools
Edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food


Yam   Dico Tools
Sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked


Yam   Dico Tools
Any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots


Yam   Dico Tools
Edible tuber of any of several yams


Yama   Dico Tools
Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld


Yamaltu   Dico Tools
A three-tone Chadic language


Yamamoto   Dico Tools
Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943)


Yamani   Dico Tools
Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930)


Yammer   Dico Tools
Complain whiningly


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Yammer   Dico Tools
Cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert"


Yamoussukro   Dico Tools
Capital of the Ivory Coast


Yam_bean   Dico Tools
Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young and young pods must be thoroughly cooked; pods and seeds also yield rotenone and oils


Yam_bean   Dico Tools
Twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots


Yam_family   Dico Tools
Yams


Yam_plant   Dico Tools
Any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots


Yana   Dico Tools
The Yanan language spoken by the Yana people


Yana   Dico Tools
A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California


Yanan   Dico Tools
A language group of the Hokan family


Yang   Dico Tools
The bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology; "yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence"


Yangon   Dico Tools
The capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta


Yangtze   Dico Tools
The longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai


Yangtze_Kiang   Dico Tools
The longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai


Yangtze_River   Dico Tools
The longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai


Yang_Chen_Ning   Dico Tools
United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Tsung Dao Lee in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1922)


Yank   Dico Tools
An American


Yank   Dico Tools
An American who lives in New England


Yank   Dico Tools
An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)


Yank   Dico Tools
Pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"


Yankee   Dico Tools
An American


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Yankee   Dico Tools
An American who lives in New England


Yankee   Dico Tools
An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)


Yankee   Dico Tools
Used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)


Yankee-Doodle   Dico Tools
An American


Yankee_corn   Dico Tools
Corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm


Yanker   Dico Tools
Someone who gives a strong sudden pull


Yanquapin   Dico Tools
Water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds


Yaounde   Dico Tools
The capital of Cameroon


Yap   Dico Tools
Informal terms for the mouth


Yap   Dico Tools
Bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped"


Yap_away   Dico Tools
Talk incessantly and tiresomely


Yard   Dico Tools
An enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)


Yard   Dico Tools
A long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen


Yard   Dico Tools
The enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"


Yard   Dico Tools
An area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines


Yard   Dico Tools
A tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"


Yard   Dico Tools
A unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)


Yard   Dico Tools
A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride


Yard   Dico Tools
The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100


Yard-long_bean   Dico Tools
South American bean having very long succulent pods


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Yardage   Dico Tools
Distance measured in the aggregate number of yards; "what is the yardage of this golf course?"


Yardarm   Dico Tools
Either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship


Yardbird_Parker   Dico Tools
United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955)


Yarder   Dico Tools
(used only in combinations) the height of length of something in yards; "the golfer hit a 300-yarder to the green"


Yardgrass   Dico Tools
Coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere


Yardie   Dico Tools
Member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence; "A much publicized raid on a yardie stronghold had first been simulated at Riot City"


Yardman   Dico Tools
A laborer hired to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)


Yardman   Dico Tools
Worker in a railway yard


Yardmaster   Dico Tools
A railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard


Yardstick   Dico Tools
A ruler or tape that is three feet long


Yardstick   Dico Tools
A measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?"


Yard_goods   Dico Tools
Merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard


Yard_grass   Dico Tools
Coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere


Yard_line   Dico Tools
In football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field


Yard_marker   Dico Tools
(football) a marker indicating the yardline


Yard_measure   Dico Tools
A ruler or tape that is three feet long


Yard_sale   Dico Tools
An outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller''s premises


Yarmelke   Dico Tools
A skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer)


Yarmulka   Dico Tools
A skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer)


Yarmulke   Dico Tools
A skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer)


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Yarn   Dico Tools
A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving


Yarn   Dico Tools
The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"


Yarn   Dico Tools
Tell or spin a yarn


Yarn-dye   Dico Tools
Dye (fabric) before it is spun


Yarn-spinning   Dico Tools
Inclined to tell long and involved stories (often of incredible happenings)


Yarrow   Dico Tools
Ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America


Yashmac   Dico Tools
The face veil worn by Muslim women


Yashmak   Dico Tools
The face veil worn by Muslim women


Yasser_Arafat   Dico Tools
Palestinian statesman who is chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (born in 1929)


Yastrzemski   Dico Tools
United States baseball player (born in 1939)


Yataghan   Dico Tools
A long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge


Yatobyo   Dico Tools
A highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals


Yaupon_holly   Dico Tools
An evergreen shrub


Yautia   Dico Tools
Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes


Yavapai   Dico Tools
The Yuman language spoken by the Yavapai people


Yavapai   Dico Tools
A member of a North American Indian people of central Arizona


Yaw   Dico Tools
An erratic deflection from an intended course


Yaw   Dico Tools
Swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"


Yaw   Dico Tools
Deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship"


Yaw   Dico Tools
Be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon"


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Yawl   Dico Tools
A sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost


