Words in english starting with Y

• yellow fever — Noun – English ～ caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito
• yellow globe lily — Noun – English ～ globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California
• yellow oleander — Noun – English ～ tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers; all parts highly poisonous
• yellow ochre — Noun – English ～ pigment consisting of a limonite mixed with clay and silica
• yellow-dog contract — Noun – English ～ a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union
• yellow squash — Noun – English ～ squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck
• yellow-leaf sickle pine — Noun – English ～ a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew
• yellow dwarf of potato — Noun – English ～ the yellow dwarf disease of potato plants
• yellow bugle — Noun – English ～ low-growing annual with yellow flowers dotted red; faintly aromatic of pine resin; Europe, British Isles and North Africa
• yellow root — Noun – English ～ perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves
• yellow cattley guava — Noun – English ～ small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit
• yellow-fever mosquito — Noun – English ～ mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
• yellow bristle grass — Noun – English ～ common weedy and bristly grass found in nearly all temperate areas
• yellow lady-slipper — Noun – English ～ maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan
• yellow colicroot — Noun – English ～ colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States
• yellow-breasted chat — Noun – English ～ American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds
• yellow pea — Noun – English ～ western United States bushy herb having yellow pea-like flowers
• yellow spot fungus — Noun – English ～ fungus causing yellow spot (a sugarcane disease in Australia)
• yellow bass — Noun – English ～ North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass
• yellow jack — Noun – English ～ yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine

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