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761. zed n.

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The name of the letter z of the alphabet. …

762. 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……

763. Zēlōt(e n.

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

764. 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. …

765. zēta n.

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The name of the Greek letter ζ. …

766. 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. …

767. zīzamīne adj.

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Anat. Sesamoid. …

768. zīzannī(e n.

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

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