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zinc sulphate

noun · a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc

zinc sulphide

noun · a yellow to white crystalline fluorescent compound that occurs naturally as sphalerite or wurtzite and is used as a luminous pigment

zinc vitriol

noun · a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc

zinc white

noun · a white pigment used in house paints; consists of zinc oxide

zing

noun · the activeness of an energetic personality

zinger

noun · a striking or amusing or caustic remark

Example: he always greeted me with a new zinger

zingiberaceae

noun · a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales

zinnemann

noun · United States filmmaker (born in Austria) (1907-1997)

zinsser

noun · United States bacteriologist who helped develop immunization against typhus fever (1878-1940)

zionist

adjective · relating to or characteristic of a supporter of Zionism

Example: the Zionist leader Theodor Herzl

zip by

verb · move by very quickly

zip code

noun · a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail

zip up

verb · close with a zipper

Example: Zip up your jacket--it's cold

ziphiidae

noun · beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae

zipper

noun · a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab

zippo

noun · a quantity of no importance

Example: it looked like nothing I had ever seen before

zippy

adjective · marked by lively action

Example: a bouncing gait

zirconium

noun · a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon

zirconium dioxide

noun · a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes

zit

noun · a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne

zither

noun · a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

zithern

noun · a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers

zodiacal

adjective · relating to or included in the zodiac

Example: zodiacal constellations

zoftig

adjective · (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous - Robt.A.Hamilton;

Example: a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular

zoloft

noun · a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Zoloft)

zonal

adjective · associated with or divided into zones

Example: a zonal pattern of cell structure

zonary

adjective · relating to or of the nature of a zone

Example: the zonal frontier

zone

noun · (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure

zonk out

verb · fall asleep fast, as when one is extremely tired

Example: after the long drive, we zonked out and slept for 10 hours

zonula

noun · small beltlike zone

zoo

noun · the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition

zooerasty

noun · sexual activity between a person and an animal

zoological

adjective · of or relating to animals or animal groups

Example: zoological garden

zoology

noun · the branch of biology that studies animals

zoom in

verb · examine closely; focus one's attention on

Example: He zoomed in on the book

zoom lens

noun · a camera lens that magnifies the image

zoonotic

adjective · of or relating to or constituting zoonosis

Example: the Ebola virus is believed to be zoonotic

zori

noun · a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes

zostera marina

noun · submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts

zubird

noun · evil storm god represented as a black bird

zweig

noun · Austrian writer (1881-1942)

zwieback

noun · slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp

zworykin

noun · United States physicist who invented the iconoscope (1889-1982)

zygnemataceae

noun · pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses

zygocactus

noun · small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits

zygoma

noun · the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone

zygomatic bone

noun · the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek

zygomorphic

adjective · capable of division into symmetrical halves by only one longitudinal plane passing through the axis

zygomorphous

adjective · capable of division into symmetrical halves by only one longitudinal plane passing through the axis

zygophyllaceae

noun · small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea

zygophyllum

noun · usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers