7-letter words containing y, s
- yaupons — Plural form of yaupon.
- yautias — Plural form of yautia.
- yawners — Plural form of yawner.
- yeasted — Treated with yeast; fermented.
- yellers — Plural form of yeller.
- yellows — a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.
- yeltsin — Boris Nikolayevich [bawr-is nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich,, bohr‐,, bor‐;; Russian buh-ryes nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, ˈboʊr‐,, ˈbɒr‐;; Russian bʌˈryɛs nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1931–2007, president of the Russian Federation 1991–99.
- yenisei — a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing N from the Sayan Mountains to the Kara Sea. 2566 miles (4080 km) long.
- yeppers — (informal) Yes.
- yerkish — an experimental language for communicating with apes, using symbols consisting of geometric shapes.
- yerself — (nonstandard, or, dialectal) Alternative form of yourself.
- yes man — a person who, regardless of actual attitude, always expresses agreement with his or her supervisor, superior, etc.; sycophant.
- yes-man — a person who, regardless of actual attitude, always expresses agreement with his or her supervisor, superior, etc.; sycophant.
- yesable — That can be agreed to.
- yesenin — Sergey Aleksandrovich [syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1925, Russian poet.
- yeshiva — an Orthodox Jewish school for the religious and secular education of children of elementary school age.
- yester- — indicating the day before today
- yestern — yester.
- yezidis — a member of a religious sect living mostly in the Kurdish areas of northern Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Georgia, whose beliefs are based partly on Zoroastrianism and Sufism.
- yibbles — perhaps
- yiddish — a High German language with an admixture of vocabulary from Hebrew and the Slavic languages, written in Hebrew letters, and spoken mainly by Jews in eastern and central Europe and by Jewish emigrants from these regions and their descendants.
- yippies — Plural form of yippie.
- yobbish — Characteristic of a yob, lout or hooligan.
- yobbism — hooliganism or aggressive behaviour
- yoginis — Plural form of yogini.
- yogurts — Plural form of yogurt.
- yonkers — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson, near New York City.
- yorkers — Plural form of yorker.
- yorkist — an adherent or member of the royal family of York, especially in the Wars of the Roses.
- you see — You can say 'you see' when you are explaining something to someone, to encourage them to listen and understand.
- youself — Eye dialect of yourself.
- yumpies — a young, well-educated person who has a professional career and aspires to a higher social and economic status; yuppie.
- yuppers — Alternative spelling of yeppers.
- yuppies — Plural form of yuppie.
- zanyish — fairly or quite zany
- zanyism — (archaic) clownishness; buffoonery.
- zephyrs — Plural form of zephyr.
- zestily — In a zesty manner; with zest.
- zygomas — Plural form of zygoma.
- zygosis — the union of two gametes; conjugation.
- zygotes — Plural form of zygote.
- zymases — Plural form of zymase.
- zymosan — an insoluble carbohydrate found in yeast
- zymosis — fermentation.