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Unreeve
- - To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like.
Unweave
- verb - undo strands that have been woven together
Upheave
- verb - lift forcefully from beneath
US Navy
- noun - the navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces
- the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces
Yeshiva
- noun - an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud)
Zemstvo
- - In Russia, an elective local district and provincial administrative assembly. Originally it was composed of representatives elected by the peasantry, the householders of the towns, and the landed proprietors. In the reign of Alexander III. the power of the noble landowners was increased, the peasants allowed only to elect candidates from whom the governor of the province nominated the deputy, and all acts of the zemstvo subjected to the approval of the governor. Theoretically the zemstvo has large powers relating to taxation, education, public health, etc., but practically these powers are in most cases limited to the adjustment of the state taxation.
Zyzzyva
- unknown - A genus of tropical beetle from Papua New Guinea