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Word
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Definition
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| zabaglione
| frothy custard
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| zabernism
| misuse of military authority; bullying
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| zabra
| small Spanish sailing vessel
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| zabuton
| flat Japanese cushion for kneeling or sitting
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| zaffre
| impure cobalt oxide
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| zaftig
| having a full; rounded figure
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| zaitech
| investment in financial markets by a company in order to boost profits
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| zakuska
| hors d'oeuvre; snack
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| zalambdodont
| having molar teeth with V-shaped ridges
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| zamacueca
| Chilean dance where partners move around each other
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| zamarra
| sheepskin jacket
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| zambomba
| Spanish percussion instrument
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| zambra
| Spanish dance
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| zampogna
| Italian bagpipe
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| zampone
| stuffed pigs' trotter sausage
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| zander
| a variety of European perch
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| zanella
| mixed twilled umbrella fabric
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| zanjero
| supervisor of irrigation canals
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| zanyism
| buffoonery
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| zanze
| African musical instrument like castanets
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| zapata
| flowing, drooping moustache
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| zapateado
| Latin-American dance with rhythmic tapping of the feet
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| zappy
| lively; entertaining
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| zarf
| ornamental holder for hot coffee cup
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| zari
| Indian gold and silver brocade
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| zariba
| square fence of thorn-bushes; fortified camp
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| zarzuela
| traditional Spanish vaudeville show; fish and shellfish stew
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| zatch
| female genitalia
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| zayat
| Burmese public meeting-hall or house of worship
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| zazzy
| flashy; stylish
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| zebrine
| of, like or pertaining to zebras
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| zebrinny
| offspring of male horse and female zebra
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| zebroid
| like or resembling a zebra
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| zebrule
| hybrid offspring of male zebra and female horse
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| zebu
| ox with hump and dewlap
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| zedoary
| aromatic root resembling ginger
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| zegedine
| silver drinking-cup
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| zeitgeber
| rhythmically occurring event that cues organisms' biological rhythms
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| zek
| inmate of prison labour camp
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| zel
| form of Oriental cymbal
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| zelator
| sister in a convent in charge of checking on conduct of other nuns
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| zelatrix
| older nun in charge of disciplining younger nuns
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| zelophobia
| irrational or fear of jealousy
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| zelotic
| of the nature of a zealot
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| zelotypia
| jealousy; excessive zeal in carrying out a project
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| zeme
| Caribbean idol or totem
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| zemindar
| in colonial India, an indigenous revenue collector or landholder
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| zemirah
| Hebrew religious song sung at Sabbath meals
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| zemni
| blind mole-rat
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| zenana
| system of segregating women away from men in harems
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| zendalet
| large black woollen shawl worn over the head or shoulders
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| zendik
| heretic; magician
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| zendo
| hall for Zen Buddhist meditation
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| zenocentric
| measured with reference to the planet Jupiter
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| zenography
| study of the planet Jupiter
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| zenzic
| square of a number
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| zenzizenzizenzic
| eighth power of a number
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| zephyr
| lightweight wool or worsted fabric; the west wind
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| zeppole
| a variety of doughnut
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| zeroable
| able to be omitted from a sentence without any loss of meaning
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| zeta
| small room or closet in a church
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| zetetic
| proceeding by inquiry; a search or investigation
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| zeugma
| use of a word to modify two or more words in different ways
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| zeugmatography
| imaging using nuclear magnetic resonance to study soft tissue
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| zeze
| stringed instrument resembling a zither
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| zho
| cross between a yak and a cow
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| ziamet
| large ancient Turkish fiefdom
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| zibeline
| soft piled wool
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| zibeline
| of, like or pertaining to the sable
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| zibib
| colourless alcoholic drink made from raisins
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| ziganka
| Russian country dance
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| ziggurat
| Mesopotamian step pyramid
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| zill
| finger cymbals used in belly dancing
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| zimocca
| bath-sponge
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| zincic
| of, pertaining to or containing zinc
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| zinciferous
| bearing zinc
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| zincography
| process of engraving or etching on zinc
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| zineb
| white powder used as fungicide
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| zingaro
| gypsy
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| zingiber
| ginger
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| zinke
| old wind instrument resembling the cornet
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| zinkiferous
| bearing zinc
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| zinnia
| brightly coloured annual flower
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| zinnober
| chrome green
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| ziraleet
| expression of joy among Arab women
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| zirconic
| of or pertaining to zirconium
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| zitella
| young girl; maiden
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| zither
| musical instrument with strings laid over horizontal board
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| ziti
| pasta shaped like large macaroni
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| zizel
| chipmunk
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| zizyphus
| spiny fruit-bearing shrub
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| zizz
| sparkle; vim
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| zoanthropy
| delusion that one is an animal
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| zoarium
| supporting structure for a polyp colony
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| zodiographer
| one who writes about animals
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| zoetic
| living; vital
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| zoetrope
| slotted rotating cylinder producing primitive animation
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| zograscope
| optical device for viewing stereoscopic images
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| zoiatrics
| veterinary surgery
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| zoic
| of, like or pertaining to animals; containing evidence of life
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| zoilism
| carping and unjust criticism
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| zoism
| doctrine that life originates from a single vital principle
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| zollverein
| customs union
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| zolotnik
| old Russian unit of weight equal to 1/6 of an ounce
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| zomotherapy
| medical treatment using raw meat
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| zona
| girdle or belt; patch or band
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| zonal
| of or like a zone; arranged in zones
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| zonarious
| of or pertaining to a girdle or purse
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| zonary
| of or like a zone; arranged in zones
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| zonelet
