yellow /yelˈō/

1. Of the colour of sulphur, egg yolk, gold, a ripe lemon, a primrose, etc
2. Of Mongolic or Oriental race (Chinese, Japanese, etc) (now often considered offensive)
3. Of mixed black and white race (US)
4. Of skin, sallow, sickly-looking
5. Cowardly (informal)
6. Sensational (informal)

1. The colour of the rainbow between the orange and the green or of sulphur, egg yolk, gold, a ripe lemon, a primrose, etc
2. Any dye or pigment producing such a colour
3. A yolk
4. (in pl) peach-yellows (see peach¹), or other plant disease in which the foliage turns yellow
5. (in pl) jaundice in horses, etc

To make or become yellow

yellˈowish adjective

Somewhat yellow

yellˈowishness noun

yellˈowness noun

1. The quality or state of being yellow
2. Jealousy (obsolete; figurative)

yellˈowy adjective

Yellowish

yellow alert noun

An alarm, etc one stage less serious than a red alert

yellow-ammer see yellowhammer below.

yellow archangel noun

The dead-nettle archangel

yellˈowback noun

A cheap, sensational novel, specif one with yellow board or paper covers, common in the 19c

yellˈow-bellied adjective (slang)

Cowardly

yellˈow-belly noun (slang)

A coward

yellow berries plural noun

Persian berries, the fruit of various species of buckthorn

yellow bile see under bile

yellˈowbird noun

Any of various, esp N American, birds of a yellow colour such as the American goldfinch

yellˈow-boy noun (obs sl)

1. A gold coin
2. A mulatto or dark-skinned quadroon (fem yellˈow-girl)

yellow brick road noun

A path to fame, wealth, etc

yellow bunting noun

The yellowhammer

yellˈowcake noun

Uranium oxide, obtained in the form of a yellow precipitate during the processing of uranium ore

yellow card noun

1. An official warning to a football, etc player (signalled by the showing of a yellow card), typically following an infringement
2. Any similar warning, or a symbol of it (figurative)

yellow centaury same as yellow-wort below.

yellow dog noun

1. A mongrel
2. A cur
3. A contemptible or cowardly person (also used adjectivally, esp US, as in yellow-dog contract, orig one requiring an employee not to be a member of a trade union, now, in a more general sense, one which gives acceptable advantages to an employee)

yellow earth noun

Yellow ochre

yellow-eyed grass noun

Any plant of the genus Xyris, growing abundantly in the pine-barrens of the southern USA

yellow fever noun

An acute disease occurring in tropical America and W Africa, caused by infection with a virus transmitted to humans by the bite of a mosquito and characterized by high fever, acute nephritis, jaundice and haemorrhages

yellˈowfin noun

A variety of tuna with yellow fins

yellow flag noun

A flag of a yellow colour, displayed by a vessel in quarantine or over a military hospital or ambulance

yellow-girl see yellow-boy above.

yellˈowhammer or (obsolete) yellˈow-ammer noun

A bunting (Emberiza citrinella), so named from the yellow colour of the male (also called yellow bunting)

yellˈowhead noun

A species of flycatcher (Mohoua ochrocephala) found in New Zealand

yellow jack noun (old)

Yellow fever

yellow jacket noun (N American)

A small common wasp or hornet (genus Vespa) with yellow and black markings

yellow jersey noun

(Fr maillot jaune) the jersey worn each day in the Tour de France cycle race by the overall leader in the race

yellˈowlegs noun

A N American sandpiper with yellow legs

yellow line noun

A line of yellow paint, or other substance, on a road indicating parking restrictions

yellow metal noun

A brass consisting of sixty parts copper and forty parts zinc

Yellow Pages® noun

A telephone directory, printed on yellow paper, which classifies participating subscribers alphabetically according to trades, professions, services, etc

yellow pepper see under pepper

yellow peril noun (also with caps; derogatory or facetious)

1. The supposed danger that the Oriental races, esp the Chinese, might overthrow the white or Western races and overrun the world
2. The Chinese or Japanese

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