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Parts of Speech |
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zimb |
noun |
A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to cattle. |
zinc |
noun |
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., To coat with zinc; to galvanize. |
zink |
noun |
See Zinc. |
zion |
noun |
A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors., Hence, the theocracy, or church of God., The heavenly Jerusalem; heaven. |