z

the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard" ; the ending of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelation ;

z-axis

the third axis in a 3-dimensional coordinate system ;

zaar

a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria ;

zabaglione

light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled ;

zabrze

an industrial city in southern Poland ;

zacharias

an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zechariah which are concerned mainly with the renewal of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity ; a Hebrew minor prophet of the late 6th century BC ;

zachary taylor

12th President of the United States; died in office (1784-1850) ;

zag

an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions ;

zaglossus

a genus of Tachyglossidae ;

zagreb

the capital of Croatia ;

zaharias

outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956) ;

zaire

a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960 ; the basic unit of money in Zaire ;

zaire river

a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic ;

zairean

a native or inhabitant of Zaire ;

zairese

a native or inhabitant of Zaire ;

zairese monetary unit

monetary unit in Zaire ;

zakat

the fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship; "the zakat is earmarked for the poor and disabled" ;

zalophus

sea lions ;

zalophus californianus

often trained as a show animal ;

zalophus californicus

often trained as a show animal ;

zalophus lobatus

a variety of sea lion found in Australia ;

zama

the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War ;

zaman

large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle ;

zamang

large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle ;

zambezi

an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean ;

zambezi river

an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean ;

zambia

a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964 ;

zambian

a native or inhabitant of Zambia ;

zambian kwacha

the basic unit of money in Zambia ;

zambian monetary unit

monetary unit in Zambia ;

zamboni

the trademark for a machine that smooths the ice in an ice-skating rink ;

zamia

any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads ;

zamia family

a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias ;

zamia pumila

small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot ;

zamiaceae

a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias ;

zane grey

United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939) ;

zangwill

English writer (1864-1926) ;

zannichellia

horned pondweed: completely submerged herbs; in some classifications included in Potamogetonaceae ;

zannichellia palustris

found in still or slow-moving fresh or brackish water; useful to oxygenate cool water ponds and aquaria ;

zannichelliaceae

alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae; one species ;