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yellow flavine: (from the article "quercitron bark") ...middle and southern United States, to expose the inner bark, which is then detached, ground, and subjected to hot water under pressure. The extract deposits a crude quercetin known commercially ...
yellow flax: (from the article "Linaceae") ...grown for linen fibre and linseed oil and as a garden ornamental. Reinwardtia species are primarily low shrubs, grown in greenhouses and outdoors in warm climates; R. indica, the yellow ...
yellow foxtail: (from the article "foxtail") ...are found in North America. A few are forage grasses, as plains foxtail (S. macrostachya). Foxtail millet (S. italica; see millet) is the only economically valuable species. Yellow foxtail (S. ...
yellow gentian: (from the article "gentian") ...once used herbally for putative alimentary cures, and the name gentian derives from Gentius, king of ancient Illyria and alleged discoverer of the plant's medicinal value. Gentiana lutea, the yellow ...
yellow ginger: (from the article "ginger lily") Flowers of many Hedychium species are used for garlands and other decorations. The white-flowered H. coronarium, known as white ginger, and the yellow-flowered H. flavum, or yellow ginger, are among ...
yellow granadilla: (from the article "passion-flower") Some highly perfumed passion fruits are eaten as delicate dessert fruits, as the giant granadilla (P. quadrangularis). The purple granadilla (P. edulis) and the yellow granadilla (P. laurifolia), as well ...
yellow grease: (from the article "grease") White grease is made from inedible hog fat and has a low content of free fatty acids. Yellow grease is made from darker parts of the hog and may include ...
yellow horned poppy: (from the article "horned poppy") any of approximately 25 species of plants that constitute the genus Glaucium of the poppy family (Papaveraceae). All species are weedy garden plants native to Eurasia. The yellow horned poppy ...
yellow jack: (from the article "jack") ...attaining lengths of 1.8 m (6 feet). The genus Caranx includes several species of smaller but popular game fish, such as the crevalle jack (C. hippos) of warm Atlantic waters ...
yellow jacket: (from the article "Representative venomous animals that inflict a sting") ...temperate regions are species of the genera Polistes, Vespa, or Vespula. Many are large and aggressive and are equipped with formidable stings. Some Vespula species are called yellow jackets owing ...
yellow journalism: the use of lurid features and sensationalized news in newspaper publishing to attract readers and increase circulation. The phrase was coined in the 1890s to describe the tactics employed in ... [9 Related Articles]
yellow lady's slipper: (from the article "lady's slipper") ...genera of orchids, family Orchidaceae, in which the lip of the flower is slipper-shaped. The genus Cypripedium has about 50 temperate and subtropical species. One well-known species is the yellow ...
Yellow Lake: (from the article "Taal Lake") ...level. It has an area of 94 square miles (244 square km) and is the country's third largest lake. Within the lake rises Volcano Island (984 feet [300 m]), which ...
yellow lancewood: (from the article "lancewood") ...or carisiri, of the Guianas, Guatteria virgata, grows to a height of about 50 feet (15 m) and has a remarkably slender trunk that is seldom more than 8 inches ...
yellow ligament: (from the article "ligament") ...ground substance (a gel-like component of the various connective tissues). Ligaments may be of two major types: white ligament is rich in collagenous fibres, which are sturdy and inelastic; and ...
yellow mongoose: (from the article "meerkat") ...possibly the most specialized mongoose. The narrow feet have four toes instead of five and possess extremely long, tough nails on the forefeet. The animal also has smaller ears and ...
yellow mussel: (from the article "mussel") The yellow mussel (Mytilus citrinus), from southern Florida to the Caribbean, is a light brownish yellow. The hooked, or bent, mussel (M. recurvus), from New England to the Caribbean, attains ...
yellow old man: (from the article "old-man cactus") ...plant. It grows well outdoors in Mediterranean climates. C. senilis usually attains 6 metres (about 20 feet) before flowering and can grow to twice that height. Other attractive forms such ...
yellow oriole: (from the article "oriole") ...(O. traillii) of the Himalayas to Indochina is one of the Asian species of oriole that have a glowing crimson colouring instead of the ordinary yellow one. Northern Australia has ...
yellow passion-flower: (from the article "passion-flower") ...(P. incarnata) climbs about 3 to 9 m (10 to 30 feet) high and has pink and white flowers about 4 to 7.5 cm (1.5 to 3 inches) across and ...
Yellow Peril: (from the article "race") ...to be accommodated within the racial worldview. While industrial employers were eager to get this new and cheap labour, the ordinary white public was stirred to anger by the presence ...
yellow pimpernel: (from the article "loosestrife") ...(2 to 4 feet) high, is common on riverbanks in England and grows in eastern North America. The branched stem bears tapering leaves in pairs or whorls and terminal clusters ...
yellow pitcher plant: (from the article "pitcher plant") ...violet-scented flowers. The crimson pitcher plant (S. leucophylla; S. drummondii of some authorities) has white, trumpet-shaped pitchers with ruffled, upright hoods and scarlet flowers. The yellow pitcher plant (S. flava), ...
yellow puccoon: (from the article "puccoon") any of several plants formerly used by certain North American Indians for dyes derived from the roots, the term being an Algonquian name for dye. Lithospermum species include the yellow ...
yellow rain: airborne substance that was alleged to have been used in biological attacks in Southeast Asia from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.
yellow scales: (Xanthoria parietina), lichen species characterized by lobed margins and a wrinkled centre. It is usually found where the air is filled with mineral salts, especially near the sea and on ...
Yellow Sea: large inlet of the western Pacific Ocean lying between mainland China on the west and north and the Korean peninsula on the east. It is situated to the north of ... [3 Related Articles]
Yellow Sea, Battle of the: (from the article "naval warfare") ...from the observation of a few battles in East Asia around the turn of the century and from an often overlooked bit of military technology. The battles were those of ...
Yellow Springs: village, Greene county, southwestern Ohio, U.S. It lies about 25 miles (40 km) east-northeast of Dayton. Founded in 1804, it was named for a local mineral spring, which later (1820-80) ... [1 Related Articles]
yellow surgeon: (from the article "surgeonfish") ...They develop from a transparent larva (acronurus) and, with growth, may change considerably in form or colour. Their maximum length usually does not exceed 50 cm (20 inches). Species include ...
Yellow Turban Rebellion: (from the article "Cao Cao") Cao's father was the adopted son of the chief eunuch of the imperial court. Cao was initially a minor garrison commander and rose to prominence as a general when he ...
Yellow Turbans: Chinese secret society whose members' uprising, the Yellow Turban Rebellion (184-c. 204 CE), contributed to the fall of the Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE). Led by Zhang Jue, a Daoist ... [3 Related Articles]
Yellow Uighur language: (from the article "Mongolian languages") ...the Chinese provinces of Gansu and Qinghai. Monguor is similar enough to Bao'an that the latter has sometimes been considered a Monguor dialect. Santa, spoken just east of Bao'an, is ...
yellow wagtail: (from the article "migration") Migratory birds use the routes by which their ancestors first invaded new regions after the glacial recession. The yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) and the wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) ...
yellow warbler: (from the article "wood warbler") The best known is the yellow warbler (Dendroica petechia), sometimes miscalled the wild canary, which breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland to the West Indies, Peru, and the Galapagos Islands; it ...
yellow water lily: (from the article "water lily") The genus Nuphar, with about 10 species distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, includes the common yellow water lily, cow lily, or spatterdock (Nuphar advena) of eastern North America. The yellow ...
yellow whitlow grass: (from the article "whitlow grass") ...ends of leafless stems and bears spear-shaped fruits on long stalks. It has many varieties and is naturalized in northern North America, where it grows on mountains, sandy ground, and ...
yellow wood sorrel: (from the article "Oxalis") ...ejecting the true seed. The leaflets, as in other species of the genus, fold back and droop at night. Besides the wood sorrel, about 20 other species occur in North ...
yellow-backed duiker: (from the article "duiker") ...cm (14-18 inches) tall at the shoulder and vary from pale brown through reddish brown to nearly black. Both sexes have short, spikelike horns. Representative forest duikers include the yellow-backed ...
yellow-bellied sapsucker: (from the article "boreal forest") Birds of the boreal forest fill a variety of niches. Some are seed consumers or dispersers, others are insect consumers. They carry out other specialized roles as well. For example, ...
yellow-bellied sea snake: (from the article "reptile") Reptiles occur in most habitats, from the open sea to the middle elevations in mountainous habitats. The yellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platurus) spends all its life in marine environments. It ...
