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Youths
- noun - a young person (especially a young man or boy)
- an early period of development; "during the youth of the project"
- early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced
- the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
- the time of life between childhood and maturity
- young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"
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)
Zouave
- - One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress. (b) Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War, 1861-65.
Zounds
- - An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder.
Zoutch
- - To stew, as flounders, eels, etc., with just enough or liquid to cover them.