# dictionary

word: Yahwist
definition:
Yahwist

Jehovist

Jahwist

Jahvist

Yah"wist (?), n. Also Jah"vist (_;), Jah"wist, older Je*ho"vist.
The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp. those of the Hexateuch, in which God is styled Yahweh, or Jehovah; the author of the Yahwistic, or Jehovistic, Prophetic Document (J); also, the document itself.


word: Yak
definition:
Yak

Yak
(yăk)
n.
[Tibetan gyag.]
(Zool.)
A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc.

Yak lace, a coarse pillow lace made from the silky hair of the yak.


word: Yakin
definition:
Yakin

Ya"kin
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A large Asiatic antelope (Budorcas taxicolor) native of the higher parts of the Himalayas and other lofty mountains. Its head and neck resemble those of the ox, and its tail is like that of the goat. Called also budorcas.


word: Yakoots
definition:
Yakoots

Ya*koots"
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Yakoot (_;)
 (Ethnol.) A nomadic Mongolian tribe native of Northern Siberia, and supposed to be of Turkish stock. They are mainly pastoral in their habits.
[Written also Yakuts.]


word: Yaksha
definition:
Yaksha

Yak"sha
(?)
n.
[Skr.]
(Hindoo Myth.)
A kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth.


word: Yakut
definition:
Yakut

Ya*kut"
(?)
n.
The Turkish language of the Yakuts, a Mongolian people of northeastern Siberia, which is lingua franca over much of eastern Siberia.


word: Yalu
definition:
Yalu

Ya"lu
(?)
prop. n.
A river in eastern Asia, which rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China).

Syn. -- Yalu River.


word: Yam
definition:
Yam

Yam
(yăm)
n.
[Pg. inhame, probably from some native name.]
1.
(Bot.)
A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is Dioscorea sativa, but several others are cultivated.

2.
(Bot.)
Any one of several cultural varieties of the sweet potato.
[U. S.]

Chinese yam, a plant (Dioscorea Batatas) with a long and slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species. -- Wild yam. (a) A common plant (Dioscorea villosa) of the Eastern United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock. (b) An orchidaceous plant (Gastrodia sesamoides) of Australia and Tasmania.


word: Yama
definition:
Yama

Ya"ma
(?)
n.
[Skr. yama a twin.]
(Hindoo Myth.)
The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with red garments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sitting on a buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands.


word: Yamen
definition:
Yamen

Ya"men
(?)
n.
[Chin. ya a civil or military court + men a gate.]
In China, the official headquarters or residence of a mandarin, including court rooms, offices, gardens, prisons, etc.; the place where the business of any public department is transcated.


word: Yamp
definition:
Yamp

Yamp
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
An umbelliferous plant (Carum Gairdneri); also, its small fleshy roots, which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho to California.


word: Yangtze
definition:
Yangtze

Yang"tze
(?)
prop. n.
1.
a major river of Asia, which flows into the East China Sea.

Syn. -- Yangtze River.


word: Yank₂
definition:
Yank

Yank
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Yanked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yanking.]
To twitch; to jerk.
[Colloq. U. S.]


word: Yankee
definition:
Yankee

Yan"kee
(?)
n.
[Commonly considered to be a corrupt pronunciation of the word English, or of the French word Anglais, by the native Indians of America. According to Thierry, a corruption of Jankin, a diminutive of John, and a nickname given to the English colonists of Connecticut by the Dutch settlers of New York. Dr. W. Gordon (“Hist. of the Amer. War,” ed, 1789, vol. i., pp. 324, 325) says it was a favorite cant word in Cambridge, Mass., as early as 1713, and that it meant excellent; as, a yankee good horse, yankee good cider, etc.  Cf. Scot yankie a sharp, clever, and rather bold woman, and Prov. E. bow-yankees a kind of leggins worn by agricultural laborers.]
A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States.

From meanness first this Portsmouth Yankey rose,
And still to meanness all his conduct flows.
Oppression, A poem by an American (Boston, 1765).


word: Yankee₂
definition:
Yankee

Yan"kee
a.
Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.

