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zamindar
n.
- landowner. zamindari,
n.
land or jurisdiction of a zamindar.
zatetic
adj.
- pondering, questioning
zeigarnik
n.
- Psychology, tendency to remember an uncompleted rather than a completed task.
zenana
n.
- harem; system of segregating women in harems.
zenography
n.
- study or description of planet Jupiter. zenographic(al),
adj.
zeta
n.
- sixth letter of Greek alphabet.
zetetic
adj.
- asking; questioning
zeugma
n.
- literary device of using word to modify two other words with only one of which it is correctly used. zeugmatic,
adj.
zibeline, zibelline
adj.
- pertaining to sables.
Zigeuner
n.
- 'gypsy'.
zingaro
n.
- (pl -ri ) 'gypsy'.
zircon
n.
- brownish or greyish mineral used as gem. zirconiferous,
adj.
zither
n.
- musical instrument of strings stretched over a horizontal sounding board and plucked with a plectrum.
zizith
n.
- tassels and fringes found on certain religious ceremonial garments
zoanthropy
n.
- delusion of a person who believes himself changed into an animal.
zocle
n.
- small stand or pedestal for a statue
zoea
n.
- early larva of crab and other crustaceans. zoeal,
adj.
zoetic
adj.
- pertaining to life
zoic
adj.
- showing traces of life; containing organic remains. zoism,
n.
doctrine that life depends on a peculiar vital principle.
zoilism
n.
- nagging criticism
Zollverein
n.
- 'customs-union' as organized by Prussia in the 1830s.
zomotherapy
n.
- medical treatment by raw meat or meat juice. zomotherapeutic,
adj.
zonesthesia
n.
- the feeling of wearing a tight girdle
zooerastia
n.
- sexual intercourse with an animal
zoogamy
n.
- sexual reproduction of animals. zoogenous,
adj.
originating in animals. zoography,
n.
description of animals.
zooid
n.
- organism resembling animal, especially asexually produced; sperm cell. zooidal,
adj.
zoolite, zoolith
n.
- fossil animal.
zoometry
n.
- measurement of animals. zoomimetic,
adj.
imitating an animal or part of an animal. zoomorph,
n.
object in form of animal. zoomorphism,
n.
representation of god as lower animal.
zoonic
adj.
- pertaining to or derived from animals. zoonosis,
n.
disease that can be communicated among animals or from animal to man.
zoopery
n.
- experimenting on lower animals. zooperal,
adj.
zooperist,
n.
zoophile
n.
- lover of animals; plant pollinated by animals. zoophilia, zoophilist,
n.
zoophilous,
adj.
zoophobia,
n.
dread of animals.
zoophorus, zophorus
n.
- sculptured relief frieze with a continuous pattern of men or animals.
zoophyte
n.
- plant-like animal, as coral, sea anemone, etc. zoophytal, zoophytic,
adj.
zoophytology,
n.
study of such.
zooscopy
n.
- hallucination of seeing animals. zooscopic,
adj.
zootechny, zootechnics
n.
- breeding and taming of animals. zootechnic,
adj.
zootomy
n.
- study of animal anatomy. zootomic(al),
adj.
zootomist,
n.
zootrophy
n.
- feeding of animals. zootrophic,
adj.
zouave
n.
- French-Algerian infantry soldier; woman's short jacket.
zwitterion
n.
- ion charged both positively and negatively.
zygal
adj.
- h-shaped
zygomancy
n.
- fortune telling with weights
zygophyte
n.
- plant with reproduction by union of two similar cells. zygospore,
n.
spore formed by such union.
zygote
n.
- cell formed by union of two gametes; fertilized egg. zygotic,
adj.
zymase
n.
- enzyme converting sugar to alcohol and carbon dioxide.
zymogenic
adj.
- causing fermentation. zymogenous,
adj.
zymology
n.
- study of or treatise on fermentation. zymologic(al),
adj.
zymologist,
n.
zymolysis
n.
- action of enzymes.
zymoplastic
adj.
- partaking in the production of enzymes.
zymosis
n.
- fermentation; process resembling fermentation in development of infectious disease.
zymotic
adj.
- pertaining to fermentation; due to development of germs entering body from outside; n. contagious or infectious disease.
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