| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| zacco | noun | See Zocco. |
| zambo | noun | 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 | noun | A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile. |
| zante | noun | See Zantewood. |
| zayat | noun | A public shed, or portico, for travelers, worshipers, etc. |
| zebec | noun | See Xebec. |
| zebra | noun | 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. |
| zebub | noun | A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle. |
| zemni | noun | 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. |
| zenik | noun | See Zenick. |
| zerda | noun | The fennec. |
| zeros | plural | of Zero |
| zibet | noun | Alt. of Zibeth |
| ziega | noun | Curd produced from milk by adding acetic acid, after rennet has ceased to cause coagulation. |
| zilla | noun | 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. |
| zinky | adjective | See Zincky. |
| zizel | noun | The suslik. |
| zocle | noun | Same as Socle. |
| zocco | noun | Alt. of Zoccolo |
| zohar | noun | 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. |
| zoide | noun | See Meride. |
| zokor | noun | An Asiatic burrowing rodent (Siphneus aspalax) resembling the mole rat. It is native of the Altai Mountains. |
| zonae | plural | of Zona |
| zonal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a zone; having the form of a zone or zones. |
| zonar | noun | A belt or girdle which the Christians and Jews of the Levant were obliged to wear to distinguish them from Mohammedans. |
| zoned | adjective | Wearing a zone, or girdle., Having zones, or concentric bands; striped., Zonate. |
| zooid | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal., An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozooid., An animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation., 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. |
| zoril | noun | Same as Zorilla. |
| zuche | noun | A stump of a tree. |
| zulus | noun 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. |
| zumic | noun | Alt. of Zumometer |
| zu/is | noun pl. | A tribe of Pueblo Indians occupying a village in New Mexico, on the Zu/i River. |
| zymic | adjective | Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation; — formerly, by confusion, used to designate lactic acid. |