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wt.	abbreviation of "weight."
WV	abbreviation of "West Virginia."
WY	abbreviation of "Wyoming."
Wyoming	a state in the northwestern United States. Its capital is Cheyenne. (abbreviated: WY)
x²	the twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet. [4 definitions]
xenophobia	a fear or hatred of foreign people or things.
Xhosa	a member of one of the Bantu peoples living in South Africa. [2 definitions]
Xmas	written abbreviation of "Christmas."
X-ray	a beam of high-energy radiation that is able to pass through many kinds of solid material. [3 definitions]
xylophone	a percussion instrument composed of a series of metal or wooden bars. It is played by hitting the bars with small wooden mallets.
-y¹	a suffix that means "full of" or "made of." [4 definitions]
y	the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet. [2 definitions]
yacht	a small ship used for private trips or racing.
yak¹	a large, heavy mammal with long hair. Yaks are closely related to cattle. They live in Tibet and Central Asia. People raise yaks to carry loads and for their milk, fur, and leather. Very few yaks are left in the wild.
yam	the root of a tropical climbing plant, or the plant itself. The root is eaten as a cooked vegetable. [2 definitions]
Yangtze River	an older name for the Chang Jiang River, a major river that flows across central China.
yank	(informal) to pull or take out suddenly; jerk. [2 definitions]
Yankee	a person who was born or lives in New England. [3 definitions]
yap	to bark with sharp, high sounds. [3 definitions]
yard¹	a unit of length equal to three feet or 0.9144 meters. (abbreviated: yd.) [2 definitions]
yard²	an open area next to a house or other building. [2 definitions]

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