zipper
— Noun
– English
~ a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
zipper
— Verb
– English
~ close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold"
zippo
— Noun
– English
~ a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
zippy
— Adjective
– English
~ marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"
zippy
— Adjective
– English
~ quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"
zircon
— Noun
– English
~ a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent
zirconia
— Noun
– English
~ a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes
zirconium oxide
— Noun
– English
~ a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes
zirconium silicate
— Noun
– English
~ 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
– English
~ a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes
zirconium
— Noun
– English
~ 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