Yawl   Dico Tools
A ship''s small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)


Yawl   Dico Tools
Emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"


Yawn   Dico Tools
An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his ostinancy"


Yawn   Dico Tools
Utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance"


Yawn   Dico Tools
Be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon"


Yawner   Dico Tools
A person who yawns


Yawning   Dico Tools
An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his ostinancy"


Yawning   Dico Tools
Gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something; "the yawning mine shaft"; "a yawning abyss"


Yawning   Dico Tools
With the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness; "a yawning congregation"


Yawning(a)   Dico Tools
Showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning congregation"


Yawp   Dico Tools
Complain whiningly


Yawp   Dico Tools
Make a raucous noise


Yaws   Dico Tools
An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions


Yay   Dico Tools
A branch of the Tai languages


Yazoo   Dico Tools
A river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg


Yazoo_River   Dico Tools
A river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg


Yb   Dico Tools
A soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime


Yea   Dico Tools
An affirmative; "The yeas have it"


Yea   Dico Tools
Not only so, but; "I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice"


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Yeah   Dico Tools
Not only so, but; "I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice"


Year   Dico Tools
A body of students who graduate together; "the class of ''97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"


Year   Dico Tools
The period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"


Year   Dico Tools
A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"


Year   Dico Tools
A period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"


Year-around   Dico Tools
Operating or continuing throughout the year; "a year-round resort"; "a year-round job"


Year-end   Dico Tools
The end of a calendar year; "he had to unload the merchandise before the year-end"


Year-end   Dico Tools
Taking place at the close of a fiscal year; "year-end audit"


Year-round   Dico Tools
Operating or continuing throughout the year; "a year-round resort"; "a year-round job"


Yearbook   Dico Tools
A reference book that is published regularly once every year


Yearbook   Dico Tools
A book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students


Yearling   Dico Tools
An animal in its second year


Yearling   Dico Tools
A racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth


Yearling   Dico Tools
A young child


Yearlong   Dico Tools
Lasting through a year; "attending yearlong courses"


Yearly   Dico Tools
Occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris"; "yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income"


Yearly   Dico Tools
Without missing a year; "they travel to China annually"


Yearn   Dico Tools
Have affection for; feel tenderness for


Yearn   Dico Tools
Have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"


Yearn   Dico Tools
Desire strongly or persistently


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Yearned-for   Dico Tools
Greatly desired


Yearner   Dico Tools
A person with a strong desire for something; "a longer for money"; "a thirster after blood"; "a yearner for knowledge"


Yearning   Dico Tools
Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need


Yearning   Dico Tools
Full of longing or unfulfilled desire; "those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds"


Yearningly   Dico Tools
In a yearning manner; "he spent the rest of the act gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the illuminated word `Exit''"


Years   Dico Tools
The time during which someone''s life continues; "the monarch''s last days"; "in his final years"


Years   Dico Tools
A late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he''s showing his years"; "age hasn''t slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"


Years   Dico Tools
A prolonged period of time; "we''ve known each other for ages"; "I haven''t been there for years and years"


Year_dot   Dico Tools
As long ago as anyone can remember; "he has been a conductor since the year dot"


Year_of_grace   Dico Tools
Any year of the Christian era


Yeast   Dico Tools
Any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division


Yeast   Dico Tools
A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey


Yeastlike   Dico Tools
Resembling yeast


Yeasty   Dico Tools
Exuberantly creative


Yeasty   Dico Tools
Marked by spirited enjoyment


Yeast_cake   Dico Tools
Small cake of compressed moist yeast


Yeats   Dico Tools
Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)


Yeatsian   Dico Tools
In the manner of William Butler Yeats


Yeddo   Dico Tools
The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan


Yedo   Dico Tools
The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan


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Yehudi_Menuhin   Dico Tools
British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999)


Yekaterinoslav   Dico Tools
City in east central Ukraine on the Dnieper River; center of metallurgical industry


Yell   Dico Tools
A loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"


Yell   Dico Tools
A loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain"


Yell   Dico Tools
Utter or declare in a very loud voice; "You don''t have to yell--I can hear you just fine"


Yell   Dico Tools
Utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn''t hear me"


Yelled   Dico Tools
In a vehement outcry; "his shouted words of encouragement could be heard over the crowd noises"


Yeller   Dico Tools
Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice


Yelling   Dico Tools
Uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement


Yelling   Dico Tools
Noisy with or as if with loud cries and shouts; "a crying mass of rioters"; "a howling wind"; "shouting fans"; "the yelling fiend"


Yellow   Dico Tools
The quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons


Yellow   Dico Tools
Turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow"


Yellow   Dico Tools
Easily frightened


Yellow   Dico Tools
Similar to the color of an egg yolk


Yellow   Dico Tools
Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc


Yellow   Dico Tools
Cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight"


Yellow   Dico Tools
Changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment"


Yellow(a)   Dico Tools
Typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow journalism"


