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1,826 words match “YA”

Same as Yacare.

A large Asiatic antelope (Budorcas taxicolor) native of the higher parts of the Himalayas and other lofty mountains. Its head and neck resemble those of the ox, and its tail is like that of the goat. Called also budorcas.

supposed to be of Turkish stock. They are mainly pastoral in their habits. [Written also Yakuts.]

A kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth.

The Turkish language of the Yakuts, a Mongolian people of northeastern Siberia, which is lingua franca over much of eastern Siberia.

The oil of the mahwa tree.

oad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated. Chinese yam, a plant (Dioscorea Batatas) with a long and slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species. -- Wild yam. (a) A common plant (Dioscorea villosa) of the Eastern United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock. (b) An…

The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with red garments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and…

In China, the official headquarters or residence of a mandarin, including court rooms, offices, gardens, prisons, etc.; the place where the business of any public department is transcated.

An umbelliferous plant (Carum Gairdneri); also, its small fleshy roots, which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho to California.

YANG n. 2 definitions

The cry of the wild goose; a honk.

YANK n. 3 definitions

An abbreviation of Yankee. [Slang]

YANKEE n. 2 definitions

by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States. From meanness first this Portsmouth Yankey rose, And still to meanness all his conduct flows. Oppression, A poem by an American (Boston, 1765).

YANKEE-DOODLE n. 2 definitions

Humorously, a Yankee. We might have withheld our political noodles From knocking their heads against hot Yankee-Doodles. Moore.

A Yankee idiom, word, custom, or the like. Lowell.

A fermented drink, or milk beer, made by the Turks.

YAP v. 2 definitions

To bark; to yelp. L'Estrange.

eet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum. [Written also yapack.]

Same as Yaupon.