Words beginning with Y

11 words

• yardstick — a standard used to judge something
• yawning — very wide and conspicuous, said of a gap or difference
• yearbook — an annual volume of facts, figures and reviews of the preceding year
• yearn — to have a strong longing for something
• yearning — a strong and persistent longing for something
• yeoman — rendering faithful and substantial service; a dependable worker
• yesteryear — the recent past regarded as a distinct era
• yield — to produce a result or crop; to give way
• yielding — inclined to give way to pressure or persuasion
• yoke — a burden of oppression, servitude or dependence
• youth — the stage between childhood and adulthood; young people taken together