Yellow-bellied   Dico Tools
Easily frightened


Yellow-bellied_sapsucker   Dico Tools
Eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen


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Yellow-bellied_terrapin   Dico Tools
Freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets


Yellow-blindness   Dico Tools
A form of dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to yellow light; so rare that its existence has been questioned


Yellow-blue_color_blindness   Dico Tools
Confusion of yellow and blue


Yellow-blue_dichromacy   Dico Tools
Confusion of yellow and blue


Yellow-breasted_bunting   Dico Tools
Common in Russia and Siberia


Yellow-breasted_chat   Dico Tools
American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds


Yellow-brown   Dico Tools
A medium to dark brownish yellow color


Yellow-crowned_night_heron   Dico Tools
North American night heron


Yellow-dog_contract   Dico Tools
A now-illegal labor contract whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union


Yellow-eyed_grass   Dico Tools
Any of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States


Yellow-eyed_grass_family   Dico Tools
Plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places


Yellow-fever_mosquito   Dico Tools
Mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue


Yellow-green   Dico Tools
Midway between yellow and green


Yellow-green_algae   Dico Tools
Any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment


Yellow-leaf_sickle_pine   Dico Tools
A rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew


Yellow-shafted_flicker   Dico Tools
Large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail


Yellow-throated_marten   Dico Tools
Large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma


Yellowbelly_marmot   Dico Tools
Heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America


Yellowbird   Dico Tools
American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer


Yellowbird   Dico Tools
Yellow-throated American wood warbler


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Yellowcake   Dico Tools
An impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore


Yellowed   Dico Tools
Changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment"


Yellowfin   Dico Tools
May reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics


Yellowfin_croaker   Dico Tools
A fish of the Pacific coast of North America


Yellowfin_mojarra   Dico Tools
Popular panfish from Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil


Yellowfin_tuna   Dico Tools
May reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics


Yellowhammer   Dico Tools
European bunting the male being bright yellow


Yellowhammer   Dico Tools
Large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail


Yellowish   Dico Tools
Similar to the color of an egg yolk


Yellowish_brown   Dico Tools
A medium to dark tan color


Yellowish_green   Dico Tools
A shade of green tinged with yellow


Yellowish_pink   Dico Tools
A shade of pink tinged with yellow


Yellowknife   Dico Tools
A town in the Northwest Territories in northern Canada on the Great Slave Lake


Yellowlegs   Dico Tools
Either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs


Yellowness   Dico Tools
The quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons


Yellowstone   Dico Tools
A tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park


Yellowstone_National_Park   Dico Tools
The first national park in the United States; located in the border area between Wyoming and Montana and Idaho; spectacular wilderness; famous for Old Faithful geyser and for buffalo and bears


Yellowstone_River   Dico Tools
A tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park


Yellowtail   Dico Tools
Game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin


Yellowtail   Dico Tools
Superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail


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Yellowtail_flounder   Dico Tools
American flounder having a yellowish tail


Yellowtail_flounder   Dico Tools
Flesh of American flounder having a yellowish tail


Yellowtail_snapper   Dico Tools
Superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail


Yellowthroat   Dico Tools
Small olive-colored American warblers with yellow breast and throat


Yellowwood   Dico Tools
Any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract


Yellowwood   Dico Tools
Yellow-colored wood of any of various yellowwood trees


Yellowwood_tree   Dico Tools
Any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract


Yellow_adder's_tongue   Dico Tools
Eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors


Yellow_ageratum   Dico Tools
Shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers


Yellow_asphodel   Dico Tools
Asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers


Yellow_avens   Dico Tools
Erect subshrub with deep yellow flowers; Europe and Asia and North America


Yellow_avens   Dico Tools
Hairy yellow-flowered plant of eastern Asia and North America


Yellow_bachelor's_button   Dico Tools
Bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers


Yellow_bass   Dico Tools
North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass


Yellow_bean   Dico Tools
Snap beans with yellow pods


Yellow_bedstraw   Dico Tools
Common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America and Europe and Asia


Yellow_bells   Dico Tools
Viscid herb of arid or desert habitats of southwestern United States having pendulous yellow flowers


Yellow_berry   Dico Tools
Fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigments


Yellow_bile   Dico Tools
A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger


Yellow_birch   Dico Tools
Tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or gray bark


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Yellow_bone_marrow   Dico Tools
Bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults


Yellow_bristlegrass   Dico Tools
Common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas


Yellow_bristle_grass   Dico Tools
Common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas


Yellow_bugle   Dico Tools
Low-growing annual with yellow flowers dotted red; faintly aromatic of pine resin; Europe, British Isles and North Africa


Yellow_bunting   Dico Tools
European bunting the male being bright yellow


Yellow_cattley_guava   Dico Tools
Small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit


Yellow_cedar   Dico Tools
Tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament


Yellow_chamomile   Dico Tools
Eurasian perennial herb with hairy divided leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in North America


Yellow_chestnut_oak   Dico Tools
Medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood


Yellow_cleavers   Dico Tools
Common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America and Europe and Asia


Yellow_clintonia   Dico Tools
Common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits


Yellow_colicroot   Dico Tools
Colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States


Yellow_cypress   Dico Tools
Tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament


Yellow_Delicious   Dico Tools
A sweet eating apple with yellow skin


Yellow_dock   Dico Tools
European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America


Yellow_dwarf   Dico Tools
Any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leaves


Yellow_dwarf_of_potato   Dico Tools
The yellow dwarf disease of potato plants


Yellow_fever   Dico Tools
Caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito


Yellow_flag   Dico Tools
Common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated


Yellow_foxglove   Dico Tools
European yellow-flowered foxglove


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Yellow_foxtail   Dico Tools
Common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas


Yellow_giant_hyssop   Dico Tools
Erect perennial with stout stems and yellow-green flowers; southern Canada and southeastern United States


Yellow_globe_lily   Dico Tools
Globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California


Yellow_goatfish   Dico Tools
Schooling goatfish; grayish with yellow stripe


Yellow_granadilla   Dico Tools
The edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle


Yellow_granadilla   Dico Tools
West Indian passionflower; cultivated for its yellow edible fruit


Yellow_green   Dico Tools
A shade of green tinged with yellow


Yellow_gurnard   Dico Tools
A kind of gurnard


Yellow_hawkweed   Dico Tools
European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States; locally troublesome weeds


Yellow_henbane   Dico Tools
Found on sea beaches from Virginia to South America having greenish-yellow flowers and orange or yellow berries


Yellow_honeysuckle   Dico Tools
Twining deciduous shrub with clusters of purple-tinged yellow-green flowers; northeastern America


Yellow_honeysuckle   Dico Tools
Climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant yellow (later orange) flowers in terminal whorls; southeastern United States


Yellow_horned_poppy   Dico Tools
Yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America


Yellow_hornet   Dico Tools
Small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground


Yellow_iris   Dico Tools
Common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated


Yellow_ironweed   Dico Tools
Perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States


Yellow_jacaranda   Dico Tools
Semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental


Yellow_jack   Dico Tools
Fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico


Yellow_jack   Dico Tools
Yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine


Yellow_jack   Dico Tools
Caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito


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Yellow_jacket   Dico Tools
Small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground


Yellow_jacket   Dico Tools
A barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and anti-spasmodic


Yellow_jasmine   Dico Tools
Poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers


Yellow_jessamine   Dico Tools
Poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers


Yellow_journalism   Dico Tools
Sensationalist journalism


Yellow_lady's_slipper   Dico Tools
Maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan


Yellow_lady-slipper   Dico Tools
Maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan


Yellow_light   Dico Tools
The signal to proceed with caution


Yellow_locust   Dico Tools
Large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions


Yellow_loosestrife   Dico Tools
Frequently considered a weed; Europe and Asia


Yellow_lupine   Dico Tools
Yellow-flowered European lupine cultivated for forage


Yellow_man   Dico Tools
Offensive term for an Oriental man


Yellow_mariposa_tulip   Dico Tools
Mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges


Yellow_marrow   Dico Tools
Bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults


Yellow_metal   Dico Tools
A brass that has more zinc and is stronger than alpha brass; used in making castings and hot-worked products


Yellow_milkwort   Dico Tools
Bog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers


Yellow_mombin   Dico Tools
Yellow oval tropical fruit


Yellow_mombin   Dico Tools
Tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit


Yellow_mombin_tree   Dico Tools
Tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit


Yellow_mountain_saxifrage   Dico Tools
Tufted evergreen perennial having ciliate leaves and yellow corymbose flowers often spotted orange


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Yellow_nutgrass   Dico Tools
European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers


Yellow_oak   Dico Tools
Medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad 5-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped


Yellow_ocher   Dico Tools
Pigment consisting of a limonite mixed with clay and silica


Yellow_ochre   Dico Tools
Pigment consisting of a limonite mixed with clay and silica


Yellow_oleander   Dico Tools
Tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers; all parts highly poisonous


Yellow_pages   Dico Tools
A telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on yellow paper) where business products and services are listed alphabetically by field along with classified advertising


Yellow_paper_daisy   Dico Tools
Australian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold; the choice everlasting of dried-flower lovers


Yellow_parilla   Dico Tools
A woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits


Yellow_pea   Dico Tools
Western United States bushy herb having yellow pealike flowers


Yellow_perch   Dico Tools
North American perch


Yellow_peril   Dico Tools
The threat to Western civilization said to arise from the power of Asiatic peoples


Yellow_pimpernel   Dico Tools
Trailing European evergreen with yellow flowers


Yellow_pine   Dico Tools
Hard yellowish wood of a yellow pine


Yellow_pine   Dico Tools
Any of various pines having yellow wood


Yellow_pitcher_plant   Dico Tools
Pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect wide-mouth yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with erect lids


Yellow_pond_lily   Dico Tools
Common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water


Yellow_poplar   Dico Tools
Tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work


Yellow_poplar   Dico Tools
Light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer


Yellow_prussiate_of_potash   Dico Tools
A cyanide comound that is prepared by the reaction of potassium cyanide with ferrous salts; commonly used by gardeners


Yellow_race   Dico Tools
An Asian race


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Yellow_River   Dico Tools
A major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta


Yellow_rocket   Dico Tools
Noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium


Yellow_root   Dico Tools
Perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves


Yellow_salsify   Dico Tools
European perennial naturalized throughout United States having hollow stems with a few long narrow tapered leaves and each bearing a solitary pale yellow flower


Yellow_sand_verbena   Dico Tools
Plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia


Yellow_Sea   Dico Tools
Part of the Pacific off the east coast of Asia


Yellow_spiny_daisy   Dico Tools
Slender perennial of western North America having weakly bristly leaves and yellow flower heads


Yellow_spot   Dico Tools
A yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision


Yellow_spot   Dico Tools
Any of several fungous or viral diseases characterized by yellow spotting on the leaves


Yellow_spot_fungus   Dico Tools
Fungus causing yellow spot (a sugarcane disease in Australia)


Yellow_spruce   Dico Tools
Medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood


Yellow_squash   Dico Tools
Squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck


Yellow_squash   Dico Tools
Any of various squash plants grown for their yellow fruits with somewhat elongated necks


Yellow_star-thistle   Dico Tools
European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States


Yellow_sweet_clover   Dico Tools
Biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent; widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop


Yellow_trefoil   Dico Tools
Prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America


Yellow_trumpet   Dico Tools
Pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect wide-mouth yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with erect lids


Yellow_turnip   Dico Tools
The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food


Yellow_twining_snapdragon   Dico Tools
Southwestern United States plant with yellow flowers on stems that twist and twine through other vegetation


Yellow_vetchling   Dico Tools
Scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage


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Yellow_warbler   Dico Tools
Yellow-throated American wood warbler


Yellow_watercress   Dico Tools
Annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities


Yellow_water_flag   Dico Tools
Common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated


Yellow_water_lily   Dico Tools
A water lily with yellow flowers


Yellow_woman   Dico Tools
Offensive term for an Oriental woman


Yelp   Dico Tools
A sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)


Yelp   Dico Tools
Bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped"


Yelping   Dico Tools
A sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)


Yemen   Dico Tools
A republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990


Yemeni   Dico Tools
A native or inhabitant of Yemen


Yemeni   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants; "Yemeni mountains"


Yemeni_fils   Dico Tools
100 Yemeni fils are worth one Yemeni rial


Yemeni_monetary_unit   Dico Tools
Monetary unit in Yemen


Yemeni_rial   Dico Tools
The basic unit of money in Yemen; equal to 100 fils


Yen   Dico Tools
A yearning for something or to do something


Yen   Dico Tools
The basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen


Yen   Dico Tools
Have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"


Yenisei   Dico Tools
The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people


Yenisei   Dico Tools
A Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea


Yenisei-Samoyed   Dico Tools
The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people


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Yeniseian   Dico Tools
The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people


Yeniseian   Dico Tools
A member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia


Yenisei_River   Dico Tools
A Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea


Yenisey   Dico Tools
A Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea


Yenisey_River   Dico Tools
A Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea


Yenta   Dico Tools
(Yiddish) a woman gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal


Yenta   Dico Tools
(Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant


Yeoman   Dico Tools
In former times was free and cultivated his own land


Yeoman   Dico Tools
Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch


Yeomanry   Dico Tools
A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army


Yeomanry   Dico Tools
Class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land


Yeoman_of_the_guard   Dico Tools
Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch


Yerba_buena   Dico Tools
Trailing perennial evergreen herb of northwestern United States with small white flowers; used medicinally


Yerba_mansa   Dico Tools
Stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone


Yerba_santa   Dico Tools
Viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to Deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses


Yerevan   Dico Tools
Capital of Armenia


Yerkes   Dico Tools
United States psychologist who studied the intelligence of primates (1876-1956)


Yersin   Dico Tools
French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943)


Yersinia_pestis   Dico Tools
A Bacillus bacteria that causes plague; aerosolized bacteria can be used as a bioweapon


Yerupaja   Dico Tools
A mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,709 feet high)


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Yerwa-Maiduguri   Dico Tools
A city in northeastern Nigeria; an agricultural trading center


Yes   Dico Tools
An affirmative; "I was hoping for a yes"


Yes-man   Dico Tools
A person of unquestioning obedience


Yes-no_question   Dico Tools
A question that can be answered by yes or no


Yeshiva   Dico Tools
An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud)


Yeshivah   Dico Tools
An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud)


Yesterday   Dico Tools
The day immediately before today; "it was in yesterday''s newspapers"


Yesterday   Dico Tools
The recent past; "yesterday''s solutions are not good enough"; "we shared many yesterdays"


Yesterday   Dico Tools
On the day preceding today; "yesterday the weather was beautiful"


Yesterday   Dico Tools
In the recent past; only a short time ago; "I was not born yesterday!"


