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yearling |
Noun
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an animal in its second year |
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yearling |
Noun
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a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth |
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yearling |
Noun
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a young child |
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yellow jacket |
Noun
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small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground |
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yellow jacket |
Noun
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a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic |
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yellowbelly marmot |
Noun
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heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America |
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yak |
Noun
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large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated |
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yak |
Noun
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noisy talk |
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yak |
Verb
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talk profusely |
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yellowtail |
Noun
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game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin |
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yellowtail |
Noun
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superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail |
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yellow jack |
Noun
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fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico |
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yellow jack |
Noun
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yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine |
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yellow jack |
Noun
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caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito |
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yellowfin |
Noun
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may reach 400 pounds |
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yellowfin tuna |
Noun
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a type of tuna fish, common as seafood in several cuisines; one fish can weigh as much as 400 pounds |
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youth hostel |
Noun
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inexpensive supervised lodging for travelers, particularly students and young people |
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yarn |
Noun
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a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving |
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yarn |
Noun
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the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events |
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yarn |
Verb
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tell or spin a yarn |
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yacht |
Noun
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an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing |
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yacht |
Verb
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travel in a yacht |
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yagi |
Noun
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a sharply directional antenna |
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yard |
Noun
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an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock) |
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yard |
Noun
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a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen |
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yard |
Noun
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the enclosed land around a house or other building |
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yard |
Noun
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an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
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yard |
Noun
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a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings) |
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yard |
Noun
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a tract of land where logs are accumulated |
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yard |
Noun
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a unit of volume, as for sand or gravel |
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yard |
Noun
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a unit of length equal to 3 feet |
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yard |
Noun
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the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 |
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yardarm |
Noun
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either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship |
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yarder |
Noun
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a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road |
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yarder |
Noun
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the height or length of something in yards, used only in combinations |
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yard donkey |
Noun
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a winch, or system of winches, powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road |
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yard goods |
Noun
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merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard |
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yard marker |
Noun
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in American football, a marker indicating the current position of the play, measured as yards from the center of the field |
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yardstick |
Noun
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a ruler or tape that is three feet long |
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yardstick |
Noun
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a measure or standard used for comparison |
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yard measure |
Noun
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a ruler or tape that is three feet long |
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yarmulke |
Noun
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a skullcap worn by Jews, especially at prayer |
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yarmulka |
Noun
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a skullcap worn by Jews, especially at prayer |
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yarmelke |
Noun
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a skullcap worn by Jews, especially at prayer |
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yashmak |
Noun
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the face veil worn by Muslim women |
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yashmac |
Noun
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the face veil worn by Muslim women in Turkish |
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yataghan |
Noun
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a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge |
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yawl |
Noun
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a sailing vessel with two masts |
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yawl |
Noun
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a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars) |
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yawl |
Verb
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emit long loud cries |