yellow-billed cuckoo: (from the article "cuckoo") The nonparasitic phaenicophaeine cuckoos are represented in North America by the widespread yellow-billed and black-billed cuckoos (Coccyzus americanus and C. erythropthalmus) and the mangrove cuckoo (C. minor), which is restricted ...
yellow-billed oxpecker: (from the article "oxpecker") either of the two species of the African genus Buphagus, of the family Sturnidae (order Passeriformes). Both species-the yellow-billed (B. africanus) and the red-billed (B. erythrorhynchus)-are brown birds 20 cm ...
yellow-billed spoonbill: (from the article "spoonbill") ...are the African spoonbill (P. alba); the lesser spoonbill (P. minor) of eastern Asia; and two Australian species, the royal, or black-billed, spoonbill (P. regia), and the yellow-billed, or yellow-legged, ...
yellow-breasted bunting: (from the article "bunting") The Old World buntings are a group of more than 35 species in Europe, Asia, and Africa. They include the colourful yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola), widespread across Siberia and northeastern ...
yellow-breasted chat: (from the article "Parulidae") ...10 to 18.5 cm (4 to 7.5 inches) long. They have slender, pointed bills, pointed wings, and rounded tails. Most glean small insects among foliage of trees or shrubs; a ...
yellow-crowned night heron: (from the article "heron") ...heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) ranges over the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia; the Nankeen night heron (N. caledonicus) in Australia, New Caledonia, and the Philippines; and the yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa ...
yellow-crowned parrot: (from the article "parrot") ...as well as squawky. Common in aviaries is the blue-fronted Amazon (A. aestiva) of Brazil; it has a blue forehead, a yellow or blue crown, a yellow face, and red ...
yellow-dog contract: agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees, as a condition of employment, not to join a union during the course of his employment. Such contracts, ... [2 Related Articles]
yellow-fish: (from the article "scorpaeniform") ...(Pleurogrammus monopterygius), which is common in the North Pacific and has considerable sporting and commercial fishing value, spends the major part of its life in the open sea. The related ...
yellow-flowered gourd: (from the article "gourd") In the past, the term gourd was applied only to the fruits of the species Cucurbita pepo ovifera, the yellow-flowered gourd, and to the species Lagenaria siceraria, the bottle, or ...
yellow-fronted tinkerbird: (from the article "tinkerbird") ...constitute the genus Pogoniulus. They are named for their metallic call-like a tinker mending pots-repeated unendingly in African forest and bush. Among the best known is the yellow-fronted tinkerbird (P. ...
yellow-glazed ware: (from the article "pottery") The East Liverpool, Ohio, industry was established in 1838 by James Bennett, an English potter. The first products made there were Rockingham and yellow-glazed ware. In the decade following the ...
yellow-green algae: members of the class Xanthophyceae (division Chromophyta), consisting of approximately 600 species, once classified with the green algae on the basis of similarity of body organization. The Xanthophyceae are distinguished ... [1 Related Articles]
yellow-legged tinamou: (from the article "tinamou") ...genus Eudromia have a long and slender crest that the bird directs forward when it is excited. The colour of the legs or of the bill is vivid and diagnostic ...
yellow-lipped sea krait: (from the article "sea snake") ...have enlarged belly scales like those of terrestrial snakes and can crawl and climb on land. The typical colour pattern consists of alternating bands of black with gray, blue, or ...
yellow-ridged toucan: (from the article "toucan") ...lightweight bone covered with keratin-the same material as human fingernails. The common names of several species, such as the chestnut-mandibled toucan, the fiery-billed aracari, and the yellow-ridged toucan, describe their ...
yellow-rumped kinglet: (from the article "kinglet") ...in males, yellow in females-strikingly bordered with black. The firecrest (R. ignicapillus) of Europe resembles the goldcrest but has a white eyeline, and the flamecrest, or yellow-rumped kinglet (R. goodfellowi), ...
yellow-shafted flicker: (from the article "flicker") ...ants secrete. Its bill is slenderer than in most woodpeckers and is slightly down-curved. The six species-most with a white rump, black breastband, and varied head markings-include the yellow-shafted flicker ...
yellow-tailed woolly monkey: (from the article "woolly monkey") The yellow-tailed, or Hendee's, woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda) is very different from Lagothrix and is not closely related, hence its classification as a separate ...
yellow-throated marten: (from the article "marten") The yellow-throated marten (M. flavigula), of the subgenus Charronia, is also called honey dog for its fondness for sweet food. It is found in southern Asia. Its head and body ...
