yagura
A high wooden tower in front of a sumo arena from which a yobidashi beats the taiko drum each day before and after each tournament.

yajman
Alternative form of jajman.

yajmans
plural of yajman

yakata
The structure, suspended over the sumo dohyo, that resembles the roof of a Shinto shrine.

yakhni
Any of various stocks, broths and stews found in many countries from the Balkan Peninsula to South Asia.

yamanba
A mountain hag in Japanese folklore.
A Japanese fashion style with dark skin, bleached or dyed hair, and bright white and light-colored makeup around the eyes and lips.

yamanbas
plural of yamanba

yamen
A residence of an official of the Chinese Empire.

yamens
plural of yamen

yamun
Alternative form of yamen.

yamuns
plural of yamun

yaodong
A type of earth shelter dwelling common in the Loess Plateau in northern China.

yaodongs
plural of yaodong

yardang
A large wind-eroded mass of soft or poorly consolidated rock in a desert region which lies parallel to the prevailing winds, often with an unusual shape.

yardangs
plural of yardang

yardlight
A freestanding weatherproof exterior light fixture in a garden or landscaped setting.

yardlights
plural of yardlight

yardroom
Room (space) in a yard (such as a barnyard or rail yard): room (for movement, exercise, storage, etc.) supplied by a yard.

yarfa
Alternative form of yarpha.

yarligh
A khan's decree in the Mongol Empire.

yarlighs
plural of yarligh

yarlyg
Alternative form of yarligh.

yarlygs
plural of yarlyg

yarlyk
Alternative form of yarligh.

yarlyks
plural of yarlyk

yarpha
Peat bog.

yarta
Archaic form of yurt.

yartas
plural of yarta

yashiro
A Shinto temple.

yazata
A divinity.

yazatas
plural of yazata

yazoo
A tributary that runs parallel to a river (especially when separated by a natural levee).

yazoos
plural of yazoo

yearbook
A reference book, published annually.
A publication compiled by the graduating class of a high school or college, recording the year's events and containing photographs of students and faculty.
A school subject in which students learn journalistic skills by compiling a yearbook.

yearbooks
plural of yearbook

yerbal
A field for growing maté.

yerbales
plural of yerbal

yerbals
plural of yerbal

yeri
lake

yeshiba
Alternative spelling of yeshiva.

yeshibah
Alternative spelling of yeshiva.

yeshibahs
plural of yeshibah

yeshibas
plural of yeshiba

yeshiva
An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts.

yeshivah
Alternative spelling of yeshiva.

yeshivahs
plural of yeshivah

yeshivas
plural of yeshiva

yeshivos
plural of yeshiva

yeshivot
plural of yeshiva

yeshivoth
plural of yeshivah

yintah
territory, land

yogasana
A position or posture (asana).

yogasanas
plural of yogasana

yokelet
A small farm, requiring only one yoke of oxen to till it.

yokelets
plural of yokelet

yokul
An ice-covered volcano in Iceland.

yokuls
plural of yokul

younghede
Obsolete form of younghood.

younghood
Youth, the state of being young.
Adolescence, teenhood.

youngstock
young farm animals

yourt
Archaic form of yurt.

yourts
plural of yourt

yurta
Synonym of yurt.

yurtas
plural of yurta

yurting
The recreational activity of camping in a yurt.

yurts
plural of yurt

zacate
Swamp ricegrass, Leersia hexandra, a grass cultivated for green forage.

zacatuche
the volcano rabbit

zacatuches
plural of zacatuche

zaguan
A passageway of a central passage plan house, or the complex as a whole, in Territorial or Territorial Revival architecture in the American Southwest.

zaguanes
plural of zaguan

zaguans
plural of zaguan

zaibatsu
A large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual.
Any large corporation.

zaibatsus
plural of zaibatsu

zail
An administrative unit of two to forty villages during the British Raj in India.

zails
plural of zail

zamindarship
The position or office of zamindar.

zangee
The marbled swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus).

zangees
plural of zangee.

zanja
An irrigation canal in Latin America.