Yesteryear   Dico Tools
The time that has elapsed; "forget the past"


Yet   Dico Tools
To a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale"


Yet   Dico Tools
Despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I''m a little afraid, however I''d like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all t


Yet   Dico Tools
Up to the present time; "I have yet to see the results"; "details are yet to be worked out"


Yet   Dico Tools
Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn''t called"; "the sun isn''t up yet"


Yet   Dico Tools
Used after a superlative; "this is the best so far"; "the largest drug bust yet"


Yet   Dico Tools
Within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time; "he will understand eventually"; "he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves"; "sooner or later you will have to face the facts"; "in time they came to accept the harsh reality"


Yeti   Dico Tools
Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas


Yevgeni_Aleksandrovich_Yevtushenko   Dico Tools
Russian poet who expressed the feelings of the post-Stalinist generation (born in 1933)


Yevgeni_Yevtushenko   Dico Tools
Russian poet who expressed the feelings of the post-Stalinist generation (born in 1933)


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Yevtushenko   Dico Tools
Russian poet who expressed the feelings of the post-Stalinist generation (born in 1933)


Yew   Dico Tools
Any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves


Yew   Dico Tools
Wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows


Yew_family   Dico Tools
Sometimes classified as member of order Taxales


Yezo   Dico Tools
The second largest of the four main islands of Japan; north of Honshu


Ygdrasil   Dico Tools
(Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and heaven and hell together


Yggdrasil   Dico Tools
(Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and heaven and hell together


YHVH   Dico Tools
A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


YHWH   Dico Tools
A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


Yi   Dico Tools
A Loloish language


Yiddish   Dico Tools
A dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script


Yield   Dico Tools
Production of a certain amount


Yield   Dico Tools
An amount of a product


Yield   Dico Tools
The income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"


Yield   Dico Tools
The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter"


Yield   Dico Tools
End resistance, especially under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"


Yield   Dico Tools
Consent reluctantly


Yield   Dico Tools
Be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"


Yield   Dico Tools
Cease opposition; stop fighting


Yield   Dico Tools
Be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn''t give"


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Yield   Dico Tools
Give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year''s crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"


Yield   Dico Tools
Bring about; "His two singles gave the team the victory"


Yield   Dico Tools
Move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,'' he told the crowd"


Yield   Dico Tools
Bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"


Yield   Dico Tools
Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another


Yield   Dico Tools
Be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"


Yield   Dico Tools
Be fatally overwhelmed


Yield   Dico Tools
Give in, as to influence or pressure


Yielder   Dico Tools
A person who yields or surrenders


Yielding   Dico Tools
The act of conceding or yielding


Yielding   Dico Tools
A verbal act of admitting defeat


Yielding   Dico Tools
Happy to comply


Yielding   Dico Tools
Tending to give in or surrender or agree; "too yielding to make a stand against any encroachments"- V.I.Parrington


Yielding   Dico Tools
Lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure; "a deep yielding layer of foam rubber"


Yielding   Dico Tools
Inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; "a timid yielding person"


Yieldingly   Dico Tools
In an obedient manner; "obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking"


Yield_up   Dico Tools
Surrender, as a result of pressure or force


Yin   Dico Tools
The dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology; "the interaction of yin and yang maintains the harmony of the universe"


Yip   Dico Tools
Bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped"


Yips   Dico Tools
Nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts); "to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting"


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Yisrael   Dico Tools


Ylang-ylang   Dico Tools
Evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental


Ylem   Dico Tools
(cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements


Ymir   Dico Tools
(Norse mythology) the primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world: the sea from his blood; the earth from his flesh; the mountains from his bones; the sky from his skull


Yo-yo   Dico Tools
A toy consisting of a spool that is reeled up and down on a string by motions of the hand


Yob   Dico Tools
A cruel and brutal fellow


Yobbo   Dico Tools
A cruel and brutal fellow


Yobo   Dico Tools
A cruel and brutal fellow


Yodel   Dico Tools
A songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto


Yodel   Dico Tools
Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"


Yodeling   Dico Tools
Singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto


Yodeller   Dico Tools
A singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs)


Yodh   Dico Tools
The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet


Yoga   Dico Tools
A system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind


Yoga   Dico Tools
Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion


Yogacara   Dico Tools
One of the main traditions of Mahayana Buddhism; holds that the mind is real but that objects are just ideas or states of consciousness


Yoghourt   Dico Tools
A custard-like food made from curdled milk


Yoghurt   Dico Tools
A custard-like food made from curdled milk


Yogi   Dico Tools
One who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight


Yogi   Dico Tools
United States baseball player (born 1925)


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Yogic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to yoga; "yogic exercises"


Yogistic   Dico Tools
Of or relating to yoga; "yogic exercises"


Yogi_Berra   Dico Tools
United States baseball player (born 1925)