yellow-tufted woodpecker: (from the article "piciform") ...developed aggressive behaviour. Few species are markedly social, but members of the New World genus Melanerpes especially tend to be, even while nesting. Up to 11 different adults of the ...
yellow-wattled lapwing: (from the article "lapwing") ...lapwing (Stephanibyx coronatus), of Africa, has a black cap with a white ring around it. The red-wattled lapwing, Vanellus (sometimes Lobivanellus) indicus, and the yellow-wattled lapwing (V. malabaricus), of southern ...
yellow-winged bat: (from the article "bat") ...and fly from the cave exit well before nightfall. Should they be too early, their internal clock may be reset. A few species of bats, including a flying fox (Pteropus ...
yellow-wort: (from the article "Gentianaceae") Centaury (Centaurium) has pink flowers that close in the afternoon; yellow-wort (Blackstonia) has bright yellow flowers and broad leaves. Both genera contain species used in herbal remedies and in the ...
yellowfin sole: (from the article "dab") Other species include the yellowtail flounder, or rusty dab (L. ferruginea), a reddish brown western Atlantic fish with rust-coloured spots and a yellow tail; the yellowfin sole, or Alaska dab ...
yellowfin tuna: (from the article "Top 20 Species Landed, 1995") ...and sport fishing, with anglers rating it among the greatest trophies obtainable. The other commercially important species are the albacore, marked with a shining blue stripe on each side; the ...
yellowhammer: (Emberiza citrinella), Eurasian bird belonging to the family Emberizidae (order Passeriformes). The name is derived from the German Ammer, "bunting." It is a 16-centimetre- (6-inch-) long streaked brown bird with ...
Yellowhead Pass: route through the Rocky Mountains, at the Alberta-British Columbia border, Canada, just west of Jasper and leading from Jasper National Park into Mount Robson Provincial Park. It lies at 3,711 ... [2 Related Articles]
Yellowknife: a small Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian tribe who traditionally lived northeast of the Great Bear and Great Slave lakes in what is now the Northwest Territories, Can. The name Yellowknife ... [1 Related Articles]
Yellowknife: city and capital (since 1967) of Northwest Territories, Canada. It lies on the north shore of Great Slave Lake, 5 miles (8 km) south of the mouth of the Yellowknife ... [2 Related Articles]
Yellowknife Group: (from the article "Precambrian time") Important occurrences are the Barberton belt in South Africa; the Sebakwian, Belingwean, and Bulawayan-Shamvaian belts of Zimbabwe; the Yellowknife belts in the Slave province of Canada; the Abitibi, Wawa, Wabigoon, ...
yellowlegs: either of two species of American shorebirds with trim, gray-brown and white streaked bodies, long bills, and long, bright yellow legs. They belong to the genus Tringa of the family ...
Yellowman: (from the article "dancehall music") The rise of deejay Yellowman in the early 1980s marked the transition from mainstream reggae to dancehall music that took place in Jamaican nightclubs. In addition to the explicitly political ...
Yellowstone Falls: (from the article "river") The last category, mountainous and formerly glaciated regions, include such well-known waterfalls as Yosemite Falls, California (739 metres), with a three-section drop; Yellowstone Falls, Wyoming (94 metres), with a two-section ...
Yellowstone Lake: lake in Yellowstone National Park, northwestern Wyoming, U.S. It lies at an elevation of 7,731 feet (2,356 metres) above sea level and is the largest body of water in North ...
Yellowstone National Park: the oldest, one of the largest, and probably the best-known national park in the United States. It is situated in northwestern Wyoming and partly in southern Montana and eastern Idaho ... [16 Related Articles]
Yellowstone Plateau: (from the article "plateau") Plateaus of one type or another can be found on most continents. Those caused by thermal expansion of the lithosphere are usually associated with hot spots. The Yellowstone Plateau in ...
