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Yankeeadjectiverelating to an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States, especially a Union soldier during the Civil War, typically used by inhabitants of the southern United States as a pejorative termcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yarn-Spinningadjectiveinclined to tell long and involved stories, often of incredible happeningscandidateMay 18, 2026
Yawningadjectivegaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or somethingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Year-Endadjectivetaking place at the close of a fiscal yearcandidateMay 18, 2026
Year-Roundadjectiveoperating or continuing throughout the yearcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yearlongadjectivelasting through a yearcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yearlyadjectiveoccurring or payable every yearcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yearned-Foradjectivegreatly desiredcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yeastlikeadjectiveof or resembling or containing yeastcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yeastyadjectiveof or resembling or containing yeastcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yeatsianadjectivein the manner of William Butler YeatscandidateMay 18, 2026
Yelledadjectivein a vehement outcrycandidateMay 18, 2026
Yellowadjectiveof the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrumcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yellow-Beigeadjectiveof beige tinged with yellowcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yellow-Belliedadjectiveeasily frightenedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yellow-Greenadjectiveof a color midway between yellow and greencandidateMay 18, 2026
Yellow-Greyadjectiveof grey tinged with yellowcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yellow-Orangeadjectiveof orange tinged with yellowcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yellow-Whiteadjectiveof a white tinged with yellowcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yellowedadjectivechanged to a yellowish color by agecandidateMay 18, 2026
Yellowishadjectiveof the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrumcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yemeniadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitantscandidateMay 18, 2026
Yieldingadjectiveinclined to yield to argument or influence or controlcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yogicadjectiveof or relating to yogacandidateMay 18, 2026
Yogisticadjectiveof or relating to yogacandidateMay 18, 2026
Yokel-Likeadjectivestupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitantscandidateMay 18, 2026
Yokelishadjectiverelating to persons that are lacking in refinement or gracecandidateMay 18, 2026
Yonadjectivedistant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)candidateMay 18, 2026
Yonderadjectivedistant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)candidateMay 18, 2026
Youngadjectiveof living things, especially persons, in an early period of life or development or growthcandidateMay 18, 2026
Young-Bearingadjectivecapable of producing eggs and bearing offspringcandidateMay 18, 2026
Youngishadjectivesomewhat youngcandidateMay 18, 2026
Youthfuladjectivesuggestive of youthcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yuckyadjectiveunappealing or unappetizingcandidateMay 18, 2026
Yugoslavadjectiveof, relating to, or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia, its people, or its languagescandidateMay 18, 2026
Yugoslavianadjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languagescandidateMay 18, 2026
Yumanadjectiveof or relating to the language or culture of the Yuma peoplecandidateMay 18, 2026
Yummyadjectiveextremely pleasing to the sense of tastecandidateMay 18, 2026
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