English Words Starting With Y

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yachtswoman
nounC1
/ˈjɒtsˌwʊmən/A woman who sails or owns a yacht, especially in competitive racing.
yack
nounverb-intransitiveC1/C2
/jak/To talk continuously, especially about unimportant things; chatter.
yackety-yak
nounInformal / Low-frequency
/ˌjæk.ɪ.ti ˈjæk/incessant, trivial, or annoying talk; chatter.
yad
nounVery Low
/jɑːd/A pointer used by the reader in synagogue to follow the text of the Torah scroll, traditionally shaped like a hand with a pointing index finger.
yad vashem
nounLow
/ˌjæd ˈvæʃem/Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
yadda yadda yadda
nounC1-C2 (Low in formal contexts, medium in informal/conversational English, especially American)
/ˌjæd.ə ˌjæd.ə ˈjæd.ə/A placeholder for omitted words in a story or explanation; used to skip over details.
yadkin
nounC1
/ˈjæd.kɪn/A proper noun referring to a major river in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
yaff
verb-intransitiveVery rare
/jæf/A regional British term meaning to bark sharply or yelp.
yaffle
nounVery low/obsolete
/ˈjæf.əl/To eat or drink greedily or noisily
yafo
nounVery Low
/ˈjæfəʊ/A colloquial or alternative spelling for 'Yafo,' the historical name for Jaffa, an ancient port city in Israel, now part of Tel Aviv-Yafo.
yag
nounVery Low
/jæɡ/A crystal (yttrium aluminium garnet) used especially in lasers and as synthetic gemstones.
yage
nounVery Low
/ˈjɑːheɪ/A psychoactive Amazonian vine (Banisteriopsis caapi) used to brew a traditional hallucinogenic drink, often called ayahuasca.
yagi aerial
nounC2 (Very Low Frequency)
/ˈjɑːɡi ˈeə.ri.əl/A directional radio antenna consisting of a single driven element (a dipole) and several parallel passive elements (a reflector and directors) arranged in a line.
yagi antenna
nounLow frequency in general discourse; medium frequency in technical/radio communities
/ˈjɑːɡi ænˈtɛnə/A directional radio antenna consisting of a driven element connected to a transmitter or receiver, and several parasitic elements (reflector and directors) arranged in parallel to increase gain and directivity.
yahgan
nounVery low (highly specialized/technical)
/ˈjɑːɡən/An indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America, or their language.
yahoo
interjectionnounLow
/jəˈhuː/A crude, loud, or unsophisticated person; an exclamation of excitement.
yahrzeit
nounLow frequency in general English; High frequency within Jewish communities.
/ˈjɑːtsaɪt/The anniversary of a death, observed in Judaism as a day of remembrance and mourning.
yahweh
nounC1
/ˈjɑːweɪ/The personal name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible.
yahwism
nounLow
/ˈjɑːwɪz(ə)m/The worship of the god Yahweh (the Tetragrammaton YHWH), especially in the context of ancient Hebrew religion.
yahwist
nounC2
/ˈjɑːwɪst/The hypothetical author or source of portions of the Hebrew Bible (specifically the Pentateuch) that consistently use the divine name Yahweh (Jehovah).

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