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yawn |
Noun
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an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth |
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yawn |
Verb
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utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired |
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yawn |
Verb
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be wide open |
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yield |
Noun
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production of a certain amount |
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yield |
Noun
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an amount of a product |
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yield |
Noun
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the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property |
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yield |
Noun
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the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time) |
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yield |
Verb
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end resistance, as under pressure or force |
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yield |
Verb
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consent reluctantly |
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yield |
Verb
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be willing to concede |
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yield |
Verb
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cease opposition |
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yield |
Verb
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be flexible under stress of physical force |
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yield |
Verb
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give or supply |
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yield |
Verb
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cause to happen or be responsible for |
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yield |
Verb
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move in order to make room for someone for something |
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yield |
Verb
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bring in |
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yield |
Verb
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give over |
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yield |
Verb
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be the cause or source of |
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yield |
Verb
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be fatally overwhelmed |
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yield |
Verb
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give in, as to influence or pressure |
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yard sale |
Noun
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an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises |
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yodeling |
Noun
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singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto |
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yolk |
Noun
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nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) |
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yolk |
Noun
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the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen |
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yolk sac |
Noun
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membranous structure enclosing the yolk of eggs in birds, reptiles, marsupials, and some fishes |
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yolk sac |
Noun
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membranous structure that functions as the circulatory system in mammalian embryos until the heart becomes functional |
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yellowhammer |
Noun
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European bunting the male being bright yellow |
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yellowhammer |
Noun
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large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail |
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yellowbird |
Noun
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American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer |
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yellowbird |
Noun
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yellow-throated American wood warbler |
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yearling |
Noun
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an animal in its second year |
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yearling |
Noun
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a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth |
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yearling |
Noun
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a young child |
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yellow jacket |
Noun
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small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground |
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yellow jacket |
Noun
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a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic |
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yellowbelly marmot |
Noun
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heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America |
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yak |
Noun
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large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated |
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yak |
Noun
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noisy talk |
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yak |
Verb
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talk profusely |
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yellowtail |
Noun
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game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin |
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yellowtail |
Noun
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superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail |
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yellow jack |
Noun
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fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico |
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yellow jack |
Noun
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yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine |
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yellow jack |
Noun
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caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito |
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yellowfin |
Noun
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may reach 400 pounds |
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yellowfin tuna |
Noun
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a type of tuna fish, common as seafood in several cuisines; one fish can weigh as much as 400 pounds |
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youth hostel |
Noun
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inexpensive supervised lodging for travelers, particularly students and young people |
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yarn |
Noun
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a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving |
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yarn |
Noun
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the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events |
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yarn |
Verb
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tell or spin a yarn |