atavism /atˈə-vi-zm/

1. The reappearance of ancestral, but not parental, characteristics
2. Reversion to an ancestral, or to a primitive, type

atavistˈic adjective

atavistˈically adverb

• yeard-house
• yeard-hunger
• yeard-hungry
• year-end
• year-ends
• year in, year out
• yearlies
• yearling
• yearlings
• yearlong
• yearly
• yearn
• yearned
• yearner
• yearners
• yearning
• yearningly
• yearnings
• yearns
• year of grace
• year-on-year
• year-round
• years
• year's mind
• years of discretion