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Wrested
- verb - obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"
Wrester
- noun - someone who obtains something by pulling it violently with twisting movements
Wrestle
- noun -
- combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
- engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"
- engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"
- the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
Wrister
- - A covering for the wrist.
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.
Zinsser
- noun - United States bacteriologist who helped develop immunization against typhus fever (1878-1940)
Zoisite
- - A grayish or whitish mineral occurring in orthorhombic, prismatic crystals, also in columnar masses. It is a silicate of alumina and lime, and is allied to epidote.