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27081. zēl(e n.

Additional spellings: zele
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(a) Enthusiastic striving toward an objective, fervent commitment or resolve to obtain a result or to pursue a course of action; also, a resolve; an ardent desire or earnest intention; also…

27082. zēler n.

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One whose actions are informed by deeply felt emotions;—sometimes used of God.

27083. Zēlōt(e n.

Additional spellings: Zelote
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A member of a Jewish party of revolutionaries;—used as epithet.

27084. Zephirus n.

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(a) The mild west wind; freq. person. or reified; also, one of the winds blowing from the west, the west-southwest wind; (b) as proper name.

27085. zerna n.

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A pustular skin disease.

27086. zest n.

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27087. zēta n.

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The name of the Greek letter ζ.

27088. zeuma n.

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Gram. The figure comprising constructions in which a verb appears to be governed by two nouns in the nominative, with only one of which it agrees.

27089. zima lentition n.

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Some kind of plant.

27090. zimia n.

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Pathol. A pustule caused by phlegm.

27091. zineth n.

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Lapis lazuli [see Albertus Magnus, De mineralibus, 2.ii.20].

27092. zingnītes n.

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A stone, prob. fabulous, with magical properties.

27093. zirbus n.

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Anat. A peritoneal serous membrane that envelops the bowels, the greater omentum.

27094. zīzannī(e n.

Additional spellings: zizannie
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A weed growing in grain fields, tares; prob. darnel Lolium temulentum.

27095. zīziphus n.

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Any of several trees of the genus Zizyphus, the jujube tree.

27096. zōdiak n.

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(a) The imaginary celestial circular band or belt bisected by the ecliptic that contains all the positions occupied by the known planets and that is divided into twelve equal portions named after…

27097. zōne n.

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A belt.

27098. zǒuche n.

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(a) A tree trunk or large log [quot. may be AF]; (b) in surnames and place name.