Reverse Dictionary: Y

YACHT, YACHTING – NOUNS
– GUNKHOLE a shallow cove or channel nearly unnavigable because of mud, rocks, or vegetation …20C Amer. yachting usage
– YACHTLING a little yacht …1872
 
YACHT etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– YACHTER one who makes a trip in a yacht; a yachtsman …1828
– YACHTIAN a yachtsman …1842
– YACHTIE a man who owns, manages, or sails in a yacht; a man addicted to yachting …1943 colloq., chiefly Aust. & NZ
– YACHTIST a yachtsman …1895 nonce word
– YACHTMAN * a yachtsman …1820
– YACHTSMAN a man who owns, manages, or sails in a yacht; a man addicted to yachting …1862
– YACHTSPERSON a female or male yacht enthusiast …1974
– YACHTSWOMAN a woman who owns, manages or sails in a yacht …1888
– YACHTY a yachting enthusiast …1915 Aust. & NZ sl. 
 
YACHT etc. – VERBS
– GUNKHOLE to cruise, rivers, creeks, tidal estuaries, etc. in a small yacht, anchoring in remote spots …1908 Amer. yachting usage

YALE – NOUNS, PERSON
– YALIE a student or graduate of Yale …1969 US colloq.

YANK – VERBS
– YAWK to pull, to yank; to drag, to jerk …1840 Amer. dial.
– YUCK to pull, to yank; to drag, to jerk …1899 Amer. dial.

YARD (measure) – ADJECTIVES
– SESQUIPEDALIAN half a yard high or long …c1714

YARD (measure) – NOUNS
– ELLWAND a measuring rod, an ell measure; a yard measure …1660 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– STRETCH a yard (measure) …1811 sl.
– YARDEL a yard-measure …1804 obs. rare

YARDSTICK – NOUNS
– YARD a measuring-rod; a measuring-rod or stick of the length of three feet; a yard-stick …c1000-1050 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YARD-BAND a tape-measure; a yard-stick …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YARDEN a yard-stick …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YARD-WAND a three-foot rod for measuring; a yardstick …a1400

YARN – ADJECTIVES
– YARNEN made of yarn …1568 obs.

YARN – NOUNS
– GAIRN yarn …c1875 Sc. obs.

YARN – NOUNS, PERSON
– YARN-CHOPPER a dealer in yarn …1429 obs.

YAWN, YAWNING  – ADJECTIVES
– GAPESOME inclined to yawn or gape; sleepy …Bk1900 Eng. dial.  
– GAPY disposed to yawn …1830 rare
– OSCITANT gaping from drowsiness, yawning; hence, drowsy, dull, indolent, negligent, inattentive through drowsiness …1625 rare or obs.
– STRETCHY sleepy, languid; inclined to stretch and yawn …1872 colloq.
– VAPOURED inclined to yawn …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
YAWN etc. – NOUNS
– AWN a yawn …1950 Amer. dial.
– GANING a gaping or yawning …c1000 obs.
– GANT a yawn, a gape; gaping …1513 Sc.
– GAPE a fit of yawning or staring …c1815 humorous usage
– GAUNT a yawn, a gape; gaping …1513 Sc.
– SNOREGASM a yawn …Brit. sl.
– YAWMAGORP a yawn …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
YAWN etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– YAWMAGORP a yawning, stretching person; a lounger …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
YAWN etc. – VERBS
– AWN to yawn …1950 Amer. dial.
– BE ON THE GAPE to be inclined to yaw, to be sleepy …Bk1900 Eng. dial.  
– CATCH FLIES to yawn …1965 Amer. dial.
– GALP to gape, to yawn …a1300 obs.
– GANE to open the mouth wide, to gape or yawn …c1000 obs.
– GANT to yawn, to gape …1513 Sc.
– GAPE to yawn, esp. from weariness …c1440
– GAPE AWAY to pass the time in yawning …1883
– GAUNT to yawn, to gape …1513 Sc.
– GAUP;  GAWP to yawn or gape; to gaze in astonishment …1682
– OSCITATE to yawn or gape from drowsiness …1623 obs. rare
– RASK to stretch oneself; to yawn …1303 obs. rare
– YASK to yawn …1580
– YAUP to gape, to yawn; to yawn audibly …1836 Eng. dial.
– YAW to be wide open; to yawn …1596 Eng. dial.
– YAWP to gape, to yawn; to yawn audibly …1836 Sc.

YEAR, YEARLY – ADJECTIVES
– DECADAL relating to the number ten; belonging to a decade or a period of ten years …1753
– DECEMNOVENAL of nineteen years …1588 obs.
– DECENNAL pert. to a period of ten years …1648 obs.
– DECENNALIAN pertaining to a period of ten years …1794 obs.
– DECENNARY pert. to a period of ten years …1855
– DECENNIAL pert. to a period of ten years …1656
– DECENNOVAL pert. to nineteen years …1681 obs.
– DECENNOVARY pert. to nineteen years …1694 obs.
– DECENNOVENNAL pert. to nineteen years …1686 obs.
– DUODECENNIAL of twelve years …1656
– LUSTRAL occurring every give years; quinquennial …1781
– OCTENNIAL pert. to a period of eight years; occurring or lasting eight years; recurring every eighth year …1656
– OCTODESEXCENTENARY applied to a period of 592 years …1677
– QUADRENNIAL lasting for four years …1656
– QUADRENNIAL occurring every fourth year …1701
– QUADRIENNIAL lasting for four years …1656
– QUADRIENNIAL occurring every fourth year …1701
– QUINCENTENARY pert. to the 500th year …1884
– QUINQUENNAL lasting or continuing for five years …1532 obs.
– QUINQUENNALIAN occurring every fifth year …1692 obs. rare
– QUINQUENNIAL lasting or continuing for five years …c1460
– QUINQUENNIAL occurring every fifth year …1610
– QUINQUENNIAL consisting of five years …1884
– QUOTANNAL yearly, annual …1651 obs. rare
– QUOTANNUAL annual, yearly …1658 obs.
– QUOTENNIAL yearly …1878 rare
– TWICE YEARED that has lasted two years …1583 obs.
– VICENNIAL extending over a period of twenty years …1701 Sc.
– YEARLY of the year: relating to a year …c1000 obs. rare
 
YEAR etc. – ADVERBS
– DECENNIALLY every ten years …1874
– OCTENNIALLY once in eight years …1864
– QUADRENNIALLY every fourth year …1796
– QUINQUENNIALLY every five years …1727
 
YEAR etc. – NOUNS
– AFTER-YEAR a later year …1858
– BACK-END the later part of the year; the late autumn …1820
– BACKSIDE the close of the year …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BUTT a fraction of a year, month, or week …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DECENNARY a period of ten years …1822
– DECENNIAD a space of ten years, a decade …1864
– DECENNIUM a space of ten years, a decade …1685
– DIME ten years …1967 US sl.
– DOUBLE SIX a year; a pair of six-month periods …Bk2006 US sl.
– DUODECADE a period of twelve years …1621
– DUODENARY a period of twelve years …1681 obs.
– ELEPHANT YEAR a bad luck year …1958 Amer. dial. Black usage
– HALLIER a half-year …1768 Sc. obs.
– HALYEAR a half-year …1768 Sc. obs.
– HELLZIER a half-year …1768 Sc. obs.
– HOLYFIELD’S (EAR) a year …1998 UK rhyming sl.
– LUSTRAL a period of five years …a1656 obs.
– LUSTRAN the first year of a lustrum …a1656 obs. rare
– LUSTRATION a period of five years …1853 rare
– LUSTRE a period of five years …1387
– LUSTRUM a period of five years …1590
– MAR’S YEAR the year 1715 …1785 Sc. obs.
– MILLIAD a period of one thousand years …1851 rare
– NOUGHTIES the years 2000 through to 2009 …2001 Brit. sl.
– OCTENNIAL a period of eight years …1679 obs. rare
– QUADRENNIAL a period of four years …a1646 obs. rare
– QUADRENNIAL an event happening every four years; a fourth anniversary, or its celebration …1856
– QUADRENNIUM a period of four years …1823
– QUADRIENNIUM a period of four years …1754
– QUIENNAL a dispensation or indulgence for five years …c1380 obs. rare
– QUINQUAGENARY a fiftieth year or anniversary …1588
– QUINQUENNAL a period of five years …Bk1914 obs.
– QUINQUENNIAD a period of five years …1842
– QUINQUENNIAL a period of five years …1895
– QUINQUENNIUM a period of five years …1621
– RAITH a quarter of a year; three months …a1300 Sc.
– THREE SEVENS the year 1777 …1890 Eng. dial.
– YARD a year; thus a sentence of 1 year …1930s US prison sl.
– YEARFUL as much as fills a year …1889 nonce word
– YEAR’S DAY, A the space of a year …1825 Sc.
– YESTER-YEAR last year …1870
 
YEAR etc. – NOUNS, ACTUAL YEAR
– Y2K the year 2000; the first second of the year 2000 …1995 Can. sl.
 
YEAR etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– EARTH BISCUIT someone who identifies with the styles and concerns of the 1960s …1990s US college sl.
– EARTH DADDY an older than average college male who professes the values of the 1960s …1980s US college sl.
– EARTH MUFFIN an older than average college male; used pejoratively to indicate one who pursues a hippie lifestyle …1980s US college sl.

YEARN, YEARNING, YEARNINGLY – ADJECTIVES
– EARNSTFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning …1857 Eng. dial.
– YEARNSFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning …1857 Eng. dial.
– YERNSFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning …1878 Eng. dial. obs.
– YERNSTFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning …1878 Eng. dial. obs.
 
