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   yautia
         n 1: tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are
               cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes [syn: {yautia},
               {tannia}, {spoonflower}, {malanga}, {Xanthosoma
               sagittifolium}, {Xanthosoma atrovirens}]

English Dictionary: yet by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Yeddo
n
  1. the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan
    Synonym(s): Tokyo, Tokio, Yeddo, Yedo, Edo, Japanese capital, capital of Japan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Yedo
n
  1. the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan
    Synonym(s): Tokyo, Tokio, Yeddo, Yedo, Edo, Japanese capital, capital of Japan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yet
adv
  1. up to the present time; "I have yet to see the results"; "details are yet to be worked out"
  2. used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet"
    Synonym(s): so far, thus far, up to now, hitherto, heretofore, as yet, yet, til now, until now
  3. to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale"
    Synonym(s): even, yet, still
  4. within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time; "he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves"; "sooner or later you will have to face the facts"; "in time they came to accept the harsh reality"
    Synonym(s): yet, in time
  5. used after a superlative; "this is the best so far"; "the largest drug bust yet"
    Synonym(s): so far, yet
  6. despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go"
    Synonym(s): however, nevertheless, withal, still, yet, all the same, even so, nonetheless, notwithstanding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yeti
n
  1. a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas
    Synonym(s): abominable snowman, yeti
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yid
n
  1. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew [syn: kike, hymie, sheeny, yid]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yodh
n
  1. the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
youth
n
  1. a young person (especially a young man or boy) [syn: {young person}, youth, younker, spring chicken]
  2. young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"
    Synonym(s): young, youth
    Antonym(s): aged, elderly
  3. the time of life between childhood and maturity
  4. early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced
  5. an early period of development; "during the youth of the project"
    Synonym(s): youth, early days
  6. the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
    Synonym(s): youth, youthfulness, juvenility
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yate \Yate\, n.
      A gate. See 1st {Gate}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yaud \Yaud\, n.
      See {Yawd}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yawd \Yawd\, n. [Cf. Icel. jalda a mare, E. jade a nag.]
      A jade; an old horse or mare. [Written also {yaud}.] [Prov.
      Eng. & Scot.] --Grose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yaud \Yaud\, n.
      See {Yawd}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yawd \Yawd\, n. [Cf. Icel. jalda a mare, E. jade a nag.]
      A jade; an old horse or mare. [Written also {yaud}.] [Prov.
      Eng. & Scot.] --Grose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yautia \Yau*ti"a\, n. [Native name in the Antilles.]
      In Porto Rico, any of several araceous plants or their
      starchy edible roots, which are cooked and eaten like yams or
      potatoes, as the taro.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yawd \Yawd\, n. [Cf. Icel. jalda a mare, E. jade a nag.]
      A jade; an old horse or mare. [Written also {yaud}.] [Prov.
      Eng. & Scot.] --Grose.

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]:
   Yaw-weed \Yaw"-weed`\, n. (Bot.)
      A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant ({Morinda Royoc}) growing
      along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white,
      odorous flowers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ydo \Y*do"\, obs. p. p. of {Do}.
      Done. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yead \Yead\, v. i.
      Properly, a variant of the defective imperfect yode, but
      sometimes mistaken for a present. See the Note under {Yede}.
      [Obs.]
  
               Years yead away and faces fair deflower. --Drant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yede \Yede\, obs. imp.
      Went. See {Yode}.
  
               All as he bade fulfilled was indeed This ilke servant
               anon right out yede.                              --Chaucer.
  
      Note: Spenser and some later writers mistook this for a
               present of the defective imperfect yode. It is,
               however, only a variant of yode. See {Yode}, and cf.
               {Yead}.
  
                        [He] on foot was forced for to yeed. --Spenser

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yode \Yode\, obs. imp. of Go. [OE. yode, yede, [yogh]ede,
      [yogh]eode, eode, AS. e[a2]de, used as the imp. of g[be]n to
      go; akin to Goth. iddja I, he, went, L. ire to go, Gr.
      'ie`nai, Skr. i, y[be]. [root]4. Cf. {Issue}.]
      Went; walked; proceeded. [Written also {yede}.] See {Yede}.
  
               Quer [whether] they rade [rode] or yode. --Cursor
                                                                              Mundi.
  
               Then into Cornhill anon I yode.               --Lydgate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yede \Yede\, obs. imp.
      Went. See {Yode}.
  
               All as he bade fulfilled was indeed This ilke servant
               anon right out yede.                              --Chaucer.
  
      Note: Spenser and some later writers mistook this for a
               present of the defective imperfect yode. It is,
               however, only a variant of yode. See {Yode}, and cf.
               {Yead}.
  
