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17-letter words starting with y

  • yadda yadda yadda — tedious or long-winded talk
  • year in, year out — a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
  • year of confusion — (in ancient Rome) the year of 445 days preceding the introduction, in 46 b.c., of the Julian calendar: lengthened to compensate for the cumulative errors of the Roman calendar.
  • yellow copper ore — chalcopyrite.
  • yellow journalism — 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.
  • yellow water lily — any of several water lilies, as the spatterdock, Nuphar luteum, having yellow flowers.
  • yellow-eye mullet — an edible mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri, found in coastal waters of New Zealand and Australia
  • yellowstone falls — a waterfall in NW Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park on the Yellowstone River
  • yellowstone river — river flowing from NW Wyo. through Mont. into the Missouri River: 671 mi (1,080 km)
  • yesterday evening — during the evening of the day preceding today
  • yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today
  • yield the palm to — to acknowledge the superiority of; admit to defeat by
  • yield to maturity — The yield to maturity of a bond is the rate of return on the bond if it is held to its maturity date.
  • yorkshire pudding — a pudding made of an unsweetened batter of flour, salt, eggs, and milk, baked under meat as it roasts to catch the drippings or baked separately with a small amount of meat drippings.
  • yorkshire terrier — one of an English breed of toy terriers having a long, silky, straight coat that is dark steel blue from the back of the skull to the tail and tan on the head, chest, and legs.
  • you're telling me — I know, I'm well aware
  • your day in court — Your day in court is your chance to give your side of an argument or other matter.
  • youth programming — the creation and scheduling of television programmes specifically aimed at young people
  • youth-and-old-age — a stiff-growing, erect composite plant, Zinnia elegans, of Mexico, having large, solitary flowers with yellow-to-purple disks and usually red rays.
  • youthful offender — a young delinquent, especially a first offender, usually from 14 to 21 years old, whom the court tries to correct and guide rather than to punish as a criminal.
  • yuzhno-sakhalinsk — a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, on S Sakhalin Island.

On this page, we collect all 17-letter words starting with letter Y. It’s easy to find right word with a certain length. It is the easiest way to find 17-letter word that beginning with Y to use in Scrabble or Crossword puzzles.

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