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Zeugma
- noun - use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one; "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma"
Zeuxis
- unknown - Zeuxis of Heraclea was a painter who flourished during the 5th century BC.
Zeuxis is said to have died laughing at the humorous way he painted the goddess Aphrodite, after the old woman who commissioned it insisted on modeling for the portrait.
Zhuang
- noun - a branch of the Tai languages
Zhukov
- noun - Soviet general who during World Warr II directed the counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and captured Berlin (1896-1974)
Zibeth
- - A carnivorous mammal (Viverra zibetha) closely allied to the civet, from which it differs in having the spots on the body less distinct, the throat whiter, and the black rings on the tail more numerous.
Zigzag
- adjective - an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
- having short sharp turns or angles
- in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path; "birds flew zigzag across the blue sky"
- travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside"
Zillah
- - A district or local division, as of a province.
Zimmer
- noun - a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk
Zinced
- verb - coat or cover with zinc