The alertness of the Yankee aspect.
Hawthorne.

Yankee clover. (Bot.) See Japan clover, under Japan.


word: Yankee-Doodle
definition:
Yankee-Doodle

Yan`kee-Doo"dle
(?)
n.
1.
The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the national airs of the United States.

2.
Humorously, a Yankee.

We might have withheld our political noodles
From knocking their heads against hot Yankee-Doodles.
Moore.


word: Yapock
definition:
Yapock

Ya"pock
(?; 277)
n.
[Probably from the river Oyapok, between French Guiana and Brazil.]
(Zool.)
A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum.
[Written also yapack.]


word: Yarage
definition:
Yarage

Yar"age
(?; 48)
n.
[See Yare, a.]
(Naut.)
The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship.
Sir T. North.


word: Yard
definition:
Yard

Yard
(?)
n.
[OE. yerd, AS. gierd, gyrd, a rod, stick, a measure, a yard; akin to OFries. ierde, OS. gerda, D. garde, G. gerte, OHG. gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. gaddr a goad, sting, Goth. gazds, and probably to L. hasta a spear.  Cf. Gad, n., Gird, n., Gride, v. i., Hastate.]
1.
A rod; a stick; a staff.
[Obs.]
P. Plowman.

If men smote it with a yerde.
Chaucer.

2.
A branch; a twig.
[Obs.]

The bitter frosts with the sleet and rain
Destroyed hath the green in every yerd.
Chaucer.

3.
A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.
[Obs.]

4.
A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.

5.
The penis.

6.
(Naut.)
A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast.  See Illust. of Ship.

7.
(Zool.)
A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.

Golden Yard, or Yard and Ell (Astron.), a popular name of the three stars in the belt of Orion. -- Under yard [i. e., under the rod], under contract. [Obs.] Chaucer.


word: Yard₂
definition:
Yard

Yard
n.
[OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries. garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden, G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. garðr yard, house, Sw. gård, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda sheepfold, L. hortus garden, Gr. cho`rtos an inclosure.  Cf. Court, Garden, Garth, Horticulture, Orchard.]

1.
An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.

A yard . . . inclosed all about with sticks
In which she had a cock, hight chanticleer.
Chaucer.

2.
An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.

Liberty of the yard, a liberty, granted to persons imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any other limits prescribed by law, on their giving bond not to go beyond those limits. -- Prison yard, an inclosure about a prison, or attached to it. -- Yard grass (Bot.), a low-growing grass (Eleusine Indica) having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and like places, especially in the Southern United States. Called also crab grass. -- Yard of land. See Yardland.


word: Yard₃
definition:
Yard

Yard
v. t.
To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.


word: Yardarm
definition:
Yardarm

Yard"arm`
(?)
n.
1.
(Naut.)
Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard{6}, from the center or mast to the end.

&hand_; Ships are said to be yardarm and yardarm when so near as to touch, or interlock yards.

2.
(Naut.)
The portion of a yard{6} outboard of the slings, often called the outer quarter.

   A yard{6} is considered to have four unequal quarters,  two quarters extending from the mast to the slings on each side, and two smaller outer quarters outboard of the slings.


word: yardie
definition:
yardie

yar"die
(?)
n.
1.
A member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence.
yardie


word: Yardland
definition:
Yardland

Yard"land`
(yärd"lănd`)
n.
(O. Eng. Law)
A measure of land of uncertain quantity, varying from fifteen to forty acres; a virgate.
[Obs.]


word: yardline
definition:
yardline

yard"line
(?)
n.
(football)
Any of the lines parallel to the goal lines indicating distance from the goal line on a football the field; as, the twenty-five yardline.


word: Yardstick
definition:
Yardstick

Yard"stick`
(yärd"stĭk`)
n.
A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of distance, cloth, etc.


word: yare
definition:
yare

yare
(yâr)
a.
[OE. yare, &yogh_;aru, AS. gearu; akin to OS. garu, OHG. garo, G. gar, Icel. gerr perfect, görva quite, G. gerben to tan, to curry, OHG. garawen, garwen, to make ready.  Cf. Carouse, Garb clothing, Gear, n.]
Ready; dexterous; eager; lively; quick to move.
[Obs.]
yare
Shak.

The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.
Sir W. Raleigh.


word: Yarn
definition:
Yarn

Yarn
(?)
n.
[OE. yarn, &yogh_;arn, AS. gearn; akin to D. garen, G., OHG., Icel., Sw., & Dan. garn; of uncertain origin.  Cf. Cord.]

1.
Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.

2.
(Rope Making)
One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.

3.
A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.
[Colloq.]


word: Yarrish
definition:
Yarrish

Yar"rish
(?)
a.
[Prov. E. yar sour, yare brackish.]
Having a rough, dry taste.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Yarrow
definition:
Yarrow

Yar"row
(?)
n.
[OE. yarowe, yarwe, &yogh_;arowe, AS. gearwe; akin to D. gerw, OHG. garwa, garawa, G. garbe, schafgarbe, and perhaps to E. yare.]
(Bot.)
An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also milfoil, and nosebleed.


word: Yarwhip
definition:
Yarwhip

Yar"whip`
(?)
n.
[So called from its sharp cry uttered when taking wing.]
(Zool.)
The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp.  See Godwit.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Yataghan
definition:
Yataghan

Yat"a*ghan
(?)
n.
[Turk. yātāghān.]
A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight.
[Written also ataghan, attaghan.]
Chaucer.


word: Yaup
definition:
Yaup

Yaup
(?)
v. i.
[See Yap, and Yelp.]
To cry out like a child; to yelp.
[Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]
[Written also yawp.]


word: Yaup₂
definition:
Yaup

Yaup
n.
[Written also yawp.]

1.
A cry of distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain.
[Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]

2.
(Zool.)
The blue titmouse.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Yaupon
definition:
Yaupon

Yau"pon
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea.
[Written also yapon, youpon, and yupon.]


word: Yautia
definition:
Yautia

Yau*ti"a
(?)
n.
[Native name in the Antilles.]
In Puerto Rico, any of several araceous plants or their starchy edible roots, which are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes, as the taro.


word: Yaw
definition:
Yaw

Yaw
(y&asuml_;)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Yawed (y&asuml_;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Yawing.]
[Cf. Yew, v. i.]
To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.


word: Yaw₂
definition:
Yaw

Yaw
v. i. & t.
[Cf. Prov. G. gagen to rock, gageln to totter, shake, Norw. gaga to bend backward, Icel. gagr bent back, gaga to throw the neck back.]
(Naut.)
To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship.

Just as he would lay the ship's course, all yawing being out of the question.
Lowell.


word: Yaw₃
definition:
Yaw

Yaw
n.
(Naut.)
A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.


word: yawd
definition:
yawd

yawd
(y&asuml_;d)
n.
[Cf. Icel. jalda a mare, E. jade a nag.]
A jade; an old horse or mare.
[Written also yaud.]
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Grose.


word: yawl
definition:
yawl

yawl
(y&asuml_;l)
n.
[D. jol; akin to LG. & Dan. jolle, Sw. julle.  Cf. Jolly-boat.]
1.
(Naut.)
A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
[Written also yaul.]

2.
A fore-and-aft-rigged vessel with two masts, a mainmast carrying a mainsail and jibs, taller than the mizzenmast and stepped a little farther forward than in a sloop, and with the mizzenmast, or jiggermast far aft, usually placed aft of the water line or aft the rudder post.  The mizzenmast of a yawl is smaller, and set further aft, than that of a sloop.


word: Yawl
definition:
Yawl

Yawl
v. i.
[OE. &yogh_;aulen, &yogh_;oulen, gaulen, goulen, Icel. gaula to low, bellow.  Cf. Gowl.]
To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.
Tennyson.