Yellowstone River: river, noted for its scenic beauty, in the western United States. It rises on the slopes of Yount Peak in Wyoming and enters Yellowstone National Park. It feeds into Yellowstone ... [1 Related Articles]
yellowtail flounder: (from the article "dab") Other species include the yellowtail flounder, or rusty dab (L. ferruginea), a reddish brown western Atlantic fish with rust-coloured spots and a yellow tail; the yellowfin sole, or Alaska dab ...
yellowtail snapper: (from the article "snapper") ...of snapper include the emperor snapper (L. sebae), a red and white Indo-Pacific fish; the gray, or mangrove, snapper (L. griseus), a gray, reddish, or greenish Atlantic fish; the yellowtail ...
yellowthroat: (from the article "wood warbler") The yellowthroats, any of the eight species of the genus Geothlypis, live in marshes and wet thickets. The male of the common yellowthroat (G. trichas)-often called the Maryland yellowthroat in ...
yellowwood: (from the article "yellowwood") The name yellowwood also refers to a genus of flowering plants, Cladrastis, with about six species in the legume family (Fabaceae). One species, C. kentukea, grows in eastern North America, ...
yellowwood: any of about 100 species of coniferous evergreen timber trees and shrubs constituting the conifer genus Podocarpus (family Podocarpaceae). These are widely distributed in mountain forests of the Southern Hemisphere ... [1 Related Articles]
Yeltsin, Boris: Russian politician, who became president of Russia in 1990. In 1991 he became the first popularly elected leader in the country's history, guiding Russia through a stormy decade of political ... [21 Related Articles]
Yelu: (from the article "China") ...and, with other subdued tribes in the area, formed a confederation, which they then transformed into a hereditary monarchy. Leadership always remained in the hands of the ruling tribe, the ...
Yelu Chucai: (from the article "Ogodei") Ogodei's Chinese adviser, Yelu Chucai, convinced him to reverse previous Mongol policy. Instead of leveling North China and all its inhabitants in the usual Mongol manner, he preserved the country ...
Yelu Dashi: founder and first emperor (1124-43) of the Xi (Western) Liao dynasty (1124-1211) of Central Asia. [1 Related Articles]
Yelwa: town, seat of the traditional Yauri emirate, Kebbi state, northwestern Nigeria. It lies on the road between Kontagora and Birnin Kebbi. An early Niger River settlement of the Reshe (Gungawa) ... [3 Related Articles]
Yelyn Valley: (from the article "Mongolia") ...in clusters resembling bundles of pencils, are found in the eastern and central regions. The southern Gobi contains three mountain ranges, known as the Gurvan Sayhan Mountains, and the scenic ...
Yemen: mostly mountainous country situated at the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is generally an arid country, though there are broad patches with sufficient precipitation to make agriculture successful. ... [25 Related Articles]
Yemen (Aden): (from the article "Yemen") The new government in Aden renamed the country the People's Republic of South Yemen. Short of resources and unable to obtain any significant amounts of aid, either from the Western ...
Yemen (San'a'): (from the article "Yemen") ...al-Badr became imam. Within a week, elements of the military, supported by a variety of political organizations, staged a coup and declared the foundation of the Yemen Arab Republic (North ...
Yemen Airways: (from the article "Yemen") ...in the south, greatly facilitated internal travel and transport between the cities and major towns of Yemen. The two airlines were finally merged nearly a decade after unification. Today, Yemenia ...
Yemen Bank of Reconstruction and Development: (from the article "Yemen") ...merger of the central banks of the two Yemens. It is responsible for issuing the rial, the national currency, and for managing the government's foreign exchange and other financial operations. ...
Yemen Plateau: (from the article "Arabian Desert") ...Saudi Arabia), where Mount Al-Lawz rises to 8,464 feet (2,580 metres); and the southeastern corner in Oman, where Mount Al-Sham attains an elevation of 9,957 feet (3,035 metres). Much of ...
Yemen Socialist Party: (from the article "Yemen") ...also republican in form, had an avowedly Marxist regime, and the political system and economy reflected many of the goals and organizational structures of its "scientific socialism." The Yemen Socialist ...
Yemen, flag of: horizontally striped red-white-black national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is approximately 2 to 3.
Yemen, history of: (from the article "Yemen") Historyboundary dispute with Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaForeign relations, 1932-53In 1934 Ibn Sa'ud was involved in war with Yemen over a
Yemeni Highlands: (from the article "Arabia") The Yemeni highlands are physiographically very different from those of the shield; they are not mountains but the deeply dissected edge of the Arabian plateau. From the west the formations ...
Yemin Moshe: (from the article "Jerusalem") ...of west Jerusalem; the German Colony, near what became the railway station; and the American Colony, north of the Damascus Gate. Some early communities, such as Mishkenot Sha'anannim and Yemin ...