English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Zenithal
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the zenith.
Zeolite
(n.)
A term now used to designate any one of a family of
minerals, hydrous silicates of alumina, with lime, soda, potash, or
rarely baryta. Here are included natrolite, stilbite, analcime,
chabazite, thomsonite, heulandite, and others. These species occur of
secondary origin in the cavities of amygdaloid, basalt, and lava, also,
less frequently, in granite and gneiss. So called because many of these
species intumesce before the blowpipe.
Zeolitic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a zeolite; consisting of, or
resembling, a zeolite.
Zeolitiform
(a.)
Having the form of a zeolite.
Zephyr
(n.)
The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze.
Zephyrus
(n.)
The west wind, or zephyr; -- usually personified, and
made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities.
Zequin
(n.)
See Sequin.
Zerda
(n.)
The fennec.
Zeriba
(n.)
Same as Zareba.
Zero
(n.)
A cipher; nothing; naught.
Zero
(n.)
The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a
thermometer, commences.
Zero
(n.)
Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his
patience had nearly reached zero.
Zeroes
(pl. )
of Zero
Zeros
(pl. )
of Zero
Zest
(n.)
A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which
may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.
Zest
(n.)
Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or
the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
Zest
(n.)
The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut.
Zest
(v. t.)
To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon,
etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.
Zest
(v. t.)
To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or
relish of; as, to zest wine.
Zested
(imp. & p. p.)
of Zest