Fruit

Feast

Fat

Filbert (also called Hazelnut)

Fillet (as in steak, other meat or fish) (also sometimes spelled: Filet)

Flageolet (a type of bean)

Fastnacht (a potato pastry from Pennsylvania)

Fondant

Forcemeat (a type of stuffing)

F*gg*t (a type of meatball - traditional dish in the United Kingdom - see related link for further information.)

Or, how about "French Toast"? Or "Fruits of the Forest"? if you are counting compound words.

American Heritage Dictionary source online says this:

Middle English floute, from Old French flaute, from Old Provençal flaüt, perhaps a blend of flaujol,flageolet (from Vulgar Latin *flābeolum; see flageolet) and laut, lute.]

So it's French by way of Middle English, and we know that French, being a Romance language (like Italian and Spanish), has its roots in Latin. The Online Etymology Dictionary says this: c.1384, from O.Fr. flaute, from O.Prov. flaut, of uncertain origin, perhaps imitative or from L. flare "to blow;" perhaps influenced by Prov. laut "lute." The other Gmc. words (cf. Ger. flöte) are likewise borrowings from Fr. Ancient flutes were blown through a mouthpiece, like a recorder; the modern transverse or German flute developed 18c. The modern design and key system of the concert flute were perfected 1834 by Theobald Boehm. The architectural sense of "furrow in a pillar" (1660) is from fancied resemblance to the inside of a flute split down the middle. Meaning "tall, slender wine glass" is from 1649. Flutist (1603), probably from Fr. flûtiste, replaced M.E. flouter and is preferred in U.S. British preference is flautist (q.v.), a Continental reborrowing that returns the original diphthong. This also explains the English term flautist for "flute player."

TIBIA (ai/Afo), a pipe, the commonest musical instrument of the Greeks and Romans. It was very frequently a hollow cane perforated with holes in the proper places. (Plin. H. N. xvi. 36. s. 66 ; A then. iv. p. 182.) In other instances it was made of some kind of wood, especially box, and was bored with a gimblet (terebrato buoco,Ovid. Fast. vi. 697). The Phoenicians used a pipe, called gingntS) or avXbs yiyypaivos., which did not exceed a span in length, and was made of a small reed or straw. (Athen. iv. p. 174, f; Festus, s.r. Gingriator.) The use of the same variety in Egypt is proved by specimens in the British Museum, which were discovered in an Egyptian tomb.

Whon a single pipe was used by itself, the per former upon it, as well as the instrument, was called monaulos. (Mart. xiv. 64 ; /xt^auAos1, Brunck, Anal. i. 484.) Thus used, it was much in fashion at Alexandria. (Athen. iv. p. 174, b.) When its size became considerable, and it was both strengthened and adorned by the addition of metallic or ivory rings (Hor. Art. Poet.202-205; Propert. iv. 6. 8), it must have been comparable to the flageolet, or even to the clarionet of modern times. Among the varieties of the single pipe the most remarkable were the bag-pipe, the performer on which was called utricularius (Sueton. Nero, 54) or acrKauA^s (Onomast.} ; and the auA^yTr\dyio? or ir\ayiav\os (Theocrit. xx. 29 ; Longus, i. 2 ; Heliodor. Aethiop. v. ; Aelian, //. A.vi. 19 ; Eustath. in Horn. II. xviii. 495), which, as its name implies, had a mouth-piece inserted into it at right angles. Its form is shown'in a restored terminal statue of Pan in the Townley collection of the British Museum. Pan was the reputed inventor of this kind of tibia (Bion, iii. 7) as well as of the fistula or syrinx.

But among the Greeks and Romans it was much more usual to play on two pipes at the same time. Hence a performance on this instrument (tibiciniiim, Gellius, iv. 13), even when executed by a single person, was calledcanereor cantare tibiis. (Gellius, N. A. xv. 17'; Corn, Nepos, xv. 2. § 1.) This act is exhibited in very numerous works of ancient art, and often in such a way as to make it manifest that the two pipes were perfectly distinct, and not connected, as some have supposed, by a common mouth-piece. We see this more especially in two beautiful paintings, which were found at Resina and Civita Vecchia, and which represent Marsyas teaching the young Olympus to play on the double pipe. (Ant. d' Ercolano, i. tav. 9, iii. tav. 19 ; compare Pans. x. 30. § 5.) The tibiae pares in the British Museum, which were found with a lyre in a tomb at Athens, appear to be of cedar. Their length is about 15 inches. Each of them had a separate mouth-piece (y\uxr(ris), and besides the hole at the end it has five holes along the top and one underneath.

They are the same bean, they are only called different names by differnet regions of the country. For example, the main Indian Princess of the Hopi Tribe "KimKim Chickaauwa" calls them kidney beans, while in South Texas, Country Music singers like Eric Stone always refer to them as Pintos.

Kidney beans are larger than pinto beans and are solid red. Pinto beans got their name from the Spanish word "pintado," which means "painted." Hence, pinto ponies and pinto beans, which are smaller than kidney beans and are reddish brown and speckled. Kidney beans and pinto beans are not the same bean.

1 syllable:
bet, bett, bret, brett, chet, debt, et, fett, fette, flett, fret, frett, get, goette, hett, jet, jett, jette, jfet, kett, klett, let, lett, met, mette, net, nett, nyet, pet, pett, plett, pret, ret, rhett, set, sette, smet, stet, sweat, swett, tet, tete, threat, vet, vette, wet, whet, yet, yett

2 syllables:
abbett, abet, anette, annett, annette, anstett, arlette, arnett, arnette, arquette, as yet, audet, audette, babette, bad debt, barbette, barnett, barnette, barrette, baskette, bassette, beaudet, beaudette, beget, bennette, bequette, berlet, bernet, beset, bessette, binette, bissette, blanchette, bobbette, bonnette, boulet, boulette, bourget, bourret, bousquet, boyette, bramlette, bresette, bressette, brissette, brossette, brouillet, brouillette, brunet, brunette, brusett, brusette, bruyette, burchette, burdette, burnett, burnette, cadet, cartrette, cassette, chalmette, charette, chelette, chenette, chess set, chevette, chevrette, choquette, clarette, claudet, claudette, clavette, close set, cold sweat, colette, collette, corette, cornet, cornette, corvette, cosette, cossette, dead set, diskette, dorette, doucet, doucette, drift net, duet, duquette, durette, ellette, faucette, fayette, fisette, fleurette, follette, forget, forgette, fournet, fradette, frechette, fredette, frenette, furlett, garnette, garrette, gas jet, gaudet, gaudette, gazette, gelette, georgette, gillette, gill net, godette, goulet, goulette, goyette, gravette, guenette, guerette, guerrette, guillet, guillette, guilmette, gullette, guyett, guyette, gwinnett, hachette, hugette, hughette, hulette, idette, inglett, irette, irvette, janette, jeanerette, jeanette, jeannette, jennette, jenrette, jet set, joette, jolette, josette, jouret, junette, laurette, lavette, legette, leggette, lerette, linette, lirette, lisette, lorette, louisette, lovette, lucette, luquette, lurette, lynette, maillet, majette, mallette, manette, marette, margette, marlette, marquette, marzette, mcnett, midgette, midyett, midyette, millette, minette, monette, myette, nanette, nellette, ninette, niquette, nolette, nonjet, not yet, null set, octet, odette, offset, ornette, ouimet, ouimette, ovett, pagette, paquette, parlette, paulette, payette, pichette, pierette, piet, pinette, pipette, piquette, place bet, poquette, pound net, preset, prevette, privette, pruette, quartet, quellette, quintet, racette, regret, reset, revette, rillette, ringuette, rivette, rochette, rockette, rolette, rollet, rosette, roulette, rowlette, sarchet, sarette, saw set, sextet, smart set, stage set, stinnette, surette, surrette, susette, suzette, tea set, tibet, touchet, touchette, tourette, trivette, tuffet, umphlett, unmet, unset, upset, vallette, vedette, veillette, vermette, verrette, viet, vignette, villette, wernette, willette, wilmette, wynette, yevette, you bet

3 syllables:
anisette, antoinette, baronet, bedroom set, bernadette, bouncing bet, calumet, carbon tet, cigarette, clarinet, coronet, crepe suzette, cullinet, dancanet, deseret, dinner set, everette, falconet, fishing net, flageolet, galudet, henriette, horsey set, intermet, juliette, kitchenette, lafayette, lafeyette, landing net, larroquette, line roulette, luncheonette, mariette, minaret, minuet, nicolet, nicolette, olivette, pinochet, public debt, silhouette, sobriquet, statuette, string quartet, suffragette, tagamet, tv set, violett, violette, viverette, willamette

4 syllables:
bass clarinet, cabriolet, character set, exercise set, installment debt, laviolette, livingroom set, mosquito net, national debt, oxygen debt, radio set, receiving set, stomach upset, telephone set

Beget, forget, met, net, pet, reset.

Forget, pet, net, wet, set, bet, fret, met, yet, let, debt, vet.

• sunset
• yet
• set
• forget
• upset
• cigarette
• silhouette

Clarinet, jet,
1 syllable:

bet, bett, bret, brett, chet, debt, et, fett, fette, flett, fret, frett,get, goette, hett, jet, jett, jette, jfet, kett, klett, let, lett, met,mette, net, nett, nyet, pet, pett, plett, pret, ret, rhett, set, sette,smet, stet, sweat, swett, tet, tete, threat, vet, vette, wet, whet,yet, yett

2 syllables:

abbett, abet, allset, anette, annett, annette, anstett, arlette,arnett, arnette, arquette, as yet, audet, audette, babette,bad debt, baguette, barbette, barnett, barnette, barrette,baskette, bassette, beaudet, beaudette, beget, bennette, bequette,berlet, bernet, beset, bessette, binette, bissette, bizet, blanchette,bobbette, bonnette, boulet, boulette, bourget, bourret, bousquet,boyette, bramlette, bresette, bressette, brissette, brossette,brouillet, brouillette, brunet, brunette, brusett, brusette, bruyette,burchette, burdette, burnett, burnette, cadet, cartrette, cassette,chalmette, charette, charrette, chelette, chenette, chess set,chevette, chevrette, choquette, clarette, claudet, claudette,clavette, close set, cold sweat, colette, collette, corette, cornet,cornette, corvette, cosette, cossette, couchette, dead set,diskette, dorette, doucet, doucette, drift net, duet, duquette,durette, ellette, faucette, fayette, fisette, fleurette, follette,forget, forgette, fournet, fradette, frechette, fredette, frenette,furlett, garnette, garrette, gas jet, gaudet, gaudette, gazette,gelette, georgette, gillette, gill net, godette, goulet, goulette,goyette, gravette, guenette, guerette, guerrette, guillet, guillette,guilmette, gullette, guyett, guyette, gwinnett, hachette, hugette,hughette, hulette, idette, inglett, irette, irvette, janette,jeanerette, jeanette, jeannette, jennette, jenrette, jet set, joette,jolette, josette, jouret, junette, laurette, lavette, legette, leggette,lerette, linette, lirette, lisette, lorette, lorgnette, louisette, lovette,lucette, luquette, lurette, lynette, maillet, majette, mallette,manette, marette, margette, marlette, marquette, marzette,mcnett, midgette, midyett, midyette, millette, minette, monette,myette, nanette, nellette, ninette, niquette, nolette, nonjet,not yet, null set, octet, odette, offset, ornette, ouimet, ouimette,ovett, pagette, paquette, parlette, paulette, payette, pichette,pierette, piet, pinette, pipette, piquette, place bet, poquette,pound net, preset, prevette, privette, pruette, quartet, quellette,quintet, racette, reset, revette, rillette, ringuette, rivette, rochette,rockette, rolette, rollet, rosette, roulette, rowlette, sarchet,sarette, saw set, sextet, smart set, stage set, stinnette, surette,surrette, susette, suzette, tea set, tibet, touchet, touchette,tourette, trivette, umphlett, unmet, unset, upset, vallette, vedette,veillette, vermette, verrette, viet, vignette, villette, wernette,willette, wilmette, wynette, yevette, you bet, yvette

