Definition
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Word
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Slang for pizza.
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Za
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Any of several related Mediterranean herbs, as wild marjoram or thyme.
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Zaatar
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A foamy, custardlike mixture of egg yolks, sugar, and Marsala wine, usually served hot or chilled as a dessert.
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Zabaglione
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A large, flat cushion, used in Japan for sitting or kneeling on the floor.
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Zabuton
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A person of outstanding virtue and piety.
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Zaddik
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A round cushion used in Zen meditation.
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Zafu
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An artificial mixture, resembling smalt, containing cobalt oxide and, usually, silica, used to produce a blue color in glass and in ceramic glazes.
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Zaffer
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(of a woman) Having a pleasantly plump figure.
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Zaftig
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To move in one of the two directions followed in a zigzag course.
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Zag
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A large industrial or financial conglomerate of Japan.
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Zaibatsu
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The financial community of Japan.
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Zaikai
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A paper money and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 100 makuta.
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Zaire
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A tax, comprising percentages of personal income of every kind, levied as almsgiving for the relief of the poor: the third of the Pillars of Islam.
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Zakat
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Russian cookery hors d'oeuvres, consisting of tiny open sandwiches spread with caviar, smoked sausage, etc, or a cold dish such as radishes in sour cream, all usually served with vodka.
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Zakuski
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A sheepskin coat of the kind worn by shepherds in Spain.
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Zamarra
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A Latin-American of mixed indigenous and African ancestry.
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Zambo
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A machine used to resurface ice for skating.
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Zamboni
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Any of various plants of the genus Zamia, chiefly of tropical and subtropical America, having a short, tuberous stem and a crown of palmlike pinnate leaves.
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Zamia
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(In British India) A landlord required to pay a land tax to the government.
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Zamindar
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(In British India) A landlord required to pay a land tax to the government.
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Zamindari
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The part of the house in which the women and girls of a family are secluded.
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Zanana
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A freshwater pikeperch, Stizostedion (Lucioperca) lucioperca, of central Europe, valued as a food fish.
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Zander
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Ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.
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Zany
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To kill or shoot.
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Zap
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A Cuban dance in three-quarter time emphasizing staccato stamping footwork.
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Zapateo
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A Spanish dance for a solo performer, marked by rhythmic tapping of the heels.
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Zapateado
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A Turkish police officer.
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Zaptiah
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A mineral, hydrated basic nickel carbonate, occurring in the form of emerald-green incrustations on chromite and magnetite.
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Zaratite
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(In the Sudan and adjoining regions) A protective enclosure, as of thorn bushes.
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Zareba
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(In the Levant) A holder, usually of ornamental metal, for a coffee cup without a handle.
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Zarf
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A Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and often a satirically treated, topical theme.
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Zarzuela
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Ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.
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Zastruga
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A hatchetlike tool for cutting and punching nail holes in roofing slate.
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Zax
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The seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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Zayin
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A genus of large grasses having broad ribbon-shaped leaves and monoecious flowers of which the staminate forms an ample terminal panicle and the pistillate is in a sessile axillary spike enveloped by numerous bracts
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Zea
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Fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
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Zeal
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A person who shows enthusiastic diligence.
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Zealot
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Full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent.
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Zealous
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A cytokinin occurring in corn, spinach, and peas.
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Zeatin
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a small, three-masted vessel of the Mediterranean, formerly much used by corsairs, now employed to some extent in commerce.
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Zebec
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Any of several horselike African mammals of the genus Equus, each species having a characteristic pattern of black or dark-brown stripes on a whitish background.
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Zebra
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a small, slender freshwater fish, Brachydanio rerio, having luminous bluish-black and silvery-gold horizontal stripes: popular in home aquariums.
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Zebrafish
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Any of several trees, especially Connarus guianensis, of tropical America, yielding a striped, hard wood used for making furniture.
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Zebrawood
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The offspring of a zebra and an ass.
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Zebrass
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Resembling a zebra.
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Zebroid
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The offspring of a female horse and a male zebra.
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Zebrula
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One of a domesticated form of cattle, Bos taurus indicus, of India, having a large hump over the shoulders and a large dewlap.
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Zebu
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A small shining disk or spangle used for ornamentation, as on women's clothing and accessories or on theatrical costumes. Another word for sequin.
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Zechin
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The letter Z or z. (or letter used by bearded band in UK and Canada)
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Zed
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(Hebrew) Charity or the giving of charity.
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Zedakah
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An East Indian drug consisting of the rhizome of either of two species of curcuma, Curcuma zedoaria or C. aromatica, used as a stimulant.
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Zedoary
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The offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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Zedonk
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A soft, yellow powder of simple proteins obtained from corn, used chiefly in the manufacture of textile fibers, plastics, and paper coatings.
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Zein
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An environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock.
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Zeitgeber
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The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.
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Zeitgeist
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(In the former U.S.S.R.) An inmate of a forced-labor camp.
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Zek
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A type of Oriental cymbal.
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Zel
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Any of several trees of a certain genus native to Asia, related to and resembling the elms.