zanjas
plural of zanja

zanje
An irrigating canal.

zanjes
plural of zanje

zaouia
Alternative spelling of zawiya.

zaouias
plural of zaouia

zaouiya
Alternative form of zawiya.

zaratan
In Arabic folklore, an extremely large (sea) turtle, the shell of which resembles an island.

zaratans
plural of zaratan

zawiya
In North and West Africa, a Muslim religious school or community, or its mosque.

zawiyas
plural of zawiya

zawn
A deep and narrow sea-inlet in the British Isles, especially Cornwall and the south-west, cut by erosion into sea-cliffs, and with steep or vertical side-walls; a cave through which the tide flows into a cliff.

zawns
plural of zawn

zek
A prisoner at a Russian prison, especially (historical) at a Soviet labour camp.

zeks
plural of zek

zemindarate
The zone of jurisdiction of a zemindar.

zemindarates
plural of zemindarate

zemindarship
The position or office of zemindar.

zemlyanka
dugout, earth-house (shelter or dwelling, especially in some Slavic countries)

zemlyankas
plural of zemlyanka

zemlyanki
plural of zemlyanka

zendo
A hall at a Zen buddhist monastery where formal seated meditation (zazen) is practiced.

zendos
plural of zendo

zenith
The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
Highest point or state; peak.

zeniths
plural of zenith

zerosville
Nothing; zilch; a place or situation where nothing is achieved.

zhimmi
Alternative form of dhimmi.

zhimmis
plural of zhimmi

zhuangbility
Pretension; the state of being a poseur.

zhuz
Any of the three main territorial and tribal divisions in the Kipchak Plain area that cover much of the contemporary Kazakhstan, and represent the main tribal division within the ethnic group of the Kazakhs.

zhuzes
plural of zhuz

ziarat
An Islamic shrine

ziarats
plural of ziarat

zibars
plural of zibar

ziggarat
Alternative spelling of ziggurat.

ziggarats
plural of ziggarat

ziggurat
A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories
Any building with similar style or shape.

ziggurats
plural of ziggurat

zigurat
Alternative spelling of ziggurat.

zigurats
plural of zigurat

zikkurat
Alternative spelling of ziggurat.

zikkurats
plural of zikkurat

zikurat
Alternative spelling of ziggurat.

zikurats
plural of zikurat

zimme
Alternative form of dhimmi.

zimmes
plural of zimme

zimmi
Alternative form of dhimmi.

zimmis
plural of zimmi

zincworks
A factory where zinc is processed.

zipway
A high-speed elevator, corridor, or similar transit route.

zipways
plural of zipway

ziqqurat
Alternative spelling of ziggurat.

ziqqurats
plural of ziqqurat

ziqqurrat
Alternative spelling of ziggurat.

ziqqurrats
plural of ziqqurrat

ziyarat
Alternative form of ziarat.

ziyarats
plural of ziyarat

zoar
A place of refuge; a sanctuary.

zoaria
plural of zoarium

zoarium
A colony of zooids.

zoars
plural of zoar

zome
A building with unusual geometry.

zomes
plural of zome

zooaria
plural of zooarium

zooarium
Alternative form of zoarium.

zoohygiene
The hygiene of animals, especially on a farm or in a zoo

zoomburb
A very rapidly expanding suburb.

zoomburbs
plural of zoomburb

zoominar
A webinar hosted via Zoom, a platform for online collaboration.

zoominars
plural of zoominar

zoopark
A zoological park.

zooparks
plural of zoopark

zoroasterid
Any sea star of the family Zoroasteridae

zoroasterids
plural of zoroasterid

zunana
The women's quarters in an Arab household; harem.

zunanas
plural of zunana

zupa
An administrative unit among various South Slavic peoples.

zupanate
The territory administered by a zupan.

zupanates
plural of zupanate

zupas
plural of zupa

zwinger
A citadel or fortress, especially one that protects a city.

zwingers
plural of zwinger

zwischenschach
A zwischenzug that is a check.

zwischenschachs
plural of zwischenschach