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   yacht
         n 1: an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for
               cruising or racing [syn: {yacht}, {racing yacht}]
         v 1: travel in a yacht

English Dictionary: yacht by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Yakut
n
  1. a member of a Turkic people of northeastern Siberia (mainly in the Lena river basin)
  2. the Turkic language spoken by the Yakut
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yeast
n
  1. a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
    Synonym(s): yeast, barm
  2. any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yeasty
adj
  1. of or resembling or containing yeast [syn: yeasty, yeastlike]
  2. marked by spirited enjoyment
    Synonym(s): zestful, yeasty, zesty, barmy
  3. exuberantly creative
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yacht \Yacht\, v. i.
      To manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yacht \Yacht\ (y[ocr]t), n. [D. jagt, jacht; perhaps properly, a
      chase, hunting, from. jagen to chase, hunt, akin to G. jagen,
      OHG. jag[omac]n, of uncertain origin; or perhaps akin to OHG.
      g[be]hi quick, sudden (cf. {Gay}).] (Naut.)
      A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for
      private parties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to
      convey distinguished persons from one place to another; a
      seagoing vessel used only for pleasure trips, racing, etc.
  
      {Yacht measurement}. See the Note under {Tonnage}, 4.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yahwist \Yah"wist\, n. Also Jahvist \Jah"vist\, Jahwist
   \Jah"wist\, older Jehovist \Je*ho"vist\
      The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp. those
      of the Hexateuch, in which God is styled Yahweh, or Jehovah;
      the author of the Yahwistic, or Jehovistic, Prophetic
      Document (J); also, the document itself.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yakoots \Ya*koots"\, n. pl.; sing. {Yakoot}.
      (Ethnol.) A nomadic Mongolian tribe native of Northern
      Siberia, and supposed to be of Turkish stock. They are mainly
      pastoral in their habits. [Written also {Yakuts}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yakut \Ya*kut"\, n.
      The Turkish language of the Yakuts, a Mongolian people of
      northeastern Siberia, which is lingua franca over much of
      eastern Siberia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yeast \Yeast\, n. [OE. [f4]eest, [f4]est, AS. gist; akin to D.
      gest, gist, G. gischt, g[84]scht, OHG. jesan, jerian, to
      ferment, G. gischen, g[84]schen, g[84]hren, Gr. [?] boiled,
      zei^n to boil, Skr. yas. [root]111.]
      1. The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom
            yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains
            the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain
            conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or
            farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising
            dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy;
            barm; ferment.
  
      2. Spume, or foam, of water.
  
                     They melt thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the
                     Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar. --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yeasty \Yeast"y\, a.
      Frothy; foamy; spumy, like yeast.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yest \Yest\, n.
      See {Yeast}. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yesty \Yest"y\, a.
      See {Yeasty}. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yezdi \Yez"di\ (y[ecr]z"d[emac]), n.
      Same as {Izedi}. --Tylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yezidee \Yez"i*dee\, Yezidi \Yez"i*di\, n.
      Same as {Izedi.}

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yezidee \Yez"i*dee\, Yezidi \Yez"i*di\, n.
      Same as {Izedi.}

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yoke \Yoke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Yoked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Yoking}.]
      1. To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke
            oxen, or pair of oxen.
  
      2. To couple; to join with another. [bd]Be ye not unequally
            yoked with unbelievers.[b8] --2 Cor. vi. 14.
  
                     Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb.   --Shak.
  
      3. To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to
            confine.
  
                     Then were they yoked with garrisons.   --Milton.
  
                     The words and promises that yoke The conqueror are
                     quickly broke.                                    --Hudibras.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   yocto-
  
      {prefix}
  
  
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