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Zelkova
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Traditional religious songs that are sung by Jews during the evening meal on Friday and the afternoon meal on Saturday.
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Zemiroth
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One of a system of elected local assemblies established in 1864 by Alexander II to replace the authority of the nobles in administering local affairs after the abolition of serfdom: became the core of the liberal movement from 1905 to 1917.
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Zemstvo
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A Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the value of meditation and intuition.
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Zen
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The meditation room of a Zen monastery.
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Zendo
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Definition
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Word
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The point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer.
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Zenith
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Any of a group of hydrated silicates of aluminum with alkali metals, commonly occurring as secondary minerals in cavities in basic volcanic rocks: used for their molecular sieve properties because they undergo dehydration with little or no change in crystal structure.
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Zeolite
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A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).
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Zep
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A gentle, mild breeze.
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Zephyr
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A large dirigible balloon consisting of a long, cylindrical, covered framework containing compartments or cells filled with gas, and of various structures for holding the engines, passengers, etc.
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Zeppelin
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One sextillionth (10-21) of a second.
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Zeptosecond
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No quantity or number.
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Zero
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Coming in a series before the first.
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Zeroth
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Anything added to impart flavor, enhance one's appreciation, etc.
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Zest
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Full of zest; piquant.
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Zesty
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The sixth letter of the Greek alphabet.
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Zeta
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270bytes; 1024 exabyte.
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Zettabyte
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One sextillion (1021) hertz.
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Zettahertz
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The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way.
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Zeugma
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A tool for cutting roof slate.
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Zex
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A clumsy, stupid person.
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Zhlub
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A hybrid of a cow and a yak.
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Zho
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A civet, Viverra zibetha, of India, the Malay Peninsula, and other parts of Asia.
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Zibet
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Of or relating to the sable.
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Zibeline
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The international generic term for azidothymidine.
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Zidovudine
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To move in one of the two directions followed in a zigzag course.
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Zig
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(Among the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians) a temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower.
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Ziggurat
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A line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
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Zigzag
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A meeting of dervishes at which a phrase containing a name of God is chanted rhythmically to induce a state of ecstasy.
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Zikr
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Zero; nothing.
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Zilch
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(In British India) Any of the districts into which a province was divided for administrative purposes.
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Zillah
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An extremely large, indeterminate number.
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Zillion
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A person of incalculably great wealth.
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Zillionaire
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A cassock with a small cape attached.
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Zimarra
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A complex zither played especially in Hungary.
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Zimbalon
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A trace element that is necessary for a healthy immune system.
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Zinc
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A salt derived from H2ZnO2, the acid form of amphoteric zinc hydroxide.
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Zincate
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Pertaining to or contaning zinc.
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Zincic
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The art or process of producing a printing surface on a zinc plate, especially of producing one in relief by etching away unprotected parts with acid.
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Zincography
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A light tan, water-insoluble compound, C4H6N2S4Zn, used as a fungicide for fruits and vegetables.
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Zineb
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A black vinifera grape, grown in California.
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Zinfandel
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Vitality, animation, or zest.
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Zing
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A female member of the Roma, a traditionally nomadic ethnic group.
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Zingara
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A quick, witty, or pointed remark or retort.
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Zinger
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Full of zing; lively; zesty; exciting.
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Zingy
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Belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of plants.
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Zingiberaceous
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A steel-gray mineral with metallic luster, lead antimony sulfide, Pb6Sb14S27.
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Zinkenite
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Any of several composite plants of the genus Zinnia, native to Mexico and adjacent areas, having variously colored, many-rayed flower heads.
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Zinnia
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Fasten with a zipper.
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Zip
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A device used for fastening clothing consisting of two toothed tracks or spiral metal or plastic coils and a piece that either interlocks or separates them when pulled.
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Zipper
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Bright, fresh, or lively.
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Zippy
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A white crystalline powder, C6H12N2S4Zn, almost insoluble in water, soluble in acetone and chloroform: used as a fungicide and rubber accelerator.
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Ziram
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A common mineral, zirconium silicate, ZrSiO4, occurring in small tetragonal crystals or grains of various colors: used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent.
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Zircon
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A metallic element found combined in zircon, baddeleyite, etc., resembling titanium chemically.
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Zirconium
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A pimple on the skin.
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Zit
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Pasta in the form of tubes resembling large macaroni.
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Ziti
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A musical instrument, consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings stretched over it, that is placed on a horizontal surface and played with a plectrum and the fingertips.
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Zither
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The fringes or tassels formerly worn at the corners of the outer garment and now worn at the four corners of the tallith and the arba kanfoth.
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Zizith
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A nickel coin and monetary unit of Poland, equal to 100 groszy.
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Zloty
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A mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal.
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Zoanthropy
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A collection of distinct, individual zooids that make up a compound or colonial organism.
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Zoarium
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A public square or plaza, especially in the center of a city or town.
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Zocalo
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An imaginary belt of the heavens, extending about 8° on each side of the ecliptic, within which are the apparent paths of the sun, moon, and principal planets.
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Zodiac
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Any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace.
