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  • English Word Zantiot Definition A native or inhabitant of Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.
  • English Word Zany Definition A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
  • English Word Zany Definition To mimic.
  • English Word Zanyism Definition State or character of a zany; buffoonery.
  • English Word Zaphara Definition Zaffer.
  • English Word Zaphrentis Definition An extinct genus of cyathophylloid corals common in the Paleozoic formations. It is cup-shaped with numerous septa, and with a deep pit in one side of the cup.
  • English Word Zapotilla Definition See Sapodilla.
  • English Word Zaptiah Definition A Turkish policeman.
  • English Word Zarathustrian Definition Alt. of Zarathustric
  • English Word Zarathustric Definition Of or pertaining to Zarathustra, or Zoroaster; Zoroastrian.
  • English Word Zarathustrism Definition See Zoroastrianism.
  • English Word Zaratite Definition A hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring as an emerald-green incrustation on chromite; -- called also emerald nickel.
  • English Word Zareba Definition An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc.
  • English Word Zarnich Definition Native sulphide of arsenic, including sandarach, or realgar, and orpiment.
  • English Word Zarthe Definition A European bream (Abramis vimba).
  • English Word Zati Definition A species of macaque (Macacus pileatus) native of India and Ceylon. It has a crown of long erect hair, and tuft of radiating hairs on the back of the head. Called also capped macaque.
  • English Word Zauschneria Definition A genus of flowering plants. Zauschneria Californica is a suffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers much resembling those of the garden fuchsia.
  • English Word Zax Definition A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.
  • English Word Zayat Definition A public shed, or portico, for travelers, worshipers, etc.
  • English Word Zea Definition A genus of large grasses of which the Indian corn (Zea Mays) is the only species known. Its origin is not yet ascertained. See Maize.
  • English Word Zeal Definition A zealot.
  • English Word Zeal Definition To be zealous.
  • English Word Zeal Definition Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.
  • English Word Zealant Definition One who is zealous; a zealot; an enthusiast.
  • English Word Zealed Definition Full of zeal; characterized by zeal.
  • English Word Zealful Definition Full of zeal.
  • English Word Zealless Definition Wanting zeal.
  • English Word Zealot Definition One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan.
  • English Word Zealotical Definition Like, or suitable to, a zealot; ardently zealous.
  • English Word Zealotism Definition The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry.