y-front
adjectiveManufacturing
(of briefs) With a flap at the front framed by Y-shaped seams.
Entries starting with Y
33 entries.
y/o
phraseManufacturing
Abbreviation of yarnover.
yacht
A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.
yard
A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the last two hang obliquely.
yard slug
nounRail equipment
A slug (locomotive accessory) designed for switching; it has a low body, and no cab, in order to allow an engineer or driver in a powered unit to the rear to see past it.
yarder
A motor-driven logging machine which transports logs by means of a system of cables and winches.
yarn-beam
A large, horizontal spool that holds warp yarn for weaving, knitting, or other processing.
yarnover
nounManufacturing
A technique in which the yarn is passed over the right-hand needle. In general, the new loop is knitted on the next row, either by itself (producing a hole) or together with an adjacent stitch.
yaw
A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.
yb
verbManufacturing
Initialism of yarn backward.
YC
prototype cargoplane (prefix)
yeast-bitten
adjectiveManufacturing
With the froth of the yeast having re-entered the body of the beer.
yellow goods
nounConstruction
Equipment for construction and earthmoving tasks.
yem
nounManufacturing
A Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and a V-shaped bottom worn by women on the torso, originally as an underbodice and now also as an outer garment.
yf
phraseManufacturing
Initialism of yarn forward.
yield
The harvestable population growth of an ecosystem.
yield line
A transverse road marking indicating the point at which a vehicle must yield to other traffic that has the right of way at an intersection.
YO
nounManufacturing
Abbreviation of yarnover.
yo-yo
A cloth rosette formed by gathering the outside edge of a circle of fabric in toward the centre using a running stitch.
yoctoampere
An SI unit of electrical current equal to 10⁻²⁴ amperes. Symbol: yA
yoctogram
An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻²⁴ grams. Symbol: yg
yoctokatal
An SI unit of catalytic activity equal to 10⁻²⁴ katals. Symbol: y
yoctoliter
An SI unit of volume equal to 10⁻²⁴ liters. Symbol: y
yoctolitre
An SI unit of volume equal to 10⁻²⁴ litres. Symbol: y
yoctometre
An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻²⁴ metres. Symbol: ym
yoctomole
An SI unit of amount of substance equal to 10⁻²⁴ moles. Symbol: ymol. The yoctomole is approximately 0.6 of an individual particle.
yoctosecond
An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻²⁴ seconds. Symbol: ys
yoke
nounManufacturing
Senses relating to a frame around the neck.
yon
phraseManufacturing
Acronym of yarn over needle.
yottagram
An SI unit of mass equal to 10²⁴ grams. Symbol: Yg
yottametre
An SI unit of length equal to 10²⁴ metres. Symbol: Ym
yottasecond
An SI unit of time equal to 10²⁴ seconds. Symbol: Ys. (= quadrillions of years, a hypothetical time span that is meaningless except in speculative contexts such as theoretical physics, philosophy, religion, and humorous hyperbole)
Yue
Yue ware, a southern Chinese style of celadon-glazed stoneware.