| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| zabism | noun | See Sabianism. |
| zabian | adjective & noun | See Sabian. |
| zachun | noun | An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment. |
| zaffer | noun | 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. |
| zaimet | noun | A district from which a Zaim draws his revenue. |
| zamang | noun | 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 | plural | of Zambo |
| zamite | noun | A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia. |
| zander | noun | A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to the wall-eye; — called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant. |
| zanies | plural | of Zany |
| zareba | noun | An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc. |
| zarthe | noun | A European bream (Abramis vimba). |