y : Idioms & Phrases

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anbur-y

An"bur-y, Am"bur*y noun (Also<
  • Anbur-y
  • Ambury
)
Etymology
AS. ampre, ompre, a crooked swelling vein: cf. Prov. E. amper a tumor with inflammation. Cf. the first syllable in agnail, and berry a fruit.
Definitions
  1. (Far.) A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.
  2. A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.
Webster 1913

diego rodriguez de silva y velazquez

  • noun Spanish painter (1599-1660)
    Velazquez.
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francisco jose de goya y lucientes

  • noun Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828)
    Goya; Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes; Francisco de Goya; Francisco Jose de Goya; Francisco Goya.
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goya y lucientes

  • noun Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828)
    Goya; Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes; Francisco de Goya; Francisco Jose de Goya; Francisco Goya.
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jose ortega y gasset

  • noun Spanish philosopher who advocated leadership by an intellectual elite (1883-1955)
    Jose Ortega y Gasset.
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juan carlos victor maria de borbon y borbon

  • noun king of Spain since 1975 (born in 1938)
    Juan Carlos.
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laster-y

Last"er-y noun
Definitions
  1. A red color.Obs. Spenser.
Webster 1913

luis de gongora y argote

  • noun a Spanish poet whose work was characterized by an affected elegance of style (1561-1627)
    Gongora.
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ortega y gasset

  • noun Spanish philosopher who advocated leadership by an intellectual elite (1883-1955)
    Jose Ortega y Gasset.
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ramon y cajal

  • noun Spanish histologist noted for his work on the structure of the nervous system (1852-1934)
    Ramon y Cajal.
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regression of y on x

  • noun the equation representing the relation between selected values of one variable (x) and observed values of the other (y); it permits the prediction of the most probable values of y
    regression equation.
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santiago ramon y cajal

  • noun Spanish histologist noted for his work on the structure of the nervous system (1852-1934)
    Ramon y Cajal.
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y chromosome

  • noun the sex chromosome that is carried by men
    • human males normally have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome
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Y level

  • (Surv.), an instrument for measuring differences of level by means of a telescope resting in Y's.
Webster 1913

Y moth

  • (Zoöl.), a handsome European noctuid moth Plusia gamma) which has a bright, silvery mark, shaped like the letter Y, on each of the fore wings. Its larva, which is green with five dorsal white species, feeds on the cabbage, turnip, bean, etc. Called also gamma moth, and silver Y.
Webster 1913

y-

Y-, I- (Also<
  • Y-
  • I-
)
Etymology
OE. y-, i-, AS. ge-, akin to D. & G. ge-, OHG. gi-, ga-, Goth. ga-, and perhaps to Latin con-; originally meaning, together. Cf. Com-, Aware, Enough, Handiwork, Ywis.
Definitions
  1. A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. In the Middle English period, it was little employed except with verbs, being chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this use.
    That no wight mighte it see neither yheere. Chaucer.
    Neither to ben yburied nor ybrent. Chaucer.
    ✍ Some examples of Chaucer's use of this prefix are; ibe, ibeen, icaught, ycome, ydo, idoon, ygo, iproved, ywrought. It inough, enough, it is combined with an adjective. Other examples are in the Vocabulary. Spenser and later writers frequently employed this prefix when affecting an archaic style, and sometimes used it incorrectly.
Webster 1913

y-axis

  • noun the vertical axis in a plane coordinate system
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y-linked gene

  • noun a gene located on a Y chromosome
    holandric gene.
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y-shaped

  • adjective satellite shaped in the form of the letter Y
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