Definition of y

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Y () Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at the beginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), is usually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 145, 178-9, 272..

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Dame :: Dame (n.) A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman..
Putridness :: Putridness (n.) Putridity.
Well-born :: Well-born (a.) Born of a noble or respect able family; not of mean birth.
Drunk :: Drunk (a.) Intoxicated with, or as with, strong drink; inebriated; drunken; -- never used attributively, but always predicatively; as, the man is drunk (not, a drunk man)..
Diversified :: Diversified (a.) Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of aspects or objects; variegated; as, diversified scenery or landscape..
Steal :: Steal (v. i.) To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft..
Cosmical :: Cosmical (a.) Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of acronycal.
Antihysteric :: Antihysteric (a.) Counteracting hysteria.
Scrimshaw :: Scrimshaw (v. t.) To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines..
Saciety :: Saciety (n.) Satiety.
Metabole :: Metabole (n.) A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or treatment..
Sly :: Sly (v. t.) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense..
Lever :: Lever (n.) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mecha
Varietal :: Varietal (a.) Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species..
Bellbird :: Bellbird (n.) A South American bird of the genus Casmarhincos, and family Cotingidae, of several species; the campanero..
Purple :: Purple (n.) A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue..
Splandrel :: Splanchnotomy (n.) The dissection, or anatomy, of the viscera..
Emperished :: Emperished (a.) Perished; decayed.
Twin :: Twin (a.) Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with.
Pixy :: Pixy (n.) Alt. of Pixi.
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