| 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 |
pipit
titlark
lark | a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country, has streaky brown plumage |
meadow pipit
Anthus pratensis | a common pipit that is brown above and white below, widely distributed in northern and central Europe and in Asia |
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 |
red-breasted nuthatch
Sitta canadensis | bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast, of northern coniferous forests |
white-breasted nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis | bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast, of eastern North America |
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 |
red-breasted sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius ruber | western North American sapsucker |
red-breasted merganser
Mergus serrator | widely distributed merganser of America and Europe |
red-breasted snipe
Limnodromus scolopaceus | a dowitcher with a red breast |
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 |
| double-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons |
| double-breasted suit | a suit with a double-breasted jacket |
pentobarbital sodium
pentobarbital
Nembutal
yellow jacket | a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic |
| single-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons |
| single-breasted suit | a suit having a single-breasted jacket |
| 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 |
| 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 |