| young |
When something is young, it means that it is at an early stage of life or growth. [2 definitions] |
| younger |
comparative of "young." [2 definitions] |
| youngest |
If someone is the youngest in a family, then everybody else is older than they are. If you are ten years old, your brother is eight years old, and your little sister is two years old, then your little sister is the youngest in your family. |
| youngster |
a young person; child. |
| your |
When you put on your hat, it means that you put on a hat that belongs to you. If someone wants to borrow your pen, they want to borrow the pen that you have. If someone looks at your face, they look at the face that is part of you. [2 definitions] |
| you're |
"You're" is a short way to say or write "you are." |
| yours |
When something is yours, it's a thing that belongs to you or is part of you. |
| yourself |
If you do something yourself, then you are the person who does it and nobody else. [2 definitions] |
| yours truly1 |
words used to end a letter before it is signed; (informal) I, me, or myself. |
| youth |
Youth is the quality or state of being young. [3 definitions] |
| you've |
"You've" is a short way to say or write "you have." |
| yowl |
to make a loud, sad cry. [2 definitions] |
| yo-yo |
A yo-yo is a round toy that goes up and down on a string attached to your finger. |
| yr.1 |
abbreviation of "year" or "years." |
| Yugoslavia |
formerly, a country in southeastern Europe located south of Austria and Hungary. Yugoslavia existed as a country from 1918 until it began to break up toward the end of the twentieth century. Eventually, it split up into the independent countries of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, and Serbia. Belgrade, which is now the capital of Serbia, was the capital of Yugoslavia. |
| Yukon |
Yukon is a region of Canada. It is a territory in the far north. |
| Yukon River |
The Yukon River is an important river that begins in western Canada and then flows through Alaska in the United States. From Alaska, it flows out into a northern part of the Pacific Ocean. |
| yule |
(sometimes capital) Christmas or the Christmas season. |
| yuletide |
(sometimes capital) the Christmas holiday season. |
| Yupik |
a member of a native people living in parts of Alaska in the U.S. and Siberia in Russia. |
| z |
the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet. |