Index of English words, starting with "ya"

(1) - Yaw (n.) A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
(2) - Yaw (v. i. & t.) To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship.
(3) - Yaw (v. i.) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.

(1) - Yawl (v. i.) To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.
(2) - Yawl (n.) A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.

(1) - Yawn (n.) A chasm, mouth, or passageway.
(2) - Yawn (n.) The act of opening wide, or of gaping.
(3) - Yawn (n.) An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc., consisting of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc., being wide open.
(4) - Yawn (v. i.) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.
(5) - Yawn (v. i.) To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
(6) - Yawn (v. i.) To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.
(7) - Yawn (v. i.) To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.