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Yorktown
- noun - a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution
- in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
Yucateco
- noun - a Mayan language spoken by the Yucatec
- a member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico
Yuletide
- noun - period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
Zapatera
- - A cured olive which has spoiled or is on the verge of decomposition; loosely, an olive defective because of bruises, wormholes, or the like.
Zaratite
- - A hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring as an emerald-green incrustation on chromite; -- called also emerald nickel.
Zenithal
- adjective - relating to or located at or near the zenith
Zetetics
- - A branch of algebra which relates to the direct search for unknown quantities.
Zoanthus
- - A genus of Actinaria, including numerous species, found mostly in tropical seas. The zooids or polyps resemble small, elongated actinias united together at their bases by fleshy stolons, and thus forming extensive groups. The tentacles are small and bright colored.
Zygotene
- noun - the second stage of the prophase of meiosis