African yellowwood
— Noun
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～ South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown
angiospermous yellowwood
— Noun
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～ any of various angiospermous trees having yellow wood
Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin
— Noun
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～ French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943)
Alexandre Yersin
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～ French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943)
Anatoli Yevgenevich Karpov
— Noun
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～ Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951)
Asa Yoelson
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～ United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950)
Agrippina the Younger
— Noun
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～ wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero
Achras zapota
— Noun
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～ large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras
Az Zarqa
— Noun
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～ city in northwestern Jordan
Armillaria zelleri
— Noun
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～ a large fungus with viscid cap that dries and turns brown with age; gills are off-white
aleph-zero
— Noun
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～ the smallest infinite integer
absolute zero
— Noun
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～ (cryogenics) the lowest temperature theoretically attainable (at which the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules is minimal); 0 Kelvin or -273.15 centigrade or -459.67 Fahrenheit
Alpinia Zerumbet
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～ cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
Ahmed Zoki Yamani
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～ Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930)
Antarctic Zone
— Noun
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～ the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
Arctic Zone
— Noun
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～ the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
abyssal zone
— Noun
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～ the deep sea (2000 meters or more) where there is no light
arcus zygomaticus
— Noun
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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