English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Zeal
(n.)
A zealot.
Zeal
(v. i.)
To be zealous.
Zealant
(n.)
One who is zealous; a zealot; an enthusiast.
Zealed
(a.)
Full of zeal; characterized by zeal.
Zealful
(a.)
Full of zeal.
Zealless
(a.)
Wanting zeal.
Zealot
(n.)
One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause,
and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who
is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion
to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan.
Zealotical
(a.)
Like, or suitable to, a zealot; ardently zealous.
Zealotism
(n.)
The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry.
Zealotist
(n.)
A zealot.
Zealotry
(n.)
The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal;
fanatical devotion to a cause.
Zealous
(a.)
Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or
ardent, in behalf of an object.
Zealous
(a.)
Filled with religious zeal.
Zebec
(n.)
See Xebec.
Zebra
(n.)
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.
Zebrawood
(n.)
A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown,
and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (Connarus
Guianensis).
Zebrawood
(n.)
The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia
fragrans).
Zebrawood
(n.)
The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus Guettarda.
Zebrine
(a.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, the zebra.
Zebu
(n.)
A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in
India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short
horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large,
prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in
different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common
ox to that of a large mastiff.