There howling Scyllas yawling round about.
Fairfax.


word: Yawl-rigged
definition:
Yawl-rigged

Yawl"-rigged"
(?)
a.
(Naut.)
Having two masts with fore-and-aft sails, but differing from a schooner in that the after mast is very small, and stepped as far aft as possible.  See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Yawn
definition:
Yawn

Yawn
(y&asuml_;n)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Yawned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yawning.]
[OE. yanien, &yogh_;anien, ganien, gonien, AS. gānian; akin to ginian to yawn, gīnan to yawn, open wide, G. gähnen to yawn, OHG. ginēn, gein&omacrn, Icel. gīna to yawn, gin the mouth, OSlav. zijati to yawn, L. hiare to gape, yawn; and perhaps to E. begin, cf. Gr. cheia` a hole. √47b.  Cf. Begin, Gin to begin, Hiatus.]

1.
To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.
yawning
Shak.

And while above he spends his breath,
The yawning audience nod beneath.
Trumbull.

2.
To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.

't is now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn.
Shak.

3.
To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
Shak.

4.
To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings.
yawning
Landor.


word: Yawn₂
definition:
Yawn

Yawn
n.
1.
An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc., consisting of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc., being wide open.

One person yawning in company will produce a spontaneous yawn in all present.
N. Chipman.

2.
The act of opening wide, or of gaping.
Addison.

3.
A chasm, mouth, or passageway.
[R.]

Now gape the graves, and trough their yawns let loose
Imprisoned spirits.
Marston.


word: Yaws
definition:
Yaws

Yaws
(?)
n.
[African yaw a raspberry.]
(Med.)
A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws.


word: Yaw-weed
definition:
Yaw-weed

Yaw"-weed`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers.


word: Yazoo Fraud
definition:
Yazoo Fraud

Yaz"oo Fraud
(?)
(U. S. Hist.)
The grant by the State of Georgia, by Act of Jan. 7, 1795, of 35,000,000 acres of her western territory, for $500,000, to four companies known as the Yazoo Companies from the region granted ; -- commonly so called, the act being known as the Yazoo Frauds Act, because of alleged corruption of the legislature, every member but one being a shareholder in one or more of the companies. The act granting the land was repealed in 1796 by a new legislature, and the repealing provision was incorporated in the State constitution in 1798. In 1802 the territory was ceded to the United States. The claims of the purchasers, whom Georgia had refused to compensate, were sustained by the United States Supreme Court, which (1810) declared the repealing act of 1796 unconstitutional. Congress in 1814 ordered the lands sold and appropriated $5,000,000 to pay the claims.


word: Ycleped
definition:
Ycleped

Y*cleped"
(?)
p. p.
[AS. geclipod, p. p. of clipian, cleopian, cliopian, to call.  See Clepe, and also the Note under Y-.]
Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings.
[Spelt also yclept.]

It is full fair to ben yclept madame.
Chaucer.

But come, thou goddess fair and free.
In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne.
Milton.

Those charming little missives ycleped valentines.
Lamb.


word: Y current
definition:
Y current

Y current
(Elec.)
The current through one branch of the star arrangement of a three-phase circuit.


word: Ydrad
definition:
Ydrad

Y*drad"
(?)
obs.
p. p.
of Dread.
Dreaded.

Yet nothing did he dread, but ever was ydrad.
Spenser.


word: Ye
definition:
Ye

{Ye, Ye (&thlig_;ē)}
an old method of printing the article the (AS.  þe), the “y” being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn (þ). It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced yē.  See The, and Thorn, n., 4.


word: Ye₃
definition:
Ye

Ye
(yē)
pron.
[OE. ye, &yogh_;e, nom. pl., AS. ge, gī; cf. OS. ge, gī, OFries. gī, ī, D. gij, Dan. & Sw. i, Icel. ēr, OHG. ir, G. ihr, Goth. jus, Lith. jus, Gr. "ymei^s, Skr. yuyam. √189.]
The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.

Ye ben to me right welcome heartily.
Chaucer.

But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified.
1 Cor. vi. 11.

This would cost you your life in case ye were a man.
Udall.

