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Y

2-Amino-3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl) Propanoic Acid (UWER)

Admittance [Symbol] [IUPAC]

Alleghany Corp. [NYSE symbol] (SPSG)

Axial Load or Thrust Factor of a Rolling Bearing [Symbol] (UWER)

Biaxial Elastic Modulus [Symbol] (UWER)

Closed at Sea (for High Degree of Emergency Readiness) [Ship's fittings classification]

Coach [Airline fare code]

Deferred Prosecution [Motor vehicle term used in state of Washington] (MVRD)

Depth, Height, or Altitude [Physics] (BARN)

Doublecross [i.e., to betray] [Criminal slang]

Dry Air [Meterology] (BARN)

Economy Class (SAUS)

Except Sixth Form [For the wearing of schoolgirls' uniforms] [British]

Ex-Dividend and Sales in Full [Investment term] (DFIT)

Flag ofthe international code of signals (SAUS)

Force Component [Symbol] (UWER)

Horizontal Axis-Width of Vehicle (SAUS)

Hypercharge [Symbol] (UWER)

Hyperon [Symbol] (UWER)

Late Operating Contact [Symbol] (DEN)

Lateral Acceleration (SAUS)

Liquid Cargo Vessel [Army ship designation] (DOMA)

Luminance

Male Chromosome

Manipulated Variable of Control Systems [Symbol] (UWER)

Mobile Phase Ions in Ion Chromatography [Symbol] (UWER)

Mole Fraction [Symbol] (UWER)

Nominal Gross National Product

Out-of-Plane Position (SAUS)

Out-of-Plane Velocity (SAUS)

Pathfinder [Army skill qualification identifier]

Photoelectric Yield [Symbol] (UWER)

Planck Function [Symbol] [IUPAC]

Prototype [Designation for all US military aircraft]

Pyrimidine [Single-letter symbol] [Genetics] (DOG)

[A] Pyrimidine Nucleoside [One-letter symbol; see Pyd]

Radiotelegraphy [1,605 to 3,800 kc/s Range] (UWER)

Response of Interest in Statistics [Symbol] (UWER)

Steady-State Amplitude [Symbol] (UWER)

Strength Factor of Gears [Symbol] (UWER)

Surface Displacement Yield in Physics [Symbol] (UWER)

Tanker [Army symbol]

Three-Phase Star Connection [Symbol] (DEN)

Time Zone 172.5 W-180 W [GMT + 12]

Transfer Function of Control Systems [Symbol] (UWER)

Transitional Testing [Aircraft]

Tyrosine [One-letter symbol; see Tyr]

Upsilon [Symbol] [Quantum physics]

Vertical Deflection [Symbol] (DEN)

Yacht (ADA)

Yale University (SAUS)

Yangtse [Tibet] (UWER)

Yankee [Phonetic alphabet] [International] (DSUE)

Yard [Measure]

Yaw

Y-Axis

Y-Axis, Horizontal-Width of Vehicle/Structure (SAUS)

Y-Axis of External Tank (SAUS)

Y-Axis of Orbiter (SAUS)

Y-Axis of Payload (SAUS)

Y-Axis of Solid Rocket Booster (SAUS)

Y-Axis of Spacelab (SAUS)

Y-Axis Rate of Change (SAUS)

Y Connection in Electrical Engineering [Symbol] (UWER)

Yea [Vote]

Year

Yeast (UWER)

Yeates' Pennsylvania Reports [1791-1808] [A publication] (DLA)

Yellow [Phonetic alphabet] [Royal Navy] [World War I] (DSUE)

Yellow [Horticulture]

Yellowknife [Northwest Territories, Canada] (UWER)

Yen [Monetary unit in Japan]

Yeoman

Yersinea [A genus of bacteria]

Yerushalmi [Palestinian Talmud] (BJA)

Yield [Agriculture] [Stock exchange term]

Yoke [Phonetic alphabet] [World War II] (DSUE)

Yokohama [Japan] (UWER)

Yolk (UWER)

Yorker [Phonetic alphabet] [Pre-World War II] (DSUE)

Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Ind. Co. Ltd. [Japan] [Research code symbol]

You

Young (AAMN)

Younger [or Youngest]

Young Men's [or Women's] Christian Association [Short form of reference, especially to the group's building or specific facility, as "the Y swimming pool"]

Young's Modulus of Elasticity [Symbol] [See also E, YME]

Youngstown [Diocesan abbreviation] [Ohio] (TOCD)

Young Vic [British theatrical company]

Your

Y-Punch (IAA)

Yttrium [Preferred form, but see also Yt] [Chemical element]

Yuan [Currency of China] (UWER)

Yucatan [Mexican Peninsula] (UWER)

Yucca [Botany] (UWER)

Yugoslavia [IYRU nationality code] (IYR)

Yuppie [As in Y-people]

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Deflection of Springs [Symbol] (UWER)

Deviation of Manipulated Variable of Control Systems (UWER)

Displacement of a Wave [Symbol] (UWER)

Form Factor for Bevel and Helical Gears [Symbol] (UWER)

Ordinate (IDOE)

Parallax in Electron Stereomicroscopy [Symbol] (UWER)

Pure Imaginary Coefficient of a Complex Variable [Symbol] (UWER)

Response in Statistics [Symbol] (UWER)

Second Rectangular Coordinate of a Point [Symbol] (UWER)

Space Coordinate [Symbol] (UWER)

Unknown or Variable [Symbol] (UWER)

Yard (IDOE)

Year (IDOE)

Yellow (UWER)

Yes [Therapy term] (CTAA)

Yield Factor [Symbol] (UWER)

Yocto (MEC)

You (WDAA)

Your (WDAA)

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