Y The letter Y is the twenty-fifth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is wy, sometimes spelled wye .
	Yacht A yacht was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used to convey important persons. In later parlance, the definition came to cover a wider range of vessels, propelled by sail, power or both and used for pleasure cruising and/or yacht racing. Often, non-sailing yachts are also referred to as motor yachts, to differentiate them from yachts designed for use with sail power.
	Yahweh Yahweh and Jehovah are two different English transcriptions of ' [ i.e. the non vocalized Tetragrammaton ], which is accepted by both Jews and Christians as being God's Hebrew name, as it was preserved in the original consonantal Hebrew text. *Jehovah is an English transcription of , a specific vocalized spelling of which is found in the Masoretic Text.
	Yak The yak is a long-haired humped domestic bovine found in Tibet and throughout the Himalayan region of south central Asia, as well as in Mongolia. In Tibetan language, the word yak refers only to the male of the species; a female is a dri or nak. In most languages which borrowed the word, including English, however, yak is usually used for both sexes.
	Yakuza Yakuza , also known as gokudo , are members of traditional organized crime groups in Japan. Today, the yakuza are one of the largest organized crime phenomena in the world. In Japanese legal terminology, yakuza organizations are referred to as boryokudan, literally "violence groups".
	YALE YALE is an environment for machine learning experiments and data mining. Experiments can be made up of a large number of arbitrarily nestable operators and their setup is described by XML files which can easily be created with a graphical user interface. Applications of YALE cover both research and real-world data mining tasks.
	Yale University Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, Yale is the Colonial colleges institution of higher education in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. The university's assets include an $18 billion financial endowment and more than a dozen libraries that hold a total of 11 million volumes.
	Yalta Yalta is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea. The city is located on the site of an ancient Greece colony, said to have been founded by Greek sailors who were looking for a safe shore on which to land. It is situated on a shallow bay facing south towards the Black Sea, surrounded by wooded mountains.
	Yama This article is about the deity Yama. For yama in the sense of a code of conduct, see Yamas. For the Yam language see Mobilian Jargon. Yama, also known as Yamaraja in India, Yanluo in China and Enma-O in Japan, is the lord of death, first recorded in the Vedas.
	Yangon Yangon , is the largest city of Myanmar and its former capital. The city is located at the convergence of the Yangon and Bago Rivers, and is about 30 km away from the Gulf of Martaban. Yangon is located at 1648' North, 9609' East , and its standard time zone is UTC/GMT +6:30 hours.
	Yangtze River The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Nile in Africa and the Amazon River in South America. The name Yangtze River, as well as various similar names such as Yangtse River, Yangtze Kiang etc., is derived from Yangzi Jiang listen, the Chinese name for the river in its lower reaches.
	Yankee The term Yankee has a variety of meanings. Generally, it refers to citizens of the United States, particularly northerners, especially those white Americans from the Northeastern United States whose ancestors arrived before 1776. Many Yankees migrated from New England and settled the northern parts of New York and the Midwest, as well as the Pacific Coast from San Francisco to Seattle.
	Yaoundé Yaound, yah oon DAY, estimated population 1,430,000, is the capital city of Cameroon and second largest city in the country after Douala. It lies in the centre of the nation at about 750 metres above sea level. Yaound is located at 352' North, 1131' East.
	Yap Yap is an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, the westernmost state of the Federated States of Micronesia. The "island" of Yap actually consists of four continental islands. The four are very close together and joined within a common coral reef and entirely formed from an uplift of the Eurasian plate.
	YAP YAP is the acronym used for two document previewing applications.
	Yarder A yarder is piece of logging equipment which uses a system of cables to pull or fly logs from the stump to the landing. It generally consists of an engine, drums, and spar, but has a range of such as the Swing yarder. The early yarders were Steam donkey. They traveled on railroads, known as "dummylines" and the felled trees were dragged or "skidded" to the railroad where they were later loaded onto rail cars.
	Yarn Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibers, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving and ropemaking. Yarn is any fiber used to construct a fabric. Thread is any fiber used to sew two pieces of fabric together.
	Yarrow Yarrow is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Northern Hemisphere. Common yarrow is an erect herbaceous perennial plant that produces one to several stems and has a rhizomatous growth from. It is a native of California, and other areas of the Western United States.
	Yasser Arafat Yassir Arafat August 24 or August 4, 1929 – November 11, 2004), born in Cairo, Egypt to Palestinian parents from Jerusalem Mohammed Abdel-Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini and also known by the kunya Abu `Ammar , was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization ; President of the Palestinian Authority of the Palestinian National Authority ; and a co-recipient of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize alongside Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin]
	Yawl A yawl is a two-masted sailing craft similar to a sloop or cutter but with an additional Mizzenmast well aft of the main mast, often right on the transom. A small mizzen sail is hoisted on the mizzen mast. The yawl is often confused with the ketch, which also has two masts with the main mast foremost.
	Yawn A yawn is a reflex of deep inhalation and exhalation associated with being tired, with a need to sleep, or from lack of stimulation. Pandiculation is the term for the act of stretching and yawning. Yawning is a powerful non-verbal message with several possible meanings, depending on the circumstances.
	Yazoo River The Yazoo River is a river in the U.S. state of Mississippi and the second longest tributary of the Mississippi River that flows into that river from the east. The Yazoo River was named by French explorer Ren-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in 1682 in reference to a Native Americans in the United States tribe living near the river's mouth.
	Yearning Yearning is a collaborative album by Ambient music musician Robert Rich and sarod player Lisa Moskow. It is based on the classical India musical form known as alap. Alap is the first and slowest section of a raga. The music on this album is comprised of Moskows sarod solos set against Richs classic droning ambiences.
	Yeast Yeasts are single-celled fungi, a few species of which are commonly used to Leavening agent bread, fermentation alcoholic beverages, and even drive experimental fuel cells. Most yeasts belong to the division Ascomycota, though some are Basidiomycota.
	Yell Yell is one of the North Isles of Shetland, Scotland. In the United Kingdom Census 2001 it had a usually resident population of 957. Ferry sail from Ulsta on the island to Toft, Shetland on the Shetland Mainland and from Gutcher on Yell to Belmont, Shetland on Unst and Oddsta on Fetlar.
	Yellow Yellow is any color of light that stimulates both the red and green cone cells of the retina, but not the blue cone cells. Light with a wavelength of 565-590 nanometers is yellow, though light with both red frequencies and green frequencies, such as mixing orange and lime light, or red and green light, is also yellow.
	Yellow bass The yellow bass, also known as the barfish is a freshwater fish native to the south and midwestern United States. Though sometimes confused with white bass or striped bass, it is distinguished by its yellow belly and the broken pattern in its lowermost stripes. The species name "mississippiensis" refers to the Mississippi River, where it was first described and is still most commonly found.
	Yellow Birch Yellow Birch, is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and southern Quebec west to Minnesota, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia. It is a medium-sized deciduous tree reaching 20 m tall with a trunk up to 80 cm diameter.
	Yellow dwarf In astronomy, a yellow dwarf is a small, yellow main sequence star that is in the process of converting hydrogen to helium in its core by means of nuclear fusion. Our Sun is the most well-known example of a yellow dwarf. A yellow dwarfs lifespan is about 10 billion years, until its supply of hydrogen runs out.
	Yellow fever Yellow fever is an acute Virus disease. It is an important cause of hemorrhage illness in many African and South American countries despite existence of an effective vaccine. The yellow in the disease name refers to the jaundice that affects some patients .
	Yellow jack The yellow jack is one of several types of Jack_(fish). It inhabits the inland waters of the western Atlantic Ocean along the coast from Massachusetts in the United State to Brazil. These fish have a deep body that ranges in color from blue to gray to yellow. The name comes from the yellow fins that the adults typically have.
	Yellow Jessamine Yellow Jessamine, also known as Evening Trumpetflower or Carolina Jessamine, is a twining vine in the family Gelsemiaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical Americas from Guatemala north to the southeastern United States. It can grow to 3-6 m high when given suitable climbing support in trees, with thin stems.
	Yellow journalism Yellow journalism is a pejorative reference to journalism that features scandal-mongering, sensation, jingoism or other unethical or unprofessional practices by news media organizations or individual journalists. The term originated during the circulation battles between Joseph Pulitzer's New York World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal from 1895 to about 1898, and can refer specifically to this period.
	Yellow Pages In many countries, the Yellow Pages refers to a telephone directory for businesses organized by the category of product or service. As the name suggests, they are usually printed on yellow paper, as opposed to white pages with non-commerical listings, printed on white paper. With the advent of Internet, the traditional term "Yellow Pages" became applied to online directories of businesses.
	Yellow perch The yellow perch is a species of perch found in the United States and Canada, where it is often referred to by the shortform perch. Yellow perch look similar to the European perch but are paler and more yellowish, with less red in the fins. They have 6-8 dark vertical bars on their sides.
	Yellow Peril Yellow Peril was a racist phrase that originated in the late 19th century with immigration of China laborers to various Western countries, notably the United States. The term, a color metaphors for race refers to the skin color of East Asians, and the xenophobia that the mass immigration of Asians threatened white wages, standards of living and indeed, Western civilization itself.
	Yellow pimpernel Yellow pimpernel is a flowering plant of the Genus Lysimachia in the family Myrsinaceae. Category:Myrsinaceae
	Yellow River The Yellow River is the second longest river in China and the fifth in the world. The river is 5464 km long . Originated from the Bayankala Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, Yellow river flows through nine provinces of China and finally empties into the Bohai Sea.
	Yellow Sea The Yellow Sea, occasionally called "West Sea" in North Korea and South Korea, is the northern part of the East China Sea, which in turn is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It is located between Mainland China and the Korean peninsula. Its name comes from the sand particles that color its water, originating from the Yellow River.
	Yellow Warbler The Yellow Warbler, Dendroica petechia, is a New World warbler. It is the most widespread Dendroica warbler, breeding in almost the whole of North America and down to northern South America. It has 35 geographical races, which can be divided into three main groups. The "Yellow Warbler", aestiva, group, which could possibly be considered a separate species, breeds in the whole of North America as far south as central Mexico in open, often wet, woodland or shrub.
	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius, is a medium-sized woodpecker. Adults are black on the back and wings with white bars; they have a black head with white lines down the side and a red forehead and crown, a yellow breast and upper belly, a white lower belly and rump and a black tail with a white central bar.
	Yellow-breasted Bunting The Yellow-Breasted Bunting, Emberiza aureola, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. It breeds in northeast Europe and across northern Asia. It is bird migration, wintering in southeast Asia, India, and southern China.
	Yellow-breasted Chat The Yellow-breasted Chat is a large songbird, the most atypical member of the New World warbler family, and the only member of the genus Icteria. Found throughout North America from southern Canada to central Mexico during the summer, these birds largely bird migration to Mexico and Central America, though some birds may overwinter in coastal areas.
	Yellow-crowned Night Heron The Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax violaceus, is a smaller heron, similar in appearance to the Black-crowned Night Heron. Adults are 61 cm long and weigh 625 g. They have a white crown and back with the remainder of the body greyish, red eyes and short yellow legs. They have a white stripe below the eye.
	Yellowcake Yellowcakes are uranium concentrates obtained from Leaching. They represent an intermediate step in the processing of uranium ores. Yellowcake concentrates are prepared by various extraction and refining methods, depending on the types of ores. Typically yellowcakes are obtained through the milling and chemical processing of uranium ore forming a coarse powder which is insoluble in water and contains about 80% uranium oxide, and which melts at approximately 2878C.
	Yellowfin croaker Yellowfin croacker is a species of croaker occurring from the Gulf of California, Mexico, to Point Conception, California. They frequent bays, channels, harbors and other nearshore waters over sandy bottoms. These croakers are more abundant along beaches during the summer months and may move to deeper water in winter.
	Yellowfin tuna The yellowfin tuna is a type of tuna eaten by humans as food fish. It is found in open waters of tropical and subtropical seas worldwide, though not in the Mediterranean Sea. It has been reported to be up to 239 cm in length and 200 kg in weight. The second dorsal fin and the anal fin are both bright yellow, thus the common name, and they are very long, as are the pectoral fins.
	Yellowhammer The Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. It breeds across Europe and much of Asia. Most birds are resident, but some far northern birds bird migration south in winter.
	Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park is a United States National Park located in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Yellowstone is the first and oldest national park in the world and covers 3,470 square miles , mostly in the northwest corner of Wyoming.
	Yellowstone River The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 671 mi, in the western United States. Considered the principal tributary of the upper Missouri, the river and its tributaries drain a wide area stretching from the Rocky Mountains in the vicinity of the Yellowstone National Park across the mountains and Great Plains of southern Montana and northern Wyoming.
	Yellowthroat The yellowthroats are New World warblers in the genus Geothlypis. Most members of the group have localised ranges in Mexico and Central America, but the Masked Yellowthroat has an extensive South American distribution, and Common Yellowthroat, the only bird migration species in the group, breeds over much of North America.
	Yelp Yelp is an internet company based in San Francisco, California. Yelp hosts a website database of User reviews, mainly of restaurants and stores, but also of medical providers, automotive services, cultural venues, professional services, other websites, and the like.
	Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a Middle Eastern country located on the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Yemen is composed of former North Yemen and South Yemen. It borders the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden on the south, the Red Sea on the west, Oman to the northeast and the rest of the country borders Saudi Arabia.
