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Zirconia
- noun - a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon
- a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes
Zirconic
- - Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zirconium; as, zirconic oxide; zirconic compounds.
Zitherns
- noun - a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers
Ziziphus
- noun - spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes
Zoanthus
- - A genus of Actinaria, including numerous species, found mostly in tropical seas. The zooids or polyps resemble small, elongated actinias united together at their bases by fleshy stolons, and thus forming extensive groups. The tentacles are small and bright colored.
Zodiacal
- adjective - relating to or included in the zodiac; "zodiacal constellations"
Zoetrope
- - An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved.
Zoneless
- - Not having a zone; ungirded.
Zonk Out
- verb - fall asleep fast, as when one is extremely tired; "after the long drive, we zonked out and slept for 10 hours"
- lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example