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Y2K
n 1: the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar

English Dictionary: yoke	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yacca n West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves [syn: yacca, yacca podocarp, Podocarpus coriaceus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yack n noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle] v talk incessantly and tiresomely [syn: yack, jaw, {yack away}, rattle on, yap away]
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yack away v talk incessantly and tiresomely [syn: yack, jaw, {yack away}, rattle on, yap away]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yagi n a sharply directional antenna Synonym(s): yagi, Yagi aerial
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yak n noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle] large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated Synonym(s): yak, Bos grunniens v talk profusely; "she was yakking away about her grandchildren" Synonym(s): yak, gab
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yaws n an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions Synonym(s): yaws, frambesia, framboesia
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Yazoo n a river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg Synonym(s): Yazoo, Yazoo River
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yes n an affirmative; "I was hoping for a yes" Antonym(s): no
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Yezo n the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu Synonym(s): Hokkaido, Ezo, Yezo
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yoga n Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion a system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind
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Yogi n United States baseball player (born 1925) [syn: Berra, Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi, Yogi Berra] one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yoke n fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment an oppressive power; "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination" two items of the same kind Synonym(s): couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke; "pulled by a yoke of oxen" support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together Synonym(s): yoke, coupling stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team v become joined or linked together link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together" Synonym(s): yoke, link put a yoke on or join with a yoke; "Yoke the draft horses together" Antonym(s): unyoke
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yucca n any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yucky adj highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" Synonym(s): disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Yukawa n Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981) Synonym(s): Yukawa, Hideki Yukawa
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yacca \Yac"ca\ (y[acr]k"k[adot]), n. (Bot.) A West Indian name for two large timber trees ({Podocarpus coriaceus}, and {P. Purdicanus}) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yak \Yak\ (y[acr]k), n. [Thibetan gyag.] (Zo[94]l.) A bovine mammal ({Po[89]phagus grunnies}) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also {chauri gua}, {grunting cow}, {grunting ox}, {sarlac}, {sarlik}, and {sarluc}. {Yak lace}, a coarse pillow lace made from the silky hair of the yak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yaws \Yaws\, n. [African yaw a raspberry.] (Med.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as {framb[d2]sia}, {pian}, {verrugas}, and {crab-yaws}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yes \Yes\, adv. [OE. yis, [f4]is, [f4]es, [f4]ise, AS. gese, gise; probably fr. ge[a0] yea + sw[be] so. [root]188. See {Yea}, and {So}.] Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to {no}. Note: Yes is used, like yea, to enforce, by repetition or addition, something which precedes; as, you have done all this -- yes, you have done more. [bd]Yes, you despise the man books confined.[b8] --Pope. Note: [bd]The fine distinction between [bf]yea' and [bf]yes,' [bf]nay' and [bf]no,' that once existed in English, has quite disappeared. [bf]Yea' and [bf]nay' in Wyclif's time, and a good deal later, were the answers to questions framed in the affirmative. [bf]Will he come?' To this it would have been replied, [bf]Yea' or [bf]Nay', as the case might be. But, [bf]Will he not come?' To this the answer would have been [bf]Yes' or [bf]No.' Sir Thomas More finds fault with Tyndale, that in his translation of the Bible he had not observed this distinction, which was evidently therefore going out even then, that is, in the reign of Henry VIII.; and shortly after it was quite forgotten.[b8] --Trench.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yex \Yex\, v. i. [OE. [f4]exen, yesken, AS. giscian to sob.] To hiccough. [Written also {yox}, {yux}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] He yexeth and he speaketh through the nose. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yex \Yex\, n. [AS. geocsa a sobbing, hiccough. Cf. {Yex}, v. i.] A hiccough. [Written also {yox}, and {yux}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [bd]The excessive yex.[b8] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yghe \Y"ghe\, n. Eye. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ygo \Y*go"\, obs. p. p. of {Go}. Gone. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yis \Yis\, adv. Yes. [Obs.] [bd]Yis, sir,[b8] quod he, [bd]yis, host.[b8] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yogi \Yo"gi\, n. [Skr. y[d3]gin.] A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic. [Spelt also {yokin}.] --Whitworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yoicks \Yo"icks\, interj. (Hunting) A cry of encouragement to foxhounds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yoke \Yoke\ (y[omac]k), n. [OE. yok, [yogh]oc, AS. geoc; akin to D. juk, OHG. joh, G. joch, Icel. & Sw. ok, Dan. aag, Goth. juk, Lith. jungas, Russ. igo, L. jugum, Gr. zy`gon, Skr. yuga, and to L. jungere to join, Gr. [?], Skr. yui. [root]109, 280. Cf. {Join}, {Jougs}, {Joust}, {Jugular}, {Subjugate}, {Syzygy}, {Yuga}, {Zeugma}.] 1. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together. A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke, Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke. --Pope. Note: The modern yoke for oxen is usually a piece of timber hollowed, or made curving, near each end, and laid on the necks of the oxen, being secured in place by two bows, one inclosing each neck, and fastened through the timber. In some countries the yoke consists of a flat piece of wood fastened to the foreheads of the oxen by thongs about the horns. 2. A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape. Specifically: (a) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke. (b) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence. (c) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of {Bell}. (d) A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships. (e) (Mach.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts. (f) (Arch.) A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain. (g) (Dressmaking) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt. 3. Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection. Boweth your neck under that blissful yoke . . . Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock. --Chaucer. This yoke of marriage from us both remove. --Dryden. 4. A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service. Our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak. My yoke is easy, and my burden is light. --Matt. xi. 30. 5. Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together. I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them. --Luke xiv. 19. 6. The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen. [Obs.] --Gardner. 7. A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Neck yoke}, {Pig yoke}. See under {Neck}, and {Pig}. {Yoke elm} (Bot.), the European hornbeam ({Carpinus Betulus}), a small tree with tough white wood, often used for making yokes for cattle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yoke \Yoke\, v. i. To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate. We 'll yoke together, like a double shadow. --Shak.
