8 words starting with Y

• yard noun

  an area of land next to a house; a unit of length of about 91 centimeters

  The children played in the yard behind the house.

• year noun

  a period of twelve months, or 365 days

  The Earth takes one year to travel once around the Sun.

• yeast noun

  a tiny fungus used to make bread rise and to make other foods

  Yeast makes bread dough rise by producing gas bubbles.

• yellow adjective

  having the color of lemons or ripe bananas

  The fields turn yellow when the mustard plants flower in winter.

• yesterday noun

  the day before today

  Yesterday was my brother’s birthday.

• yield verb

  to produce crops or a result

  These fields yield two harvests of rice every year.

  Like produce, give

• young adjective

  having lived for only a short time; not old

  The young goat followed its mother up the hill.

  Like youthful

• youth noun

  the time of life when a person is young; young people

  My grandfather walked to school barefoot in his youth.

  Like young people