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yurt a movable round tent of skins or felt, used esp. by nomads in parts of Asia.
YWCA abbreviation of "Young Women's Christian Association."
YWHA abbreviation of "Young Women's Hebrew Association."
z the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet. [3 definitions]
Zagreb the capital of Croatia.
Zaire former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, used from 1971 to 1997. [2 definitions]
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.