yang
         n 1: the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese
               dualistic cosmology; "yin and yang together produce
               everything that comes into existence" [ant: {yin}]

English Dictionary: Yank	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Yank n an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) Synonym(s): Yankee, Yank, Northerner an American (especially to non-Americans) Synonym(s): Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle v pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open" Synonym(s): yank, jerk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Yankee adj used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier) n an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) Synonym(s): Yankee, Yank, Northerner an American who lives in New England Synonym(s): New Englander, Yankee an American (especially to non-Americans) Synonym(s): Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Yenisei n a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea Synonym(s): Yenisei, Yenisei River, Yenisey, Yenisey River the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian Synonym(s): Enets, Entsi, Entsy, Yenisei, Yenisei-Samoyed, Yeniseian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Yenisey n a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea Synonym(s): Yenisei, Yenisei River, Yenisey, Yenisey River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
young adj (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" Synonym(s): young, immature Antonym(s): old (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn" Synonym(s): new, young suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; "he is young for his age" Synonym(s): youthful, vernal, young being in its early stage; "a young industry"; "the day is still young" not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing" Synonym(s): unseasoned, untested, untried, young n any immature animal Synonym(s): young, offspring United States film and television actress (1913-2000) Synonym(s): Young, Loretta Young United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) Synonym(s): Young, Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr. British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829) Synonym(s): Young, Thomas Young United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) Synonym(s): Young, Pres Young, Lester Willis Young English poet (1683-1765) Synonym(s): Young, Edward Young United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955) Synonym(s): Young, Cy Young, Danton True Young United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877) Synonym(s): Young, Brigham Young young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" Synonym(s): young, youth Antonym(s): aged, elderly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yang \Yang\, n. [Of imitative origin.]       The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yang \Yang\, v. i.       To make the cry of the wild goose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yank \Yank\, n. [Cf. Scot. yank a sudden and severe blow.]       A jerk or twitch. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yank \Yank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Yanked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Yanking}.]       To twitch; to jerk. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yank \Yank\, n.       An abbreviation of {Yankee}. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yankee \Yan"kee\, n. [Commonly considered to be a corrupt       pronunciation of the word English, or of the French word       Anglais, by the native Indians of America. According to       Thierry, a corruption of Jankin, a diminutive of John, and a       nickname given to the English colonists of Connecticut by the       Dutch settlers of New York. Dr. W. Gordon ([bd]Hist. of the       Amer. War,[b8] ed, 1789, vol. i., pp. 324, 325) says it was a       favorite cant word in Cambridge, Mass., as early as 1713, and       that it meant excellent; as, a yankee good horse, yankee good       cider, etc. Cf. Scot yankie a sharp, clever, and rather bold       woman, and Prov. E. bow-yankees a kind of leggins worn by       agricultural laborers.]       A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially       one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an       inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a       Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any       inhabitant of the United States.                   From meanness first this Portsmouth Yankey rose, And                still to meanness all his conduct flows. --Oppression,                                                                               A poem by an                                                                               American                                                                               (Boston,                                                                               1765).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yankee \Yan"kee\, a.       Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.                   The alertness of the Yankee aspect.         --Hawthorne.          {Yankee clover}. (Bot.) See {Japan clover}, under {Japan}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yaw \Yaw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Yawed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Yawing}.] [Cf. {Yew}, v. i.]       To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice       in the clarifiers in sugar works.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ynough \Y*nough"\, Ynow \Y*now"\, a. [See {Enough}.]       Enough. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Young \Young\ (y[ucr]ng), a. [Compar. {Younger}       (y[ucr][nsm]"g[etil]r); superl. {Youngest} (-g[ecr]st).] [OE.       yung, yong, [yogh]ong, [yogh]ung, AS. geong; akin to OFries.       iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. &       Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L.       juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva[cced]a, juvan. [root]281. Cf.       {Junior}, {Juniper}, {Juvenile}, {Younker}, {Youth}.]       1. Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet             arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old;             juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young             man; a young fawn.                         For he so young and tender was of age. --Chaucer.                         [bd]Whom the gods love, die young,[b8] has been too                      long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live                      young forever.                                    --Mrs. H. H.                                                                               Jackson.          2. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young             plant; a young tree.                         While the fears of the people were young. --De Foe.          3. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed;             ignorant; weak.                         Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in                      this.                                                --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Young \Young\, n.       The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring       collectively.                   [The egg] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed                Their callow young.                                 --Milton.          {With young}, with child; pregnant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yumas \Yu"mas\, n. pl.; sing. {Yuma}. (Ethnol.)       A tribe of Indians native of Arizona and the adjacent parts       of Mexico and California. They are agricultural, and       cultivate corn, wheat, barley, melons, etc.          Note: The a wider sense, the term sometimes includes the                Mohaves and other allied tribes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yunca \Yun"ca\ (y[oomac][nsm]"k[adot]), n.       An Indian of a linguistic stock of tribes of the Peruvian       coast who had a developed agricultural civilization at the       advent of the Spaniards, before which they had been conquered       by the Incas. They constructed irrigation canals which are       still in use, adorned their buildings with bas-reliefs and       frescoes, and were skilled goldsmiths and silversmiths. --       {Yun"can}, a.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Yancey, TX       Zip code(s): 78886
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Yemassee, SC (town, FIPS 79450)       Location: 32.69459 N, 80.85326 W       Population (1990): 728 (304 housing units)       Area: 11.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 29945
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
yank          (From the colloquial meaning "to pull suddenly") To       insert a copy of some saved text at the current position in a       document being edited.          The term is used in the {Unix} {text editors} {GNU Emacs} and       {vi} but "{paste}" is more common elsewhere.          [Used elsewhere?]          (1998-07-01)