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Yokozuna
- unknown - A grand champion sumo wrestler.
Ytterbia
- noun - a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime
Zampogna
- - A sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants. It is now almost obsolete.
Zapatera
- - A cured olive which has spoiled or is on the verge of decomposition; loosely, an olive defective because of bruises, wormholes, or the like.
Zaragoza
- noun - an ancient city on the Ebro River in northeastern Spain; formerly the capital of Aragon
ZARZUELA
- unknown - a traditional Spanish form of operetta or vaudeville; a Spanish fish and shellfish stew.
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
Zoogloea
- - A colony or mass of bacteria imbedded in a viscous gelatinous substance. The zoogloea is characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution. Also used adjectively.
Zoophaga
- - An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.
Zoophyta
- - An extensive artificial and heterogeneous group of animals, formerly adopted by many Zoologists. It included the c