Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Zealless

Zeal″less (?), a. Wanting zeal. Hammond.

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Zealot

Zeal″ot (?), n. [F. zélote, L. zelotes, Gr. �. See Zeal.] One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially,...

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Zealotical

Zea‐lot″ic‐al (?), a. Like, or suitable to, a zealot; ardently zealous. Strype.

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Zealotism

Zeal″ot‐ism (?), n. The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry.

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Zealotist

Zeal″ot‐ist, n. A zealot. Howell.

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Zealotry

Zeal″ot‐ry (?), n. The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause.Enthusiasm, visionariness, seems the tendency of the German; zeal, zealo...

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Zealous

Zeal″ous (?; 277), a. [LL. zelosus. See Zeal.]1. Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object.He may be zealous in the salvation of ...

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Zebec

Ze″bec (?), n.(Naut.) See Xebec.

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Zebra

Ze″bra (?), n. [Pg. zebra; cf. Sp. cebra; probably from a native African name.] (Zoöl.) Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body whi...

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Zebrawood

Ze″bra‐wood′ (?), n. (a) A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (Connarus Guianensis). (b) The wood of...

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Zebrine

Ze″brine (?), a.(Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the zebra.

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Zebrinny

Ze‐brin″ny (?), n.; pl.-nies (�). A cross between a male horse and a female zebra.

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Zebrula

{ Ze″bru‐la (?), Ze″brule (?) }, n. A cross between a male zebra and a female horse.

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Zebu

Ze″bu (?), n. [�. zébu; of uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.) A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has sh...

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Zebub

Ze″bub (?), n.(Zoöl.) A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.

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Zechin

Ze″chin (?; 277), n. See Sequin.

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Zechstein

‖Zech″stein′ (?), n. [Gr., fr. zeche a mine + stein a stone.] (Geol.) The upper division of the Permian (Dyas) of Europe. The prevailing rock is a magnesian limestone.

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Zed

Zed (?), n. [F., probably through It. zeta, fr. L. zeta. See Zeta.] The letter Z; — called also zee, and formerly izzard. “Zed, thou unnecessary letter!” Shak.

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Zedoary

Zed″o‐a‐ry (?), n. [F. zédoaire, LL. zedoaria; cf. It. zedoaria, zettovario, Pg. zedoaria, Sp. zedoaria, cedoaria; all fr. Ar. & Per. zedw�r.] (Med.) A medicinal substance obtai...

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Zeekoe

‖Zee″koe (?), n.(Zoöl.) A hippopotamus.

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Zeeman effect

Zee″man ef‐fect″ (?). (Physics) The widening and duplication, triplication, etc., of spectral lines when the radiations emanate in a strong magnetic field, first observed in 189...

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Zehner

‖Zeh″ner (?), n. An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers, or about five cents.

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Zein

Ze″in (?), n. [Cf. F. zéïne. See Zea.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance of the nature of gluten, obtained from the seeds of Indian corn (Zea) as a soft, yellowish, amorphous subs...

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Zeitgeist

‖Zeit″geist′ (?), n. [G.; zeit time + geist spirit. See Tide, n.; Ghost, n.] The spirit of the time; the general intellectual and moral state or temper characteristic of any per...

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Zemindar

Zem′in‐dar″ (?), n. Same as Zamindar.

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Zemindary

{ Zem″in‐da‐ry (?), ‖Zem″in‐da‐ri (?) }, n. Same as Zamindary.

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Zemni

Zem″ni (?), n.(Zoöl.) The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less t...