A Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry.
rye
rye
noun
(US, Canada) A drink of rye.
(US, Canada) Rye whiskey.
A disease of hawks.
A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.
Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself)
Rye bread.
Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium.
The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained.
say
say
adv
For example; let us assume.
Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach.
intj
(colloquial) Used to gain someone's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion
noun
(Scotland) A strainer for milk.
A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.
Essay; trial; attempt.
Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
Tried quality; temper; proof.
verb
(impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
(informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
(intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
(transitive) To indicate in a written form.
(transitive) To pronounce.
(transitive) To recite.
(transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
(transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
To try; to assay.
sey
shy
shy
adj
(informal) Short, insufficient or less than.
Cautious; wary; suspicious.
Easily frightened; timid.
Embarrassed.
Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
noun
(Scottish) In soccer, a throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head. In shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field.
A place for throwing.
A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
verb
(Scottish) (transitive) or (intransitive) To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match. To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.
(intransitive) To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.
(intransitive) To jump back in fear.
(transitive) To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
sky
sky
noun
(chiefly literary and poetic, archaic) Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.
(mathematics, theoretical physics) The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
(obsolete) A cloud.
(obsolete, informal, rare) In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
Ellipsis of sky blue.
The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.
With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
verb
(ball games) To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.
(ball games) To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
(informal) To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.
(informal, dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot easily be seen; (by extension) to put (something) in an undesirable place.
(obsolete) To raise (the price of an item on auction, or the level of the bids generally) by bidding high.
(rowing) To raise an oar too high above the water.
(slang, dated) To toss (something) upwards; specifically, to flip (a coin).
To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.
To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
sly
sly
adj
(having a positive connotation) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
Light or delicate; slight; thin.
adv
Slyly.
sny
sny
noun
(archaic) A small channel of water.
An upward curve at the edge of a plank.
An upward curve in the lines of a wooden watercraft from amidships toward its bow and its stern.
verb
(now dialectal, intransitive) Abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something.
(obsolete, rare, intransitive) move, proceed
soy
soy
noun
(uncountable, often attributive) Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.
A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
spy
spy
noun
(American football) A defensive player assigned to cover an offensive backfield player man-to-man when they are expected to engage in a running play, but the offensive player does not run with the ball immediately.
A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).
verb
(intransitive) To act as a spy.
(intransitive) To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
(transitive) To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.
(transitive) To spot; to catch sight of.
sty
sty
noun
(Britain, dialectal) A ladder.
(figurative) A messy, dirty or debauched place.
(pathology) An inflammation of the eyelid.
A pen or enclosure for swine.
verb
(obsolete) To ascend, rise up, climb.
To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place
To place in, or as if in, a sty
swy
swy
noun
(Australia, games) Two-up.
(Australia, obsolete) A two-shilling coin.
(Australia, slang) A two-year prison sentence.
syc
syd
sye
sye
verb
(UK, dialectal or eye-dialectal, dated) To say.
syl
sym
syn
syn
adj
(chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 0° and 90°.
Abbreviation of synthetic.
noun
Abbreviation of synonym.
syr
tay
tay
noun
(obsolete or dialect) Tea.
tdy
tdy
noun
(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of today.
thy
thy
conj
(obsolete) Only used in for thy, for-thy, which is an alternative form of forthy (“because, therefore”)
det
(archaic, dialectal, literary) Possessive form of thou: that which belongs to thee; which belongs to you (singular).
toy
toy
noun
(Scotland, archaic) A headdress of linen or wool that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; called also toy mutch.
(obsolete) A vague fancy, a ridiculous idea or notion; a whim.
(obsolete) An old story; a silly tale.
(obsolete) Love play, amorous dalliance; fondling.
(slang, MLE) A gun.
(slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
A sex toy (object or device to give sexual pleasure).
A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
Short for toy dog.
Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
verb
(intransitive) To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
(intransitive) To ponder or consider.
(slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.
try
try
adj
(obsolete) Fine, excellent.
noun
(American football) A field goal or extra point
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
(chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
(rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
An act of tasting or sampling.
verb
(euphemistic, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
(figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
(law) To put on trial.
(nautical) To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil
(nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
(obsolete) To do; to fare.
(one sort from another) To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
(slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want
(specifically) To test someone's patience.
(with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
To extract wax from a honeycomb
To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
To put to test.
To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
To taste, sample, etc.
To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
tty
tty
Noun
teletypewriter (originally), or a text display device, as used by the deaf to read voice communication converted to text by a communication assistant device (CA).
tuy
tye
tye
noun
(Britain) A patch of common land, often a village green.
(mining) A trough for washing ores.
(nautical) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.
Obsolete form of tie.
tyg
tyg
noun
Alternative form of tig (drinking cup)
typ
tyr
tyt
tyt
phrase
(Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of TYT.
ury
vey
vfy
vny
way
way
adv
(informal) Far.
(informal, with comparative or modified adjective) Much.
(slang, with positive adjective) Very.
intj
(only in reply to no way) yes; it is true; it is possible
noun
(Germanic paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
(US, As the head of an interjectory clause, followed by an infinitive starting with “to”) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.
(plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.
(plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
A degree, an amount, a sense.
A means to enter or leave a place.
A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
A roughly-defined geographical area.
A state or condition
Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
verb
(obsolete) To travel.
wey
wey
noun
(uncommon, archaic) An old English measure of weight containing 224 pounds; equivalent to 2 hundredweight.
why
why
adv
(fused relative) The cause, reason, or purpose for which.
(relative) For which cause, reason, or purpose.
Introducing a complete question.
Introducing a noun or other phrase.
Introducing a verb phrase (bare infinitive clause).
With a negative, used rhetorically to make a suggestion.
intj
(dated or literary) An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.
noun
(UK, dialect, archaic) A young heifer.
Reason.
woy
wry
wry
adj
Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
Twisted, bent, crooked.
noun
(regional) Distortion.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
(obsolete, transitive) To divert; to cause to turn away.
(transitive) To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).
(transitive, obsolete) To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.
wye
wye
noun
(poetic, obsolete) A hero; a man, person.
(poetic, obsolete) A warrior or fighter.
A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.
The name of the Latin-script letter Y.
verb
(transitive) To make something into a wye shape.
(transitive, rail transport) To reverse the direction of a train using a wye.
wyn
wyn
noun
Alternative spelling of wynn
wyo
xty
xyz
xyz
Noun
The color space of the tristimulus values X, Y, and Z.
yad
yad
noun
(Judaism) A pointer used in the ritual of Torah-reading.
The letter ⴷ in the Tifinagh alphabet.
yah
yah
adv
(UK, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Yes.
intj
An expression uttered to encourage a horse to run faster.
noun
(Britain, informal) An upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger.
pron
Pronunciation spelling of you.
yak
yak
noun
(slang) A kayak.
(slang) A laugh.
(slang) A talk, particular an informal talk; chattering; gossip.
(slang) Vomit.
An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Burma, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.
verb
(slang, intransitive) To talk, particularly informally but persistently; to chatter or prattle.
(slang, intransitive) To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.
yam
yam
noun
(Malaysia, Singapore) Taro.
(New Zealand) A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
(Scotland) A potato.
(US) A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
(regional, Cumberland) home
An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam.
Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
verb
(UK, nonstandard, slang) To eat.
Pronunciation spelling of am.
yan
yan
num
(Cumbria) One in Cumbrian sheep counting rhyme.
(Northumbria) One.
yao
yap
yap
noun
(countable) The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.
(countable, Tyneside) A badly behaved child; a brat.
(countable, slang, derogatory) The mouth, which produces speech.
(uncountable, slang) Casual talk; chatter.
verb
(intransitive) Of a small dog, to bark.
(intransitive, slang) To talk, especially excessively; to chatter.
(transitive, slang) To rob or steal from (someone).
yar
yar
adj
(UK dialectal) Sour; brackish.
(nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
verb
(intransitive) To snarl; to gnar.
(intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.
yas
yas
intj
(often African-American Vernacular) Nonstandard spelling of yes.
pron
Nonstandard spelling of yous.
yat
yat
noun
(MLE, African-American Vernacular, slang) Alternative spelling of yatt (“woman”)
A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use
The Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) vowel that was represented by this letter, usually transcribed as /ě/. This vowel underwent various alterations in the later Slavic dialects and is no longer distinguished (except in Ijekavian).
yaw
yaw
noun
(nautical) A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.
A single tumor in the disease called yaws.
The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory in the corresponding point of flight of the projectile.
The extent of yawing; the rotation angle about the vertical axis.
The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.
verb
(intransitive) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
(intransitive, aviation) To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course.
(intransitive, nautical) To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course.
(intransitive, nautical) To swerve off course to port or starboard.
yay
yay
adv
Alternative spelling of yea
intj
(colloquial) An expression of happiness.
Misspelling of yea.
noun
(US, slang) Cocaine (powder or crack).
The letter for the y sound in Pitman shorthand.
ycl
ycl
Proper noun
of, the youth section of the Communist Party of the USA.
yds
yds
noun
plural of yd; yards
yea
yea
adv
(dated) Yes, indeed.
Thus, so (now often accompanied by a hand gesture by way of measurement).
conj
(archaic) Or even, or more like, nay. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.
intj
(in some dialects of American English, including Southern, Western, and African American Vernacular) Yeah, right, yes.
(nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative spelling of yeah
Misspelling of yay.
noun
An affirmative vote, usually but not always spoken
yed
yed
noun
(UK dialectal) A burrow; a hole made by an animal in the ground.
(UK dialectal) A falsehood; leasing.
(archaic) A saying.
(dated, fandom slang) A self-reference to the editor of a periodical; a substitution for the editor's name or signature.
verb
(UK dialectal) To be associated with a place or locality.
(UK dialectal) To burrow underground, as a rabbit or mole; also said of miners.
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To contend; wrangle.
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To magnify greatly in narration; exaggerate a tale; fib.
(intransitive, archaic) To speak; sing.
yee
yee
intj
(slang) yes
pron
(archaic and Tyneside) you (the people being addressed); Alternative spelling of ye
obsolete emphatic of ye
yeh
yeh
intj
(colloquial, informal) Alternative form of yeah; yes.
pron
(dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of you.
yen
yen
noun
(slang) Opium.
A coin or note worth one yen.
A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
verb
(transitive) To have a strong desire for.
yeo
yeo
noun
(Southwest England) Alternative form of ea
yep
yep
adv
(informal) Yes.
yer
yer
abbrev
(UK, slang or dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of you're, you are.
adv
(UK, slang or dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of yeah, yes.
det
(UK or Southern US, slang or dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of your.
noun
Either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.
pron
(UK, slang or dialectal, uncommon) Pronunciation spelling of you. (plural or singular)
yes
yes
adv
that is correct
intj
(interrogative) Used to ask for more information with a request.
An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.
Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.
noun
A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.
An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
particle
(humorous) Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
Used to show agreement or acceptance.
verb
(colloquial, transitive) to agree with, affirm, approve.
(slang) to attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing
yet
yet
adv
(after 'have' and certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.
(degree) Even.
(poetic or archaic) In affirmative use: still.
At some future time; eventually.
In addition.
In negative imperative use, asking for an action to be delayed.
In negative or interrogative use, often with an expectation or potential of something happening in the future.
conj
Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
noun
(dialectal) A metal pan or boiler; yetling.
verb
(nonstandard, West Country) To get.
(obsolete outside dialects) To melt; found; cast (e.g. metal, by pouring it into a mould when molten).
(obsolete) To pour.
yew
yew
adj
Made from the wood of the yew tree.
noun
(countable) A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
(countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.
(uncountable) The wood of the such trees.
A bow for archery, made of yew wood.
in family Cephalotaxaceae
in family Podocarpaceae
yha
yid
yid
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Yid
yim
yin
yin
noun
(philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with dark, cool, female, etc. elements of the natural world.
num
The number one, primarily used in Scotland and Ulster
yip
yip
noun
a sharp, high-pitched bark
verb
to bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice
yis
yis
adv
Pronunciation spelling of yes.
pron
(Ireland, especially Dublin) Alternative form of yous
yma
yob
yob
noun
(derogatory, chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness.
(obsolete, costermongers, back slang) A boy.
yod
yod
noun
(phonetics) A palatal approximant, /j/.
Alternative form of yodh
Pronunciation spelling of yard.
yoe
yoi
yoi
noun
A preparatory position in karate, with the arms slightly forward, elbows slightly bent, and fists closed.
yok
yok
noun
(derogatory) A non-Jew; a Gentile.
Alternative form of yock
yom
yon
yon
adj
(dated or dialectal) That (thing) over there; of something distant, but within sight.
adv
(dated or dialectal) yonder.
phrase
(knitting) Acronym of yarn over needle.
pron
(dated or dialectal) That one or those over there.
yoo
yor
yor
adj
Eye dialect spelling of your.
yot
yot
noun
The letter Ϳϳ, an uncommon variant of Jj used in Greek linguistics.
verb
(dialectal) To unite closely; fasten; rivet.
you
you
det
The individual or group spoken or written to.
Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.
noun
The name of the Latin-script letter U.
pron
(indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
(object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
(reflexive, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
(subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
(subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
verb
(transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).
yow
yow
intj
Expression of humorous surprise or emphasis.
Expression of pain; ouch.
noun
Alternative form of yowe
yox
yoy
yrs
yrs
noun
Abbreviation of years; plural of yr
pron
Abbreviation of yours (when signing a letter)
yso
yst
ytd
yug
yug
noun
Archaic form of yuga (any of the religious ages in Hinduism).
yuh
yuh
pron
(chiefly Jamaica) you
yuk
yuk
intj
(onomatopoeia) An exuberant laugh.
noun
(slang) Something, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh.
verb
To laugh exuberantly.
yul
yum
yum
adj
(Australia, New Zealand, UK, US, informal) Delicious.
intj
Indicating delight at the flavor of food.
name
(computing) Acronym of w:Yellowdog Updater, Modified, a popular package manager in Linux.
yun
yup
yup
noun
(informal) A yes; an affirmative answer.
(informal) Clipping of yuppie.
yus
yus
adv
(dialectal) Alternative form of yes.
noun
Either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the Cyrillic alphabet. The only major Slavic language retaining these sounds is Polish, which is written in the Latin alphabet.