Yogurt   Dico Tools
A custard-like food made from curdled milk


Yoke   Dico Tools
Stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team


Yoke   Dico Tools
Fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment


Yoke   Dico Tools
A connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together


Yoke   Dico Tools
Support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end


Yoke   Dico Tools
A pair of draft animals joined by a yoke; "pulled by a yoke of oxen"


Yoke   Dico Tools
Two items of the same kind


Yoke   Dico Tools
An oppresssive power; "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination"


Yoke   Dico Tools
Put a yoke on or join with a yoke; "Yoke the draft horses together"


Yoke   Dico Tools
Link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together"


Yoke   Dico Tools
Become joined or linked together


Yokel   Dico Tools
Not very intelligent or interested in culture


Yokel-like   Dico Tools
Stupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitants; "the boy''s empty yokel-like expression"


Yokelish   Dico Tools
(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace


Yokohama   Dico Tools
Port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan


Yoko_Ono   Dico Tools
United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)


Yokuts   Dico Tools
A Penutian language spoken by the Yokuts people in the San Joaquin Valley


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Yokuts   Dico Tools
A member of the North American Indian people of the San Joaquin Valley


Yolk   Dico Tools
Nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)


Yolk_sac   Dico Tools
Membranous structure enclosing the yolk of eggs in birds reptiles marsupials and some fishes; circulates nutrients to the developing embryo


Yolk_sac   Dico Tools
Membranous structure that functions as the circulatory system in mammal embryos until the heart becomes functional


Yom_Kippur   Dico Tools
(Judaism) a solemn Jewish fast day; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic Law


Yom_Kippur_War   Dico Tools
Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt


Yon   Dico Tools
Distant but within sight (`yon'' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?"


Yon   Dico Tools
At or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon'' is archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham


Yonder   Dico Tools
Distant but within sight (`yon'' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?"


Yonder   Dico Tools
At or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon'' is archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham


Yore   Dico Tools
The time that has elapsed; "forget the past"


York   Dico Tools
The English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose


Yorkshire   Dico Tools
A former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties


Yorkshire_fog   Dico Tools
Tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage


Yorkshire_pudding   Dico Tools
Light puffy bread made of a puff batter and traditionally baked in the pan with roast beef


Yorkshire_terrier   Dico Tools
Very small breed having a long glossy coat of bluish-gray and tan


Yorktown   Dico Tools
In 1781 during the American Revolution the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops


Yoruba   Dico Tools
A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria


Yoruba   Dico Tools
A member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria


Yosemite   Dico Tools
A series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year


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Yosemite_Falls   Dico Tools
A series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year


Yosemite_National_Park   Dico Tools
A national park in California famous for its waterfalls and rock formations


Yosemite_toad   Dico Tools
Of high Sierra Nevada meadows and forest borders


You're_welcome   Dico Tools
Conventional response to thanks meaning `freely granted''


You-drive   Dico Tools
A rented car; "she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel"


Young   Dico Tools
Any immature animal


Young   Dico Tools
Young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"


Young   Dico Tools
United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)


Young   Dico Tools
United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)


Young   Dico Tools
English poet (1683-1765)


Young   Dico Tools
United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)


Young   Dico Tools
British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)


Young   Dico Tools
United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)


Young   Dico Tools
United States film and television actress (1913-2000)


Young   Dico Tools
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn"


Young   Dico Tools
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"


Young's_modulus   Dico Tools
A coefficient of elasticity applicable to the stretching of a wire


Young-bearing(a)   Dico Tools
Capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring


Young-begetting(a)   Dico Tools
Capable of fathering offspring


Younger   Dico Tools
Younger brother or sister; "little brother"


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Younger   Dico Tools
Used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father; "John Junior"; "John Smith, Jr."


Youngish   Dico Tools
Somewhat young


Youngness   Dico Tools
The opposite of oldness


Youngster   Dico Tools
A young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they''re just kids"; "`tiddler'' is a British term for youngsters"


Youngstown   Dico Tools
A city in northeast Ohio


Young_bird   Dico Tools
A bird that is still young


Young_buck   Dico Tools
An adolescent male


Young_carnivore   Dico Tools
The young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion


Young_fish   Dico Tools
A fish that is young


Young_girl   Dico Tools
A girl or young woman who is unmarried


Young_lady   Dico Tools
A young woman; "a young lady of 18"


Young_mammal   Dico Tools
Any immature mammal


Young_man   Dico Tools
A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I''d known he was her boyfriend I wouldn''t have asked"


Young_man   Dico Tools
An adolescent male


Young_person   Dico Tools
A young person (especially a young man or boy)


Young_Turk   Dico Tools
A young radical who agitates for reform


Young_Turk   Dico Tools
A member of one or more of the insurgetn groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule


Young_woman   Dico Tools
A young woman; "a young lady of 18"


Younker   Dico Tools
A young person (especially a young man or boy)


Youth   Dico Tools
The freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person


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Youth   Dico Tools
Young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"


Youth   Dico Tools
A young person (especially a young man or boy)