YEARN etc. – ADVERBS
– EARNSTFULLY earnestly, wistfully, yearningly …1844 Eng. dial.
– SITHINGLY with a sigh; longingly, yearningly …1570 obs.
 
YEARN etc. – NOUNS
– LUS a yearning; a longing …1970s S. Afr. sl.
 
YEARN etc. – VERBS
– CARRY A TORCH to yearn for an unrequited love or a love affair that is over; to be devoted to someone without having your devotion reciprocated …1927 US sl.
– ETTLE to show great eagerness to do or begin anything; to hanker or yearn after …1873 Sc.
– ​GREEN to desire earnestly, to yearn after …LME Sc.
– HONE to yearn, to long for …Amer. dial.
– SICKEN to pine with yearning; to long eagerly …1802
– THINK LONG to long, to yearn …1872 Amer. dial.
– YAMMER to long for, to yearn, to crave …1705 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– YERE to desire, to long or yearn for; to express a desire for, to request …c1205 obs.

YEAST – NOUNS
– BARM yeast …1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BEERGOOD yeast …1691 Eng. dial.
– EMPTINGS yeast …1650 Amer. dial.
– EMPTINS yeast …1867 Amer. dial.
– EMPTYINGS yeast …1891 Amer. dial.
– LIGHTENING yeast …1842 Amer. dial.
– LIGHTNING yeast …1842 Amer. dial.
– NEAVING yeast or barm …1669 obs.
– NEWING yeast; barm …1641 Sc.
– QUICKENING yeast, a quantity of yeast …1598 Eng. dial.
– RAISER leaven or yeast …1758
– RAISING yeast or other leavening agent …1872 Amer. dial.
– SIZING yeast, barm …1594 Eng. dial.
– SIZZING yeast, barm …1594 Eng. dial.
– YAKSTER thick yeast …1929 Sc.

YELL, YELLING – ADJECTIVES
– ULULABLE howling, yelling …1721 obs.
 
YELL etc. – NOUNS
– GALDER a noisy vulgar laugh; a loud yell; noisy, foolish talk, chatter …1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCOIL;  SKOIL;  SKOYL a squeal, a shriek; a yell; a high-pitched roar or bellow, especially of a cow …1815 Sc. obs.
– SCROINOCH a shrill cry; a yell; a noise, a tumult; a noisy fuss …1790 Sc.
– YAMMER a cry of lamentation, a wail; a loud outcry, shout, yell; lamentation, querulous utterance; a whimpering, a continuous loud complaining; grumbling …1500-20 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YARM a discordant, disagreeable sound or outcry; a scream, a yell …a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– YAWL a shout, a yell …1728
– YAWP a shout, a yell; a loud cry; a loud noise; a whine; constant, noisy talking; foolish talk …1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YALDER a loud shouting; vociferous yelling …1911 Sc.
– YELLOCH a yell; a shrill cry …1513 Sc.
– YELLY-HOOING yelling, screaming …1890 Sc.
– YERR a loud or harsh cry; a yell, a howl …a1225 obs.
– YOWP a shout, a yell; a loud cry; a loud noise; a whine; constant, noisy talking …1889 Eng. dial.
 
YELL etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BAFFERS barkers; yellers .,..Bk1880
 
YELL etc. – VERBS
– FANG to yell furiously …1962 US sl.
– OINK to squeal or yell, as a pig …1915 Sc.
– SCOIL;  SKOIL;  SKOYL to squeal, to shriek, to scream; to yell or roar in a high-pitched voice …1866 Sc. obs.
– SCROINOCH to shout, to screech, to yell; to make a noisy disturbance …1820 Sc.
– SKELLOCH;  SKELLOCK to shriek; to yell; to resound shrilly …1808 Sc.
– YAMMER to make a loud unpleasant noise or outcry; to howl, to yell; to roar, to shout; to talk loudly or persistently; to scold …1513 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YARM to utter a discordant or mournful cry; to shriek, to scream, to yell, to howl, to wail …c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– YAWM to utter a loud, discordant sound; to shriek, to yell; to cry as a wild beast …1890 Eng. dial.
– YELLOCH to scream; to yell; to bawl …1773 Sc.
– YERR to make a harsh noise, to creak, to roar, to rattle; to cry out loudly, to shout out, to yell, to howl …a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– YIRR to yell, to shout out …1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.

YELLOW, YELLOWISH – ADJECTIVES
– GALLY sickly, delicate; yellow …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– JALLISHY BUFF yellowish buff, yellow …1888 Eng. dial.
– JAUNE yellow …1430-40 obs. exc. as French
– JAUNISH yellowish …1597 obs. rare
– JAWNISH yellowish …1597 obs. rare
– LENT-LILY of the colour of the yellow daffodil, yellow …1796
– PALEW light or pale yellow …1607 obs.
– PALLEW light or pale yellow …1607 obs.
– SUBCITRINE of a somewhat yellow or greenish-yellow colour …c1530 obs.
– YALLOCHIE yellowish, of a slightly yellow colour …1888 Sc.
– YALLOWCHY yellowish …1888 Sc.
– YELLOW AS SAFFRON, AS very yellow …1877 Eng. dial.
 
