A hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring as an emerald-green incrustation on chromite; -- called also emerald nickel.

An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc.

A metallic cuplike stand used for holding a finjan.

Native sulphide of arsenic, including sandarach, or realgar, and orpiment.

Grooves or furrows formed in snow by the action of the wind, and running parallel with the direction of the wind. This formation results from the erosion of transverse waves previously formed.

A species of macaque (Macacus pileatus) native of India and Ceylon. It has a crown of long erect hair, and tuft of radiating hairs on the back of the head. Called also capped macaque.

A genus of flowering plants. Zauschneria Californica is a suffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers much resembling those of the garden fuchsia.

A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.

A public shed, or portico, for travelers, worshipers, etc.

A genus of large grasses of which the Indian corn (Zea Mays) is the only species known. Its origin is not yet ascertained. See Maize.

To be zealous.

One who is zealous; a zealot; an enthusiast.

Full of zeal; characterized by zeal.

Full of zeal.

Wanting zeal.

One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan.

Like, or suitable to, a zealot; ardently zealous.

The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry.

A zealot.

The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause.

See Xebec.

Any member of three species of African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.

A lizard having a long tail with black bands (Callisaurus draconoides), which lives in the deserts of the southwestern U. S. and Mexico; called also gridiron-tailed lizard.

A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (Connarus Guianensis). The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia fragrans). The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus Guettarda.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the zebra.

A cross between a male horse and a female zebra.

A cross between a male zebra and a female horse.

A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff.

A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.

See Sequin.

The upper division of the Permian (Dyas) of Europe. The prevailing rock is a magnesian limestone.

The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard.

A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.

A hippopotamus.

An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers, or about five cents.

A nitrogenous substance of the nature of gluten, obtained from the seeds of Indian corn (Zea) as a soft, yellowish, amorphous substance.

The spirit of the time; the general intellectual and moral state or temper characteristic of any period of time.

Same as Zamindar.

Same as Zamindary.

The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows.

In Russia, an elective local district and provincial administrative assembly. Originally it was composed of representatives elected by the peasantry, the householders of the towns, and the landed proprietors. In the reign of Alexander III. the power of the noble landowners was increased, the peasants allowed only to elect candidates from whom the governor of the province nominated the deputy, and all acts of the zemstvo subjected to the approval of the governor. Theoretically the zemstvo has large powers relating to taxation, education, public health, etc., but practically these powers are in most cases limited to the adjustment of the state taxation.

The part of a dwelling appropriated to women.

Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzv/resh, or literary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred writings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect) in which the Avesta is written.

The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.

An atheist or unbeliever; -- name given in the East to those charged with disbelief of any revealed religion, or accused of magical heresies.

A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also suricat.

See Zenick.

Of or pertaining to the zenith.

A term now used to designate any one of a family of minerals, hydrous silicates of alumina, with lime, soda, potash, or rarely baryta. Here are included natrolite, stilbite, analcime, chabazite, thomsonite, heulandite, and others. These species occur of secondary origin in the cavities of amygdaloid, basalt, and lava, also, less frequently, in granite and gneiss. So called because many of these species intumesce before the blowpipe.

Of or pertaining to a zeolite; consisting of, or resembling, a zeolite.

Having the form of a zeolite.

The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze.

The west wind, or zephyr; -- usually personified, and made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities.

A dirigible balloon of the rigid type, consisting of a cylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gas cells, and provided with means of propulsion and control. It was first successfully used by Ferdinand Count von Zeppelin.

See Sequin.

The fennec.

Same as Zareba.

To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.

Marked by spirited enjoyment.

Having a pleasantly stimulating flavor. Opposite of bland.

A seeker; -- a name adopted by some of the Pyrrhonists.

A branch of algebra which relates to the direct search for unknown quantities.

A genus of extinct Eocene whales, remains of which have been found in the Gulf States. The species had very long and slender bodies and broad serrated teeth. See Phocodontia.

Same as Phocodontia.

A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, /hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;/ where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.

Of or pertaining to zeugma; characterized by zeugma.

Same as Zygobranchia.

The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world (cf. Hades). He was identified with Jupiter.

Any one of a group of bombycid moths of which the genus Zeuzera is the type. Some of these moths are of large size. The goat moth is an example.

See Ceylanite.

A carnivorous mammal (Viverra zibetha) closely allied to the civet, from which it differs in having the spots on the body less distinct, the throat whiter, and the black rings on the tail more numerous.

Curd produced from milk by adding acetic acid, after rennet has ceased to cause coagulation.

A mineral wax, vert similar to ozocerite. It is found at Zietrisika, Moldavia, whence its name.

The second month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding to our May.

A temple tower of the Babylonians or Assyrians, consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure, built in successive stages, with outside staircases, and a shrine at the top; -- called also zikkurat.

Same as Sicker.

To move in a zigzag manner; also, to have a zigzag shape.

The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.

Having sharp turns.

A temple tower of the Babylonians or Assyrians, consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure, built in successive stages, with outside staircases, and a shrine at the top; -- called also ziggurat.

A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in water, and eaten, by the Arabs.

A district or local division, as of a province.

A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to cattle.

A kind of water found in copper mines; water impregnated with copper.

A sponge (Euspongia zimocca) of flat form and fine quality, from the Adriatic, about the Greek islands, and the coast of Barbary.

To coat with zinc; to galvanize.

Zinc chloride.

Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zinc; zincous.

A binary compound of zinc.

Containing or affording zinc.

The act or process of applying zinc; the condition of being zincified, or covered with zinc; galvanization.

To coat or impregnate with zinc.

The act or process of applying zinc; galvanization.

Native zinc oxide; a brittle, translucent mineral, of an orange-red color; -- called also red zinc ore, and red oxide of zinc.

Pertaining to zinc, or having its appearance.

Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity.

The positive electrode of an electrolytic cell; anode.

A zinc plate prepared for printing by zincography; also, a print from such a plate.

An engraver on zinc.

The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten away by acid.

Pertaining to, or resembling, zinc; -- said of the electricity of the zincous plate in connection with a copper plate in a voltaic circle; also, designating the positive pole.

Of or pertaining to zincography; as, zincographic processes.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, zinc; zincic; as, zincous salts. Hence, formerly, basic, basylous, as opposed to chlorous.

A gypsy.

A small, edible, freshwater European perch (Aspro zingel), having a round, elongated body and prominent snout.

Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe (Zingibereae) of endogenous plants of the order Scitamineae. See Scitamineous.

See Zinc.

A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead.

See Zincky.

Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is the commonest species in cultivation.

A kind of mica containing lithium, often associated with tin ore.

The delundung.

Same as Zingiberaceous.

Among the Jews, a theory, plan, or movement for colonizing their own race in Palestine, the land of Zion, or, if that is impracticable, elsewhere, either for religious or nationalizing purposes; -- called also Zion movement.

To make, or move with, a sound like a zip{1}.

a full nine-digit zip code. See zip code.

Any one of a set of numbers assigned by the United States Postal Service to designate a particular postal delivery area. One or more zip codes are assigned to each post office. The numbers initially had five digits (the initial code), indicating state and post office. Later, four more optional digits were added (the expanded code) indicating the box number or delivery route. The full set of nine digits is also referred to as zip + 4. The code is appended in an address to the line bearing the city and state names, as in /Plainfield, NJ 07062/.

to affix a zip code to (an address or a letter).

a device for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab.

A natural family of cetaceans comprising the beaked whales; in some esp. former classifications included in the family Physeteridae.