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Zoea
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A device for giving an illusion of motion, consisting of a slitted drum that, when whirled, shows a succession of images placed opposite the slits within the drum as one moving image.
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Zoetrope
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An orthorhombic dimorph of clinozoisite.
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Zoisite
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Definition
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Word
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A sedative hypnotic drug, (C19H21N3O)2·C4H6O6, closely related in effect to the benzodiazepines, used in the treatment of insomnia.
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Zolpidem
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The body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose.
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Zombie
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To turn (someone) into a zombie.
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Zombify
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Of or relating to a zone or zones.
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Zonal
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Marked with zones, as of color, texture, or the like.
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Zonate
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The state or condition of being zonate.
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Zonation
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Any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established.
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Zone
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A body segment of a diplopod.
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Zonite
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To become unconscious from alcohol or narcotic drugs; pass out.
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Zonk
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A little zone, belt, band, or the like.
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Zonule
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A parklike area in which live animals are kept in cages or large enclosures for public exhibition.
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Zoo
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A plant whose structure adapts it for dispersion by animals.
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Zoochore
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Any organic body or cell capable of spontaneous movement and of an existence more or less apart from or independent of the parent organism.
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Zooid
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To move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound.
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Zoom
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Any of the individuals of a compound organism.
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Zoon
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A motile gamete.
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Zoogamete
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Produced or caused by animals.
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Zoogenic
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The branch of zoology dealing with the description of animals.
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Zoography
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The science or branch of biology dealing with animals.
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Zoology
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The anatomy, especially the comparative anatomy, of animals.
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Zootomy
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A jellylike mass of microorganisms.
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Zooglea
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A person who feeds and tends animals in a zoo.
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Zookeeper
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The worship of or excessive attention to animals.
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Zoolatry
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Measurement of the proportionate lengths or sizes of the parts of animals.
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Zoometry
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Of or relating to a deity or other being conceived of as having the form of an animal.
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Zoomorphic
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Any disease of animals communicable to humans.
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Zoonosis
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An abnormal fondness or preference for animals.
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Zoophilia
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An irrational or disproportionate fear of animals.
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Zoophobia
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Any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant, as a coral or a sea anemone.
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Zoophyte
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Plankton consisting of small animals and the immature stages of larger animals.
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Zooplankton
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The transplantation of living tissue to the human body from an animal of another species.
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Zooplasty
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An asexual spore produced by certain algae and some fungi, capable of moving about by means of flagella.
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Zoospore
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The breeding and domestication of animals; the technology of animal husbandry.
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Zootechnics
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Any toxin of animal origin, as a snake or scorpion venom, or serum produced by means of such toxin.
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Zootoxin
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Characteristic of a zoot suiter; extreme or flamboyant in style or appearance.
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Zooty
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A frieze having representations of people or animals.
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Zophorus
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A weasellike African animal, Ictonyx striatus, resembling a skunk in coloration and habits.
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Zoril
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Shingles
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Zoster
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A style of dance music that originated in Guadeloupe and Martinique, featuring Caribbean rhythms over a disco beat and played with electric guitars and synthesizers.
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Zouk
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Expressing surprise or indignation.
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Zounds
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(Used to express keen pleasure, astonishment, approval, etc.)
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Zowie
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Any of several low-growing grasses of the genus Zoysia, especially Z. matrella, native to tropical Asia and widely used for lawns.
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Zoysia
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A variety of summer squash that is shaped like a cucumber and that has a smooth, dark-green skin.
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Zucchini
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A situation in which a player is limited to moves that cost pieces or have a damaging positional effect.
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Zugzwang
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A soup or chowder.
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Zuppa
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An ancient Hebrew silver coin, the fourth part of a silver shekel.
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Zuz
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A small, round skullcap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics, a priest's being black, a bishop's violet, a cardinal's red, and the pope's white; calotte.
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Zucchetto
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A special egg bread made into rusks.
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Zwieback
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A molecule, especially an amino acid, containing a positively charged ion at one end and a negatively charged ion at the other.
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Zwitterion
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A blues-influenced type of Cajun dance music popular in Louisiana and Texas, and usually played on accordion, guitar, and violin.
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Zydeco
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an instrument for measuring the degree of fermentation.
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Zygophore
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Belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.
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Zygophyllaceous
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The union of two gametes; conjugation.
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Zygosis
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The cell produced by the union of two gametes, before it undergoes cleavage.
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Zygote
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The complex of enzymes obtained from yeast, also occurring in bacteria and other organisms, that acts in alcoholic fermentation and other forms of glycolysis.
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Zymase
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The specific principle regarded as the cause of a zymotic disease.
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Zyme
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Any of various enzyme precursor molecules that may change into an enzyme as a result of catalytic change.
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Zymogen
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(Formerly) The science dealing with fermentation and the action of enzymes; enzymology.
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Zymology
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An instrument for measuring the degree of fermentation.
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Zymometer
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The branch of applied chemistry dealing with fermentation, as in winemaking, brewing, the preparation of yeast, etc.
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Zymurgy
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Any of various South American weevils of the genus Zyzzyva, often destructive to plants.
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Zyzzyva
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