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Y ...
  • 1 Y
  • 2 Y
  • 3 Yacoub ebn Laïth
  • 4 Yacu-mama [mother of waters]
  • 5 Yahoo
  • 6 Yama
  • 7 Yamuna
  • 8 Yankee
  • 9 Yarmouth Bloater
  • 10 Yarmouth Capons
  • 11 Yawn
  • 12 Yea, Yes
  • 13 Year
  • 14 Yellow
  • 15 Yellow-bellies
  • 16 Yellow Book of France
  • 17 Yellow-boy (A)
  • 18 Yellow-boy (A)
  • 19 Yellow Caps
Yellow Dwarf ...
  • 1 Yellow Dwarf
  • 2 Yellow Jack
  • 3 Yellow Jack (The)
  • 4 Yellowhammer (The)
  • 5 Yemen
  • 6 Yeoman (A)
  • 7 Yeoman’s Service
  • 8 Yeomen of the Guard
  • 9 Yeth-Hounds
  • 10 Yezd
  • 11 Yggdrasil
  • 12 Ymir
  • 13 Yniol
  • 14 Yoke
  • 15 Yorick
  • 16 York
  • 17 York Stairs (London)
  • 18 Yorks (a Stock-Exchange term)
  • 19 Yorkshire
  • 20 Young Chevalier
Young England ...
  • 1 Young England
  • 2 Young Germany
  • 3 Young Italy
  • 4 Your Petitioners shall ever Pray
  • 5 Youth Restored
  • 6 Ysolde, Ysonde
  • 7 Ysolt of the White Hand
  • 8 Yue-Laou
  • 9 Yuga
  • 10 Yule
  • 11 Yule Log
  • 12 Yule Swain (The)
  • 13 Yuletide
  • 14 Yumboes
  • 15 Yves (St.)
  • 16 Yvetot (pron. Eve-tó)

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