| onion yellow-dwarf virus | the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of onion plants |
| potato yellow-dwarf virus | the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of potato plants |
| yellow-green algae | any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment |
yellowhammer yellow bunting
Emberiza citrinella | European bunting the male being bright yellow |
yellow-breasted bunting
Emberiza aureola | common in Russia and Siberia |
yellow warbler
golden warbler
yellowbird Dendroica petechia | yellow-throated American wood warbler |
yellow-breasted chat
Icteria virens | American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds |
slider
yellow-bellied terrapin
Pseudemys scripta | freshwater turtle of United States and South America, frequently raised commercially, some young sold as pets |
yellow-shafted flicker
Colaptes auratus
yellowhammer | large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail |
yellow-bellied sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius | eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen |
yellow-fever mosquito
Aedes aegypti | mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue |
yellow jacket
yellow hornet
Vespula maculifrons | small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground |
yellow-throated marten
Charronia flavigula | large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma |
yellow perch
Perca flavescens | North American perch |
yellow bass
Morone interrupta | North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass |
yellow jack
Caranx bartholomaei | fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico |
yellow goatfish
Mulloidichthys martinicus | schooling goatfish, greyish with yellow stripe |
tub gurnard
yellow gurnard
Trigla lucerna | a kind of gurnard |
pentobarbital sodium
pentobarbital
Nembutal
yellow jacket | a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic |
| yellow jack | yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine |
yellow
yellowness | yellow color or pigment, the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons |
canary yellow
canary | a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge |
| brownish yellow | a yellow color of low lightness with a brownish tinge |
gamboge
lemon
lemon yellow
maize | a strong yellow color |
orange yellow
saffron | a shade of yellow tinged with orange |
pale yellow
straw
wheat | a variable yellow tint, dull yellow, often diluted with white |
| greenish yellow | a shade of yellow tinged with green |
yellow green
yellowish green
chartreuse
Paris green
pea green | a shade of green tinged with yellow |
yellow marrow
yellow bone marrow | bone marrow that is yellow with fat, found at the ends of long bones in adults |
yellow bile
choler | a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger |
macula
macula lutea
macular area
yellow spot | a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision |
yellow journalism
tabloid tab | sensationalist journalism |
| yellow-dog contract | a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union |
| yellow light | the signal to proceed with caution |
| yellow pages | a telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on yellow paper) where business products and services are listed alphabetically by field along with classified advertising |
silver lining
bright side | a consoling aspect of a difficult situation, every cloud has a silver lining, look on the bright side of it |
| yellow squash | squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck |
wax bean
yellow bean | snap beans with yellow pods |
rutabaga
swede
swedish turnip
yellow turnip | the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food |
Golden Delicious
Yellow Delicious | a sweet eating apple with yellow skin |
bell apple
sweet cup
water lemon
yellow granadilla | the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle |
| hog plum yellow mombin | yellow oval tropical fruit |
Huang He
Hwang Ho
Yellow River | a major river of Asia in northern China, flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea, carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta |
Yellow Sea
Huang Hai | part of the Pacific off the east coast of Asia |
Yellow race
Mongoloid race
Mongolian race | an Asian race |
| yellow man | offensive term for an Asian man |
| yellow woman | offensive term for an Asian woman |
| yellow pine | hard yellowish wood of a yellow pine |
| yellow pine | any of various pines having yellow wood |
ponderosa
ponderosa pine
western yellow pine
bull pine
Pinus ponderosa | common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of to and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature |