Environment terminology · MLC-0121

Environment terms: Y (30)

• YakimaThe Yakima River Basin. Washington. Area = 6210 sq.mi.
• Yard PipingHard-piping at a well site, centralized production facility, or compressor station that is not part of a...
• Yard Trimmings1. Refers to grass, leaves, tree branches and brush, and tree stumps from residential, institutional, and...
• Yard Trimmings ProcessorRefers to an intermediate operating facility where recovered yard trimmings are sorted, cleaned of...
• Yard Waste1. The part of solid waste composed of grass clippings, leaves, twigs, branches, and other garden refuse.
• YardingMethod of transport from harvest area to storage landing.
• YearThe calendar year for the annual pollutant loadings. Search Considerations: The Loading Tool extracts year...
• Year classAll of the fish of any species that hatched during one annual spawning period.
• year eventThe probabilistic frequency for an event of a given magnitude (e.g., a 1000-year flood).
• YearlingA one-year-old individual in its second year of life
• YeastAn organism that can grow and develop in the udder, causing mastitis.
• Yeast Artificial ChromosomeConstructed from yeast DNA, it is a vector used to clone large DNA fragments.
• Yeast HyphaAny of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus.
• Yeast Like FormThe yeast form of fungi capable of mold-yeast dimorphism
• Yeast SporeA reproductive cell (usually unicellular) capable of developing into an adult without fusion with another...
• YeastsA general term for single-celled rounded fungi that reproduce by budding. Brewers' and bakers' yeasts are...
• Yellow SnowSnow given a golden or yellow appearance by the presence in it of pine, cypress pollen, or anthropogenic...
• Yellow Vine DiseaseCucurbit Yellow Vine Disease is caused by the bacterium Serratia marcescens and is transmitted by the squash...
• Yellow-Band DiseaseA coral disease characterized large rings or patches of bleached, yellow tissue on Caribbean stony corals...
• Yellow-BoyIron oxide flocculant (clumps of solids in waste or water); usually observed as orange-yellow deposits in...
• YellowcakeThe solid form of mixed uranium oxide, which is produced from uranium ore in the milling process. Its color...
• Yersinia enterocoliticaA species of the genus Yersinia, isolated from both man and animal. It is a frequent cause of bacterial...
• Yersinia spp.Y. enterocolitica, a small rod-shaped, Gram-negative bacterium, is often isolated from clinical specimens...
• YersiniosisYersiniosis is frequently characterized by such symptoms as gastroenteritis with diarrhea and/or vomiting...
• Yield1. The quantity of water (expressed as a rate of flow- GPM, GPH, GPD, or total quantity per year) that can be...
• Young Adult1. A person between 19 and 24 years of age.
• Young of the yearAll of the fish of a species that were born in the past year, from transformation to juvenile until January 1.
• Yucca Mountain Disposal SystemCombination of underground engineered and natural barriers within the controlled area that prevents or...
• Yucca Mountain RepositoryExcavated portion of the facility constructed underground within the Yucca Mountain site.
• Yucca Mountain SiteThe site recommended by the Secretary of DOE to the President under section 112(b)(1)(B) of the Nuclear Waste...

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