8-letter words starting with y
- yearning — deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
- yeartide — A specific time of year; season.
- yeasayer — a person with an optimistic and confident outlook.
- yell out — cry, shout
- yellowed — Having a yellow color (or discoloration), especially when due to age.
- yellower — 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.
- yelpings — Plural form of yelping.
- yemenite — a native or inhabitant of Yemen.
- yeomanly — of the condition or rank of a yeoman.
- yeomanry — yeomen collectively.
- yersinia — A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.
- yeshivah — Alternative spelling of yeshiva.
- yeshivas — Plural form of yeshiva.
- yesilkoy — a town in Turkey, near Istanbul.
- yessiree — (informal) A more enthusiastic way of saying yes.
- yestreen — yesterday evening; last evening.
- ygdrasil — the great ash tree whose roots and branches hold together the universe
- yield up — If you yield up a secret, you reveal it.
- yieldeth — Archaic third-person singular form of yield.
- yielding — inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man.
- yin-yang — (in Chinese philosophy and religion) two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin) and one positive, bright, and masculine (yang) whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things.
- yinchuan — an administrative division in N China. 25,640 sq. mi. (66,400 sq. km). Capital: Yinchuan.
- yinglish — English characterized by a large number of Yiddish words and expressions.
- ymodem-g — A non-stop "streaming" version of YMODEM designed for "error-free" connections with proper flow control; the transmitting program sends packets to the receiver as fast as it can without waiting for acknowledgements. Any errors cause the entire file transfer to abort.
- yo-ho-ho — an exclamation to call attention
- yobibyte — 280 bytes.
- yodeling — Present participle of yodel.
- yodelled — (British) Simple past tense and past participle of yodel.
- yoga mat — padded floor covering used for yoga
- yoghourt — a prepared food having the consistency of custard, made from milk curdled by the action of cultures, sometimes sweetened or flavored.
- yokeless — Without a yoke.
- yokelish — Like a rustic or bumpkin; simple and ignorant.
- yokemate — an associate or companion, especially at work; partner.
- yokohama — a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, on Tokyo Bay: destructive earthquake 1923.
- yokosuka — a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, on Tokyo Bay: naval base.
- yokozuna — A grand champion sumo wrestler.
- yoldring — a yellowhammer.
- yolk sac — an extraembryonic membrane that encloses the yolk of eggs in birds, reptiles, and marsupials and that circulates nourishment from the yolk to the developing embryo.
- yonderly — aloof; reserved
- yongning — former name of Nanning.
- yoohooed — Simple past tense and past participle of yoohoo.
- yorktown — a village in SE Virginia: surrender (October 19, 1781) of Cornwallis to Washington in the American Revolution.
- yosemite — a valley in E California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: a part of Yosemite National Park. 7 miles (11 km) long.
- yottaton — A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many septillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
- you know — filler
- you mean — You use 'you mean' in a question to check that you have understood what someone has said.
- you what — People say 'you what?' to indicate that they do not believe or accept the remark that someone has just made, or that they have not heard or understood it properly.
- young'un — a young one; child.
- youngers — Plural form of younger.
- youngest — being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.