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