3 syllables:

anisette, antoinette, baronet, bedroom set, bernadette,bouncing bet, calumet, carbon tet, cigarette, clarinet, coronet,crepe suzette, cullinet, dancanet, deseret, dinner set, everette,falconet, fishing net, flageolet, galudet, henriette, horsey set,intermet, juliette, kitchenette, lafayette, lafeyette, landing net,larroquette, line roulette, luncheonette, mariette, minaret, minuet,nicolet, nicolette, olivette, pinochet, public debt, silhouette,slushayete, sobriquet, statuette, string quartet, suffragette,tagamet, tv set, violett, violette, viverette, willamette

4 syllables:

bass clarinet, cabriolet, character set, exercise set,installment debt, laviolette, livingroom set, mosquito net,national debt, oxygen debt, radio set, receiving set, stomach upset,telephone set

5 syllables:

television set

6 syllables:

ascii character set, capital of tibet

7 syllables:

marijuana cigarette, without becoming upset

Bennette

and these are what I got from Rhymezone.com

1 syllable:

bet, bett, bret, brett, chet, debt, et, fett, fette, flett, fret, frett, get, goette, hett, jet, jett, jette, jfet, kett, klett, let, lett, met, mette, net, nett, nyet, pet, pett, plett, pret, ret, rhett, set, sette, smet, stet, sweat, swett, tet, tete, threat, vet, vette, wet, whet, yet, yett

2 syllables:

abbett, abet, anette, annett, anstett, arlette, arnett, arnette, arquette, as yet, audet, audette, babette, bad debt, barbette, barnett, barnette, barrette, baskette, bassette, beaudet, beaudette, beget, bennette, bequette, berlet, bernet, beset, bessette, binette, bissette, blanchette, bobbette, bonnette, boulet, boulette, bourget, bourret, bousquet, boyette, bramlette, bresette, bressette, brissette, brossette, brouillet, brouillette, brunet, brunette, brusett, brusette, bruyette, burchette, burdette, burnett, burnette, cadet, cartrette, cassette, chalmette, charette, chelette, chenette, chess set, chevette, chevrette, choquette, clarette, claudet, claudette, clavette, close set, cold sweat, colette, collette, corette, cornet, cornette, corvette, cosette, cossette, dead set, diskette, dorette, doucet, doucette, drift net, duet, duquette, durette, ellette, faucette, fayette, fisette, fleurette, follette, forget, forgette, fournet, fradette, frechette, fredette, frenette, furlett, garnette, garrette, gas jet, gaudet, gaudette, gazette, gelette, georgette, gillette, gill net, godette, goulet, goulette, goyette, gravette, guenette, guerette, guerrette, guillet, guillette, guilmette, gullette, guyett, guyette, gwinnett, hachette, hugette, hughette, hulette, idette, inglett, irette, irvette, janette, jeanerette, jeanette, jeannette, jennette, jenrette, jet set, joette, jolette, josette, jouret, junette, laurette, lavette, legette, leggette, lerette, linette, lirette, lisette, lorette, louisette, lovette, lucette, luquette, lurette, lynette, maillet, majette, mallette, manette, marette, margette, marlette, marquette, marzette, mcnett, midgette, midyett, midyette, millette, minette, monette, myette, nanette, nellette, ninette, niquette, nolette, nonjet, not yet, null set, octet, odette, offset, ornette, ouimet, ouimette, ovett, pagette, paquette, parlette, paulette, payette, pichette, pierette, piet, pinette, pipette, piquette, place bet, poquette, pound net, preset, prevette, privette, pruette, quartet, quellette, quintet, racette, regret, reset, revette, rillette, ringuette, rivette, rochette, rockette, rolette, rollet, rosette, roulette, rowlette, sarchet, sarette, saw set, sextet, smart set, stage set, stinnette, surette, surrette, susette, suzette, tea set, tibet, touchet, touchette, tourette, trivette, tuffet, umphlett, unmet, unset, upset, vallette, vedette, veillette, vermette, verrette, viet, vignette, villette, wernette, willette, wilmette, wynette, yevette, you bet, yvette

3 syllables:

anisette, antoinette, baronet, bedroom set, bernadette, bouncing bet, calumet, carbon tet, cigarette, clarinet, coronet, crepe suzette, cullinet, dancanet, deseret, dinner set, everette, falconet, fishing net, flageolet, galudet, henriette, horsey set, intermet, juliette, kitchenette, lafayette, lafeyette, landing net, larroquette, line roulette, luncheonette, mariette, minaret, minuet, nicolet, nicolette, olivette, pinochet, public debt, silhouette, sobriquet, statuette, string quartet, suffragette, tagamet, tv set, violett, violette, viverette, willamette

4 syllables:

bass clarinet, cabriolet, character set, exercise set, installment debt, laviolette, livingroom set, mosquito net, national debt, oxygen debt, radio set, receiving set, stomach upset, telephone set

5 syllables:

television set

6 syllables:

ascii character set, capital of tibet

7 syllables:

marijuana cigarette, without becoming upset

Staff

The staff is the fundamental latticework of music notation, upon which symbols are placed. The five stave lines and four intervening spaces correspond to pitches of the diatonic scale - which pitch is meant by a given line or space is defined by the clef.

Ledger or leger lines

Used to extend the staff to pitches that fall above or below it. Such ledger lines are placed behind the note heads, and extend a small distance to each side. Multiple ledger lines may be used when necessary to notate pitches even farther above or below the staff.

Bar line

Used to separate measures (see time signatures below for an explanation of measures). Bar lines are extended to connect the upper and lower staffs of a grand staff.Double bar line, Double barline

Used to separate two sections of music. Also used at changes in key signature, time signature or major changes in style or tempo.

Bold double bar line, Bold double barline

Used to indicate the conclusion of a movement or an entire composition.

Dotted bar line, Dotted barline

Subdivides long measures of complex meter into shorter segments for ease of reading, usually according to natural rhythmic subdivisions.

Accolade, brace

Connects two or more lines of music that are played simultaneously.[1] Depending on the instruments playing, the brace, or accolade, will vary in designs and styles.\

Clefs define the pitch range, or tessitura, of the staff on which it is placed. A clef is usually the leftmost symbol on a staff. Additional clefs may appear in the middle of a staff to indicate a change in register for instruments with a wide range. In early music, clefs could be placed on any of several lines on a staff.G clef (Treble Clef)

The centre of the spiral defines the line or space upon which it rests as the pitch G above middle C, or approximately 392 Hz. Positioned here, it assigns G above middle C to the second line from the bottom of the staff, and is referred to as the "treble clef." This is the most commonly encountered clef in modern notation, and is used for most modern vocal music. Middle-C is the 1st ledger line below the stave here. The shape of the clef comes from a stylised upper-case-G.C clef (Alto Clef and Tenor Clef)

This clef points to the line (or space, rarely) representing middle C, or approximately 262 Hz. Positioned here, it makes the center line on the staff middle C, and is referred to as the "alto clef." This clef is used in modern notation for the viola. While all clefs can be placed anywhere on the staff to indicate various tessitura, the C clef is most often considered a "movable" clef: it is frequently seen pointing instead to the fourth line and called a "tenor clef". This clef is used very often in music written for bassoon, cello, and trombone; it replaces the bass clef when the number of ledger lines above the bass staff hinders easy reading.

C clefs were used in vocal music of the classical era and earlier; however, their usage in vocal music has been supplanted by the universal use of the treble and bass clefs. Modern editions of music from such periods generally transpose the original C-clef parts to either treble (female voices), octave treble (tenors), or bass clef (tenors and basses).F clef (Bass Clef)

The line or space between the dots in this clef denotes F below middle C, or approximately 175 Hz. Positioned here, it makes the second line from the top of the staff F below middle C, and is called a "bass clef." This clef appears nearly as often as the treble clef, especially in choral music, where it represents the bass and baritone voices. Middle C is the 1st ledger line above the stave here. The shape of the clef comes from a stylised upper-case-F (which used to be written the reverse of the modern F)

Neutral clef

Used for pitchless instruments, such as some of those used for percussion. Each line can represent a specific percussion instrument within a set, such as in a drum set. Two different styles of neutral clefs are pictured here. It may also be drawn with a separate single-line staff for each untuned percussion instrument.Octave Clef

Treble and bass clefs can also be modified by octave numbers. An eight or fifteen above a clef raises the intended pitch range by one or two octaves respectively. Similarly, an eight or fifteen below a clef lowers the pitch range by one or two octaves respectively. A treble clef with an eight below is the most commonly used, typically used instead of a C clef for tenor lines in choral scores. Even if the eight is not present, tenor parts in the treble clef are understood to be sung an octave lower than written.Tablature

For guitars and other plucked instruments it is possible to notate tablature in place of ordinary notes. In this case, a TAB sign is often written instead of a clef. The number of lines of the staff is not necessarily five: one line is used for each string of the instrument (so, for standard 6-stringed guitars, six lines would be used). Numbers on the lines show on which fret the string should be played. This TAB sign, like the percussion clef, is not a clef in the true sense, but rather a symbol employed instead of a clef. The interstitial spaces on a tablature are never used.

Note and rest values are not absolutely defined, but are proportional in duration to all other note and rest values. The whole note is the reference value, and the other notes are named (in American usage) in comparison; i.e. a quarter note is a quarter the length of a whole note.NoteBritish name / American nameRestBreve / Double whole noteSemibreve / Whole noteMinim / Half noteCrotchet / Quarter noteQuaver / Eighth note

For notes of this length and shorter, the note has the same number of flags (or hooks) as the rest has branches.Semiquaver / Sixteenth noteDemisemiquaver / Thirty-second noteHemidemisemiquaver / Sixty-fourth noteBeamed notes

Beams connect eighth notes (quavers) and notes of shorter value, and are equivalent in value to flags. In metered music, beams reflect the rhythmic grouping of notes. They may also be used to group short phrases of notes of the same value, regardless of the meter; this is more common in ametrical passages. In older printings of vocal music, beams are often only used when several notes are to be sung to one beat; modern notation encourages the use of beaming in a consistent manner with instrumental engraving, and the presence of beams or flags no longer informs the singer. Today, due to the body of music in which traditional metric states are not always assumed, beaming is at the discretion of the composer or arranger and irregular beams are often used to place emphasis on a particular rhythmic pattern.Dotted note

Placing dots to the right of the corresponding notehead lengthens the note's duration, e.g. one dot by one-half, two dots by three-quarters, three dots by seven-eighths, and so on. Rests can be dotted in the same manner as notes. For example, if a quarter note had one dot alongside itself, it would get one and a half beats. Therefore n dots lengthen the note's or rest's original d duration to .Multi-measure rest

Indicates the number of measures in a resting part without a change in meter, used to conserve space and to simplify notation. Also called "gathered rest" or "multi-bar rest".

