Zurvanism
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~ a heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring
Zurvanism
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~ a Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe
zweig
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~ Austrian writer (1881-1942)
zwieback
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~ slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
Zwingli
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~ Swiss theologian whose sermons began the Reformation in Switzerland (1484-1531)
Zworykin
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~ United States physicist who invented the iconoscope (1889-1982)
zydeco
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~ music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues
Zygnema
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~ type genus of the family Zygnemataceae
Zygnemataceae
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~ pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses
Zygnematales
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~ pond scums; desmids
Zygocactus truncatus
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~ South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera
Zygocactus
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~ small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits
zygodactyl foot
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~ a bird's foot having the first and fourth toes of each foot directed backward and the second and third forward
zygoma
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~ the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
zygomatic arch
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~ the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
zygomatic bone
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~ the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
zygomatic process
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~ a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch
zygomatic
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~ the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
Zygomycetes
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~ class of fungi coextensive with subdivision Zygomycota