| Meaning | Explication | Aliases | Taxon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <young animal> | Animals | Show shifts | ||
| <young plant> | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| yam | edible plant Dioscorea | N/a | Show shifts | |
| yard, courtyard | area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building | N/a | Show shifts | |
| yarrow | plant Achillea millefolium | N/a | Show shifts | |
| year | period from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar | Time | Show shifts | |
| yellow | colour of gold, cheese, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light | Light and Colour | Show shifts | |
| yellow | Light and Colour | Show shifts | ||
| yellow-hammer | passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella | Animals | Show shifts | |
| yes | particle used to show agreement or acceptance | N/a | Show shifts | |
| yesterday | day immediately before today; one day ago | Time | Show shifts | |
| Yeti (mythical animal) | unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas | N/a | Show shifts | |
| yew | Taxus baccata, a coniferous tree with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils | Plants | Show shifts | |
| yoke | bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc. | Artifacts | Show shifts | |
| yoke (figuratively) | something which oppresses or restrains a person; a burden | Abstract entities | Show shifts | |
| yolk | yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen | Animals | Show shifts | |
| you (pronoun 2 sg., polite) | polite form of second-person singular pronoun | Human being | Show shifts | |
| young | in the early part of growth or life; born not long ago | Time | Show shifts | |
| young animal | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| young growth | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| young people | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| young person | None | Human being | Show shifts | |
| younger | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| younger brother | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| younger sibling | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| younger sister | N/a | Show shifts | ||
| youth | the period of life | N/a | Show shifts | |
| Yule | pagan wintertime holiday celebrated by Germanic peoples, particularly the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon peoples | N/a | Show shifts | |
| yurt | large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia | N/a | Show shifts |