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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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  • yacht/jɒt/nounB2An expensive private boat used for pleasure and showing off.
  • yahoo/ˈjɑːhuː/nounC1A loud, rowdy person with no manners.
  • yam/jæm/nounB1+A large starchy tropical root.
  • yammer/ˈjæm.ə/verbC2To talk on loudly and complainingly.
  • yank/ˈjæŋk/verbB22 meaningsTo pull sharply and suddenly.
  • yap/jæp/
verb
B2+
2 meanings
To bark in short shrill bursts.
  • yard/ˈjɑːd/nounB12 meaningsA unit of length of three feet.
  • yardstick/ˈjɑːdˌstɪk/nounC1A standard used for measuring or comparing.
  • yarn/jɑːn/nounB2Spun thread, or a long rambling story.
  • yawn/jɔːn/nounB22 meaningsAn involuntary wide opening of the mouth from tiredness or boredom.
  • year/jɪə/nounA12 meaningsTwelve months; the time the earth takes to circle the sun.
  • yearling/ˈjɜː.lɪŋ/nounC1An animal in its second year of life.
  • yearn/jɜːn/verbB2+To long deeply for something out of reach.
  • yeast/jiːst/nounB2The living fungus that makes bread rise and beer ferment.
  • yeasty/ˈjiːsti/adjectiveC2Smelling of dough rising.
  • yell/jɛl/verbB13 meaningsTo make a loud, rough cry, in anger, pain or excitement.
  • yellow/ˈjɛləʊ/nounA13 meaningsThe colour of lemons and of the sun.
  • yelp/jɛlp/verbB2+To give a short sharp cry of pain or excitement.
  • yemennounB1+A country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
  • yeoman/ˈjəʊ.mən/nounC1A farmer who owned his own small holding.
  • yes/jɛs/phraseA12 meaningsUsed to agree, to say that something is true, or to accept what is offered.
  • yesterday/ˈjɛstədeɪ/adverbA13 meaningsOn the day before today.
  • yeti/ˈjɛ.ti/nounB2+A large hairy creature said to live in the Himalayas.
  • yew/juː/nounC1A dark slow-growing evergreen often found in churchyards.
  • yield/jiːld/verbC14 meaningsTo give way at last to force, pressure or persuasion.
  • yo-yo/ˈjəʊ.jəʊ/nounB1The spinning toy that rolls down its string and climbs back up.
  • yoga/ˈjoʊ.ɡə/nounB1+A practice of held body positions and controlled breathing.
  • yoghurt/ˈjɒɡət/nounA2+Milk cultured with bacteria until it thickens and sours.
  • yogi/ˈjəʊɡi/nounB2+Somebody far advanced in the practice of yoga.
  • yogurt/ˈjɒɡ.ət/nounA2+Milk thickened and soured by fermentation.
  • yoke/jəʊk/nounC1A wooden frame joining two oxen, or a heavy burden.
  • yokel/ˈjəʊ.kəl/nounC2A country person, spoken of as simple and unpolished.
  • yolk/jəʊk/nounB1+The yellow part inside an egg.
  • yonder/ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/adjectiveC1Over there, at a distance but still in sight.
  • yore/jɔː/nounC2Long ago, in the phrase of yore.
  • you don't sayphraseC1A dry reply to news that is not surprising at all.
  • you know what i meanphraseB1Checking that the listener has followed your point.
  • you must be jokingphraseB1An exclamation of disbelief.
  • you wishphraseB2A teasing way of saying it will never happen.
  • you're telling mephraseC1A strong way of agreeing from experience.
  • young/jʌŋ/adjectiveA13 meaningsHaving lived or existed for only a short time.
  • young adultnounB1Somebody in their late teens or twenties.
  • youngest/ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/nounB12 meaningsThe last-born child of a family.
  • youngster/ˈjʌŋstə/nounC1A child or a young person.
  • your flesh and bloodphraseC1Your own family, whom you cannot disown.
  • your guess is as good as minephraseB2A way of saying: I have no idea either.
  • youth/juːθ/nounB12 meaningsThe period of being young.
  • youthful/ˈjuːθfəl/adjectiveB2Having the freshness of the young.
  • yowl/jaʊl/verbC1To make a long, loud, wailing cry.