Y
Algebra's unknown quantity
Y as a vowel is a mere calligraphic variation of I, and one of four variants (U, V, W, Y) of one Greek symbol.
Y was a late importation into Latin and was originally used only in words borrowed from Greek to denote a sound peculiar to the Greek language.
Tined eating tool
- branchDivision or woody limb
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- slingshotForked projectile launcher
- wishboneForked poultry bone
tuning fork · intersection · split · prong · crotch · dowsing rod · catapult · divergence
Language's letter system
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
- consonantIn agreement with
- uppercaseCapital letter form
- typographyArranging letters for display
handwriting · calligraphy · cursive · font · typeface · glyph · grapheme
Youth development nonprofit
- YWCAFemale community organization
- gymExercise facility
- recreationRefreshment through leisure
- swimmingLocomotion through water
Science of hereditary transmission
- maleSperm-producing sex
- sex determinationEstablishing male or female status
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
paternal · lineage · karyotype · SRY gene · testosterone · sperm · heredity · patrilineal
fork
Tined eating tool
- branchDivision or woody limb
- bifurcationDivision into two branches
- slingshotForked projectile launcher
wishbone · tuning fork · intersection · split · prong · crotch · dowsing rod · catapult · divergence
alphabet
Language's letter system
typography · handwriting · calligraphy · cursive · font · typeface · glyph · grapheme
YMCA
Youth development nonprofit
- YWCAFemale community organization
- gymExercise facility
- recreationRefreshment through leisure
swimming · fitness · community · membership
genetics
Science of hereditary transmission
- maleSperm-producing sex
- sex determinationEstablishing male or female status
- DNAHereditary code molecule
inheritance · paternal · lineage · karyotype · SRY gene · testosterone · sperm · heredity · patrilineal · genealogy
millennial
Concerning thousand-year cycles
- 1980sFourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- 1990sFinal twentieth-century decade
- demographicStatistical population category
cohort · digital native · boomer · Gen X · workforce · culture · youth · zeitgeist
yen
Persistent strong craving
yuan · exchange · forex · sign · notation · code · marker · designation
- lettersa, d, e, h, q
- unknownsmystery, enigma, puzzle, riddle, uncertain
- Chemical SymbolsH, C, N, O, S
- textspeakLOL, OMG, BRB, omg, IDK
- YMCAYMCA, YMCA camps, youth programs, summer camps, swimming pools
- typingkeyboard, typing accuracy, words per minute, WPM, home row
- letter YPenultimate English alphabet character
- all y'allSouthern plural "you"
- Y chromosomeMale sex determinant
- all of y'allSecond-person plural, emphatic
- y coordinate
- Model YElectric compact SUV