a light-skinned person with one Black and one White parent

one of the four bodily humours , choler

a large Australian eucalyptus tree , Eucalyptus melliodora

a cake having a rich yellow color because its batter contains both the yolks and the whites of eggs

In football or rugby , if a player is shown the yellow card , the referee holds up a yellow card to indicate that the player has broken the rules , and that if they do so again, they will be ordered to leave the pitch .

the yellow signal flag for the letter Q , flown alone from a vessel to indicate that there is no disease aboard and to request pratique or, with a second signal flag, to indicate that there is disease aboard

any of certain large yellowish carangid food fishes , esp Caranx bartholomaei, of warm and tropical Atlantic waters

A yellow line is a narrow yellow line painted at the edge of a road to warn drivers that parking is not allowed there, or is only allowed at certain times.

any of several North American pines , as the longleaf pine , having yellowish wood

a type of yellow precipitation described in parts of SE Asia and alleged by some to be evidence of chemical warfare using mycotoxins

a shallow arm of the Pacific between Korea and NE China . Area: about 466 200 sq km (180 000 sq miles)

old-fashioned all-purpose soap

→ macula lutea

a European bunting , Emberiza citrinella, having a yellowish head and body and brown streaked wings and tail

Something that is canary yellow is a light yellow in colour.

any yellow pigment consisting of lead chromate mixed with lead sulphate

of yellow with a tinge of gold

→ orpiment

Lemon yellow or lemon is used to describe things that are pale yellow in colour .

a yellow pigment , used by artists ; lead antimonate

the first alert given when enemy aircraft are discovered approaching a military installation , city, coastline , etc

a native of Lincolnshire , esp of the fens

any of various species of cress ( Rorippa ) that are related to watercress and have yellow flowers. They are not confined to water margins and some are garden weeds

→ black-eyed Susan

any of several yellow respiratory enzymes that are members of the flavoprotein group, found naturally as in yeast

Yellow fever is a serious infectious disease that people can catch in tropical countries.

any of several social wasps of the genus Vespa , having yellow markings on the body

(in the Tour de France) a yellow jersey worn by the overall leader

a small Eurasian leguminous plant, Medicago falcata, having trifoliate leaves, yellow flowers, and sickle-shaped pods

a type of brass having about 60 per cent copper and 40 per cent zinc

a paint pigment , a variety of limonite , consisting of iron oxide and clay

an earth pigment which is yellowish orange

Yellow Pages is a book that contains advertisements and telephone numbers for businesses and organizations in a particular area, grouped according to the type of business they do. Compare → White Pages .

the power or alleged power of Asiatic peoples, esp the Chinese , to threaten or destroy the supremacy of White or Western civilization

→ tulip tree

→ the yellow press

to make or cause to make a rapid succession of short sharp sounds, as of loose pellets colliding when shaken in a container

the second longest river in China , rising in SE Qinghai and flowing east , south, and east again to the Gulf of Bohai south of Tianjin ; it has changed its course several times in recorded history . Length: about 4350 km (2700 miles)

any of several yellow-flowered plants of the related genus Barbarea , esp B . vulgaris

an angler's name for either of two small yellow stoneflies : Isoperla grammatica of chalk streams and Chloroperla torrentium of upland streams

a cowardly or weak trait , characteristic, or flaw in a person's nature

a very vivid yellow containing cadmium sulphide

any of a group of colours that vary in saturation but have the same hue . They lie in the approximate wavelength range 585–575 nanometres . Yellow is the complementary colour of blue and with cyan and magenta forms a set of primary colours

a bright yellow colour

any of various temperate primulaceous plants of the genus Primula , esp P. vulgaris of Europe, which has pale yellow flowers

an Old World crocus , Crocus sativus, having purple or white flowers with orange stigmas

→ yellow-belly

a gentianaceous plant, Gentiana lutea , the bitter-tasting dried rhizome and roots of which can be used as a tonic

any European marine scorpaenoid fish of the family Triglidae, such as Trigla lucerna ( tub or yellow gurnard ), having a heavily armoured head and finger-like pectoral fins

a climbing shrub , Gelsemium sempervirens, of the southeastern US, having fragrant funnel-shaped yellow flowers: family Loganiaceae