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Zinc deficiency
– definition :
- (noun)
- a deficiency caused by inadequate zinc in the diet or by liver disease or cystic fibrosis or other diseases (context:state)
Zip fastener
– definition :
- (noun)
- a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab (context:artifact)
Zodiacal light
– definition :
- (noun)
- a luminous tract in the sky; a reflection of sunlight from cosmic dust in the plane of the ecliptic; visible just before sunrise and just after sunset (context:phenomenon)
Zooerasty
– definition :
- (noun)
- sexual activity between a person and an animal (context:act)
Zoroastrian
– definition :
- (adjective)
- of or pertaining to Zoroaster or the religion he founded (context:pert)
- (noun)
- follower of Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism (context:person)
Zygnematales
– definition :
- (noun)
- pond scums; desmids (context:animal)
Zyrian
– definition :
- (noun)
- the Finnic language spoken by the Komi (context:communication)
Zinger
– definition :
- (noun)
- a striking or amusing or caustic remark (context:communication)
– Sample : “zinger”
- he always greeted me with a new zinger
- she tried to think of some killer of an argument, a real zinger that would disarm all opposition
Zirconium dioxide
– definition :
- (noun)
- a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes (context:substance)
Zombie spirit
– definition :
- (noun)
- (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body (context:person)
