| zany |
crazily silly or comical. [3 definitions] |
| 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. |
| 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] |
| Zend |
a Middle Persian translation and interpretation of the Avesta. |
| Zend-Avesta |
the Zoroastrian sacred writings together with their Zendic commentaries. |
| zenith |
the point in the sky that is directly over the head of the observer. (Cf. nadir.) [2 definitions] |
| zeolite |
any of a group of naturally hydrated aluminum silicates that readily gain or lose water of hydration. [2 definitions] |
| Zephaniah |
according to the Old Testament, a minor prophet of Israel of the seventh century B.C. [2 definitions] |
| zephyr |
a soft breeze. |