yttrium

Yttrium


– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys (context:substance)

yttrium

yule

Yule


– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 (context:time)

yule

yucca carnerosana

Yucca carnerosana


– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. arborescent yucca of southwestern United States and northern Mexico with sword-shaped leaves and white flowers (context:plant)

yucca carnerosana

youth-on-age

Youth-on-age


– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. 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)

youth-on-age

yugoslavia

Yugoslavia


– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. 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)
    2. 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
yugoslavia

yuan

Yuan


– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 (context:group)
    2. the basic unit of money in China (context:quantity)

yuan

youngster

Youngster


– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. 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
youngster