In a score, this symbol tells the performer or singer to take a breath (or make a slight pause for non-wind instruments). This pause usually does not affect the overall tempo. For bowed instruments, it indicates to lift the bow and play the next note with a downward (or upward, if marked) bow.Caesura

Indicates a brief, silent pause, during which time is not counted. In ensemble playing, time resumes when conductor or leader indicates.

Lowers the pitch of a note by one semitone.Sharp

Raises the pitch of a note by one semitone.Natural

Cancels a previous accidental, or modifies the pitch of a sharp or flat as defined by the prevailing key signature (such as F-sharp in the key of G major, for example).Double flat

Lowers the pitch of a note by two chromatic semitones. Usually used when the note to be modified is already flatted by the key signature.Double sharp

Raises the pitch of a note by two chromatic semitones. Usually used when the note to be modified is already sharped by the key signature.

Lowers by a semitone the pitch of notes on the corresponding line or space, and all octaves thereof, thus defining the prevailing major or minor key. Different keys are defined by the number of flats in the key signature, starting with the leftmost, i.e., B♭, and proceeding to the right; for example, if only the first two flats are used, the key is B♭ major/G minor, and all B's and E's are "flatted", i.e. lowered to B♭ and E♭.Sharp key signature

Raises by a semitone the pitch of notes on the corresponding line or space, and all octaves thereof, thus defining the prevailing major or minor key. Different keys are defined by the number of sharps in the key signature, also proceeding from left to right; for example, if only the first four sharps are used, the key is E major/C♯ minor, and the corresponding pitches are raised.

Lowers the pitch of a note by one quarter tone. (Another notation for the demiflat is a flat with a diagonal slash through its stem. In systems where pitches are divided into intervals smaller than a quarter tone, the slashed flat represents a lower note than the reversed flat.)Flat-and-a-half(sesquiflat)

Lowers the pitch of a note by three quarter tones.Demisharp

Raises the pitch of a note by one quarter tone.Sharp-and-a-half

Raises the pitch of a note by three quarter tones. Occasionally represented with two vertical and three diagonal bars instead.

Other conventions for microtonal music are used on an ad hoc basis.

Time signatures define the meter of the music. Music is "marked off" in uniform sections called bars or measures, and time signatures establish the number of beats in each. This is not necessarily intended to indicate which beats are emphasized, however. A time signature that conveys information about the way the piece actually sounds is thus chosen. Time signatures tend to suggest, but only suggest, prevailing groupings of beats or pulses.Specific time - simple time signatures

The bottom number represents the note value of the basic pulse of the music (in this case the 4 represents the crotchet or quarter-note). The top number indicates how many of these note values appear in each measure. This example announces that each measure is the equivalent length of three crotchets (quarter-notes). You would pronounce this as "Three Four Time", and was referred to as a "perfect" time.Specific time - compound time signatures

The bottom number represents the note value of the subdivisions of the basic pulse of the music (in this case the 8 represents the quaver or eighth-note). The top number indicates how many of these subdivisions appear in each measure. To derive the unit of the basic pulse in compound meters, double this value and add a dot, and divide the top number by 3 to determine how many of these pulses there are each measure. This example announces that each measure is the equivalent length of two dotted crotchets (dotted quarter-notes). You would pronounce this as "Six Eight Time."Common time

This symbol is a throwback to fourteenth century rhythmic notation, when it represented 2/4, or "imperfect time". Today it represents 4/4.Alla breve or Cut time

This symbol represents 2/2 time, indicating two minim (or half-note) beats per measure. Here, a crotchet (or quarter note) would get half a beat.Metronome mark

Written at the start of a score, and at any significant change of tempo, this symbol precisely defines the tempo of the music by assigning absolute durations to all note values within the score. In this particular example, the performer is told that 120 crotchets, or quarter notes, fit into one minute of time. Many publishers precede the marking with letters "M.M.", referring to Maelzel's Metronome.

Indicates that the two (or more) notes joined together are to be played as one note with the time values added together. To be a tie, the notes must be identical; that is, they must be on the same line or the same space; otherwise, it is a slur (see below).

Slur

Indicates that two or more notes are to be played in one physical stroke, one uninterrupted breath, or (on instruments with neither breath nor bow) connected into a phrase as if played in a single breath. In certain contexts, a slur may only indicate that the notes are to be played legato; in this case, rearticulation is permitted.

Slurs and ties are similar in appearance. A tie is distinguishable because it always joins exactly two immediately adjacent notes of the same pitch, whereas a slur may join any number of notes of varying pitches.

A phrase mark (or less commonly, ligature) is a mark that is visually identical to a slur, but connects a passage of music over several measures. A phrase mark indicates a musical phrase and may not necessarily require that the music be slurred. In vocal music, a phrase mark usually shows how each syllable in the lyrics is to be sung.Glissando or Portamento

A continuous, unbroken glide from one note to the next that includes the pitches between. Some instruments, such as the trombone, timpani, non-fretted string instruments, electronic instruments, and the human voice can make this glide continuously (portamento), while other instruments such as the piano or mallet instruments will blur the discrete pitches between the start and end notes to mimic a continuous slide (glissando).Tuplet

A number of notes of irregular duration are performed within the duration of a given number of notes of regular time value; e.g., five notes played in the normal duration of four notes; seven notes played in the normal duration of two; three notes played in the normal duration of four. Tuplets are named according to the number of irregular notes; e.g., duplets, triplets, quadruplets, etc.Chord

Several notes sounded simultaneously ("solid" or "block"), or in succession ("broken"). Two-note chords are called dyad; three-note chords are called triads. A chord may contain any number of notes.Arpeggiated chord

A chord with notes played in rapid succession, usually ascending, each note being sustained as the others are played. Also called a "broken chord".

Dynamics are indicators of the relative intensity or volume of a musical line.Pianississimo

Extremely soft. Very infrequently does one see softer dynamics than this, which are specified with additional ps.Pianissimo

Very soft. Usually the softest indication in a piece of music, though softer dynamics are often specified with additional ps.Piano

Soft. Usually the most often used indication.Mezzo piano

Literally, half as soft as piano.Mezzo forte

Similarly, half as loud as forte. If no dynamic appears, mezzo-forte is assumed to be the prevailing dynamic level.Forte

Loud. Used as often as piano to indicate contrast.Fortissimo

Very loud. Usually the loudest indication in a piece, though louder dynamics are often specified with additional fs (such as fortississimo - seen below).Fortississimo

Extremely loud. Very infrequently does one see louder dynamics than this, which are specified with additional fs.Sforzando

Literally "forced", denotes an abrupt, fierce accent on a single sound or chord. When written out in full, it applies to the sequence of sounds or chords under or over which it is placed.Crescendo

A gradual increase in volume.

Can be extended under many notes to indicate that the volume steadily increases during the passage.Diminuendo

Also decrescendo

A gradual decrease in volume. Can be extended in the same manner as crescendo.

Other commonly used dynamics build upon these values. For example "piano-pianissimo" (represented as 'ppp' meaning so softly as to be almost inaudible, and forte-fortissimo, ('fff') meaning extremely loud. In some European countries, use of this dynamic has been virtually outlawed as endangering the hearing of the performers.[2] A small "s" in front of the dynamic notations means "subito", and means that the dynamic is to be changed to the new notation rapidly. Subito is commonly used with sforzandos, but all other notations, most commonly as "sff" (subitofortissimo) or "spp" (subitopianissimo).Forte-piano

A section of music in which the music should initially be played loudly (forte), then immediately softly (piano).

Another value that rarely appears is niente, which means 'nothing'. This may be used at the end of a diminuendo to indicate 'fade out to nothing'.

This indicates that the note is to be played shorter than notated, usually half the value, the rest of the metric value is then silent. Staccato marks may appear on notes of any value, shortening their performed duration without speeding the music itself.Staccatissimo

Indicates a longer silence after the note (as described above), making the note very short. Usually applied to quarter notes or shorter. (In the past, this marking's meaning was more ambiguous: it sometimes was used interchangeably with staccato, and sometimes indicated an accent and not staccato. These usages are now almost defunct, but still appear in some scores.)Accent

The note is played louder or with a harder attack than surrounding unaccented notes. May appear on notes of any duration.Tenuto

This symbol has several meanings: It may indicate that a note be played for its full value, or slightly longer; it may indicate a slight dynamic emphasis; or it may indicate a separate attack on a note. It may be combined with a staccato dot to indicate a slight detachment ("portato" or "mezzo staccato").Marcato

The note is played somewhat louder or more forcefully than a note with a regular accent mark (open horizontal wedge).Left-hand pizzicato or Stopped note

A note on a stringed instrument where the string is plucked with the left hand (the hand that usually stops the strings) rather than bowed. On the horn, this accent indicates a "stopped note" (a note played with the stopping hand shoved further into the bell of the horn). In percussion notation this denotes, among many other specific uses, that the hi-hat is to be closed by pressing the pedal or that an instrument is to be "choked" (silenced by causing vibrations to cease).Snap pizzicato

On a stringed instrument, a note played by stretching a string away from the frame of the instrument and letting it go, making it "snap" against the frame. Also known as a Bartók pizzicato.Natural harmonic or Open note

On a stringed instrument, denotes that a natural harmonic (also called flageolet) is to be played. On a valved brass instrument, denotes that the note is to be played "open" (without lowering any valve, or without mute). In organ music, this denotes that a pedal note is to be played with the heel. In percussion notation this denotes, among many other specific uses, that the hi-hat is to be opened by release of the pedal or that an instrument is to be allowed to ring.Fermata (Pause)

An indefinitely-sustained note, chord, or rest. Usually appears over all parts at the same metrical location in a piece, to show a halt in tempo. It can be placed above or below the note.Up bow or Sull'arco

On a bowed string instrument, the note is played while drawing the bow upward. On a plucked string instrument played with a plectrum or pick (such as a guitar played pickstyle or a mandolin), the note is played with an upstroke. In organ notation, this marking indicates to play the pedal note with the toe.Down bow or Giù arco

Like sull'arco, except the bow is drawn downward. On a plucked string instrument played with a plectrum or pick (such as a guitar played pickstyle or a mandolin), the note is played with a downstroke. Also note in organ notation, this marking indicates to play the pedal note with the heel.

A rapid alternation between the specified note and the next higher note (according to key signature) within its duration. Also called a "shake." When followed by a wavy horizontal line, this symbol indicates an extended, or running, trill. Trills can begin on either the specified root note or the upper auxiliary note, though the latter is more prevalent in modern performances.Mordent

Rapidly play the principal note, the next higher note (according to key signature) then return to the principal note for the remaining duration. In most music, the mordent begins on the auxiliary note, and the alternation between the two notes may be extended.Mordent (lower)

Rapidly play the principal note, the note below it, then return to the principal note for the remaining duration. In much music, the mordent begins on the auxiliary note, and the alternation between the two notes may be extended.Turn

When placed directly above the note, the turn (also known as a gruppetto) indicates a sequence of upper auxiliary note, principal note, lower auxiliary note, and a return to the principal note. When placed to the right of the note, the principal note is played first, followed by the above pattern. By either placing a vertical line through the turn symbol or inverting it, it indicates the order of the auxiliary notes is to be reversed.Appoggiatura

The first half of the principal note's duration has the pitch of the grace note (the first two-thirds if the principal note is a dotted note).Acciaccatura

The acciaccatura is of very brief duration, as though brushed on the way to the principal note, which receives virtually all of its notated duration. In percussion notation, the acciaccatura symbol is used to denote the flam rudiment, the miniture note still being positioned behind the main note but on the same line or space of the stave. The flam note is usually played just before the natural durational subdivision the main note is played on, with the timing and duration of the main note remaining unchanged.

The 8va sign is placed above the staff (as shown) to indicate the passage is to be played one octave higher.

(An 8vb sign is placed below the staff to indicate the passage is to be played one octave lower.[3][4]

Quindicesima

The 15ma sign is placed above the staff (as shown) to indicate the passage is to be played two octaves higher.

(A 15mb sign is placed below the staff to indicate the passage is to be played two octaves lower.)

8va and 15ma are sometimes abbreviated further to 8 and 15. When they appear below the staff, the word bassa is sometimes added.

Tremolo

A rapidly-repeated note. If the tremolo is between two notes, then they are played in rapid alternation. The number of slashes through the stem (or number of diagonal bars between two notes) indicates the frequency at which the note is to be repeated (or alternated). As shown here, the note is to be repeated at a demisemiquaver (thirty-second note) rate.

In percussion notation, tremolos are used to indicate rolls, diddles, and drags. Typically, a single tremolo line on a sufficiently short note (such as a sixteenth) is played as a drag, and a combination of three stem and tremolo lines indicates a double-stroke roll (or a single-stroke roll, in the case of timpani, mallet percussions and some untuned percussion instrument such as triangle and bass drum) for a period equivalent to the duration of the note. In other cases, the interpretation of tremolos is highly variable, and should be examined by the director and performers.Repeat signs

Enclose a passage that is to be played more than once. If there is no left repeat sign, the right repeat sign sends the performer back to the start of the piece or the nearest double bar.Simile marks

Denote that preceding groups of beats or measures are to be repeated. In the examples here, the first usually means to repeat the previous measure, and the second usually means to repeat the previous two measures.Volta brackets (1st and 2nd endings, or 1st- and 2nd-time bars)

A repeated passage is to be played with different endings on different playings; it is possible to have more than two endings (1st, 2nd, 3rd ...).Da capo

(lit. "From top") Tells the performer to repeat playing of the music from its beginning. This is followed by al fine (lit. "to the end"), which means to repeat to the word fine and stop, or al coda (lit. "to the coda (sign)"), which means repeat to the coda sign and then jump forward.Dal segno

(lit. "From the sign") Tells the performer to repeat playing of the music starting at the nearest segno. This is followed by al fine or al coda just as with da capo.Segno

Mark used with dal segno.Coda

Indicates a forward jump in the music to its ending passage, marked with the same sign. Only used after playing through a D.S. al coda (Dal segno al coda) or D.C. al coda (Da capo al coda).

It depends on what you define as an English word, because if you include technical and scientific terms, the list could be extensive. Here is a list. If I've missed words, please add them:

Za (n.) An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as heard in the or aeolian string; -- so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flat seventh.

Zabaism (n.) Alt. of Zabism

Zachun (n.) An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment.

Zaerthe (n.) Same as Z/rthe.

Zaffer (n.) A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc.

Zaim (n.) A Turkish chief who supports a mounted militia bearing the same name.

Zaimet (n.) A district from which a Zaim draws his revenue.

Zain (n.) A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having no spots.

Zalambdodont (a.) Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.

Zalambdodont (n.) One of the Zalambdodonta. The tenrec, solenodon, and golden moles are examples.

Zamang (n.) An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for feeding cattle. Also called rain tree.

Zambos (pl. ) of Zambo

Zambo (n.) The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.

Zamia (n.) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.

Zamindar (n.) A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue.

Zamindary (n.) Alt. of Zamindari

Zamindari (n.) The jurisdiction of a zamindar; the land possessed by a zamindar.

Zamite (n.) A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia.

Zamouse (n.) A West African buffalo (Bubalus brachyceros) having short horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also short-horned buffalo, and bush cow.

Zampogna (n.) A sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants. It is now almost obsolete.

Zander (n.) A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to the wall-eye; -- called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant.

Zandmole (n.) The sand mole.

Zante (n.) See Zantewood.

Zante currant () A kind of seedless grape or raisin; -- so called from Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.

Zantewood (n.) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under Fustic.

Zantewood (n.) Satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).

Zantiot (n.) A native or inhabitant of Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.

Zanies (pl. ) of Zany

Zany (n.) A merry-Andrew; a buffoon.

Zany (v. t.) To mimic.

Zanyism (n.) State or character of a zany; buffoonery.

Zaphara (n.) Zaffer.

Zaphrentis (n.) An extinct genus of cyathophylloid corals common in the Paleozoic formations. It is cup-shaped with numerous septa, and with a deep pit in one side of the cup.

Zapotilla (n.) See Sapodilla.

Zaptiah (n.) A Turkish policeman.

Zarathustrian (a.) Alt. of Zarathustric

Zarathustric (a.) Of or pertaining to Zarathustra, or Zoroaster; Zoroastrian.

Zarathustrism (n.) See Zoroastrianism.

Zaratite (n.) A hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring as an emerald-green incrustation on chromite; -- called also emerald nickel.

Zareba (n.) An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc.

Zarnich (n.) Native sulphide of arsenic, including sandarach, or realgar, and orpiment.

Zarthe (n.) A European bream (Abramis vimba).

Zati (n.) A species of macaque (Macacus pileatus) native of India and Ceylon. It has a crown of long erect hair, and tuft of radiating hairs on the back of the head. Called also capped macaque.

Zauschneria (n.) A genus of flowering plants. Zauschneria Californica is a suffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers much resembling those of the garden fuchsia.

Zax (n.) A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.

Zayat (n.) A public shed, or portico, for travelers, worshipers, etc.

Zea (n.) A genus of large grasses of which the Indian corn (Zea Mays) is the only species known. Its origin is not yet ascertained. See Maize.

Zeal (n.) Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.

Zeal (n.) A zealot.

Zeal (v. i.) To be zealous.

Zealant (n.) One who is zealous; a zealot; an enthusiast.

Zealed (a.) Full of zeal; characterized by zeal.

Zealful (a.) Full of zeal.

Zealless (a.) Wanting zeal.

Zealot (n.) One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan.

Zealotical (a.) Like, or suitable to, a zealot; ardently zealous.

Zealotism (n.) The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry.

Zealotist (n.) A zealot.

Zealotry (n.) The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause.

Zealous (a.) Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object.

Zealous (a.) Filled with religious zeal.

Zebec (n.) See Xebec.

Zebra (n.) Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.

Zebrawood (n.) A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (Connarus Guianensis).

Zebrawood (n.) The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia fragrans).

Zebrawood (n.) The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus Guettarda.

Zebrine (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the zebra.

Zebu (n.) A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff.

Zebub (n.) A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.

Zechin (n.) See Sequin.

Zechstein (n.) The upper division of the Permian (Dyas) of Europe. The prevailing rock is a magnesian limestone.

Zed (n.) The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard.

Zedoary (n.) A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.

Zeekoe (n.) A hippopotamus.

Zehner (n.) An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers, or about five cents.

Zein (n.) A nitrogenous substance of the nature of gluten, obtained from the seeds of Indian corn (Zea) as a soft, yellowish, amorphous substance.

Zemindar (n.) Same as Zamindar.

Zemindary (n.) Alt. of Zemindari

Zemindari (n.) Same as Zamindary.

Zemni (n.) The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows.

Zenana (n.) The part of a dwelling appropriated to women.

Zend (n.) Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzv/resh, or literary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred writings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect) in which the Avesta is written.

Zend-Avesta (n.) The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.

Zendik (n.) An atheist or unbeliever; -- name given in the East to those charged with disbelief of any revealed religion, or accused of magical heresies.

Zenick (n.) A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also suricat.

Zenik (n.) See Zenick.

Zenith (n.) That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.

Zenith (n.) hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity.

Zenithal (a.) Of or pertaining to the zenith.

Zeolite (n.) A term now used to designate any one of a family of minerals, hydrous silicates of alumina, with lime, soda, potash, or rarely baryta. Here are included natrolite, stilbite, analcime, chabazite, thomsonite, heulandite, and others. These species occur of secondary origin in the cavities of amygdaloid, basalt, and lava, also, less frequently, in granite and gneiss. So called because many of these species intumesce before the blowpipe.

Zeolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to a zeolite; consisting of, or resembling, a zeolite.

Zeolitiform (a.) Having the form of a zeolite.

Zephyr (n.) The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze.

Zephyrus (n.) The west wind, or zephyr; -- usually personified, and made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities.

Zequin (n.) See Sequin.

Zerda (n.) The fennec.

Zeriba (n.) Same as Zareba.

Zeros (pl. ) of Zero

Zeroes (pl. ) of Zero

Zero (n.) A cipher; nothing; naught.

Zero (n.) The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.

Zero (n.) Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.

Zest (n.) A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.

Zest (n.) Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.

Zest (n.) The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut.

Zested (imp. & p. p.) of Zest

Zesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Zest

Zest (v. t.) To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.

Zest (v. t.) To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine.

Zeta (n.) A Greek letter corresponding to our z.

Zetetic (a.) Seeking; proceeding by inquiry.

Zetetic (n.) A seeker; -- a name adopted by some of the Pyrrhonists.

Zetetics (a.) A branch of algebra which relates to the direct search for unknown quantities.

Zeuglodon (n.) A genus of extinct Eocene whales, remains of which have been found in the Gulf States. The species had very long and slender bodies and broad serrated teeth. See Phocodontia.

Zeuglodont () Any species of Zeuglodonta.

Zeuglodonta (n. pl.) Same as Phocodontia.

Zeugma (n.) A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, "hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;" where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.

Zeugmatic (a.) Of or pertaining to zeugma; characterized by zeugma.

Zeugobranchiata (n. pl.) Same as Zygobranchia.

Zeus (n.) The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world (cf. Hades). He was identified with Jupiter.

Zeuzerian (n.) Any one of a group of bombycid moths of which the genus Zeuzera is the type. Some of these moths are of large size. The goat moth is an example.

Zeylanite (n.) See Ceylanite.

Zibet (n.) Alt. of Zibeth

Zibeth (n.) A carnivorous mammal (Viverra zibetha) closely allied to the civet, from which it differs in having the spots on the body less distinct, the throat whiter, and the black rings on the tail more numerous.

Ziega (n.) Curd produced from milk by adding acetic acid, after rennet has ceased to cause coagulation.

Zietrisikite (n.) A mineral wax, vert similar to ozocerite. It is found at Zietrisika, Moldavia, whence its name.

Zif (n.) The second month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding to our May.

Zigger (v. i.) Alt. of Zighyr

Zighyr (v. i.) Same as Sicker.

