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yen |
Verb
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have a desire for something or someone who is not present |
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Yorkshire pudding |
Noun
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light puffy bread made of a puff batter and traditionally baked in the pan with roast beef |
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yam |
Noun
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edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food |
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yam |
Noun
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sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked |
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yam |
Noun
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any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots |
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yam |
Noun
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edible tuber of any of several yams |
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yogurt |
Noun
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a custard-like food made from curdled milk |
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yoghurt |
Noun
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a custard-like food made from curdled milk |
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yoghourt |
Noun
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a custard-like food made from curdled milk |
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yeomanry |
Noun
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a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army |
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yeomanry |
Noun
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class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land |
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yacht club |
Noun
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club that promotes and supports yachting and boating |
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yakuza |
Noun
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organized crime in Japan |
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yakuza |
Noun
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a Japanese gangster |
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year |
Noun
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a body of students who graduate together |
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year |
Noun
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the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun |
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year |
Noun
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a period of time containing 365 days |
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year |
Noun
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a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity |
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yeshiva |
Noun
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an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud) |
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yeshivah |
Noun
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an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud) |
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yard line |
Noun
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in American football, the marker used to reference the progress in a play |
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yeti |
Noun
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a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas |
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yid |
Noun
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a fan of the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club |
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yid |
Noun
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offensive term for a Jew |
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young man |
Noun
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a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman |
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young man |
Noun
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a teenager or a young adult male |
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yob |
Noun
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a cruel and brutal fellow |
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yobo |
Noun
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a cruel and brutal fellow |
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yobbo |
Noun
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a cruel and brutal fellow |
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youngster |
Noun
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a young person |
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yard bird |
Noun
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a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison |
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yard bird |
Noun
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a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks |
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yardbird |
Noun
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a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison |
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yardbird |
Noun
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a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks |
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yes-man |
Noun
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a person of unquestioning obedience |
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yes man |
Noun
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a person of unquestioning obedience |
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yearner |
Noun
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a person with a strong desire for something |
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yeller |
Noun
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someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice |
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yielder |
Noun
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a person who yields or surrenders |
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young buck |
Noun
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a teenager or a young adult male |
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younker |
Noun
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a young person, especially a young man or boy |
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young Turk |
Noun
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a young radical who agitates for reform |
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yuppie |
Noun
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a young upwardly mobile professional individual |
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yachtsman |
Noun
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a person who owns or sails a yacht |
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yanker |
Noun
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someone who gives a strong sudden pull |
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yardie |
Noun
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member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence |
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yardman |
Noun
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a laborer hired to do outdoor work |
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yardman |
Noun
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worker in a railway yard |
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yardmaster |
Noun
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a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard |
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yawner |
Noun
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a person who yawns |