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Browse Results: Y

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Y

Chemical symbol for the element yttrium....view more

yak

A bovine animal, Bos grunniens, native to the high plateaus and mountains of central Asia....view more

yama-momo

The Japanese name for a traditional yellow colorant derived from the Myrica rubia shrub....view more

yarn

A generic term for a continuous strand or thread spun from natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting or weaving....view more

yarn number

A textile measurement term used to indicate the fineness of a fiber....view more

yasha

A woody cone-like catkin from an alder tree in the genus Alnus....view more

Yava onyx

A pale green, semi-transparent onyx marble quarried in Yavapai County, Arizona....view more

Yb

Chemical symbol for the element ytterbium....view more

yeast

Single cell organisms of the genus Saccharomyces that reproduce by fission or budding....view more

yeast black

A carbon black pigment made by pyrolyzing yeast and wine lees....view more

yellow berries

Name for unripe berries from various species of buckthorn (Rhamus) that are used to make a yellow lake commonly called Dutch pink....view more

yellow birch

A medium-sized deciduous tree, Betula lutea or Butela alleghaniensis, native to North America....view more

yellow brass

Yellow brass is an alloy of copper and zinc in which the zinc content ranges from 20 to 38%....view more

yellow cedar

A common name used for both Alaska cedar and western cedar....view more

yellow chrome

Usually refers to lead chromate yellow pigment, but is also used for other chrome yellow pigments....view more

yellow glass

Glass can be made a transparent yellow color by the addition of small amounts of uranium oxide (bright yellow), cadmium sulfide (lime yellow), metallic silver (golden), selenium (yellow-orange), iron-manganese (straw) or iron sulfide (amber) or a mixture of antimony and lead....view more

yellow gold

A gold alloy made by adding silver and copper to gold....view more

yellow lake

A nonstandardized term that was originally used for transparent yellow lake pigment formed from oak bark extract (quercitron) precipitated on alum or chalk....view more

yellow ocher

A natural yellow earth mineral primarily composed of goethite (iron hydroxide) and clay....view more

yellow pigments

Yellow is a color produced by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of about 560–590nm....view more


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