A personal lexicon of unusual, archaic, scientific, and otherwise interesting words encountered in reading. Browse other letters from the Dictionary catalog.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| yak | shaggy-haired ox of central Asia. |
| yard | a long tapering spar slung to a mast to support and spread the head of a square sail, lugsail or lateen |
| yclept | v. past participle of clepe. |
| yeggs | thief, esp. safecracker |
| yodelers | intr.v. to sing so that the voice fluctuates rapidly between normal chest voice and falsetto; tr.v., n. |
| yokel | rustic; bumpkin |
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