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Yttrium
– definition :
- (noun)
- a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys (context:substance)
Yule
– definition :
- (noun)
- period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 (context:time)
Youngness
– definition :
- (noun)
- the opposite of oldness (context:attribute)
Yucca carnerosana
– definition :
- (noun)
- arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers (context:plant)
Youth-on-age
– definition :
- (noun)
- vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk (context:plant)
Yugoslavia
– definition :
- (noun)
- a former country of southeastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea; formed in 1918 and named Yugoslavia in 1929; controlled by Marshal Tito as a communist state until his death in 1980 (context:location)
- a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro (context:location)
– Sample : “yugoslavia”
- Tito’s Yugoslavia included Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro
Yuan
– definition :
- (noun)
- the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 (context:group)
- the basic unit of money in China (context:quantity)
Yule log
– definition :
- (noun)
- large log traditionally burned at Christmas (context:substance)
Youngster
– definition :
- (noun)
- a young person of either sex (context:person)
– Sample : “youngster”
- she writes books for children
- they’re just kids
- tiddler’ is a British term for youngster
Yucca elata
– definition :
- (noun)
- tall arborescent yucca of southwestern United States (context:plant)
