zoroastrianism
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～ system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster; set forth in the Zend-Avesta; based on concept of struggle between light (good) and dark (evil)
zoster
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～ eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
Zostera marina
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～ submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts
zostera
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～ (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants
Zosteraceae
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～ used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae
Zovirax
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～ an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms
Zoysia matrella
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～ lawn grass common in the Philippines; grown also in United States
Zoysia japonica
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～ lawn grass common in China and Japan; grown also in United States
zoysia
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～ any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia
Zoysia tenuifolia
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～ Asiatic creeping perennial grass; introduced in southern United States as a drought-resistant lawn grass
zr
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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
Zsigmondy
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～ German chemist (born in Austria) honored for his research on colloidal solutions (1865-1929)
zu
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～ evil storm god represented as a black bird
Zubird
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～ evil storm god represented as a black bird
zucchini
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～ small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green
zucchini
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～ marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small
Zuider Zee
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～ a former inlet of the North Sea in the northern coast of the Netherlands; sealed off from the sea in 1932 by a dam that created the IJsselmeer
zukerman
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～ Israeli violinist (born in 1948)
Zulu
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～ a community of Negroid people in eastern South Africa
Zulu
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～ a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities