Zulu
— Noun
– English
~ a Bantu language of considerable literary importance in southeastern Africa
zumbooruck
— Noun
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~ a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies
zumbooruk
— Noun
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~ a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies
zuni
— Noun
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~ a member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico
zurich
— Noun
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~ the largest city in Switzerland; located in the northern part of the country; "Zurich is the center of the German-speaking part of Switzerland"
Zurvan
— Noun
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~ the Zoroastrian god of time
Zurvanism
— Noun
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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
— Noun
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~ a Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe
zweig
— Noun
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~ Austrian writer (1881-1942)
zwieback
— Noun
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~ slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
Zwingli
— Noun
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~ Swiss theologian whose sermons began the Reformation in Switzerland (1484-1531)
Zworykin
— Noun
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~ United States physicist who invented the iconoscope (1889-1982)
zydeco
— Noun
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~ music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues
Zygnema
— Noun
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~ type genus of the family Zygnemataceae
Zygnemataceae
— Noun
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~ pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses
Zygnematales
— Noun
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~ pond scums; desmids
Zygocactus truncatus
— Noun
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~ South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera
Zygocactus
— Noun
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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
— Noun
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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