                        [He] on foot was forced for to yeed. --Spenser

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yode \Yode\, obs. imp. of Go. [OE. yode, yede, [yogh]ede,
      [yogh]eode, eode, AS. e[a2]de, used as the imp. of g[be]n to
      go; akin to Goth. iddja I, he, went, L. ire to go, Gr.
      'ie`nai, Skr. i, y[be]. [root]4. Cf. {Issue}.]
      Went; walked; proceeded. [Written also {yede}.] See {Yede}.
  
               Quer [whether] they rade [rode] or yode. --Cursor
                                                                              Mundi.
  
               Then into Cornhill anon I yode.               --Lydgate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yet \Yet\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of large marine gastropods
      belonging to the genus {Yetus}, or {Cymba}; a boat shell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yet \Yet\, adv. [OE. yet, [f4]et, [f4]it, AS. git, gyt, giet,
      gieta; akin to OFries. ieta, eta, ita, MHG. iezuo, ieze, now,
      G. jetzo, jetzt.]
      1. In addition; further; besides; over and above; still.
            [bd]A little longer; yet a little longer.[b8] --Dryden.
  
                     This furnishes us with yet one more reason why our
                     savior, lays such a particular stress acts of mercy.
                                                                              --Atterbury.
  
                     The rapine is made yet blacker by the pretense of
                     piety and justice.                              --L'Estrange.
  
      2. At the same time; by continuance from a former state;
            still.
  
                     Facts they had heard while they were yet heathens.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      3. Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; --
            and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present
            time; not as soon as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet.
            See {As yet}, under {As}, conj.
  
                     Ne never yet no villainy ne said.      --Chaucer.
  
      4. Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in
            time. [bd]He 'll be hanged yet.[b8] --Shak.
  
      5. Even; -- used emphatically.
  
                     Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of
                     witches, nor yet the evidence against them. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yet \Yet\, conj.
      Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.
  
               Yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory
               was not arrayed like one of these.         --Matt. vi.
                                                                              29.
  
      Syn: See {However}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yid \Yid\, n. [See {Yiddish}.]
      A Jew. [Slang or Colloq.] [bd]Almost any young Yid who goes
      out from among her people.[b8]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yit \Yit\, conj.
      Yet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yite \Yite\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The European yellow-hammer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yode \Yode\, obs. imp. of Go. [OE. yode, yede, [yogh]ede,
      [yogh]eode, eode, AS. e[a2]de, used as the imp. of g[be]n to
      go; akin to Goth. iddja I, he, went, L. ire to go, Gr.
      'ie`nai, Skr. i, y[be]. [root]4. Cf. {Issue}.]
      Went; walked; proceeded. [Written also {yede}.] See {Yede}.
  
               Quer [whether] they rade [rode] or yode. --Cursor
                                                                              Mundi.
  
               Then into Cornhill anon I yode.               --Lydgate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yoit \Yoit\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The European yellow-hammer. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yot \Yot\, v. t.
      To unite closely. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yote \Yote\ (y[omac]t), v. t. [OE. [yogh]eoten, [yogh]eten, to
      pour, AS. ge[a2]tan. See {Found} to cast.]
      To pour water on; to soak in, or mix with, water. [Obs. or
      Prov. Eng.] --Grose.
  
               My fowls, which well enough, I, as before, found
               feeding at their trough Their yoted wheat. --Chapman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Youth \Youth\ ([umac]th), n.; pl. {Youths} ([umac]ths; 264) or
      collectively {Youth}. [OE. youthe, youh[thorn]e,
      [f4]uhe[eb]e, [f4]uwe[eb]e, [f4]eo[f4]e[eb]e, AS. geogu[eb],
      geogo[eb]; akin to OS. jug[eb], D. jeugd, OHG. jugund, G.
      jugend, Goth. junda. [fb]281. See {Young}.]
      1. The quality or state of being young; youthfulness;
            juvenility. [bd]In my flower of youth.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Such as in his face Youth smiled celestial.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of
            existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part
            of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to
            manhood.
  
                     He wondered that your lordship Would suffer him to
                     spend his youth at home.                     --Shak.
  
                     Those who pass their youth in vice are justly
                     condemned to spend their age in folly. --Rambler.
  
      3. A young person; especially, a young man.
  
                     Seven youths from Athens yearly sent. --Dryden.
  
      4. Young persons, collectively.
  
                     It is fit to read the best authors to youth first.
                                                                              --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Youthy \Youth"y\, a.
      Young. [Obs.] --Spectator.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yt \Yt\ ([th][acr]t),
      an old method of printing that (AS. [thorn][91]t, [edh][91]t)
      the [bd]y[b8] taking the place of the old letter
      [bd]thorn[b8] ([thorn]). Cf. {Ye}, the.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   YADE
  
      {Yet Another DSSSL Engine}
  
  

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

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   yt
  
      The {country code} for Mayotte.
  
      (1999-01-27)
  
  
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