&hand_; In Old English ye was used only as a nominative, and you only as a dative or objective. In the 16th century, however, ye and you became confused and were often used interchangeably, both as nominatives and objectives, and you has now superseded ye except in solemn or poetic use.  See You, and also the first Note under Thou.

Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye.
Shak.

I come, kind gentlemen, strange news to tell ye.
Dryden.


word: Yea
definition:
Yea

Yea
(yā or yē; 277)
adv.
[OE. ye, ya, &yogh_;e, &yogh_;a, AS. geá; akin to OFries. gē, iē, OS., D., OHG., G., Dan. & Sw. ja, Icel, jā, Goth. ja, jai, and probably to Gr. "h^ truly, verily. √188.  Cf. Yes.]

1.
Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes.  See Yes.

Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay.
Matt. v. 37.

2.
More than this; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause.  Cf. Nay, adv., 2.

I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Phil. i. 18.

&hand_; Yea sometimes introduces a clause, with the sense of indeed, verily, truly. “Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”
Gen. iii. 1.


word: Yea₂
definition:
Yea

Yea
n.
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.

&hand_; In the Scriptures, yea is used as a sign of certainty or stability. “All the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen.”
2 Cor. i. 20.


word: Yead
definition:
Yead

Yead
(?)
v. i.
Properly, a variant of the defective imperfect yode, but sometimes mistaken for a present.  See the Note under Yede.
[Obs.]

Years yead away and faces fair deflower.
Drant.


word: Yean
definition:
Yean

Yean
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Yeaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yeaning.]
[AS. eánian, or geeánian; perhaps akin to E. ewe, or perhaps to L. agnus, Gr. _;.  Cf. Ean.]
To bring forth young, as a goat or a sheep; to ean.
Shak.


word: Year
definition:
Year

Year
(?)
n.
[OE. yer, yeer, &yogh_;er, AS. geár; akin to OFries. i_;r, g_;r, D. jaar, OHG. jār, G. jahr, Icel. ār, Dan. aar, Sw. år, Goth. j_;r, Gr. _; a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, _; a year, Zend yāre year. √4, 279.  Cf. Hour, Yore.]

1.
The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).

Of twenty year of age he was, I guess.
Chaucer.

&hand_; The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued throughout the British dominions till the year 1752.

2.
The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.

3.
pl.
Age, or old age; as, a man in years.
Shak.

Anomalistic year, the time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds. -- A year's mind (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased person, as by a Mass, a year after his death.  Cf. A month's mind, under Month. -- Bissextile year. See Bissextile. -- Canicular year. See under Canicular. -- Civil year, the year adopted by any nation for the computation of time. -- Common lunar year, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354 days. -- Common year, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from leap year. -- Embolismic year, or Intercalary lunar year, the period of 13 lunar months, or 384 days. -- Fiscal year (Com.), the year by which accounts are reckoned, or the year between one annual time of settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another. -- Great year. See Platonic year, under Platonic. -- Gregorian year, Julian year. See under Gregorian, and Julian. -- Leap year. See Leap year, in the Vocabulary. -- Lunar astronomical year, the period of 12 lunar synodical months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds. -- Lunisolar year. See under Lunisolar. -- Periodical year. See Anomalistic year, above. -- Platonic year, Sabbatical year. See under Platonic, and Sabbatical. -- Sidereal year, the time in which the sun, departing from any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds. -- Tropical year. See under Tropical. -- Year and a day (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an act or an event, in order that an entire year might be secured beyond all question. Abbott. -- Year of grace, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini; A. D. or a. d.


word: year 2000 problem
definition:
year 2000 problem

year 2000 bug

year 2000 bug, year 2000 problem
(?)
n.
(Computers)
an error in the coding of certain computer programs in which the year portion of dates was represented by only two decimal digits, assuming that the first two digits are “19”.  In such a program the the year 1975 is represented as “75”.  This was a common practise in computer programming even into the 1990's, as many programmers failed to consider that their programs would be used after the year 1999.  Thus, with such a program, a person born in 2000 would be considered as 101 years old in 2001; many different serious problems, as various as the programs, could be caused by such an error.
In 1998 many programs with the year 2000 bug were still not corrected, and it is not clear how many programs will retain the bug when the year 2000 arrives.  Tune in then.