YELLOW etc. – NOUNS
– PALEW light or pale yellow …1547 obs.
 
YELLOW etc. – VERBS
– FALLOW to become pale or yellow; hence, to fade, to wither …a1000 obs.

YELLOW FEVER – NOUNS
– BRONZE JOHN yellow fever …1869 Amer. dial.
– YELLOW JACK yellow fever …1836 sl.

YELP, YELPING – NOUNS
– NAFF the yelp of a small dog …Bk1903 Sc.
– WAFF the barking or yelping of a puppy; the low, suppressed barking of a dog …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YAFF a bark or yelp …1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– YAFFLE a bark, a yelp …1836 Eng. dial.
– YALK a bark, a yelp …1898 Sc.
– YAMF a bark, a yelp …1685 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– YAMPH a bark, a yelp …1685 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– YOLLOP a bark, a howl, a yelp …1959 Amer. dial.
 
YELP etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– YOWPER a yelper; a street-crier; a ballad-singer …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
YELP etc. – VERBS
– BAFF to bark or yelp as a dog …c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GALE of a dog: to bark, to yelp; of a bird, esp. the cuckoo: to utter its peculiar note …c1205 obs.
– GALP of an animal: to yelp …1481 obs.
– NAFF to bark; to yelp …Bk1903 Sc.
– WAFF of a dog, esp. a puppy: to yelp …1610 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– WAFFLE;  WHAFFLE to bark as a small dog; to yap, to yelp, to growl; to bark in a suppressed manner …1698 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– WEFFLE;  WHEFFLE to bark as a small dog; to yap, to yelp, to growl; to bark in a suppressed manner …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YAFF to bark, to yelp …1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– YAFFLE to bark sharply, as a dog; to yelp …1847 Eng. dial.
– YALK to bark, to yelp …1892 Sc.
– YALP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird …a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
– YAMF to bark, as a dog, esp. a small dog; to yelp …1718 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– YAMPH to bark, as a dog, esp. a small dog; to yelp …1718 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– YAPPET to bark sharply as a small dog; to yelp …1681
– YAUP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird …a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
– YAWP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird …a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
– YELLOP to howl, to cry; to bark as a dog, to yelp …1866 Eng. dial.
– YELLOW to yelp; to bellow …1600 obs. rare
– YELPER to yelp; to howl …BK1905 Eng. dial.
– YERP to yelp …Bk1905 Sc. & Ireland
– YIRP to yelp …Bk1905 Sc.
– YOLLOP to bark, to yelp, to howl …1887 Amer. dial.
– YOLP to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird …a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
– YOPE to shout or exclaim hoarsely; to yelp, as a dog; to cry harshly or querulously, as a bird …a1300 chiefly Eng. dial.
– YOWP of a dog: to bark, to yelp …1901 Eng. dial.

YEMEN – NOUNS, PERSON
– ADENESE a native or inhabitant of Aden, a port and commercial centre in the Republic of Yemen …1880
– ADENI a native or inhabitant of Aden, a port and commercial centre in the Republic of Yemen …1950
– YEMENI a native or inhabitant of Yemen …1916
– YEMENITE a native or inhabitant of Yemen …1864

YEOMAN – NOUNS
– YEOMANRY a company of yeomen …1375 obs.

YEOMAN – NOUNS, PERSON
– YEOS yeomen …1798 Ireland
– YOUNG MAN a man in the service of, or in attendance upon, a person of high rank or an official; a male servant or attendant in a royal or noble household; a yeoman …1362 obs.

YES – ADVERBS
– AYE AND LIKE yes, certainly …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– OAK adverb O.K., yes 
– SAY yes …M19 back-slang
– YA yes …1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YAW yes …1667
– YEAH, BUBBA yes …L19 sl., orig. US
– YOU BETCHA yes, indeed; certainly …1889 Amer. dial.
– YOU BETCHER yes, indeed; certainly …1889 Amer. dial.
– YOU BETCHY yes, indeed; certainly …1889 Amer. dial.
 
