English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
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Yttria
(n.)
The oxide, Y2O3, or earth, of yttrium.
Yttric
(a.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, yttrium.
Yttriferous
(a.)
Bearing or containing yttrium or the allied elements;
as, gadolinite is one of the yttriferous minerals.
Yttrious
(a.)
Same as Yttric.
Yttrium
(n.)
A rare metallic element of the boron-aluminium group,
found in gadolinite and other rare minerals, and extracted as a dark
gray powder. Symbol Y. Atomic weight, 89.
Yttro-cerite
(n.)
A mineral of a violet-blue color, inclining to gray
and white. It is a hydrous fluoride of cerium, yttrium, and calcium.
Yttro-columbite
(n.)
Alt. of Yttro-tantalite
Yttro-tantalite
(n.)
A tantalate of uranium, yttrium, and calcium, of a
brown or black color.
Yu
(n.)
Jade.
Yucca
(n.)
See Flicker, n., 2.
Yucca
(n.)
A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent,
plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a
more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white
blossoms.
Yuck
(v. i.)
To itch.
Yuck
(v. t.)
To scratch.
Yuckel
(n.)
Same as Yockel.
Yuen
(n.)
The crowned gibbon (Hylobates pileatus), native of Siam,
Southern China, and the Island of Hainan. It is entirely arboreal in
its habits, and has very long arms. the males are dark brown or
blackish, with a caplike mass of long dark hair, and usually with a
white band around the face. The females are yellowish white, with a
dark spot on the breast and another on the crown. Called also wooyen,
and wooyen ape.
Yufts
(n.)
Russia leather.
Yug
(n.)
Alt. of Yuga
Yuga
(n.)
Any one of the four ages, Krita, or Satya, Treta, Dwapara,
and Kali, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of
the world.
Yuke
(v. i. & t.)
Same as Yuck.
Yulan
(n.)
A species of Magnolia (M. conspicua) with large white
blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under Magnolia.