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yellow (YEL oh) (adjective)
Having the color of the sun or of ripe lemons: "Clara had a bright yellow hat to go with her yellow raincoat."
yellow (YEL oh) (adjective)
1. Afraid in a way that makes a person unable to do what is right or expected; cowardly: "Pedro was just too yellow to stand up and protect his rights."
2. Containing news that is meant to shock people and which is not true or is only partly true: "Everyone should beware of yellow journalism."

The bright yellow banner on the front page of the newspaper was distinctive, letting the buyer know that it was full of yellow journalism; however, Greg, you shouldn't be yellow, go ahead and buy a copy anyway.

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Units related to: “yellow”
auri-, auro-, aur-
(Latin: gold, yellow)
Chemical Element: arsenic
(Latin: arsenicum, yellow; gold, golden; nonmetal)
flav-, flavo-, flavi- +
(Latin: the color [reddish] yellow)
jaundi-, jaun-
(Latin: originally galbinus, "greenish yellow" related to galbanus, "yellow" then formed with the intrusive d; from Old French jaunice, jaunisse from jaune, "yellow")
arseno-, arsen-
(Greek > Latin: yellow orpiment [pigment of gold]; arsenic trisulfide, having a lemon-yellow color and a resinous luster; used as a pigment)
Chemical Element: chlorine
(Greek: chloros, grass-green; a reference to the color of the gas which tends to be greenish-yellow; gas)
chloro-, chlor- +
(Greek: Chloris, goddess; the color green, yellow-green, or light green)
choledocho-, choledoch- +
(Greek: choledochos, from chole, "bile" + dechomai, "to receive"; the common bile duct or tube; conveying bile; containing bile, which is a yellow-green fluid that is made by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and passes through the common bile duct into the first section of the small intestine or duodenum where it helps to digest fat)
chryso-, chrys-
(Greek: the color gold, golden, golden yellow)
cirrho- +
(Greek kirrhos: orange-yellow > New Latin cirrhosis: diseased condition of the liver)
ochro-, ochr-
(Greek: the color yellow; pale, wan, or sallow)
pyo-, py- +
(Greek: pus; purulent, an infection or foreign material that causes a thick whitish-yellow fluid which results from the accumulation of white blood cells)
verdant, verd-
(Latin: the color green, yellow-green)
xanth-, xantho-, xan-
(Greek: the color yellow; blond)
Word Entries containing the term: “yellow”
combustible shale (noun), tasmanite, Mersey yellow coal, white coal, yellow coal
An impure coal which indicates a transitional level between cannel coal (an oily compact coal, with a greasy luster, which burns easily, steadily, and brightly) and oil shale.
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Viola pubescens, downy yellow violet
The violet flower of eastern North America having softly pubescent (downy) leaves and stems and clear yellow flowers with brown-purple veins.
This entry is located in the following unit: puber-, pubo-, pub-, pubio- + (page 3)
visual yellow
The pigmented protein into which visual purple is changed by the action of light.

Heat acts on it to produce vitamin A.

This entry is located in the following unit: vid-, video-, vis-, -vision, -visional, -visionally, visuo-, vu- (page 18)
yellow fever
A jaundice, or virus, known as a flavivirus, it is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes. People get yellow fever from the bite of an infected female mosquito which injects the yellow fever virus into the skin.

Illness ranges in severity from a self-limited febrile illness to severe hepatitis and hemorrhagic fever.

Yellow fever disease is diagnosed based on symptoms, physical findings, laboratory testing, and the possibility of exposure to infected mosquitoes. There is no specific treatment for yellow fever; care is based on which symptoms caused it.

Steps to prevent yellow fever include use of insect repellent, protective clothing, and vaccination. Yellow fever occurs primarily in tropical regions of Africa and in parts of South America; however, it is a very rare cause of illness in U.S. travelers. The last epidemic of yellow fever in North America occurred in New Orleans in 1905.

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