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yoke \Yoke\, n. (Chiefly Mach.) A clamp or similar piece that embraces two other parts to hold or unite them in their respective or relative positions, as a strap connecting a slide valve to the valve stem, or the soft iron block or bar permanently connecting the pole pieces of an electromagnet, as in a dynamo.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Cayo \[d8]Ca"yo\, n.; pl. {-yos}. [Sp.] A small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key. [Sp. Am.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Youze \Youze\, n. [From a native East Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) The cheetah.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yex \Yex\, v. i. [OE. [f4]exen, yesken, AS. giscian to sob.] To hiccough. [Written also {yox}, {yux}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] He yexeth and he speaketh through the nose. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yex \Yex\, n. [AS. geocsa a sobbing, hiccough. Cf. {Yex}, v. i.] A hiccough. [Written also {yox}, and {yux}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [bd]The excessive yex.[b8] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yox \Yox\, v. i. See {Yex}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yex \Yex\, v. i. [OE. [f4]exen, yesken, AS. giscian to sob.] To hiccough. [Written also {yox}, {yux}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] He yexeth and he speaketh through the nose. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yex \Yex\, n. [AS. geocsa a sobbing, hiccough. Cf. {Yex}, v. i.] A hiccough. [Written also {yox}, and {yux}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [bd]The excessive yex.[b8] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yox \Yox\, v. i. See {Yex}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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]:
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]:
Yucca \Yuc"ca\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Flicker}, n., 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flicker \Flick"er\, n. 1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The golden-winged woodpecker ({Colaptes aurutus}); -- so called from its spring note. Called also {yellow-hammer}, {high-holder}, {pigeon woodpecker}, and {yucca}. The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. --Thoureau.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yucca \Yuc"ca\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Flicker}, n., 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flicker \Flick"er\, n. 1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The golden-winged woodpecker ({Colaptes aurutus}); -- so called from its spring note. Called also {yellow-hammer}, {high-holder}, {pigeon woodpecker}, and {yucca}. The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. --Thoureau.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yuck \Yuck\, v. i. [Cf. G. jucken, D. yeuken, joken. See {Itch}.] To itch. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yuck \Yuck\, v. t. To scratch. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yug \Yug\, d8Yuga \[d8]Yu"ga\, n. [Skr. yuga an age, a yoke. See {Yoke}.] (Hindoo Cosmog.) Any one of the four ages, Krita, or Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yuke \Yuke\, v. i. & t. Same as {Yuck}. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yex \Yex\, v. i. [OE. [f4]exen, yesken, AS. giscian to sob.] To hiccough. [Written also {yox}, {yux}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] He yexeth and he speaketh through the nose. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yex \Yex\, n. [AS. geocsa a sobbing, hiccough. Cf. {Yex}, v. i.] A hiccough. [Written also {yox}, and {yux}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [bd]The excessive yex.[b8] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yux \Yux\, n. & v. See {Yex}, n. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yex \Yex\, v. i. [OE. [f4]exen, yesken, AS. giscian to sob.] To hiccough. [Written also {yox}, {yux}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] He yexeth and he speaketh through the nose. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yex \Yex\, n. [AS. geocsa a sobbing, hiccough. Cf. {Yex}, v. i.] A hiccough. [Written also {yox}, and {yux}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [bd]The excessive yex.[b8] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yux \Yux\, n. & v. See {Yex}, n. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ywis \Y*wis"\, adv. [OE. ywis, iwis, AS. gewis certain; akin to D. gewis, G. gewiss, and E. wit to know. See {Wit} to know, and {Y-}.] Certainly; most likely; truly; probably. [Obs. or Archaic] [bd]Ywis,[b8] quod he, [bd]it is full dear, I say.[b8] --Chaucer. She answered me, [bd]I-wisse, all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato.[b8] --Ascham. A right good knight, and true of word ywis. --Spenser. Note: The common form iwis was often written with the prefix apart from the rest of the word and capitalized, as, I wis, I wisse, etc. The prefix was mistaken for the pronoun, I and wis, wisse, for a form of the verb wit to know. See {Wis}, and cf. {Wit}, to know. Our ship, I wis, Shall be of another form than this. --Longfellow.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Yawkey, WV Zip code(s): 25573
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Yeso, NM Zip code(s): 88136
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Yigo, GU (CDP, FIPS 82650) Location: 13.53805 N, 144.89853 E Population (1990): 3358 (942 housing units) Area: 9.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Y2K {Year 2000}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
yacc {Yet Another Compiler Compiler}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Yoke (1.) Fitted on the neck of oxen for the purpose of binding to them the traces by which they might draw the plough, etc. (Num. 19:2; Deut. 21:3). It was a curved piece of wood called _'ol_. (2.) In Jer. 27:2; 28:10, 12 the word in the Authorized Version rendered "yoke" is _motah_, which properly means a "staff," or as in the Revised Version, "bar." These words in the Hebrew are both used figuratively of severe bondage, or affliction, or subjection (Lev. 26:13; 1 Kings 12:4; Isa. 47:6; Lam. 1:14; 3:27). In the New Testament the word "yoke" is also used to denote servitude (Matt. 11:29, 30; Acts 15:10; Gal. 5:1). (3.) In 1 Sam. 11:7, 1 Kings 19:21, Job 1:3 the word thus translated is _tzemed_, which signifies a pair, two oxen yoked or coupled together, and hence in 1 Sam. 14:14 it represents as much land as a yoke of oxen could plough in a day, like the Latin _jugum_. In Isa. 5:10 this word in the plural is translated "acres."