Syn. -- millemium bug, Y2K bug, Y2K problem.


word: year 2000 compliant
definition:
year 2000 compliant

year 2000 compliant
(?)
a.
(Computers)
having dates fully and properly represented, and not susceptible to failure due to the year 2000 bug.

Syn. -- date compliant.


word: Yearbook
definition:
Yearbook

Year"book`
(?)
n.
1.
A book published yearly; any annual report or summary of the statistics or facts of a year, designed to be used as a reference book; as, the Congregational Yearbook.

2.
(Eng. Law)
A book containing annual reports of cases adjudged in the courts of England.

&hand_; The Yearbooks are the oldest English reports extant, beginning with the reign of Edward II., and ending with the reign of Henry VIII. They were published annually, and derive their name from that fact. They consist of eleven parts, or volumes, are written in Law French, and extend over nearly two hundred years. There are, however, several hiatuses, or chasms, in the series.
Kent. Bouvier.


word: Yeared
definition:
Yeared

Yeared
(?)
a.
Containing years; having existed or continued many years; aged.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: year-end
definition:
year-end

year"-end
(?)
n.
1.
the end of a calendar year.
he had to unload the merchandise before the year-end


word: Yearling
definition:
Yearling

Year"ling
(?)
n.
[Year + -ling.]
An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.


word: year-long
definition:
year-long

yearlong

year"-long
year"long
(?)
adj.
1.
lasting through a year.
attending year-long courses

Syn. -- yearlong.


word: Yearly
definition:
Yearly

Year"ly
(?)
a.
[AS. geárlic.]

1.
Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.

2.
Lasting a year; as, a yearly plant.

3.
Accomplished in a year; as, the yearly circuit, or revolution, of the earth.
Shak.


word: Yearly₂
definition:
Yearly

Year"ly
adv.
[AS. geárlice.]
Annually; once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed.

Yearly will I do this rite.
Shak.


word: Yearn
definition:
Yearn

Yearn
(yẽrn)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Yearned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yearning.]
[Also earn, ern; probably a corruption of OE. ermen to grieve, AS. ierman, yrman, or geierman, geyrman, fr. earm wretched, poor; akin to D. & G. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms. The y- in English is perhaps due to the AS. ge (see Y-).]
To pain; to grieve; to vex.
[Obs.]
yearn
Shak.

It yearns me not if men my garments wear.
Shak.


word: Yearn₄
definition:
Yearn

Yearn
v. i.
[OE. yernen, &yogh_;ernen, &yogh_;eornen, AS. geornian, gyrnan, fr. georn desirous, eager; akin to OS. gern desirous, girnean, gernean, to desire, D. gaarne gladly, willingly, G. gern, OHG. gerno, adv., gern, a., G. gier greed, OHG. girī greed, ger desirous, ger&omacrn to desire, G. begehren, Icel. girna to desire, gjarn eager, Goth. faíhugaírns covetous, gaírnjan to desire, and perhaps to Gr. chai`rein to rejoice, be glad, Skr. hary to desire, to like. √33.]
To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager.

Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother; and he sought where to weep.
Gen. xliii. 30.

Your mother's heart yearns towards you.
Addison.


word: Yearnful
definition:
Yearnful

Yearn"ful
(?)
a.
[OE. &yogh_;eornful, AS. geornfull.]
Desirous.
[Obs.]
Ormulum. P. Fletcher.


word: Yearnings
definition:
Yearnings

Yearn"ings
(?)
n. pl.
[Cf. AS. geirnan, geyrnan, to rum.  See 4th Earn.]
The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used as a rennet for curdling milk.
[Scot.]


word: year-round
definition:
year-round

year"-round
(?)
adj.
1.
operating or continuing throughout the year; as, a year-round resort; a year-round job.  Antonym of seasonal.

