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

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  • 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.
  • yeast/jiːst/nounB2The living fungus that makes bread rise and beer ferment.
  • 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.
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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.
  • yore/jɔː/nounC2Long ago, in the phrase of yore.
  • 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.
  • youth/juːθ/nounB12 meaningsThe period of being young.
  • zambianounB2+Southern African country sharing Victoria Falls with its neighbor.
  • zeal/ziːl/nounC1Great energy and enthusiasm for a cause or aim.
  • zealot/ˈzɛl.ət/nounC1Somebody fanatically committed to a cause.
  • zealotry/ˈzɛlətɹi/nounC2Fanatical devotion that allows no other view.
  • zebra/ˈzɛb.ɹə/nounB2A striped African animal of the horse family.
  • zebra crossing/ˈzɛbɹə ˌkɹɔsɪŋ/nounB1The striped place where walkers cross a road.
  • zeitgeist/ˈzaɪtˌɡaɪst/nounC2The spirit and mood of a particular period.
  • zenith/ˈzɛn.ɪθ/nounC1The highest point somebody or something reaches.
  • zero/ˈzɪəɹəʊ/nounA23 meaningsThe number 0.
  • zest/zɛst/nounB2+The fragrant grated outer peel of a citrus fruit.
  • zigzag/ˈzɪɡ.zæɡ/nounB1+3 meaningsA line or path made of sharp turns, first one way and then the other.
  • zimbabwenounB1+A country in southern Africa.
  • zinc/ˈzɪŋk/nounB2+A bluish-white metal, element number 30, used to coat steel against rust and to make brass.
  • zing/zɪŋ/nounC1A sharp, pleasing tang or spark that livens something up.
  • zip/zɪp/verbA25 meaningsTo fasten something with a zip.
  • zipper/ˈzɪpɚ/nounA2+A fastener of interlocking teeth pulled by a slider.
  • zodiac/ˈzəʊ.dɪˌæk/nounB1+The band of twelve signs the sun appears to pass through.
  • zombie/ˈzɒmbi/nounB1+4 meaningsA dead body brought back to move and act without a mind of its own.
  • zone/zoʊn/nounB1An area marked off for a particular purpose.
  • zoo/zuː/nounA1A place where wild animals are kept for people to see.
  • zoologist/zəʊˈɒləd͡ʒɪst/nounC2A scientist who studies animals.
  • zoology/zəʊˈɒlədʒi/nounC2The scientific study of animals.
  • zoom lens/zu(ː)m lɛnz/nounB2A lens whose angle of view can be changed.
  • zugzwang/ˈzʌɡ.zwæŋ/nounC2A position where any move you make will hurt you.