Youth   Dico Tools
Early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced


Youth   Dico Tools
The time of life between childhood and maturity


Youth   Dico Tools
An early period of development; "during the youth of the project"


Youth-on-age   Dico Tools
Vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk


Youthful   Dico Tools
Suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh


Youthfully   Dico Tools
In a youthful manner; "he is still youthfully enthusiastic"


Youthfulness   Dico Tools
The freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person


Youth_crusade   Dico Tools
Political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people


Youth_culture   Dico Tools
Young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture


Youth_gang   Dico Tools
A gang whose members are teenagers


Youth_hostel   Dico Tools
Inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)


Youth_movement   Dico Tools
Political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people


Youth_subculture   Dico Tools
A minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members; often characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre


You_bet   Dico Tools
An expression of emphatic agreement


You_said_it   Dico Tools
An expression of emphatic agreement


Yowl   Dico Tools
A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway"


Yowl   Dico Tools
Utter shrieks, as of cats


Yowl   Dico Tools
Cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert"


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Ypres   Dico Tools
Battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others


Ypres   Dico Tools
Battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient


Ypres   Dico Tools
Battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery


Yquem   Dico Tools
A sweet white French wine


Yr   Dico Tools
A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"


Ytterbite   Dico Tools
A mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium


Ytterbium   Dico Tools
A soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime


Yttrium   Dico Tools
A silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys


Yuan   Dico Tools
The imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368


Yuan   Dico Tools
The basic unit of money in China


Yuan_dynasty   Dico Tools
The imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368


Yucatan   Dico Tools
A peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea


Yucatan_Peninsula   Dico Tools
A peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea


Yucatec   Dico Tools
A Mayan language spoken by the Yucatec people


Yucatec   Dico Tools
A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico


Yucateco   Dico Tools
A Mayan language spoken by the Yucatec people


Yucateco   Dico Tools
A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico


Yucca   Dico Tools
Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America


Yucca_aloifolia   Dico Tools
A stiff yucca with a short trunk; found in the southern United States and tropical America; has rigid spine-tipped leaves and clusters of white flowers


Yucca_baccata   Dico Tools
Tall woody-stemmed yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico having stiff swordlike pointed leaves and a large cluster of white flowers


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Yucca_brevifolia   Dico Tools
A large branched arborescent yucca of southwestern United States having short leaves and clustered greenish white flowers


Yucca_carnerosana   Dico Tools
Arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers


Yucca_elata   Dico Tools
Tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States


Yucca_filamentosa   Dico Tools
Yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages


Yucca_glauca   Dico Tools
Yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers


Yucca_gloriosa   Dico Tools
Yucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves


Yucca_smalliana   Dico Tools
Yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers


Yucca_whipplei   Dico Tools
Yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico with a tall spike of creamy white flowers


Yucky   Dico Tools
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"


Yue   Dico Tools
The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China


Yue_dialect   Dico Tools
The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China


Yugoslav   Dico Tools
A native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia


Yugoslav   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages; "Yugoslavian wine"


Yugoslavia   Dico Tools
A mountainous republic in southeastern Europe


Yugoslavian   Dico Tools
A native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia


Yugoslavian   Dico Tools
Of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages; "Yugoslavian wine"


Yugoslavian_dinar   Dico Tools
The basic unit of money in Yugoslavia


Yugoslavian_monetary_unit   Dico Tools
Monetary unit in Yugoslavia


Yukawa   Dico Tools
Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981)


Yukon   Dico Tools
A territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s


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Yukon   Dico Tools
A North American river; flows into the Bering Sea


Yukon_River   Dico Tools
A North American river; flows into the Bering Sea


Yukon_Territory   Dico Tools
A territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s


Yukon_Time   Dico Tools
Standard time in the 9th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 135th meridian west; used in Hawaii and most of Alaska


Yukon_white_birch   Dico Tools
Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark


Yule   Dico Tools
Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6


Yuletide   Dico Tools
Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6


Yule_log   Dico Tools
Large log traditionally burned at Christmas


Yuma   Dico Tools
The Yuman language spoken by the Yuma people


Yuma   Dico Tools
A town in southwestern Arizona on the Colorado River and the California border


Yuma   Dico Tools
A member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and California


Yuman   Dico Tools
A group of language of the Hokan family in Arizona and California and Mexico


Yummy   Dico Tools
Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste


Yunnan   Dico Tools
A province of southern China


Yunnan_province   Dico Tools
A province of southern China


Yuppie   Dico Tools
A young upwardly mobile professional person; someone under 40 who prospered during the 1980s


Yurak-Samoyed   Dico Tools
A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia


Yuri_Alekseyevich_Gagarin   Dico Tools
Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)


Yuri_Gagarin   Dico Tools
Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)


Yurt   Dico Tools
A circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing


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Yves_Tanguy   Dico Tools
United States surrealist painter (born in France) (1900-1955)


Y_chromosome   Dico Tools
The sex chromosome that is carried by men; "human males normally have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome"



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