Zigzag (n.) Something that has short turns or angles.

Zigzag (n.) A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of chevrons. See Illust. of Chevron, 3.

Zigzag (n.) See Boyau.

Zigzag (a.) Having short, sharp turns; running this way and that in an onward course.

Zigzagged (imp. & p. p.) of Zigzag

Zigzagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Zigzag

Zigzag (v. t.) To form with short turns.

Zigzag (v. i.) To move in a zigzag manner; also, to have a zigzag shape.

Zigzaggery (n.) The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.

Zigzaggy (a.) Having sharp turns.

Zilla (n.) A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in water, and eaten, by the Arabs.

Zillah (n.) A district or local division, as of a province.

Zimb (n.) A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to cattle.

Ziment-water (n.) A kind of water found in copper mines; water impregnated with copper.

Zinc (n.) An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9.

Zincked (imp. & p. p.) of Zinc

Zinced () of Zinc

Zincking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Zinc

Zincing () of Zinc

Zinc (v. t.) To coat with zinc; to galvanize.

Zincane (n.) Zinc chloride.

Zincic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zinc; zincous.

Zincide (n.) A binary compound of zinc.

Zinciferous (a.) Containing or affording zinc.

Zincification (n.) The act or process of applying zinc; the condition of being zincified, or covered with zinc; galvanization.

Zincify (v. t.) To coat or impregnate with zinc.

Zincite (n.) Native zinc oxide; a brittle, translucent mineral, of an orange-red color; -- called also red zinc ore, and red oxide of zinc.

Zincking (n.) Alt. of Zincing

Zincing (n.) The act or process of applying zinc; galvanization.

Zincky (a.) Pertaining to zinc, or having its appearance.

Zinco- () A combining form from zinc; in chemistry, designating zinc as an element of certain double compounds. Also used adjectively.

Zincode (n.) The positive electrode of an electrolytic cell; anode.

Zincographer (n.) An engraver on zinc.

Zincongraphic (a.) Alt. of Zincongraphical

Zincongraphical (a.) Of or pertaining to zincography; as, zincographic processes.

Zincography (n.) The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten away by acid.

Zincoid (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, zinc; -- said of the electricity of the zincous plate in connection with a copper plate in a voltaic circle; also, designating the positive pole.

Zinco-polar (a.) Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity.

Zincous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, zinc; zincic; as, zincous salts.

Zincous (a.) Hence, formerly, basic, basylous, as opposed to chlorous.

Zincous (a.) Of or pertaining to the positive pole of a galvanic battery; electro-positive.

Zingari (pl. ) of Zingaro

Zingaro (n.) A gypsy.

Zingel (n.) A small, edible, freshwater European perch (Aspro zingel), having a round, elongated body and prominent snout.

Zingiberaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe (Zingibereae) of endogenous plants of the order Scitamineae. See Scitamineous.

Zink (n.) See Zinc.

Zinkenite (n.) A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead.

Zinky (a.) See Zincky.

Zinnia (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is the commonest species in cultivation.

Zinnwaldite (n.) A kind of mica containing lithium, often associated with tin ore.

Zinsang (n.) The delundung.

Zinziberaceous (a.) Same as Zingiberaceous.

Zion (n.) A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors.

Zion (n.) Hence, the theocracy, or church of God.

Zion (n.) The heavenly Jerusalem; heaven.

Ziphioid (n.) See Xiphioid.

Zirco- () A combining form (also used adjectively) designating zirconium as an element of certain double compounds; zircono-; as in zircofluoric acid, sodium zircofluoride.

Zircofluoride (n.) A double fluoride of zirconium and hydrogen, or some other positive element or radical; as, zircofluoride of sodium.

Zircon (n.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon.

Zircona (n.) Zirconia.

Zirconate (n.) A salt of zirconic acid.

Zirconia (n.) The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummomd light.

Zirconic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zirconium; as, zirconic oxide; zirconic compounds.

Zirconium (n.) A rare element of the carbon-silicon group, intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, obtained from the mineral zircon as a dark sooty powder, or as a gray metallic crystalline substance. Symbol Zr. Atomic weight, 90.4.

Zircono () See Zirco-.

Zirconoid (n.) A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with tetragonal crystals; -- so called because this form often occurs in crystals of zircon.

Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.]

Zittern (n.) See Cittern.

Zizania (n.) A genus of grasses including Indian rice. See Indian rice, under Rice.

Zizel (n.) The suslik.

Zoanthacea (n. pl.) A suborder of Actinaria, including Zoanthus and allied genera, which are permanently attached by their bases.

Zoantharia (n. pl.) Same as Anthozoa.

Zoantharian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Zoantharia.

Zoantharian (n.) One of the Anthozoa.

Zoanthodeme (n.) The zooids of a compound anthozoan, collectively.

Zoanthoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Zoanthacea.

Zoanthropy (n.) A kind of monomania in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals.

Zoanthus (n.) A genus of Actinaria, including numerous species, found mostly in tropical seas. The zooids or polyps resemble small, elongated actinias united together at their bases by fleshy stolons, and thus forming extensive groups. The tentacles are small and bright colored.

Zobo (n.) A kind of domestic cattle reared in Asia for its flesh and milk. It is supposed to be a hybrid between the zebu and the yak.

Zocle (n.) Same as Socle.

Zocco (n.) Alt. of Zoccolo

Zoccolo (n.) Same as Socle.

Zodiac (n.) An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16! or 18! broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac.

Zodiac (n.) A figure representing the signs, symbols, and constellations of the zodiac.

Zodiac (n.) A girdle; a belt.

Zodiacal (a.) Of or pertaining to the zodiac; situated within the zodiac; as, the zodiacal planets.

Zoea (n.) A peculiar larval stage of certain decapod Crustacea, especially of crabs and certain Anomura.

Zoetrope (n.) An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved.

Zohar (n.) A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century.

Zoic (a.) Of or pertaining to animals, or animal life.

Zoide (n.) See Meride.

Zoilean (a.) Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ.

Zoilism (n.) Resemblance to Zoilus in style or manner; carping criticism; detraction.

Zoisite (n.) A grayish or whitish mineral occurring in orthorhombic, prismatic crystals, also in columnar masses. It is a silicate of alumina and lime, and is allied to epidote.

Zokor (n.) An Asiatic burrowing rodent (Siphneus aspalax) resembling the mole rat. It is native of the Altai Mountains.

Zollverein (n.) Literally, a customs union; specifically, applied to the several customs unions successively formed under the leadership of Prussia among certain German states for establishing liberty of commerce among themselves and common tariff on imports, exports, and transit.

Zomboruk (n.) See Zumbooruk.

Zonae (pl. ) of Zona

Zona (n.) A zone or band; a layer.

Zonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a zone; having the form of a zone or zones.

Zonar (n.) A belt or girdle which the Christians and Jews of the Levant were obliged to wear to distinguish them from Mohammedans.

Zonaria (n. pl.) A division of Mammalia in which the placenta is zonelike.

Zonate (a.) Divided by parallel planes; as, zonate tetraspores, found in certain red algae.

Zone (n.) A girdle; a cincture.

Zone (n.) One of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude and temperature.

Zone (n.) The portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes; the portion of a surface of revolution included between two planes perpendicular to the axis.

Zone (n.) A band or stripe extending around a body.

Zone (n.) A band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent; the Alpine zone, that part of mountains which is above the limit of tree growth.

Zone (n.) A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.

Zone (n.) Circuit; circumference.

Zone (v. t.) To girdle; to encircle.

Zoned (a.) Wearing a zone, or girdle.

Zoned (a.) Having zones, or concentric bands; striped.

Zoned (a.) Zonate.

Zoneless (a.) Not having a zone; ungirded.

Zonnar (n.) See Zonar.

Zonular (a.) Of or pertaining to a zone; zone-shaped.

Zonule (n.) A little zone, or girdle.

Zonulet (n.) A zonule.

Zonure (n.) Any one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonura, common in rocky situations.

Zoo- () A combining form from Gr. zwo^,n an animal, as in zoogenic, zoology, etc.

Zoochemical (a.) Pertaining to zoochemistry.

Zoochemistry (n.) Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.

Zoochemy (n.) Animal chemistry; zoochemistry.

Zoochlorella (n.) One of the small green granulelike bodies found in the interior of certain stentors, hydras, and other invertebrates.

Zoocyst (n.) A cyst formed by certain Protozoa and unicellular plants which the contents divide into a large number of granules, each of which becomes a germ.

Zoocytia (pl. ) of Zoocytium

Zoocytium (n.) The common support, often branched, of certain species of social Infusoria.

Zoodendria (pl. ) of Zoodendrium

Zoodendrium (n.) The branched, and often treelike, support of the colonies of certain Infusoria.

Zooecia (pl. ) of Zooecium

Zooecium (n.) One of the cells or tubes which inclose the feeling zooids of Bryozoa. See Illust. of Sea Moss.

Zooerythrine (n.) A peculiar organic red coloring matter found in the feathers of various birds.

Zoogamous (a.) Of or pertaining zoogamy.

Zoogamy (n.) The sexual reproduction of animals.

Zoogenic (a.) Of or pertaining to zoogeny, animal production.

Zoogeny (n.) Alt. of Zoogony

Zoogony (n.) The doctrine of the formation of living beings.

Zoogeography (n.) The study or description of the geographical distribution of animals.

Zoogeographical (a.) Of or pertaining to zoography.

Zoogloea (n.) A colony or mass of bacteria imbedded in a viscous gelatinous substance. The zoogloea is characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution. Also used adjectively.

Zoographer (n.) One who describes animals, their forms and habits.

Zoographic (a.) Alt. of Zoographical

Zoographical (a.) Of or pertaining to the description of animals.

Zoographist (n.) A zoographer.

Zoography (n.) A description of animals, their forms and habits.

Zooid (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal.

Zooid (n.) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozooid.

Zooid (n.) An animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.

Zooid (n.) One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydroidea, and Bryozoa; -- sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.

Zooidal (a.) Of or pertaining to a zooid; as, a zooidal form.

Zoolatry (n.) The worship of animals.

Zoologer (n.) A zoologist.

Zoological (a.) Of or pertaining to zoology, or the science of animals.

Zoologically (adv.) In a zoological manner; according to the principles of zoology.

Zoologist (n.) One who is well versed in zoology.

Zoologies (pl. ) of Zoology

Zoology (n.) That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.

Zoology (n.) A treatise on this science.

Zoomelanin (n.) A pigment giving the black color to the feathers of many birds.

Zoomorphic (a.) Of or pertaining to zoomorphism.

Zoomorphism (n.) The transformation of men into beasts.

Zoomorphism (n.) The quality of representing or using animal forms; as, zoomorphism in ornament.

Zoomorphism (n.) The representation of God, or of gods, in the form, or with the attributes, of the lower animals.

Zoa (pl. ) of Zoon

Zoon (n.) An animal which is the sole product of a single egg; -- opposed to zooid.

Zoon (n.) Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.

Zoonic (a.) Of or pertaining to animals; obtained from animal substances.

Zoonite (n.) One of the segments of the body of an articulate animal.

Zoonite (n.) One of the theoretic transverse divisions of any segmented animal.

Zoonomy (n.) The laws of animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.

Zoonule (n.) Same as Zoonite.

Zoopathology (n.) Animal pathology.

Zoophaga (n. pl.) An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.

Zoophagan (n.) A animal that feeds on animal food.

Zoophagous (a.) Feeding on animals.

Zoophilist (n.) A lover of animals.

Zoophily (n.) Love of animals.

Zoophite (n.) A zoophyte.

Zoophoric (a.) Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal; as, a zoophoric column.

Zoophorous (n.) The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; -- so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.

Zoophyta (n. pl.) An extensive artificial and heterogeneous group of animals, formerly adopted by many zoologists. It included the c/lenterates, echinoderms, sponges, Bryozoa, Protozoa, etc.

Zoophyte (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids.

Zoophyte (v. i.) Any one of the Zoophyta.

Zoophytic (a.) Alt. of Zoophytical

Zoophytical (a.) Of or pertaining to zoophytes.

Zoophytoid (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a zoophyte.

Zoophytological (a.) Of or pertaining to zoophytology; as, zoophytological observations.

Zoophytology (n.) The natural history zoophytes.

Zoopraxiscope (n.) An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like.

Zoopsychology (n.) Animal psychology.

Zoosperm (n.) One of the spermatic particles; spermatozoid.

-sporangia (pl. ) of Zoosporangium

Zoosporangium (n.) A spore, or conceptacle containing zoospores.

Zoospore (n.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoospores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algae. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoospores and the smaller microzoospores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore.

Zoospore (n.) See Swarmspore.

Zoosporic (a.) Of or pertaining to zoospores; of the nature of zoospores.

Zootic (a.) Containing the remains of organized bodies; -- said of rock or soil.

Zootomical (a.) Of or pertaining to zootomy.

Zootomist (n.) One who dissects animals, or is skilled in zootomy.

Zootomy (n.) The dissection or the anatomy of animals; -- distinguished from androtomy.

Zootrophic (a.) Of or pertaining to the nourishment of animals.

Zoozoo (n.) The wood pigeon.

Zope (n.) A European fresh-water bream (Abramis ballerus).

Zopilote (n.) The urubu, or American black vulture.

Zoril (n.) Same as Zorilla.

Zorilla (n.) Either one of two species of small African carnivores of the genus Ictonyx allied to the weasels and skunks.

Zoroastrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Zoroaster, or his religious system.

Zoroastrian (n.) A follower of Zoroaster; one who accepts Zoroastrianism.

Zoroastrianism (n.) The religious system of Zoroaster, the legislator and prophet of the ancient Persians, which was the national faith of Persia; mazdeism. The system presupposes a good spirit (Ormuzd) and an opposing evil spirit (Ahriman). Cf. Fire worship, under Fire, and Parsee.

Zoroastrism (n.) Same as Zoroastrianism.

Zoster (n.) Shingles.

Zostera (n.) A genus of plants of the Naiadaceae, or Pondweed family. Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and eelgrass.

Zosterops (n.) A genus of birds that comprises the white-eyes. See White-eye.

Zouave (n.) One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress.

Zouave (n.) Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War, 1861-65.

Zounds (interj.) An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder.

Zoutch (v. t.) To stew, as flounders, eels, etc., with just enough or liquid to cover them.

Zubr (n.) The aurochs.

Zuche (n.) A stump of a tree.

Zuchetto (n.) A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black.

Zufolo (n.) A little flute or flageolet, especially that which is used to teach birds.

Zuisin (n.) The American widgeon.

Zulus (n. pl.) The most important tribe belonging to the Kaffir race. They inhabit a region on the southeast coast of Africa, but formerly occupied a much more extensive country. They are noted for their warlike disposition, courage, and military skill.

Zumbooruk (n.) A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East.

Zumic (n.) Alt. of Zumometer

Zumological (n.) Alt. of Zumometer

Zumology (n.) Alt. of Zumometer

Zumometer (n.) See Zymic, Zymological, etc.

Zu/is (n. pl.) A tribe of Pueblo Indians occupying a village in New Mexico, on the Zu/i River.

Zunyite (n.) A fluosilicate of alumina occurring in tetrahedral crystals at the Zu/i mine in Colorado.

Zwanziger (n.) An Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers, or about 10 cents.

Zygantra (pl. ) of Zygantrum

Zygantrum (n.) See under Zygosphene.

Zygapophyses (pl. ) of Zygapophysis

Zygapophysis (n.) One of the articular processes of a vertebra, of which there are usually four, two anterior and two posterior. See under Vertebra.

Zygenid (n.) Any one of numerous species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, most of which are bright colored. The wood nymph and the vine forester are examples. Also used adjectively.

Zygobranchia (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods in which the gills are developed on both sides of the body and the renal organs are also paired. The abalone (Haliotis) and the keyhole limpet (Fissurella) are examples.

Zygobranchiate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Zygobranchia.

Zygodactyl (n.) Alt. of Zygodactyle

Zygodactyle (n.) Any zygodactylous bird.

Zygodactylae (n. pl.) The zygodactylous birds. In a restricted sense applied to a division of birds which includes the barbets, toucans, honey guides, and other related birds.

Zygodactyli (n. pl.) Same as Scansores.

Zygodactylic (a.) Alt. of Zygodactylous

Zygodactylous (a.) Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc.

Zygoma (n.) The jugal, malar, or cheek bone.

Zygoma (n.) The zygomatic process of the temporal bone.

Zygoma (n.) The whole zygomatic arch.

Zygomatic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma.

Zygomorphic (a.) Alt. of Zygomorphous

Zygomorphous (a.) Symmetrical bilaterally; -- said of organisms, or parts of organisms, capable of division into two symmetrical halves only in a single plane.

Zyophyte (n.) Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Cf. Oophyte.

Zygosis (n.) Same as Conjugation.

Zygosperm (n.) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. Zygosperms are found in certain orders of algae and fungi.

Zygosphene (n.) A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa, called the zygantrum, on the back part of the arch in front.

Zygospore (n.) Same as Zygosperm.

Zygospore (n.) A spore formed by the union of several zoospores; -- called also zygozoospore.

Zylonite (n.) Celluloid.

Zymase (n.) A soluble ferment, or enzyme. See Enzyme.

Zyme (n.) A ferment.

Zyme (n.) The morbific principle of a zymotic disease.

Zymic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation; -- formerly, by confusion, used to designate lactic acid.

Zymogen (n.) A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselves actual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment.

Zymogene (n.) One of a physiological group of globular bacteria which produces fermentations of diverse nature; -- distinguished from pathogene.

Zymogenic (a.) Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.

Zymogenic (a.) Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.

Zymologic (a.) Alt. of Zymological

Zymological (a.) Of or pertaining to zymology.

Zymologist (n.) One who is skilled in zymology, or in the fermentation of liquors.

Zymology (n.) A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.

Zymome (n.) A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling legumin; -- now called vegetable fibrin, vegetable albumin, or gluten casein.

Zymometer (n.) Alt. of Zymosimeter

Zymosimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.

Zymophyte (n.) A bacteroid ferment.

Zymose (n.) Invertin.

Zymosis (n.) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymosis (n.) A zymotic disease.

Zymotic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymotic (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zythem (n.) See Zythum.

Zythepsary (n.) A brewery.

Zythum (n.) A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

It depends on what you define as an English word, because if you include technical and scientific terms, the list could be extensive. Here is a list. If I've missed words, please add them:

Za (n.) An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as heard in the or aeolian string; -- so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flat seventh.

Zabaism (n.) Alt. of Zabism

Zachun (n.) An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment.

Zaerthe (n.) Same as Z/rthe.

Zaffer (n.) A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc.

Zaim (n.) A Turkish chief who supports a mounted militia bearing the same name.

Zaimet (n.) A district from which a Zaim draws his revenue.

Zain (n.) A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having no spots.

Zalambdodont (a.) Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.

Zalambdodont (n.) One of the Zalambdodonta. The tenrec, solenodon, and golden moles are examples.

Zamang (n.) An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for feeding cattle. Also called rain tree.

Zambos (pl. ) of Zambo

Zambo (n.) The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.

Zamia (n.) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.

Zamindar (n.) A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue.

Zamindary (n.) Alt. of Zamindari

Zamindari (n.) The jurisdiction of a zamindar; the land possessed by a zamindar.

Zamite (n.) A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia.

Zamouse (n.) A West African buffalo (Bubalus brachyceros) having short horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also short-horned buffalo, and bush cow.

Zampogna (n.) A sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants. It is now almost obsolete.

Zander (n.) A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to the wall-eye; -- called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant.

Zandmole (n.) The sand mole.

Zante (n.) See Zantewood.

Zante currant () A kind of seedless grape or raisin; -- so called from Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.

Zantewood (n.) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under Fustic.

Zantewood (n.) Satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).

Zantiot (n.) A native or inhabitant of Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.

Zanies (pl. ) of Zany

Zany (n.) A merry-Andrew; a buffoon.

Zany (v. t.) To mimic.

Zanyism (n.) State or character of a zany; buffoonery.

Zaphara (n.) Zaffer.

Zaphrentis (n.) An extinct genus of cyathophylloid corals common in the Paleozoic formations. It is cup-shaped with numerous septa, and with a deep pit in one side of the cup.

Zapotilla (n.) See Sapodilla.

Zaptiah (n.) A Turkish policeman.

Zarathustrian (a.) Alt. of Zarathustric

Zarathustric (a.) Of or pertaining to Zarathustra, or Zoroaster; Zoroastrian.

Zarathustrism (n.) See Zoroastrianism.

Zaratite (n.) A hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring as an emerald-green incrustation on chromite; -- called also emerald nickel.

Zareba (n.) An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc.

Zarnich (n.) Native sulphide of arsenic, including sandarach, or realgar, and orpiment.

Zarthe (n.) A European bream (Abramis vimba).

Zati (n.) A species of macaque (Macacus pileatus) native of India and Ceylon. It has a crown of long erect hair, and tuft of radiating hairs on the back of the head. Called also capped macaque.

Zauschneria (n.) A genus of flowering plants. Zauschneria Californica is a suffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers much resembling those of the garden fuchsia.

Zax (n.) A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.

Zayat (n.) A public shed, or portico, for travelers, worshipers, etc.

Zea (n.) A genus of large grasses of which the Indian corn (Zea Mays) is the only species known. Its origin is not yet ascertained. See Maize.

Zeal (n.) Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.

Zeal (n.) A zealot.

Zeal (v. i.) To be zealous.

Zealant (n.) One who is zealous; a zealot; an enthusiast.

Zealed (a.) Full of zeal; characterized by zeal.

Zealful (a.) Full of zeal.

Zealless (a.) Wanting zeal.

Zealot (n.) One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan.

Zealotical (a.) Like, or suitable to, a zealot; ardently zealous.

Zealotism (n.) The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry.

Zealotist (n.) A zealot.

Zealotry (n.) The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause.

Zealous (a.) Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object.

Zealous (a.) Filled with religious zeal.

Zebec (n.) See Xebec.

Zebra (n.) Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.

Zebrawood (n.) A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (Connarus Guianensis).

Zebrawood (n.) The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia fragrans).

Zebrawood (n.) The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus Guettarda.

Zebrine (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the zebra.

Zebu (n.) A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff.