	Yenisei River The Yenisei is the greatest river system flowing to the Arctic Ocean, and the fifth longest river in the world. It is slightly shorter but with 1.5 times the flow of the Mississippi River-Missouri River. Rising in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course to the Kara Sea, draining a large part of central Siberia, the longest stream following the Yenisei-Angara-Selenga-Ider being about 5500 km.
	Yerevan Yerevan is the largest city and capital of Armenia. It is situated on the Hrazdan River, at , and is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country. The history of Yerevan dates back to the 8th century BC, with the founding of the Urartian fortress of Erebuni in 782 BC.
	Yeti The yeti or Meh-Teh is a cryptid. It is incorrectly titled as Abominable Snowman by the western press and as a result has been over dramatized as a large primate-like animal supposedly living in the Himalayas. The Western civilization name is derived from the Tibetan language yeh-teh , "little man-like animal"; it is a false cognate with Old English geottan , an antiquated word for an orc or troll .
	Yggdrasil In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil also sometimes called Mmameir or Lra is the "world tree", a gigantic European ash List of famous trees, thought to connect all the nine worlds of Norse cosmology. sgard, lfheimr and Vanaheim rested on the branches of Yggdrasil.
	Ylang-ylang Ylang-ylang, Cananga odorata, is the flower of the cananga tree. The tree attains an average height of 12 meters, grows in full or partial sun, and prefers the acidic soils of its native rainforest habitat. The leaves are long, smooth and glossy. The flower is greenish yellow or pink, curly like a starfish, and yields a highly fragrant essential oil.
	Ymir In Norse mythology, Ymir, also named Aurgelmir among the giants themselves, was the founder of the race of Jotun and an important figure in Norse cosmology. Snorri Sturluson combined several sources, along with some of his own conclusions, to explain Ymir's role in the Norse creation myth.
	Yo-yo *Yo-yo ball
	Yodels Yodels are frosted, cream-filled cakes that are made by the Drake's company and are distributed on the east coast of the United States. The Interstate Bakeries Corporation owns the Drake's company. Yodels are similar to HoHos, which are made by Hostess. Many believe they are Twinkies covered in chocolate.
	Yoga Yoga, meaning union in Sanskrit, is a family of ancient spiritual practices, and also a school of spiritual thought that originated in India, where it remains a vibrant living tradition and is seen as a means to enlightenment. Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, and Raja Yoga are considered the four main yogas, but there are many other types.
	Yoghurt Yoghurt, yogurt or yogurt, or less commonly yoghourt or yogourt, is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. It can be made from any milk, but modern production is dominated by cow's milk. The fermentation of milk sugar produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to give yoghurt its gel-like texture and characteristic tang.
	Yogi One who practices yoga is called a yogi or in Sanskrit, a yogin or yogini. These designations are mostly reserved for advanced practitioners. The word "yoga" itself --from the Sanskrit root yuj--is generally translated as "union" or "integration" and may be understood as union with the Divine, or integration of body, mind, and spirit.
	Yogi Berra Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra is a former catcher and manager in Major League Baseball who played almost his entire career for the New York Yankees and was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. He is one of only four players to be named the MLB Most Valuable Player award of the American League three times, and one of only six managers to lead both American League and National League teams to the World Series.
	Yoke A bow yoke is a shaped wooden crosspiece bound to the necks of a pair of oxen, occasionally horses. It is held on the animal's neck by a usually U-shaped oxbow that also transmits force from the animal's shoulders, hence the name bow yoke. A swivel beneath the centre of the yoke, between the animals, attaches the pole of the vehicle or chains that are used to drag the load.
	Yoko Ono Yoko Ono Lennon is a Japanese people musician and artist probably best known as the widow of John Lennon of The Beatles. She was an artist in the avant garde art world until she achieved worldwide fame through her relationship and eventual marriage to Lennon. She currently resides in New York City and has lived most of her adult life in the United States.
	Yokohama is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture and Japan's largest incorporated cities of Japan, with a population of 3.6 million. Yokohama is one of Japan's major seaports along with those of Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Aichi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Tokyo and Chiba and a commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area, being located in the Kanto region of the main island of Honshu.
	Yom Kippur War conflict=Yom Kippur War |image=|caption= Egyptian soldiers after crossing the Suez canal. |date=October 6 – October 26 1973 |place=Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, and surrounding regions of the Middle East |casus=Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack against Israel on the Judaism holiday of Yom Kippur.
	York York is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern England England, at the confluence of the Rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire and River Foss. The York urban area has a population of List of English cities by population whilst the entire unitary authority has a population of List of English districts by population.