| a little zone
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| zonoid
| like a zone
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| zonule
| small zone
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| zonulet
| a small belt or girdle
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| zonure
| small South African lizard
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| zooarchaeology
| study of animal remains of archaeological sites
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| zoocentric
| centred on the animal world
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| zoocephalic
| animal-headed
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| zoochemistry
| chemistry of animals
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| zoochorous
| of seeds or spores spread by animals
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| zoochory
| spread of plant seeds or spores by animals
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| zooculture
| domestication of animals
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| zoocytium
| a hollow vessel
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| zoodikers
| an exclamation
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| zoodynamics
| dynamics of animal bodies
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| zoogamy
| sexual reproduction of animals
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| zoogenic
| produced from animals
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| zoogeography
| study of geographic distribution of animals
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| zoogeology
| study of fossil animal remains
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| zoogonous
| giving birth to live offspring
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| zoograft
| tissue from an animal grafted to a human
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| zoography
| the painting or description of animals
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| zoogyroscope
| device for depicting the movement of animals through rotating images
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| zooid
| asexually produced organism resembling an animal
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| zoolatry
| excessive devotion to animals or pets
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| zoolite
| fossil animal
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| zoomagnetism
| animal magnetism
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| zoomancy
| divination by observing animals
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| zoomania
| insane fondness for animals
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| zoometry
| measurement of animals
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| zoomimetic
| imitating an animal or part of an animal
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| zoomorphic
| having the form or shape of an animal
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| zoomorphism
| conception of a god or man in animal form
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| zoon
| organism regarded as a complete animal
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| zoonic
| of, like or pertaining to or derived from animals
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| zoonomy
| animal physiology
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| zoonosis
| disease of animals which can be transmitted to humans
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| zoonosology
| study of animal diseases
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| zoopathology
| study of animal diseases
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| zoopery
| experimentation on animals
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| zoophagy
| eating animals
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| zoophilia
| loving or caring for animals; bestiality
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| zoophily
| loving or caring for animals; bestiality
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| zoophobia
| fear of animals
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| zoophorus
| continuous frieze depicting humans and animals
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| zoophysics
| physics of animal bodies
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| zoophysiology
| study of physiology of animals
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| zoophyte
| plant-like animal such as coral
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| zoophytology
| study of plant-like animals
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| zoopraxiscope
| device for depicting the movement of animals through rotating images
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| zooscopy
| hallucination that one is seeing animals
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| zoosemiotics
| study of animal communication
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| zoosophy
| knowledge or learning concerning animals
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| zootaxy
| science of classifying animals
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| zootechnics
| science of breeding animals
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| zoothapsis
| premature burial
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| zootheism
| attribution of divine qualities to animals
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| zootherapy
| veterinary therapeutics
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| zootomy
| dissection of animals; comparative anatomy
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| zootoxin
| poison derived from animal
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| zootrophy
| feeding or tending of animals
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| zootype
| animal serving as a type; figure of an animal used to represent a deity
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| zopissa
| combination of wax and pitch used for medicinal purposes
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| zoppa
| syncopated; limping (in music)
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| zoppetto
| medieval Italian limping hop dance
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| zori
| Japanese thonged sandals
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| zorino
| euphemism for skunk fur
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| zoster
| a girdle
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| zosteriform
| shaped like a girdle
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| zosterops
| small tropical bird with a ring of white feathers around the eyes
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| zouk
| Caribbean disco dance and corresponding type of fast rhythmic music
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| zounds
| mild oath
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| zoysia
| perennial subtropical grass
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| zubrowka
| vodka flavoured with sweet-grass
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| zucca
| gourd
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| zucchetto
| round skullcap worn by Catholic clergy to indicate rank
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| zuche
| tree stump
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| zufolo
| small flute used to train songbirds
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| zug
| waterproof leather used for boots
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| zugtrompete
| slide trumpet
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| zugzwang
| chess blockade
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| zule
| in heraldry, a chess rook
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| zumbador
| South American hummingbird
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| zumbooruk
| small cannon carried on the back of a camel
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| zuppa
| fish soup
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| zurla
| Yugoslavian shawm
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| zurna
| Turkish bagpipe or shawm
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| zwieback
| sweet toasted biscuit
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| zwischenzug
| chess move made to play for time
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| zwitterion
| ion carrying both a positive and negative charge
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| zydeco
| Louisiana Creole dance music
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| zygal
| formed like the letter H; of, like or pertaining to a yoke or union
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| zygnomic
| legally supported constraint on human freedom
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| zygodactylic
| having two toes in front and two behind
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| zygology
| science of joining and fastening
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| zygoma
| bony arch on the side of the skull
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| zygomorphic
| bilaterally symmetrical
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| zygon
| connecting bar
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| zygopleural
| bilaterally symmetrical
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| zygosis
| conjugation
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| zymic
| of, like or pertaining to fermentation
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| zymite
| priest using leavened bread during communion
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| zymogenic
| causing fermentation
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| zymology
| science of fermentation
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| zymometer
| instrument for measuring fermentation
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| zymosimeter
| instrument for measuring fermentation
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| zymosis
| fermentation
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| zymotechnics
| the art of fermentation
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| zymotic
| of, like or pertaining to fermentation
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| zymurgy
| branch of chemistry dealing with brewing and distilling
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| zythum
| ancient Egyptian beer
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| zyzzyva
| South American weevil
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