YES – INTERJECTIONS/PHRASES
– A! absolutely! yes! certainly! …1950s African-American sl.
– ALL DAY yes indeed …1978 US jocular
– ALL RIGHT! yes indeed! I agree! …19C
– AND HOW! emphatically so; yes, indeed …1865 Amer. sl.
– AYE MARRY an expression of assent; yes, indeed …1886 Eng. dial.
– AYUH! yes …1894 Amer. dial.
– CERT! certainly! yes, indeed! …1879 US sl.
– DAMN STRAIGHT! you are absolutely right! yes! right on! …Bk2006 US sl.
– DEFINITELY! yes! …1920s sl.
– FAITH YOU! indeed! yes! …1907 Amer. dial. arch.
– FA’ SHIZZLE MY BIZZLE! an emphatic yes …2002 US sl.
– HEAR! a sign of assent, yes …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– I GUESS YES! yes indeed! absolutely! …L19 US sl.
– NOT MANY yes, a term of emphatic agreement …1998 UK sl.
– NOT MANY BENNY an ironic expression meaning definitely yes …Brit. sl.
– SIDE! yes! …1864 cant
– SIMON! yes indeed! …1960s US sl.
– TOO RIGHT! an emphatic affirmative …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– UNGOWA yes; affirmative; OK …1976 US citizens’ band radio sl.
– UNGOWA BWANA yes; affirmative; OK …1976 US citizens’ band radio sl.
– YES SIREE! phr. yes indeed …Aust. jocular usage

YES-MAN – NOUNS, PERSON
– HACK anyone who acts as a ‘yes-man’, esp. in politics …1950s sl.
– LACKEY;  LACQUEY one who is servilely obsequious – a toady – a yes-man …c1692
– MACHINE a person who follows orders without thought – a yes-man …Bk1988 Aust. sl. 
– WAG anyone without firm opinions, a yes-man …1997 sl.
– YAH-MAN a ‘yes-man’; a sycophant, a toady …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– YEA-MAN a ‘yes-man’; a sycophant, a toady …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– YES-MAN a man who agrees from self-interest or fear with everything put to him by a superior; an obsequious subordinate; one who always says yes to their superiors in the belief that this is what they like to hear; a sycophant; a toady; a flatterer …1912 colloq., orig. US
– YESSER a ‘yes-man’; a sycophant, a toady …1912 Amer. colloq.

YESTERDAY – ADJECTIVES
– HESTERN pertaining to yesterday …1577-87 obs.
– NUDIUSTERTIAN of the day before yesterday …1647 obs. rare
– PRIDIAN pertaining to the previous day; relating to yesterday …1656 rare
– YESTER belonging to yesterday …1577 poetic usage
– YESTERN of or pertaining to yesterday;  …1860 Eng. dial. or arch.
– YESTREEN on the evening of yesterday; yesterday evening …c1375 chiefly Sc. & poetic usage
 
YESTERDAY – ADVERBS
– THESTREEN last night, yesterday evening …1788 Sc.
– THISTERDAY yesterday …1887 Eng. dial.
– THISTERDEE yesterday …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YESSUN yesterday …1890 Eng. dial.
– YESTER yesterday …1647 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– YESTER-EEN last night …1884 Sc.
– YESTEREVE yesterday evening, last night …1603 chiefly poetic usage
– YESTER-EVEN yesterday evening, last night …c1420 arch. & Eng. dial.
– YESTER-EVENING yesterday evening …1715
– YESTER-MORN yesterday morning …1893 Eng. dial.
– YESTER-MORNING yesterday morning …1654 arch. & Eng. dial.
– YESTERN yesterday …1860 Eng. dial. or arch.
– YESTERNEVE yesterday evening …c900 obs.
– YESTERNEVEN yesterday evening …c900 obs.
– YESTERNIGHT on the night of yesterday, last night …a1300 chiefly arch. & Eng. dial.
– YESTER-NOON noon yesterday …Bk1905 Sc.
– YESTHERN yesterday …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YESTREEN yesterday; last night …1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YESUN yesterday …1890 Eng. dial.
 
YESTERDAY – NOUNS
– AIR-YESTERDAY the day before yesterday …1825 Sc. 
– ERE YESTERDAY the day before yesterday …1788 obs. exc. Sc.
– ERE YESTREEN the night before last …Bk1900 Sc.
– LAST DAY yesterday …a1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LAST MORNING yesterday morning …1591 obs.
– YESTER yesterday …a1701 obs.
– YESTER-EVEN the evening of yesterday …1820
– YESTER-EVENING the evening of yesterday …1796
– YESTERMORN yesterday morning …1702 chiefly poetic usage
– YESTERNIGHT the night last past …1513 chiefly arch. & Eng. dial.
– YEST-MORN yesterday morning …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YESTREEN the evening of yesterday …1816 chiefly Sc. & poetic usage

YEW – ADJECTIVES
– YEWEN made of the wood of the yew …1563 now rare or arch.

YEW – NOUNS
– PALM-TREE the yew …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

YIELD, YIELDING – ADJECTIVES
– BENDSOME pliable, yielding, flexible …1861 rare
– CESSIBLE yielding; ready to yield or give way …1644 obs. rare
– CESSIVE of a yielding quality …1678 obs. rare
– DEDITITIOUS yielding, submitting …1727 obs. rare
– IMMERCURIAL not mercurial, mobile, or yielding …1637 obs. rare
– OBEDIBLE capable of obedience; obedient, docile, compliant, submissive, yielding  …1622 obs. rare
– OBSEQUENT compliant, yielding, obedient, submissive …1520 obs.
– WALDIN yielding or tractable in bearing or disposition …1535 Sc. obs.
– YIELDY yielding, giving way …1881 Sc.
 
YIELD etc. – NOUNS
– DEDITION giving up, yielding, surrender …1523 rare or obs.
– SUCCUMBENCE a giving way or yielding …1837 rare
– SUCCUMBENCY a giving way or yielding; submission …1653 rare
 
YIELD etc. – VERBS
– AGIVE to be pliant, yielding …BK1898 Eng. dial.
– BAG to yield or bend; to ‘give’ …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BE LIKE A DOG WITH A BONE to be tenacious, persistent, or obstinate; to be unwilling to yield, relent, or let go; to be unable to set aside a preoccupation or obsession …1887
– BETEACH to hand over, to deliver, to give up, to yield …a1000 obs.
– BUCK to yield, to bend …1966 Amer. dial.
– BUXOM to yield to, to obey …c1305 obs. rare
– COME to yield to bribery or persuasion …1970 UK sl.
– DECEDE to depart; to give place, to yield …1655 obs.
– FALL IN  to give way, to yield …1667 obs. rare
– GIVE BEST to yield; to admit inferiority …1877 Eng. dial.
– GIVE GRASS to yield, to surrender …1597 obs.
– GIVE ONE’S HEAD FOR THE POLLING to yield tamely without resistance …c1583 obs.
– GIVE ONE’S HEAD FOR THE WASHING to yield tamely without resistance …1663 obs.
– GIVE ONE’S HEAD FOR WASHING to yield tamely and without resistance; to submit to be imposed upon or to overbearing insult …c1613 obs.
– HEAD IN to back down or yield in an argument; to keep or become quiet …1949 Amer. dial.
– ILD to yield …1879 Eng. dial.
– KNUCKLE DOWN to bend, to yield, to comply with, or submit to …1735
– OBSEQUE to comply with, to yield to, to obey …1720 obs. rare
– OBTEMPER to comply with, to yield to, to obey …c1489 obs.
– OBTEMPERATE to comply with, yield to, submit to, obey; to be obedient …1432-50
– ONBOW to submit, to yield …971 obs.
– QUAIL to give way, to yield to or before …1820
– QUILL-WHEEL to yield, to give up; to collapse physically …1851 Amer. dial.
– TAKE THE GAP to yield, to give in …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TO-YIELD to yield up, to cede, to give up …c1350 obs.
– VAG to bend, to give, to yield …1905 Eng. dial.
​- VAIL to submit, to yield, to show respect to some person, etc. …1587 now arch.
– VAIL THE BONNET to manifest submission; to acknowledge oneself overcome or surpassed; to yield, to give way …1579 now arch.

YMCA – NOUNS
– BLUE TRIANGLE the nickname for the symbol of the YMCA …World War I Amer. sl.
– VASELINE VILLA a YMCA frequented by gay men …1960s US homosexual sl.
– THE Y a premises of the Young Men’s Christian Association, or Young Women’s Christian Association …1915
– Y DUB a premises of the YWCA, or the organization itself …1984 US sl.

YMCA – NOUNS, PERSON
– DOUGHGIRL a YMCA or Red Cross girl, i.e. one who bakes and gives out doughnuts …World War I Amer. sl.
– STOVE LIZARD one who likes to hang around the stove at the YMCA or Red Cross canteen …World War I Amer. sl.

YMCA – PHRASES
– YOU MUST COME ACROSS Y.M.C.A. …World War I Amer. sl.

YODEL, YODELLING – NOUNS
– WARBLING yodelling …1880 US

YODEL etc. – VERBS
– WARBLE to yodel …1880 US

YOGA – NOUNS, PERSON
– YOGI an Indian devotee or ascetic who practises the system of yoga; an expert practitioner or teacher of yoga; any practitioner of yoga …1613
– YOGINI a female yogi; a woman who is an expert practitioner of yoga …1898
– YOGIST a yogi; a practitioner of yoga …1860
– YOGUE a yogi; an Indian devotee or ascetic who practises the system of yoga …1619

YOKE – VERBS
– ADJUGATE to yoke or couple to …1731 obs.
– BEND to harness the horses to a cart or other vehicle; to yoke …1513 obs.

YONDER – ADVERBS
– CANDER yonder …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– THONDER yonder …1876 Eng. dial.
– THONNER yonder …1876 Ireland
– YANGER yonder …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

YOUNG, YOUNGER, YOUNGEST – ADJECTIVES
– HAFFLINS half-grown, young …1824 Sc.
– HALFLIN half-grown, young …1824 Sc.
– JUVENESCENT becoming young or youthful …1821
– JUVYN young, youthful …c1450 obs. rare
– LADDISH applied to the behaviour of young men in groups, often disapprovingly …1841 Brit. sl.
– LEAST youngest …1887 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE younger, junior …1915 Amer. dial.
– PEACH-FUZZ young; inexperienced …1990s Amer. sl.
– PUISNE younger, junior …E17 now rare or obs.
– SKIN young, youthful; fresh, new …1989 UK Royal Navy sl.
– SUCKING young, inexperienced, callow …1668 colloq.
– WADDEN young and vigorous, alert, active …a1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– WADDIN young and vigorous, alert, active …a1838 Sc.
– WADEN young and active; supple; soft …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
YOUNG etc. – NOUNS
– JUVENESCENCE the state of becoming young or youthful; youthful state or condition, youth …1800
– JUVESCENCE the state of becoming young …1920 rare
– YOUNGER END young people …1882 Eng. dial.
 
