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1: the ending of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelation [syn: {omega}] 2: the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British ca...

1: the third axis in a 3-dimensional coordinate system

1: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria [syn: {Sayanci}]

1: light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled [syn: {sabayon}]

1: a Hebrew minor prophet of the late 6th century BC [syn: {Zechariah}] 2: an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zechariah which are concerned mainly with the renewal of Israel after the Bab...

1: 12th President of the United States; died in office (1784-1850) [syn: {Taylor}, {President Taylor}]

1: euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies"; "pleasingly plump" [syn: {buxom}, {chubby}, {embonpoint}, {plump}, {zoftig}]

1: an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions [syn: {zigzag}, {zig}]

1: a genus of Tachyglossidae [syn: {genus Zaglossus}]

1: the capital of Croatia

1: outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956) [syn: {Babe Zaharias}, {Didrikson}, {Babe Didrikson}, {Mildred Ella Didrikson}, {Mildred Ella Didrikson Zaharias}]

1: the basic unit of money in Zaire 2: a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960 [syn: {Congo}, {Democratic Republic of the Congo}, {Belgian Congo}]

1: of or relating to or characteristic of Zaire or its people; "Zairean elections" [syn: {Zairese}] n : a native or inhabitant of Zaire [syn: {Zairese}]

1: of or relating to or characteristic of Zaire or its people; "Zairean elections" [syn: {Zairean}] n : a native or inhabitant of Zaire [syn: {Zairean}]

1: monetary unit in Zaire

1: the fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship; "the zakat is earmarked for the poor and disabled"

1: sea lions [syn: {genus Zalophus}]

1: often trained as a show animal [syn: {California sea lion}, {Zalophus californicus}]

1: often trained as a show animal [syn: {California sea lion}, {Zalophus californianus}]

1: a variety of sea lion found in Australia [syn: {Australian sea lion}]

1: the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War [syn: {battle of Zama}]

1: large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle [syn: {rain tree}, {saman}, {monkeypod}, ...

1: large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle [syn: {rain tree}, {saman}, {monkeypod}, ...

1: an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean [syn: {Zambezi River}]

1: an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean [syn: {Zambezi}]

1: a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the Commonwealth in 1964 [syn: {Republic of Zambia}, {Northern Rh...

1: of or relating to or characteristic of Zambia or its people n : a native or inhabitant of Zambia

1: the basic unit of money in Zambia [syn: {kwacha}]

1: monetary unit in Zambia

1: the trade name for a machine that smoothes the ice in an ice-skating rink

1: any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads

1: a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias [syn: {Zamiaceae}, {family Zamiaceae}]

1: small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot [syn: {coontie}, {Florida arrowroot}, {Seminole bread}]

1: a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias [syn: {family Zamiaceae}, {zamia family}]

{zamindari}

1: United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939) [syn: {Grey}]

1: English writer (1864-1926) [syn: {Israel Zangwill}]

{zany}

{zany}

1: horned pondweed: completely submerged herbs; in some classifications included in Potamogetonaceae [syn: {genus Zannichellia}]

1: found in still or slow-moving fresh or brackish water; useful to oxygenate cool water ponds and aquaria [syn: {horned pondweed}]

1: alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae; one species [syn: {family Zannichelliaceae}]

1: a histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux [syn: {ranitidine}]

1: calla lily [syn: {genus Zantedeschia}]

1: South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix [syn: {calla lily}, {calla}, {arum lily}]

1: calla having a rose-colored spathe [syn: {pink calla}]

1: deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash [syn: {genus Zanthoxylum}]

1: small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America [syn: {toothache tree}, {sea ash}, {Zanthoxylum fraxineum}]

1: densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies [syn: {Hercules'-club}, {Hercules'-clubs}, {Hercules-club}]

1: West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood [syn: {satinwood}, {West Indian satinwood}]

1: small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America [syn: {toothache tree}, {sea ash}, {Zanthoxylum americanum}]

1: United States filmmaker whose works include the first feature-length film with sound sequences (1902-1979) [syn: {Darryl Zanuck}, {Darryl Francis Zanuck}]

1: pungent adjectives of disesteem; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books" [syn: {cockamamie}, {cockamamy}, {goofy}, ...

1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa; part of the United Republic of Tanzania

1: a hard copal derived from an African tree [syn: {anime}]

1: strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes" 2: kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game...

1: Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919) [syn: {Emiliano Zapata}]

1: jumping mice [syn: {family Zapodidae}]

1: of or relating to the language or culture of the Zapotec people n 1: a member of of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900 [syn: {Z...

1: a member of of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900 [syn: {Zapotec}] 2: the language of the Zapotec people [syn: {Zapotec}]