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   Yaounde
         n 1: the capital of Cameroon [syn: {Yaounde}, {capital of
               Cameroon}]

English Dictionary: Yaounde by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yenta
n
  1. (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
  2. (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Y \Y\ (w[imac]), n.; pl. {Y's} (w[imac]z) or {Ys}.
      Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling
      in form the letter Y. Specifically:
      (a) One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of
            a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a
            wye.
      (b) A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting.
      (c) (Railroads) A portion of track consisting of two
            diverging tracks connected by a cross track.
  
      {Y level} (Surv.), an instrument for measuring differences of
            level by means of a telescope resting in Y's.
  
      {Y moth} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European noctuid moth {Plusia
            gamma}) which has a bright, silvery mark, shaped like the
            letter Y, on each of the fore wings. Its larva, which is
            green with five dorsal white species, feeds on the
            cabbage, turnip, bean, etc. Called also {gamma moth}, and
            {silver Y}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yawn \Yawn\ (y[add]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Yawned}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Yawning}.] [OE. yanien, [f4]anien, ganien, gonien,
      AS. g[be]nian; akin to ginian to yawn, g[c6]nan to yawn, open
      wide, G. g[84]hnen to yawn, OHG. gin[emac]n, gein[omac]n,
      Icel. g[c6]na to yawn, gin the mouth, OSlav. zijati to yawn,
      L. hiare to gape, yawn; and perhaps to E. begin, cf. Gr.
      cheia` a hole. [root]47b. Cf. Begin, Gin to begin, {Hiatus}.]
      1. To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness,
            dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate. [bd]The lazy,
            yawning drone.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     And while above he spends his breath, The yawning
                     audience nod beneath.                        --Trumbull.
  
      2. To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit
            of anything.
  
                     't is now the very witching time of night, When
                     churchyards yawn.                              --Shak.
  
      3. To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or
            bewilderment. --Shak.
  
      4. To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express
            desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings. [bd]One
            long, yawning gaze.[b8] --Landor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yean \Yean\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Yeaned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Yeaning}.] [AS. e[a0]nian, or gee[a0]nian; perhaps akin to
      E. ewe, or perhaps to L. agnus, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Ean}.]
      To bring forth young, as a goat or a sheep; to ean. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yend \Yend\, v. t.
      To throw; to cast. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yenite \Ye"nite\, n. [After Jena, in Germany.] (Min.)
      A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic
      crystals; -- also called {ilvaite}. [Spelt also {jenite}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yond \Yond\, a. [Cf. AS. anda, onda, anger, andian to be angry.]
      Furious; mad; angry; fierce. [Obs.] [bd]Then wexeth wood and
      yond.[b8] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yond \Yond\, adv. & a. [OE. yond, [f4]ond, [f4]eond, through,
      beyond, over, AS. geond, adv. & prep.; cf. Goth. jaind
      thither. [root]188. See {Yon}, a.]
      Yonder. [Obs.] [bd]Yond in the garden.[b8] --Chaucer.

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   yoyo mode n.   The state in which the system is said to be when
   it rapidly alternates several times between being up and being down.
   Interestingly (and perhaps not by coincidence), many hardware
   vendors give out free yoyos at Usenix exhibits.
  
      Sun Microsystems gave out logoized yoyos at SIGPLAN '88.   Tourists
   staying at one of Atlanta's most respectable hotels were
   subsequently treated to the sight of 200 of the country's top
   computer scientists testing yo-yo algorithms in the lobby.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   yoyo mode
  
      The state in which a computer is said to be when it
      rapidly alternates several times between being up and being
      down.   Interestingly (and perhaps not by coincidence), many
      hardware vendors give out free yoyos at {Usenix} exhibits.
  
      {Sun Microsystems} gave out logoised yoyos at SIGPLAN '88.
      Tourists staying at one of Atlanta's most respectable hotels
      were subsequently treated to the sight of 200 of the country's
      top computer scientists testing yo-yo {algorithms} in the
      lobby.
  
      [Is it "yoyo" or "yo-yo"?]
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-03-07)
  
  
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