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year·ling noun 1 : one that is a year old

2 : a racehorse between January of the year after the year in which it was born and the next January

year·long adjective : lasting through a year

1yearly adjective : ANNUAL

2yearly adverb : every year

yearn verb 1 : to feel a longing or craving

2 : to feel tenderness or compassion

Synonyms

usually yearn for ache, covet, crave, desire, die, hanker, hunger, long, lust, pant, pine, repine, thirst, want, wish—more at DESIRE

yearn·ing noun : a tender or urgent longing

Synonyms

appetite, craving, desire, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, longing, lust, passion, thirst, urge, yen—more at DESIRE

year–round adjective : effective, employed, or operating for the full year : not seasonal

yeast noun 1 : a surface froth or a sediment in sugary liquids (as fruit juices) that consists largely of cells of a tiny fungus and is used in making alcoholic liquors and as a leaven in baking

2 : a commercial product containing yeast fungi in a moist or dry medium

3 : a minute one-celled fungus present and functionally active in yeast that reproduces by budding; also : any of several similar fungi

4 archaic : the foam of waves : SPUME

5 : something that causes ferment or activity

Synonyms

boost, encouragement, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitement, instigation, momentum, motivation, provocation, spur, stimulus—more at IMPULSE

yeast infection noun : infection of the vagina with an excess growth of a normally present fungus that resembles a yeast

yeasty adjective yeast·i·er; -est 1 : of, relating to, or resembling yeast

2 : UNSETTLED

3 : full of vitality; also : FRIVOLOUS

yegg noun : one that breaks open safes to steal; also : ROBBER

1yell verb 1 : to utter a loud cry or scream

2 : to speak or call out in a loud voice : SHOUT

— yell·er noun

Synonyms

[1] howl, scream, shriek, shrill, squeal, yelp—more at SCREAM

[2] bawl, call, cry, holler, shout, vociferate—more at CALL

2yell noun 1 : a loud or sudden outcry : SHOUT

2 : a cheer used esp. to encourage an athletic team (as at a college)

Synonyms

cry, holler, hoot, shout, whoop—more at SHOUT

1yellow adjective 1 : of the color yellow

2 : having a yellow complexion or skin

3 : SENSATIONAL <~ journalism>

4 : showing or marked by an utter lack of courage : COWARDLY

— yel·low·ish adjective

Synonyms

chicken, cowardly, craven, dastardly, pusillanimous, recreant, spineless—more at COWARDLY

2yellow noun 1 : a color between green and orange in the spectrum : the color of ripe lemons or sunflowers

2 : something yellow; especially : the yolk of an egg

3 plural : any of several plant diseases marked by stunted growth and yellowing of foliage

3yellow verb : to make or turn yellow

yellow birch noun : a No. American birch with thin lustrous gray or yellow bark; also : its strong hard wood

yellow fever noun : an acute infectious viral disease marked by prostration, jaundice, fever, and often hemorrhage and transmitted by a mosquito

yellow jack noun : YELLOW FEVER

yellow jacket noun : any of various small social wasps having the body barred with bright yellow

yel·low·tail noun : any of various fishes with a yellow or yellowish tail including several valuable food fishes

yelp verb [ORIGIN: ME, to boast, cry out, fr. OE gielpan to boast, exult]

: to utter a sharp quick shrill cry

— yelp noun

Synonyms

howl, scream, shriek, shrill, squeal, yell—more at SCREAM

Ye·me·ni noun : YEMENITE

— Yemeni adjective

Ye·men·ite noun : a native or inhabitant of Yemen

— Yemenite adjective

1yen noun, plural yen : the basic monetary unit of Japan

2yen noun [ORIGIN: obs. E argot yen-yen craving for opium, fr. Chin (Guangdong dial.) yīn-yáhn, fr. yīn opium + yáhn craving]

: a strong desire : LONGING

Synonyms

appetite, craving, desire, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, longing, lust, passion, thirst, urge, yearning—more at DESIRE

yeo·man noun 1 : an attendant