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Zenana
n.
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The part of a dwelling appropriated to women.
Zend
n.
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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.
Zend-Avesta
n.
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The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.
Zendik
n.
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An atheist or unbeliever; -- name given in the East to those charged with disbelief of any revealed religion, or accused of magical heresies.
Zenick
n.
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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.
Zenik
n.
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See Zenick.
Zenith
n.
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That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.
Zenith
n.
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hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity.
Zenithal
a.
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Of or pertaining to the zenith.
Zeolite
n.
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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.
Zeolitic
a.
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Of or pertaining to a zeolite; consisting of, or resembling, a zeolite.
Zeolitiform
a.
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Having the form of a zeolite.
Zephyr
n.
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The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze.
Zephyrus
n.
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The west wind, or zephyr; -- usually personified, and made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities.
Zequin
n.
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See Sequin.
Zerda
n.
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The fennec.
Zeriba
n.
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Same as Zareba.
Zeros
pl.
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of Zero
Zeroes
pl.
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of Zero
Zero
n.
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A cipher; nothing; naught.
Zero
n.
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The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.
Zero
n.
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Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.
Zest
n.
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A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.
Zest
n.
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Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
Zest
n.
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The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut.
Zested
imp. & p. p.
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of Zest
Zesting
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Zest
Zest
v. t.
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To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.
Zest
v. t.
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To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine.
Zeta
n.
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A Greek letter corresponding to our z.