zirconia
— Noun
– English
~ a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes
zirconium oxide
— Noun
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~ a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes
zirconium silicate
— Noun
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~ a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent
zirconium dioxide
— Noun
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~ a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes
zirconium
— Noun
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~ 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
zit
— Noun
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~ a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
zither
— Noun
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~ 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
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~ a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
Zithromax
— Noun
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~ a systemic antibacterial medicine (trade name Zithromax) that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body
ziti
— Noun
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~ medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces
Zizania aquatica
— Noun
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~ perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food
Ziziphus
— Noun
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~ spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes
Ziziphus jujuba
— Noun
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~ spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
Ziziphus lotus
— Noun
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~ shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region
zizz
— Noun
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~ a nap; "Arthur's taking a short zizz"
zizz
— Noun
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~ a buzzing or whizzing sound; "a nasty zizz in the engine"
zloty
— Noun
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~ the basic unit of money in Poland
zn
— 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
zoanthropy
— Noun
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~ the delusion that you have assumed the form of an animal