Words starting with y

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yard measure means: a ruler or tape that is three feet long

yard sale means: an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises

yard-long bean means: South American bean having very long succulent pods

yardage means: distance measured in the aggregate number of yards

yardarm means: either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship

yardbird means: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

yardbird means: a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks

yardbird parker means: United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955)

yarder means: a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road

yarder means: (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards

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115th means: the ordinal number of one hundred fifteen in counting order

ampere-second means: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second

bay-rum tree means: West Indian tree; source of bay rum

berlin doughnut means: a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam

clusia rosea means: a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers

conquerable means: subject to being conquered or overcome

conquerable means: capable of being surmounted or excelled

embayment means: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

knitwork means: needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine

numbness means: the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally

numbness means: partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction

one hundred forty-five means: being five more than one hundred forty

palm civet means: spotted or striped arboreal civet of southeast Asia and East Indies

retrovir means: an antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow

scratch out means: strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out

secular humanism means: the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural

short shrift means: a brief and unsympathetic rejection

thermopsis villosa means: eastern United States bush pea

tintinnabulation means: the sound of a bell ringing

trout lily means: eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors