Initial Y

• yacht: light ship used for private pleasure trips
• yard: rod; stick; branch; long piece of timber; measure of length, equaling three feet
• yawn: open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation, usually involuntarily from drowsiness, fatigue, or boredom
• yearn: pain; grieve; vex; be pained or distressed; feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness
• yeast: foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation
• yield: give in; surrender; give forth a natural product; be productive
• yoke: join together, unite; harness a draft animal to; join securely; force into heavy labor
• yolk: nutritive material; greasy substance found in unprocessed sheep’s wool; yellow part of an egg