zinc
— Noun
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～ a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
zinc sulphide
— Noun
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～ a yellow to white crystalline fluorescent compound that occurs naturally as sphalerite or wurtzite and is used as a luminous pigment
zinfandel
— Noun
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～ dry fruity red wine from California
Zinfandel
— Noun
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～ small black grape grown chiefly in California; transplanted from Europe
zing
— Noun
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～ a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound; "the zing of the passing bullet"
zing
— Noun
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～ the activeness of an energetic personality
zinger
— Noun
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～ a striking or amusing or caustic remark; "he always greeted me with a new zinger"; "she tried to think of some killer of an argument, a real zinger that would disarm all opposition"
Zingiber
— Noun
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～ tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger
Zingiber officinale
— Noun
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～ tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root; source of gingerroot and powdered ginger
Zingiberaceae
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～ a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales
Zinjanthropus
— Noun
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～ genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned
zinkenite
— Noun
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～ a steel grey metallic mineral (a sulphide of lead and antimony)
zinnemann
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～ United States filmmaker (born in Austria) (1907-1997)
zinnia
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～ any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
Zinnia grandiflora
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～ subshrub having short leafy stems and numerous small flower heads with nearly round yellow-orange rays; Arizona south to Mexico and east to Kansas
Zinnia acerosa
— Noun
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～ subshrub with slender woolly stems and long narrow leaves and flower heads with white rays; southern United States and northern Mexico
zinnwaldite
— Noun
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～ a mica containing iron and lithium
zinsser
— Noun
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～ United States bacteriologist who helped develop immunization against typhus fever (1878-1940)
Zinzendorf
— Noun
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～ German theologian (1700-1760)