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— English words —

• yam n. Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
• yam n. The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
• yam n. (US) A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
• yam n. (Scotland) A potato.
• yam n. (New Zealand) A oca; a tuber from the species Oxalis tuberosa.
• yam n. (Malaysia, Singapore) Taro.
• yam n. An orange-brown colour, like the flesh of the yam. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• yam n. (Regional, Cumberland) home.
• yam v. Pronunciation spelling of am.
• yam v. (UK, nonstandard, slang) To eat.
• Yam prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Aleut
  • yam n. (Eastern) yesterday.
• Azerbaijani
  • yam n. (Historical) mail staging post.
  • -yam v. Postvocalic form of -əm after the vowels A / I / O / U.
• Baka - Bana - Moloko - Uldeme
  • yàm n. Water.
• Beja - Buwal - Cuvok - Merey - Mofu-gudur - North giziga - South giziga - Zulgo-gemzek
  • yam n. Water.
• Lashi
  • yam Beside.
  • yám v. To cut (hair).
• Middle english
  • yam pron. (North ME, northern East Midland ME) Alternative form of þem (“them”).
• Middle welsh
  • y␣am prep. From around, off.
• Muyang
  • yàm n. Alternative form of yɑm.
  • yɑm n. Water.
• Pali
  • yaṃ pron. Whom, which, that, masculine accusative singular of ya.
  • yaṃ pron. Whom, which, that, feminine accusative singular of yā.
  • yaṃ pron. Which, that, neuter nominative singular of ya.
  • yaṃ pron. Which, that, neuter accusative singular of ya.
• Phalura
  • ɣam n. Grief, sorrow.
• Pnar
  • yam v. To cry, to weep.
• Sukur
  • yâm n. Water.
• Tocharian b
  • yäm- v. To achieve, obtain.
  • yäm- v. To reach, arrive at.
  • yām- v. To do, make.
  • yām- v. To affect, commit.
• Tok pisin
  • yam n. Yam.
• Yimchungru naga
  • yam n. House.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• yam n. Yam, yamswortel.

— English words, defined in French —

• yam n. (Botanique) Igname.
• yam n. (Botanique) (États-Unis) Patate douce.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• yam s. Botánica, Gastronomía. (Dioscorea spp.) Ñame.
• yam s. Gastronomía. (Ipomoea batatas) Batata, boniato, camote.
• yam s. Gastronomía. (Solanum tuberosum) Papa, patata.

— In German —

• Yam S. Jam.
• Yam S. Tropische rankende Pflanze mit essbaren, stärkehaltigen Wurzelknollen…

— In Dutch —

• yam n. Een tropisch voedselgewas.

— In French —

• yam n.m. Nom donné, en Nouvelle-Guinée, à une racine analogue à…

102 English words from 35 English definitions

accusative achieve add affect after Alternative and Any around arrive arrive␣at batatas Beside brown Can climbing colour commit cry cultivated Cumberland cut East Eastern eat edible example feminine flesh food for form from genus Grief hair hemispheres Historical home House Ipomoea like mail make Malaysia masculine Midland neuter New New␣Zealand nominative nonstandard North northern obtain oca off orange Oxalis plant post Postvocalic potato Pronunciation Pronunciation␣spelling reach Regional root Scotland sense Singapore singular slang sorrow species spelling staging staging␣post staple starchy surname sweet sweet␣potato Taro that the them this tropical tuber tuberous usually vine vowels Water weep Western which Whom yam yesterday Zealand

15 English words from 10 foreign definitions

analogue Batata batatas boniato camote douce Een Ipomoea Jam Ñame Nom Papa Solanum Unis Yam

1 foreign word from 35 English definitions

tuberosa

24 foreign words from 10 foreign definitions

Botánica Botanique donné essbaren États États-Unis Gastronomía Guinée Igname mit Nouvelle Nouvelle-Guinée patata Patate Patate␣douce Pflanze racine rankende Solanum␣tuberosum stärkehaltigen tropisch Tropische une yamswortel

138 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Yama YAML yamp yams Yams Yamal Yamam Yaman Yamba yamen Yameo Yamin yamma Yammy yampa yampe yampi yampy yamun Yamada Yamaha yamaka Yamane Yamato Yambao Yambio Yambol yamboo yamens Yamhad Yamins yammas yammer yampah yampas yampee yampes yampie Yampil yampis yamuka Yamuna yamuns yam␣yam Yamadas yamadou yamaimo yamakas Yamalia yamalka +88 words

287 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Ayame Ayami Byams Hyams lyams nyami nyams Oyama syame SyAMs Aoyama bayamo Bayamo Cuyama cyamid Gyamfi kayamb Koyama NCYAMA nyamis Oyamas oyamel payams qiyams Toyama akiyami Aryaman Asayama ayamase bayamos cyamids cyamiid Gyamfis hyamine Hyampom Hyamses kayamba kayambs Koyamas Niiyama nyammed Okayama oyamels Syamyon tom␣yams yam␣yams Adıyaman afoo␣yams cocoyams cyamella +237 words

37 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Ayam Byam Hyam IYAM lyam nyam Nyam SyAM payam qiyam Shyam Maryam polyam tom␣yam yam␣yam afoo␣yam cocoyam palayam true␣yam jewel␣yam negro␣yam palaiyam wateryam water␣yam cheeky␣yam garnet␣yam purple␣yam Yazgulyam Chinese␣yam greater␣yam new␣cocoyam old␣cocoyam Okinawan␣yam tropical␣yam Bharatanatyam New␣Zealand␣yam Japanese␣mountain␣yam

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

may May

6 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Amy may May mya Mya MYA

83 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Almy amay amby Amey Ammy Amoy Amya Amye amyl amyl- Amys army Army ARMY Ayam ayme ay␣me azym Byam cyma gamy -gamy Hyam IYAM Lamy lyam Macy Maly many Many mary Mary maty Maxy maya Maya maye Maye mayo Mayo Mayr mays Mays may't Mayu mazy M-day miya Miya mkay m'kay +32 words

29 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

am Am AM 'am Am. A&M a.m. A.M. a.␣m. A.␣M. A.␣&␣M. ay AY -ay ay^ ma Ma MA M&A M+A -ma- M.A. my My MY my- ya Ya YA

91 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

aam AAM bam Bam BAM cam Cam CAM dam DAM eam EAM fam Fam Fam. gam GAM Gam. ham Ham HAM -ham H.A.M. IAM I␣am jam JAM Jam. kam KAM lam Lam LAM Lam. mam Mam Nam NAM 'nam 'Nam N.␣Am. pam Pam PAM QAM ram Ram RAM sam Sam SAM Sam. S.␣Am. tam TAM yaa yab YAC yad y'ad yae YAF YAG yah Yah yak yan Yan Yao yap Yap yar Yar yas Yas yat Yat Yau yaw Yaw yay Yay yem YGM YHM Yim YOM yum Yum zam Zam.

14 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

am Am AM 'am Am. A&M a.m. A.M. a.␣m. A.␣M. A.␣&␣M. ya Ya YA

4 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

yarm Yarm yas'm YWAM

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