Zebub (n.) A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.

Zechin (n.) See Sequin.

Zechstein (n.) The upper division of the Permian (Dyas) of Europe. The prevailing rock is a magnesian limestone.

Zed (n.) The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard.

Zedoary (n.) A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.

Zeekoe (n.) A hippopotamus.

Zehner (n.) An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers, or about five cents.

Zein (n.) A nitrogenous substance of the nature of gluten, obtained from the seeds of Indian corn (Zea) as a soft, yellowish, amorphous substance.

Zemindar (n.) Same as Zamindar.

Zemindary (n.) Alt. of Zemindari

Zemindari (n.) Same as Zamindary.

Zemni (n.) The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows.

Zenana (n.) The part of a dwelling appropriated to women.

Zend (n.) Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzv/resh, or literary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred writings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect) in which the Avesta is written.

Zend-Avesta (n.) The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.

Zendik (n.) An atheist or unbeliever; -- name given in the East to those charged with disbelief of any revealed religion, or accused of magical heresies.

Zenick (n.) A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also suricat.

Zenik (n.) See Zenick.

Zenith (n.) That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.

Zenith (n.) hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity.

Zenithal (a.) Of or pertaining to the zenith.

Zeolite (n.) A term now used to designate any one of a family of minerals, hydrous silicates of alumina, with lime, soda, potash, or rarely baryta. Here are included natrolite, stilbite, analcime, chabazite, thomsonite, heulandite, and others. These species occur of secondary origin in the cavities of amygdaloid, basalt, and lava, also, less frequently, in granite and gneiss. So called because many of these species intumesce before the blowpipe.

Zeolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to a zeolite; consisting of, or resembling, a zeolite.

Zeolitiform (a.) Having the form of a zeolite.

Zephyr (n.) The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze.

Zephyrus (n.) The west wind, or zephyr; -- usually personified, and made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities.

Zequin (n.) See Sequin.

Zerda (n.) The fennec.

Zeriba (n.) Same as Zareba.

Zeros (pl. ) of Zero

Zeroes (pl. ) of Zero

Zero (n.) A cipher; nothing; naught.

Zero (n.) The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.

Zero (n.) Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.

Zest (n.) A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.

Zest (n.) Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.

Zest (n.) The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut.

Zested (imp. & p. p.) of Zest

Zesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Zest

Zest (v. t.) To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.

Zest (v. t.) To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine.

Zeta (n.) A Greek letter corresponding to our z.

Zetetic (a.) Seeking; proceeding by inquiry.

Zetetic (n.) A seeker; -- a name adopted by some of the Pyrrhonists.

Zetetics (a.) A branch of algebra which relates to the direct search for unknown quantities.

Zeuglodon (n.) A genus of extinct Eocene whales, remains of which have been found in the Gulf States. The species had very long and slender bodies and broad serrated teeth. See Phocodontia.

Zeuglodont () Any species of Zeuglodonta.

Zeuglodonta (n. pl.) Same as Phocodontia.

Zeugma (n.) A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, "hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;" where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.

Zeugmatic (a.) Of or pertaining to zeugma; characterized by zeugma.

Zeugobranchiata (n. pl.) Same as Zygobranchia.

Zeus (n.) The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world (cf. Hades). He was identified with Jupiter.

Zeuzerian (n.) Any one of a group of bombycid moths of which the genus Zeuzera is the type. Some of these moths are of large size. The goat moth is an example.

Zeylanite (n.) See Ceylanite.

Zibet (n.) Alt. of Zibeth

Zibeth (n.) A carnivorous mammal (Viverra zibetha) closely allied to the civet, from which it differs in having the spots on the body less distinct, the throat whiter, and the black rings on the tail more numerous.

Ziega (n.) Curd produced from milk by adding acetic acid, after rennet has ceased to cause coagulation.

Zietrisikite (n.) A mineral wax, vert similar to ozocerite. It is found at Zietrisika, Moldavia, whence its name.

Zif (n.) The second month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding to our May.

Zigger (v. i.) Alt. of Zighyr

Zighyr (v. i.) Same as Sicker.

Zigzag (n.) Something that has short turns or angles.

Zigzag (n.) A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of chevrons. See Illust. of Chevron, 3.

Zigzag (n.) See Boyau.

Zigzag (a.) Having short, sharp turns; running this way and that in an onward course.

Zigzagged (imp. & p. p.) of Zigzag

Zigzagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Zigzag

Zigzag (v. t.) To form with short turns.

Zigzag (v. i.) To move in a zigzag manner; also, to have a zigzag shape.

Zigzaggery (n.) The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.

Zigzaggy (a.) Having sharp turns.

Zilla (n.) A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in water, and eaten, by the Arabs.

Zillah (n.) A district or local division, as of a province.

Zimb (n.) A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to cattle.

Ziment-water (n.) A kind of water found in copper mines; water impregnated with copper.

Zinc (n.) An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9.

Zincked (imp. & p. p.) of Zinc

Zinced () of Zinc

Zincking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Zinc

Zincing () of Zinc

Zinc (v. t.) To coat with zinc; to galvanize.

Zincane (n.) Zinc chloride.

Zincic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zinc; zincous.

Zincide (n.) A binary compound of zinc.

Zinciferous (a.) Containing or affording zinc.

Zincification (n.) The act or process of applying zinc; the condition of being zincified, or covered with zinc; galvanization.

Zincify (v. t.) To coat or impregnate with zinc.

Zincite (n.) Native zinc oxide; a brittle, translucent mineral, of an orange-red color; -- called also red zinc ore, and red oxide of zinc.

Zincking (n.) Alt. of Zincing

Zincing (n.) The act or process of applying zinc; galvanization.

Zincky (a.) Pertaining to zinc, or having its appearance.

Zinco- () A combining form from zinc; in chemistry, designating zinc as an element of certain double compounds. Also used adjectively.

Zincode (n.) The positive electrode of an electrolytic cell; anode.

Zincographer (n.) An engraver on zinc.

Zincongraphic (a.) Alt. of Zincongraphical

Zincongraphical (a.) Of or pertaining to zincography; as, zincographic processes.

Zincography (n.) The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten away by acid.

Zincoid (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, zinc; -- said of the electricity of the zincous plate in connection with a copper plate in a voltaic circle; also, designating the positive pole.

Zinco-polar (a.) Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity.

Zincous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, zinc; zincic; as, zincous salts.

Zincous (a.) Hence, formerly, basic, basylous, as opposed to chlorous.

Zincous (a.) Of or pertaining to the positive pole of a galvanic battery; electro-positive.

Zingari (pl. ) of Zingaro

Zingaro (n.) A gypsy.

Zingel (n.) A small, edible, freshwater European perch (Aspro zingel), having a round, elongated body and prominent snout.

Zingiberaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe (Zingibereae) of endogenous plants of the order Scitamineae. See Scitamineous.

Zink (n.) See Zinc.

Zinkenite (n.) A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead.

Zinky (a.) See Zincky.

Zinnia (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is the commonest species in cultivation.

Zinnwaldite (n.) A kind of mica containing lithium, often associated with tin ore.

Zinsang (n.) The delundung.

Zinziberaceous (a.) Same as Zingiberaceous.

Zion (n.) A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors.

Zion (n.) Hence, the theocracy, or church of God.

Zion (n.) The heavenly Jerusalem; heaven.

Ziphioid (n.) See Xiphioid.

Zirco- () A combining form (also used adjectively) designating zirconium as an element of certain double compounds; zircono-; as in zircofluoric acid, sodium zircofluoride.

Zircofluoride (n.) A double fluoride of zirconium and hydrogen, or some other positive element or radical; as, zircofluoride of sodium.

Zircon (n.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon.

Zircona (n.) Zirconia.

Zirconate (n.) A salt of zirconic acid.

Zirconia (n.) The oxide of zirconium, obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties. On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummomd light.

Zirconic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zirconium; as, zirconic oxide; zirconic compounds.

Zirconium (n.) A rare element of the carbon-silicon group, intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, obtained from the mineral zircon as a dark sooty powder, or as a gray metallic crystalline substance. Symbol Zr. Atomic weight, 90.4.

Zircono () See Zirco-.

Zirconoid (n.) A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with tetragonal crystals; -- so called because this form often occurs in crystals of zircon.

Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.]

Zittern (n.) See Cittern.

Zizania (n.) A genus of grasses including Indian rice. See Indian rice, under Rice.

Zizel (n.) The suslik.

Zoanthacea (n. pl.) A suborder of Actinaria, including Zoanthus and allied genera, which are permanently attached by their bases.

Zoantharia (n. pl.) Same as Anthozoa.

Zoantharian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Zoantharia.

Zoantharian (n.) One of the Anthozoa.

Zoanthodeme (n.) The zooids of a compound anthozoan, collectively.

Zoanthoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the Zoanthacea.

Zoanthropy (n.) A kind of monomania in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals.

Zoanthus (n.) A genus of Actinaria, including numerous species, found mostly in tropical seas. The zooids or polyps resemble small, elongated actinias united together at their bases by fleshy stolons, and thus forming extensive groups. The tentacles are small and bright colored.

Zobo (n.) A kind of domestic cattle reared in Asia for its flesh and milk. It is supposed to be a hybrid between the zebu and the yak.

Zocle (n.) Same as Socle.

Zocco (n.) Alt. of Zoccolo

Zoccolo (n.) Same as Socle.

Zodiac (n.) An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16! or 18! broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac.

Zodiac (n.) A figure representing the signs, symbols, and constellations of the zodiac.

Zodiac (n.) A girdle; a belt.

Zodiacal (a.) Of or pertaining to the zodiac; situated within the zodiac; as, the zodiacal planets.

Zoea (n.) A peculiar larval stage of certain decapod Crustacea, especially of crabs and certain Anomura.

Zoetrope (n.) An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved.

Zohar (n.) A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century.

Zoic (a.) Of or pertaining to animals, or animal life.

Zoide (n.) See Meride.

Zoilean (a.) Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ.

Zoilism (n.) Resemblance to Zoilus in style or manner; carping criticism; detraction.

Zoisite (n.) A grayish or whitish mineral occurring in orthorhombic, prismatic crystals, also in columnar masses. It is a silicate of alumina and lime, and is allied to epidote.

Zokor (n.) An Asiatic burrowing rodent (Siphneus aspalax) resembling the mole rat. It is native of the Altai Mountains.

Zollverein (n.) Literally, a customs union; specifically, applied to the several customs unions successively formed under the leadership of Prussia among certain German states for establishing liberty of commerce among themselves and common tariff on imports, exports, and transit.

Zomboruk (n.) See Zumbooruk.

Zonae (pl. ) of Zona

Zona (n.) A zone or band; a layer.

Zonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a zone; having the form of a zone or zones.

Zonar (n.) A belt or girdle which the Christians and Jews of the Levant were obliged to wear to distinguish them from Mohammedans.

Zonaria (n. pl.) A division of Mammalia in which the placenta is zonelike.

Zonate (a.) Divided by parallel planes; as, zonate tetraspores, found in certain red algae.

Zone (n.) A girdle; a cincture.

Zone (n.) One of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude and temperature.

Zone (n.) The portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes; the portion of a surface of revolution included between two planes perpendicular to the axis.

Zone (n.) A band or stripe extending around a body.

Zone (n.) A band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent; the Alpine zone, that part of mountains which is above the limit of tree growth.

Zone (n.) A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.

Zone (n.) Circuit; circumference.

Zone (v. t.) To girdle; to encircle.

Zoned (a.) Wearing a zone, or girdle.

Zoned (a.) Having zones, or concentric bands; striped.

Zoned (a.) Zonate.

Zoneless (a.) Not having a zone; ungirded.

Zonnar (n.) See Zonar.

Zonular (a.) Of or pertaining to a zone; zone-shaped.

Zonule (n.) A little zone, or girdle.

Zonulet (n.) A zonule.

Zonure (n.) Any one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonura, common in rocky situations.

Zoo- () A combining form from Gr. zwo^,n an animal, as in zoogenic, zoology, etc.

Zoochemical (a.) Pertaining to zoochemistry.

Zoochemistry (n.) Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.

Zoochemy (n.) Animal chemistry; zoochemistry.

Zoochlorella (n.) One of the small green granulelike bodies found in the interior of certain stentors, hydras, and other invertebrates.

Zoocyst (n.) A cyst formed by certain Protozoa and unicellular plants which the contents divide into a large number of granules, each of which becomes a germ.

Zoocytia (pl. ) of Zoocytium

Zoocytium (n.) The common support, often branched, of certain species of social Infusoria.

Zoodendria (pl. ) of Zoodendrium

Zoodendrium (n.) The branched, and often treelike, support of the colonies of certain Infusoria.

Zooecia (pl. ) of Zooecium

Zooecium (n.) One of the cells or tubes which inclose the feeling zooids of Bryozoa. See Illust. of Sea Moss.

Zooerythrine (n.) A peculiar organic red coloring matter found in the feathers of various birds.

Zoogamous (a.) Of or pertaining zoogamy.

Zoogamy (n.) The sexual reproduction of animals.

Zoogenic (a.) Of or pertaining to zoogeny, animal production.

Zoogeny (n.) Alt. of Zoogony

Zoogony (n.) The doctrine of the formation of living beings.

Zoogeography (n.) The study or description of the geographical distribution of animals.

Zoogeographical (a.) Of or pertaining to zoography.

Zoogloea (n.) A colony or mass of bacteria imbedded in a viscous gelatinous substance. The zoogloea is characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution. Also used adjectively.

Zoographer (n.) One who describes animals, their forms and habits.

Zoographic (a.) Alt. of Zoographical

Zoographical (a.) Of or pertaining to the description of animals.

Zoographist (n.) A zoographer.

Zoography (n.) A description of animals, their forms and habits.

Zooid (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal.

Zooid (n.) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozooid.

Zooid (n.) An animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.

Zooid (n.) One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydroidea, and Bryozoa; -- sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.

Zooidal (a.) Of or pertaining to a zooid; as, a zooidal form.

Zoolatry (n.) The worship of animals.

Zoologer (n.) A zoologist.

Zoological (a.) Of or pertaining to zoology, or the science of animals.

Zoologically (adv.) In a zoological manner; according to the principles of zoology.

Zoologist (n.) One who is well versed in zoology.

Zoologies (pl. ) of Zoology

Zoology (n.) That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.

Zoology (n.) A treatise on this science.

Zoomelanin (n.) A pigment giving the black color to the feathers of many birds.

Zoomorphic (a.) Of or pertaining to zoomorphism.

Zoomorphism (n.) The transformation of men into beasts.

Zoomorphism (n.) The quality of representing or using animal forms; as, zoomorphism in ornament.

Zoomorphism (n.) The representation of God, or of gods, in the form, or with the attributes, of the lower animals.

Zoa (pl. ) of Zoon

Zoon (n.) An animal which is the sole product of a single egg; -- opposed to zooid.

Zoon (n.) Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.

Zoonic (a.) Of or pertaining to animals; obtained from animal substances.

Zoonite (n.) One of the segments of the body of an articulate animal.

Zoonite (n.) One of the theoretic transverse divisions of any segmented animal.

Zoonomy (n.) The laws of animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.

Zoonule (n.) Same as Zoonite.

Zoopathology (n.) Animal pathology.

Zoophaga (n. pl.) An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.

Zoophagan (n.) A animal that feeds on animal food.

Zoophagous (a.) Feeding on animals.

Zoophilist (n.) A lover of animals.

Zoophily (n.) Love of animals.

Zoophite (n.) A zoophyte.

Zoophoric (a.) Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal; as, a zoophoric column.

Zoophorous (n.) The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; -- so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.

Zoophyta (n. pl.) An extensive artificial and heterogeneous group of animals, formerly adopted by many zoologists. It included the c/lenterates, echinoderms, sponges, Bryozoa, Protozoa, etc.

Zoophyte (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids.

Zoophyte (v. i.) Any one of the Zoophyta.

Zoophytic (a.) Alt. of Zoophytical

Zoophytical (a.) Of or pertaining to zoophytes.

Zoophytoid (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a zoophyte.

Zoophytological (a.) Of or pertaining to zoophytology; as, zoophytological observations.

Zoophytology (n.) The natural history zoophytes.

Zoopraxiscope (n.) An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like.

Zoopsychology (n.) Animal psychology.

Zoosperm (n.) One of the spermatic particles; spermatozoid.

-sporangia (pl. ) of Zoosporangium

Zoosporangium (n.) A spore, or conceptacle containing zoospores.

Zoospore (n.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoospores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algae. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoospores and the smaller microzoospores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore.

Zoospore (n.) See Swarmspore.

Zoosporic (a.) Of or pertaining to zoospores; of the nature of zoospores.

Zootic (a.) Containing the remains of organized bodies; -- said of rock or soil.

Zootomical (a.) Of or pertaining to zootomy.

Zootomist (n.) One who dissects animals, or is skilled in zootomy.

Zootomy (n.) The dissection or the anatomy of animals; -- distinguished from androtomy.

Zootrophic (a.) Of or pertaining to the nourishment of animals.

Zoozoo (n.) The wood pigeon.

Zope (n.) A European fresh-water bream (Abramis ballerus).

Zopilote (n.) The urubu, or American black vulture.

Zoril (n.) Same as Zorilla.

Zorilla (n.) Either one of two species of small African carnivores of the genus Ictonyx allied to the weasels and skunks.

Zoroastrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Zoroaster, or his religious system.

Zoroastrian (n.) A follower of Zoroaster; one who accepts Zoroastrianism.

Zoroastrianism (n.) The religious system of Zoroaster, the legislator and prophet of the ancient Persians, which was the national faith of Persia; mazdeism. The system presupposes a good spirit (Ormuzd) and an opposing evil spirit (Ahriman). Cf. Fire worship, under Fire, and Parsee.

Zoroastrism (n.) Same as Zoroastrianism.

Zoster (n.) Shingles.

Zostera (n.) A genus of plants of the Naiadaceae, or Pondweed family. Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and eelgrass.

Zosterops (n.) A genus of birds that comprises the white-eyes. See White-eye.

Zouave (n.) One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress.

Zouave (n.) Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War, 1861-65.

Zounds (interj.) An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder.

Zoutch (v. t.) To stew, as flounders, eels, etc., with just enough or liquid to cover them.

Zubr (n.) The aurochs.

Zuche (n.) A stump of a tree.

Zuchetto (n.) A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black.

Zufolo (n.) A little flute or flageolet, especially that which is used to teach birds.

Zuisin (n.) The American widgeon.

Zulus (n. pl.) The most important tribe belonging to the Kaffir race. They inhabit a region on the southeast coast of Africa, but formerly occupied a much more extensive country. They are noted for their warlike disposition, courage, and military skill.

Zumbooruk (n.) A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East.

Zumic (n.) Alt. of Zumometer

Zumological (n.) Alt. of Zumometer

Zumology (n.) Alt. of Zumometer

Zumometer (n.) See Zymic, Zymological, etc.

Zu/is (n. pl.) A tribe of Pueblo Indians occupying a village in New Mexico, on the Zu/i River.

Zunyite (n.) A fluosilicate of alumina occurring in tetrahedral crystals at the Zu/i mine in Colorado.

Zwanziger (n.) An Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers, or about 10 cents.

Zygantra (pl. ) of Zygantrum

Zygantrum (n.) See under Zygosphene.

Zygapophyses (pl. ) of Zygapophysis

Zygapophysis (n.) One of the articular processes of a vertebra, of which there are usually four, two anterior and two posterior. See under Vertebra.

Zygenid (n.) Any one of numerous species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, most of which are bright colored. The wood nymph and the vine forester are examples. Also used adjectively.

Zygobranchia (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods in which the gills are developed on both sides of the body and the renal organs are also paired. The abalone (Haliotis) and the keyhole limpet (Fissurella) are examples.

Zygobranchiate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Zygobranchia.

Zygodactyl (n.) Alt. of Zygodactyle

Zygodactyle (n.) Any zygodactylous bird.

Zygodactylae (n. pl.) The zygodactylous birds. In a restricted sense applied to a division of birds which includes the barbets, toucans, honey guides, and other related birds.

Zygodactyli (n. pl.) Same as Scansores.

Zygodactylic (a.) Alt. of Zygodactylous

Zygodactylous (a.) Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc.

Zygoma (n.) The jugal, malar, or cheek bone.

Zygoma (n.) The zygomatic process of the temporal bone.

Zygoma (n.) The whole zygomatic arch.

Zygomatic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma.

Zygomorphic (a.) Alt. of Zygomorphous

Zygomorphous (a.) Symmetrical bilaterally; -- said of organisms, or parts of organisms, capable of division into two symmetrical halves only in a single plane.

Zyophyte (n.) Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Cf. Oophyte.

Zygosis (n.) Same as Conjugation.

Zygosperm (n.) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. Zygosperms are found in certain orders of algae and fungi.

Zygosphene (n.) A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa, called the zygantrum, on the back part of the arch in front.

Zygospore (n.) Same as Zygosperm.

Zygospore (n.) A spore formed by the union of several zoospores; -- called also zygozoospore.

Zylonite (n.) Celluloid.

Zymase (n.) A soluble ferment, or enzyme. See Enzyme.

Zyme (n.) A ferment.

Zyme (n.) The morbific principle of a zymotic disease.

Zymic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation; -- formerly, by confusion, used to designate lactic acid.

Zymogen (n.) A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselves actual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment.

Zymogene (n.) One of a physiological group of globular bacteria which produces fermentations of diverse nature; -- distinguished from pathogene.

Zymogenic (a.) Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.

Zymogenic (a.) Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.

Zymologic (a.) Alt. of Zymological

Zymological (a.) Of or pertaining to zymology.

Zymologist (n.) One who is skilled in zymology, or in the fermentation of liquors.

Zymology (n.) A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.

Zymome (n.) A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling legumin; -- now called vegetable fibrin, vegetable albumin, or gluten casein.

Zymometer (n.) Alt. of Zymosimeter

Zymosimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.

Zymophyte (n.) A bacteroid ferment.

Zymose (n.) Invertin.

Zymosis (n.) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymosis (n.) A zymotic disease.

Zymotic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymotic (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zythem (n.) See Zythum.

Zythepsary (n.) A brewery.

Zythum (n.) A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.