" yellow "

[Adjective]  | "yel*low" | \ ˈye-(ˌ)lō \

1: of the color yellow

2: become yellowish through age, disease, or discoloration : sallow

3: having a light olive or light brown complexion

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English yelwe, yelow, from Old English geolu; akin to Old High German gelo yellow, Latin helvus light bay, Greek chlōros greenish yellow, Sanskrit hari yellowish;

[Adjective]  | "yel*low-dog" | \ ˌye-lō-ˈdȯg \

1: mean, contemptible

2: of or relating to opposition to trade unionism or a labor union

Origin: 1880 ;

[Noun]  | "yellow" 

1: something yellow or marked by a yellow color: such as

2: a person having light olive or light brown skin

3: the yolk of an egg

Origin: before 12th century ;

[Noun]  | "yellow bile" 

1: the one of the four humors in ancient and medieval physiology that was believed to be hot and dry and to cause anger and irritability

Origin: 1634 ;

[Noun]  | "yellow birch" 

1: a large birch (Betula alleghaniensis synonym B. lutea) of chiefly eastern North America with thin lustrous gray or yellow bark forming plates with ragged edges in older trees; also : its strong hard dark brown to reddish-brown wood

Origin: 1774 ;

[Noun]  | "yellow-dog contract" 

1: an employment contract in which a worker disavows membership in and agrees not to join a labor union in order to get a job

Origin: 1920 ;

[Noun]  | "yellow dwarf" 

1: any of several plant diseases of cereal grasses (such as oats and barley), onions, potatoes, tomatoes, or tobacco that are characterized by yellowing and stunting and are caused by viruses

Origin: 1928 ;

[Noun]  | "yellow fever" 

1: an acute infectious disease that is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America, is marked by symptoms (such as fever, muscle pain, and headache) of sudden onset which typically resolve within a few days but are sometimes followed by more serious symptoms (such as jaundice, high fever, and hemorrhage), and is caused by a flavivirus (species Yellow fever virus of the genus Flavivirus) transmitted especially by the yellow-fever mosquito

Origin: 1738 ;

[Verb]  | "yellow" 

1: to become or turn yellow

2: to make yellow : give a yellow tinge or color to

Origin: before 12th century ;

[Geographical name]  | "Huang" | \ ˈhwäŋ \

1: river 3396 miles (5464 kilometers) long in northern China flowing from the Kunlun Mountains in Qinghai east into Bo Hai

[Adjective]  | "yellow"