YOUNG etc. – NOUNS, PERSON (also see girl, boy, etc.)
– BABY the youngest or most junior of a family or group of persons…1883
– BABY-CHILD a younger, less respected or less experienced person …1970s African-American sl. 
– BABY SNATCHER a person who is sexually attracted to, has an amorous affair with, or marries a much younger person …1911 jocular
– BABY STEALER a male or female lover of a much younger or very young person – an older person who prefers such relationships …1937 UK sl. 
– BILLY a young fellow; a comrade; a brother; a lover; a boy …1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BIRD a young girl or man …1861 Eng. sl.
– BIRK a youth, a smart, young fellow …1871 Sc.
– BIRKIE;  BIRKY a lively, smart young fellow; an active person …1742 Sc.
– BISCUIT NIBBLER a young person …1834 UK sl.
– BIT OF A JOB a young person …1969 UK sl.
– BIT OF A THING a young person …1873 UK sl.
– BLOOD a young Black man …1960s African-American sl.
– CADDIE;  CADDY;  CADIE a young fellow, a lad …1786 Sc.
– CALLANT a boy; a youth; a young fellow …L16 Sc. & N. Eng.
– CHAPPIE;  CHAPPY a child, a young person …1932 Amer. dial.
– EGG a contemptuous term for a young person …a1616
– FANT;  FAUNT an infant, a child, a young person …a1300 obs.
– GALLAND a young fellow …c1510 Sc. obs.
– GATE a young person …1936 US sl.
– GIRL a child of either sex; a young person; chiefly used in plural …c1300
– JACKER a young man, esp. one in the puberty stage …Bk1971 Boonville California jargon 
– KENDLIN a young person …1739 Sc.
– LAD OF A BOY a young person …1966 Amer. dial.
– LAMB a young member of a flock, esp. of the church …c1000
– LAMBKIN a young tender person; chiefly used as a term of endearment …1597
– MASTERS AND MISSES young people …1754
– MISSIKIN a little ‘miss’ or young lady …1815 obs.
– MOOR-POOT a young person; an ignorant fellow …Bk1852 Eng. dial.
– PUNK a young or inexperienced person; a boy, youth, or beginner …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– QUAT a term of contempt for a young person …1604 obs.
– RABBIT a youngster; a naive person …1914
– SAPLING a young or inexperienced person …1588
– SNOIT a young, conceited person, who speaks little; an upstart, a swaggerer; one who goes where he has no right to go, an intruder …1824 Sc. obs.
– SQUAB a very young person …1682 
– TIDLING a young, delicate, or puny child or animal in need of special care; a weakling …1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– YIFFIE a young, individualistic, freedom-minded person …1991 Amer. sl.
– YINK a young person; spec. a young man …Bk1971 Boonville California jargon 
– YIP-YAP an upstart; a young, scatterbrained person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YIP-YOP an upstart; a young, scatterbrained person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YOOF a young person; a youth …1977 UK sl.
– YOUNG a young person, esp. a young woman or girl …c897 obs.
– YOUNGERMER a younger person …Bk1895 Eng. dial.
– YOUNG HEMP a young scoundrel; an ill-behaved young man or boy; an 18th century juvenile delinquent …1785 sl.
– YOUNGIE a young woman; a young person; a child …1965 Aust. sl.
– YOUNGLING one who is young; a young person, a young man or woman; a youth or child; a youngster …c900
– YOUNG ONE a young person; a child or adolescent …1382
– YOUNG UN a young person; a child, a youngster, an adolescent …a1827
– YOUNG YOUTH a youth, a young man not of age; a young person of either sex …Bk1895 Eng. dial.
– YOUNKER a child; a youngster …1601
– YOUNKLIN a young person, a youngster …1926 Sc.
– YOUTHIE a young person, a young ‘blade’ …1795 Sc.
– YOUT’MAN a young person, man or woman …1994 W. Indies & Black British teen sl.
– YUFE a young person …1977 UK sl.
 
YOUNG etc. – VERBS
– JUVENILIFY to make or keep young or youthful …1833
– JUVENILIZE to make or keep young or youthful …1833 rare
– SOW ONE’S WILD KAIL-SEED to sow one’s wild oats; to engage in a period of wild or irresponsible behaviour while young …1897 Sc.
– VERNATE to become young again …1623 obs.

YOUNGSTER – NOUNS, PERSON
– BITS OF KIDS youngsters …1999 UK sl.
– CHIP a child, a youngster …1698 sl.
– CHIPPY a youngster …1877 Amer. sl.
– SPALPEEN a little boy; a youngster …1891 Irish

YOURSELF – PHRASES
– YOUR MOTHER’S MONKEY yourself …1882 Amer. jocular usage

YOUTH – NOUNS
– CALF-COUNTRY the place where one spent one’s youth …Sc.
– CALF-GROUND the place where one spent one’s youth …Sc.
– CALF-TIME the period of youth …1822
– COLT’S TOOTH, A an addiction to youthful pleasures
– DAFT DAYS a time of frivolity and merriment; hence, one’s youth …1822 Sc.
– GREENNESS vigour; vitality; youth …ME
– HEYDAY the full bloom, flush, of youth, vigour, prosperity, etc. …M18
– JUVENENCY youth …1656 obs. rare
– JUVENESCENCE the state of becoming young or youthful; youthful state or condition, youth …1800
– JUVENTUTE youth; the age of youthful vigour or early manhood …1541 obs. rare
– LADDIE-DAYS boyhood, the days of youth …1856 Sc.
– LADDIE-HOOD boyhood, the days of youth …1893 Sc.
– LEAPING TIME the time of activity, youth …1611
– VEAL-BONES youth, nonage …1785
 
YOUTH – NOUNS, PERSON (also see BOY)
– BIRK a youth, a smart, young fellow …1871 Sc.
– CALLOW a raw or inexperienced youth …1670 obs.
– DEAD-END KID a youth with no future, usually a male …20C Amer. sl.
– GHILLIE a lad, a youth …1603 chiefly Sc. obs.
– HOBBLEDEHOY an awkward, clumsy youth, between boyhood and manhood …M17
– IMP a young man, a youth; a fellow, a man, a boy …1579 obs.
– INCH a youth, a boy …1777 Eng. dial. obs.
– JUVENAL a youth …1598 obs.
– LADDIE-LOON a youth …1886 Sc.
– LADDIE-WAX a youth, a boy …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– PAGE a boy, a youth, a lad …a1300 obs.
– SHAVELING a youth, a young lad …M19 rare
– SHAVER a youth, a child, a young lad …L16 now colloq.
– SPAUGHT;  SPAUT;  SPOWT a young fellow approaching manhood; a youth, a lad, a stripling …1598 obs. rare
– TAD a youth, a young man …1851 orig. chiefly Amer.
– WAG a youth, a young man; a fellow …a1553 obs.
– YOB a boy; a youth …Bk1859 back slang
– YOBBO orig. a boy, a youth …1922 sl., orig. Brit.
– YOOF a young person; a youth …1977 UK sl.
– YOUTHY a youthful person …1795 Sc.
– YOWTH a youth; a person of a waggish or disorderly character …Bk1828 Eng. dial.
– YUT a youth; a youth gang member …1949 US criminals’ sl.
 
YOUTH – PHRASES
– FROM THE TENDER NAIL from early youth …1603

YOUTHFUL, YOUTHFULNESS – ADJECTIVES
– BEARDLESS youthful, immature …c1325
– CALLOW inexperienced; raw, youthful …L16
– GREEN youthful …OE now only Sc.
– HAFFLIN half-grown, youthful …1866 Eng. dial.
– HALFLIN half-grown,  youthful …1787 Sc.
– HALFLING not fully grown; about the age of 15, youthful …1815 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– IN THE GREEN in the period of youthful growth or vigour
– JOVENCEL a young man, a youth …c1489 obs.
– JUVENESCENT becoming young or youthful …1821
– JUVYN young, youthful …c1450 obs. rare
– SKIN young, youthful; fresh, new …1989 UK Royal Navy sl.
– VEALY imperfectly developed; immature; characterized by youthful immaturity …1890
– VERNAL suggestive of spring; having the mildness or freshness of spring; early, youthful …1790
​- YOUNGTHLY pert. to youth; youthful …1602 obs.
 
YOUTHFUL, etc. – NOUNS
– JUVENILITY youthfulness; youthful manner, quality, character, or vigour …1623
– SALAD DAYS a period of youthful inexperience and innocence …1606 UK
 
YOUTHFUL, etc. – VERBS
– JUVENILIFY to make or keep young or youthful …1833
– JUVENILIZE to make or keep young or youthful …1833 rare
– NOT TO HAVE THE HAY-SEED OUT OF ONE’S HAIR not to have outgrown one’s youthful ‘greenness’ …1887 Eng. dial.

YUGOSLAVIA – NOUNS, PERSON
– TOCKO a person of Yugoslavian descent …1944 Amer. dial.
– YUG a Yugoslav …1941 US sl.
– YUGO a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia or, in later use, its former constituent republics …1919 colloq.