Syn. -- year-around.


word: Year's purchase
definition:
Year's purchase

Year's purchase
(?)
The amount that is yielded by the annual income of property; -- used in expressing the value of a thing in the number of years required for its income to yield its purchase price, in reckoning the amount to be paid for annuities, etc.


word: Yeast
definition:
Yeast

Yeast
(?)
n.
[OE. &yogh_;eest, &yogh_;est, AS. gist; akin to D. gest, gist, G. gischt, gäscht, OHG. jesan, jerian, to ferment, G. gischen, gäschen, gähren, Gr. _; boiled, zei^n to boil, Skr. yas. √111.]

1.
The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment.

2.
Spume, or foam, of water.

They melt thy yeast of waves, which mar
Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Byron.

Yeast cake, a mealy cake impregnated with the live germs of the yeast plant, and used as a conveniently transportable substitute for yeast. -- Yeast plant (Bot.), the vegetable organism, or fungus, of which beer yeast consists. The yeast plant is composed of simple cells, or granules, about one three-thousandth of an inch in diameter, often united into filaments which reproduce by budding, and under certain circumstances by the formation of spores. The name is extended to other ferments of the same genus.  See Saccharomyces. -- Yeast powder, a baling powder, -- used instead of yeast in leavening bread.


word: Yeast-bitten
definition:
Yeast-bitten

Yeast"-bit`ten
(?)
a.
(Brewing)
A term used of beer when the froth of the yeast has reentered the body of the beer.


word: Yedding
definition:
Yedding

Yed"ding
(?)
n.
[AS. geddung, gidding, giedding, from gieddian, giddian, to sing, speak.]
The song of a minstrel; hence, any song.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Yede
definition:
Yede

Yede
(?)
obs.
imp.
Went.  See Yode.

All as he bade fulfilled was indeed
This ilke servant anon right out yede.
Chaucer.

&hand_; Spenser and some later writers mistook this for a present of the defective imperfect yode. It is, however, only a variant of yode.  See Yode, and cf. Yead.

[He] on foot was forced for to yeed.
Spenser


word: Yeldrine
definition:
Yeldrine

Yeldrin

{Yel"drin (?) or Yel"drine  }
n.
[Cf. Yellow.]
(Zool.)
The yellow-hammer; -- called also yeldrock, and yoldrin.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Yell
definition:
Yell

Yell
(yĕl)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Yelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yelling.]
[OE. yellen, &yogh_;ellen, AS. giellan, gillan, gyllan; akin to D. gillen, OHG. gellan, G. gellen, Icel. gjalla, Sw. gälla to ring, resound, and to AS., OS., & OHG. galan to sing, Icel. gala.  Cf. 1st Gale, and Nightingale.]
To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.

They yelleden as feendes doon in helle.
Chaucer.

Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells.
Spenser.

Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round
Environed thee; some howled, some yelled.
Milton.


word: Yell₃
definition:
Yell

Yell
n.
A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.

Their hideous yells
Rend the dark welkin.
J. Philips.


word: yelling
definition:
yelling

yell"ing
(?)
n.
The uttering of one or more loud inarticulate cries, as of pain or excitement.

Syn. -- shouting.


word: Yellow
definition:
Yellow

Yel"low
(yĕl"lo̝)
a.
[Compar. Yellower (yĕl"lo̝*ẽr); superl. Yellowest.]
[OE. yelow, yelwe, &yogh_;elow, &yogh_;eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. chlo`n young verdure, chlwro`s greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. √49.  Cf. Chlorine, Gall a bitter liquid, Gold, Yolk.]
1.
Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.

Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress.
Chaucer.

A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought
First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf.
Milton.

The line of yellow light dies fast away.
Keble.

2.
Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak.
[Slang]

3.
Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc.
[Colloq.]

Yellow atrophy (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. -- Yellow bark, calisaya bark. -- Yellow bass (Zool.), a North American fresh-water bass (Morone interrupta) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also barfish. -- Yellow berry. (Bot.) Same as Persian berry, under Persian. -- Yellow boy, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] