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Zillion
– definition :
- (adjective)
- very large indeterminate number (context:all)
- (noun)
- a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) (context:quantity)
– Sample : “zillion”
- a zillion people were there
- there were millions of flies
Zion
– definition :
- (noun)
- an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal (context:cognition)
- Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine (context:location)
- originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem (context:location)
– Sample : “zion”
- the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as the daughter of Zion’
Zloty
– definition :
- (noun)
- the basic unit of money in Poland (context:quantity)
Zonotrichia
– definition :
- (noun)
- large New World sparrows (context:animal)
Zooplankton
– definition :
- (noun)
- animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae (context:animal)
Zweig
– definition :
- (noun)
- Austrian writer (1881-1942) (context:person)
Zymogen
– definition :
- (noun)
- any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active (context:substance)
Zinc sulfate
– definition :
- (noun)
- a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc (context:substance)
Ziphiidae
– definition :
- (noun)
- beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae (context:animal)
Zoisia
– definition :
- (noun)
- lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions (context:plant)
