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zaire the former chief monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equaling one hundred makuta.
Zakynthos an island belonging to Greece, the third largest in the Ionian Sea.
Zambezi River a major river in southern Africa that flows through Zambia, Angola, and Mozambique before emptying into the Indian Ocean. It also touches the borders of Namibia and Botswana and flows along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zambia a south central African country, south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and east of Angola; formerly Northern Rhodesia.
zany crazily silly or comical. [3 definitions]
Zan zi bar an island off the coast of East Africa that is part of Tanzania.
zap (informal) to kill, strike, destroy, or smash suddenly. [4 definitions]
Zarathustra Zoroaster.
zarf an ornamental coffee cup holder used in the Middle East.
zayin the name of the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Zea an genus of flowering plants in the grass family that includes corn and related species.
zeal intense enthusiasm for a person, ideal, cause, or the like.
zealot a person who is excessively and often intolerantly zealous, esp. about a cause or religious faith; fanatic.
zealous characterized by, showing, or filled with an intense enthusiasm, as toward a cause, purpose, or activity.
zebec variant of xebec.
zebra any of various horselike mammals, native to Africa, that have black and white or dark brown stripes on a whitish body.
zebra crossing (chiefly British) a painted pathway of black and white stripes across a road that indicates where pedestrians may cross safely.
zebrafish a small freshwater tropical fish that has zebralike stripes and is often kept in aquariums.
zebu a domesticated oxlike animal, native to Asia, that has a large hump over its shoulders and loose, fleshy skin at its throat.
Zeitgeist the spirit of the age (German); the popular outlook or trend of a particular period or generation.
Zen a type of Buddhism, now practiced in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, that emphasizes individual spiritual enlightenment through meditation. [2 definitions]