yardarm, yardmaster,
yautia
n.
5AmSp yaut>a < Taino6
1 the starchy tuber of any of various tropical plants (genus Xanthosoma) of the arum family, cultivated for food in tropical America; malanga
2 this plant
yaw,
Yaw´weed` n. (Bot.) A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers.
yearling, yegg, yelper, yeomanette, yesterday, Yiddishkeit,
Yizkor (To Remember). ... The Yizkor service is said on Yom Kippur. The custom is also to recite it on the three Jewish holidays, Passover, Shavout, and Succot
yokelish, yucca
zarzuela - Spanish musical play consisting of spoken dialogue, songs,
zebu
n.,
pl. 3bus# or 3bu# 5Fr z=bu < ?6 a domesticated ox (Bos indicus) native to Asia and parts of Africa: it has a large hump over the shoulders, short, curving horns, pendulous ears, and a large dewlap and is resistant to heat and insect-borne diseases: see BRAHMAN (sense 2)
zenana
5Hindi zanana < Pers < zan, woman, akin to Gr gync, woman: see GYNO36 in India and Iran, the part of the house reserved for women
zeta, zilch, zillionaire, zinger, zither,
ziti
n.
pasta in the shape of tubes of medium width, with an outer surface that is either smooth or ridged
zoetic – of, or pertaining to life
zoism - reverence for animal life
Zolaesque, zonule, zoolatry, zoology,
zoonosis
n.,
pl. 3on$o[ses# 739n4! scz#, 3! nb4scz#8 5ModL < Gr zbion, an animal (see BIO3) + nosos, disease6 a disease that can be transmitted to people by vertebrate animals
zo#o[not$ic 73! n9t4ik8
adj.
zophorus. n. sculptured relief frieze with a continuous pattern of men or animals.
zoophyte
n.
5ModL zoophyton < Gr zbophyton: see ZOO3 & 3PHYTE6any animal, as a coral or sponge, having somewhat the appearance and character of a plant; esp., a bryozoan
zo#o[phyt$ic 73fit4ik8 or zo#o[phyt$i[cal
adj.
zooplankton
n.
plankton consisting of animals, as protozoans, copepods, or rotifers
zo#o[plank[ton$ic 73t9n4ik8
adj.
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