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| YARMULKE | | n. (also yarmulka) skullcap worn by jewish men. [yiddish] | |
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| YEARBOOK | | n. Annual publication dealing with events or aspects of the (usu. Preceding) year. | |
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| YEARLING | | n. Animal between one and two years old. | |
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| YEOMANRY | | n. (pl. -ies) 1 body or class of yeomen.
- hist. Volunteer cavalry force raised from the yeoman class. | |
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| YOURSELF | | pron. (pl. Yourselves) 1 a emphat. Form of *you. B refl. Form of *you.
- in your normal state of body or mind (are quite yourself again). be yourself see *oneself. | |
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| YOUTHFUL | | adj. Young or still having the characteristics of youth. youthfully adv. Youthfulness n. | |
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| YUGOSLAV | | (also jugoslav) —n. - native or national of yugoslavia.
- person of yugoslav descent. —adj. Of yugoslavia. yugoslavian adj. & n. [serbo-croat jug south: related to *slav] | |
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| YACHTSMAN | | n. (fem. Yachtswoman) person who sails yachts. | |
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| YARDSTICK | | n. - standard of comparison.
- measuring rod a yard long, usu. Divided into inches etc. | |
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| YESTERDAY | | —adv. - on the day before today.
- in the recent past. —n. - the day before today.
- the recent past. [old english] | |
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