yellowish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   yellow oak
         n 1: medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United
               States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and
               yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves
               are bristle-tipped [syn: {black oak}, {yellow oak},
               {quercitron}, {quercitron oak}, {Quercus velutina}]

English Dictionary: yellowish	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Yellow Sea n part of the Pacific off the east coast of Asia [syn: Yellow Sea, Huang Hai]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yellowish adj of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk Synonym(s): yellow, yellowish, xanthous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yolk n the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen Synonym(s): egg yolk, yolk nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg) Synonym(s): yolk, vitellus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yelk \Yelk\, n. Same as {Yolk}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yolk \Yolk\ (y[omac]lk or y[omac]k; 277), n. [OE. yolke, yelke, [f4]olke, [f4]elke, AS. geoloca, geoleca, fr. geolu yellow. See {Yellow}.] [Written also {yelk}.] 1. The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep. {Yolk cord} (Zo[94]l.), a slender cord or duct which connects the yolk glands with the egg chambers in certain insects, as in the aphids. {Yolk gland} (Zo[94]l.), a special organ which secretes the yolk of the eggs in many turbellarians, and in some other invertebrates. See Illust. of {Hermaphrodite} in Appendix. {Yolk sack} (Anat.), the umbilical vesicle. See under {Unbilical}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yelk \Yelk\, n. Same as {Yolk}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yolk \Yolk\ (y[omac]lk or y[omac]k; 277), n. [OE. yolke, yelke, [f4]olke, [f4]elke, AS. geoloca, geoleca, fr. geolu yellow. See {Yellow}.] [Written also {yelk}.] 1. The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep. {Yolk cord} (Zo[94]l.), a slender cord or duct which connects the yolk glands with the egg chambers in certain insects, as in the aphids. {Yolk gland} (Zo[94]l.), a special organ which secretes the yolk of the eggs in many turbellarians, and in some other invertebrates. See Illust. of {Hermaphrodite} in Appendix. {Yolk sack} (Anat.), the umbilical vesicle. See under {Unbilical}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?] greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.] Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress. --Chaucer. A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf. --Milton. The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble. {Yellow atrophy} (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. {Yellow bark}, calisaya bark. {Yellow bass} (Zo[94]l.), a North American fresh-water bass ({Morone interrupta}) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also {barfish}. {Yellow berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Persian berry}, under {Persian}. {Yellow boy}, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot. {Yellow brier}. (Bot.) See under {Brier}. {Yellow bugle} (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga Cham[91]pitys}). {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer. {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. {Yellow copperas} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also {copiapite}. {Yellow copper ore}, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites. See {Chalcopyrite}. {Yellow cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant ({Barbarea pr[91]cox}), sometimes grown as a salad plant. {Yellow dock}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Dock}. {Yellow earth}, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes used as a yellow pigment. {Yellow fever} (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black vomit. See {Black vomit}, in the Vocabulary. {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}, and 3d {Flag}. {Yellow jack}. (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}. (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}. {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus {Vespa}, in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability, and for their painful stings. {Yellow lead ore} (Min.), wulfenite. {Yellow lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the jurel. {Yellow metal}. Same as {Muntz metal}, under {Metal}. {Yellow ocher} (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore, which is used as a pigment. {Yellow oxeye} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant ({Chrysanthemum segetum}) closely related to the oxeye daisy. {Yellow perch} (Zo[94]l.), the common American perch. See {Perch}. {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eye. {Yellow pine} (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are {Pinus mitis} and {P. palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P. ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]l.), the golden plover. {Yellow precipitate} (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow puccoon}. (Bot.) Same as {Orangeroot}. {Yellow rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Porzana Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also {yellow crake}. {Yellow rattle}, {Yellow rocket}. (Bot.) See under {Rattle}, and {Rocket}. {Yellow Sally} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by anglers. {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly with black lines. {Yellow spot}. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate. See {Eye}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small American butterfly ({Polites Peckius}) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also {Peck's skipper}. See Illust. under {Skipper}, n., 5. {Yellow tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus {Machlolophus}, native of India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green. {Yellow viper} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]stiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also {garden warbler}, {golden warbler}, {summer yellowbird}, {summer warbler}, and {yellow-poll warbler}. {Yellow wash} (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow wren} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European willow warbler. (b) The European wood warbler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?] greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.] Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress. --Chaucer. A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf. --Milton. The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble. {Yellow atrophy} (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. {Yellow bark}, calisaya bark. {Yellow bass} (Zo[94]l.), a North American fresh-water bass ({Morone interrupta}) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also {barfish}. {Yellow berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Persian berry}, under {Persian}. {Yellow boy}, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot. {Yellow brier}. (Bot.) See under {Brier}. {Yellow bugle} (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga Cham[91]pitys}). {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer. {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. {Yellow copperas} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also {copiapite}. {Yellow copper ore}, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites. See {Chalcopyrite}. {Yellow cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant ({Barbarea pr[91]cox}), sometimes grown as a salad plant. {Yellow dock}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Dock}. {Yellow earth}, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes used as a yellow pigment. {Yellow fever} (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black vomit. See {Black vomit}, in the Vocabulary. {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}, and 3d {Flag}. {Yellow jack}. (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}. (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}. {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus {Vespa}, in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability, and for their painful stings. {Yellow lead ore} (Min.), wulfenite. {Yellow lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the jurel. {Yellow metal}. Same as {Muntz metal}, under {Metal}. {Yellow ocher} (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore, which is used as a pigment. {Yellow oxeye} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant ({Chrysanthemum segetum}) closely related to the oxeye daisy. {Yellow perch} (Zo[94]l.), the common American perch. See {Perch}. {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eye. {Yellow pine} (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are {Pinus mitis} and {P. palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P. ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]l.), the golden plover. {Yellow precipitate} (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow puccoon}. (Bot.) Same as {Orangeroot}. {Yellow rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Porzana Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also {yellow crake}. {Yellow rattle}, {Yellow rocket}. (Bot.) See under {Rattle}, and {Rocket}. {Yellow Sally} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by anglers. {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly with black lines. {Yellow spot}. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate. See {Eye}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small American butterfly ({Polites Peckius}) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also {Peck's skipper}. See Illust. under {Skipper}, n., 5. {Yellow tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus {Machlolophus}, native of India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green. {Yellow viper} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]stiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also {garden warbler}, {golden warbler}, {summer yellowbird}, {summer warbler}, and {yellow-poll warbler}. {Yellow wash} (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow wren} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European willow warbler. (b) The European wood warbler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yellowish \Yel"lowish\, a. Somewhat yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish* color. -- {Yel"lowishness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yellows \Yel"lows\, n. 1. (Far.) A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice. His horse . . . sped with spavins, rayed with the yellows. --Shak. 2. (Bot.) A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A group of butterflies in which the predominating color is yellow. It includes the common small yellow butterflies. Called also {redhorns}, and {sulphurs}. See {Sulphur}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yliche \Yliche"\, Ylike \Ylike"\, a. & adv. Like; alike. [Obs.] [bd]All . . . yliche good.[b8] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yliche \Yliche"\, Ylike \Ylike"\, a. & adv. Like; alike. [Obs.] [bd]All . . . yliche good.[b8] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yolk \Yolk\ (y[omac]lk or y[omac]k; 277), n. [OE. yolke, yelke, [f4]olke, [f4]elke, AS. geoloca, geoleca, fr. geolu yellow. See {Yellow}.] [Written also {yelk}.] 1. The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep. {Yolk cord} (Zo[94]l.), a slender cord or duct which connects the yolk glands with the egg chambers in certain insects, as in the aphids. {Yolk gland} (Zo[94]l.), a special organ which secretes the yolk of the eggs in many turbellarians, and in some other invertebrates. See Illust. of {Hermaphrodite} in Appendix. {Yolk sack} (Anat.), the umbilical vesicle. See under {Unbilical}.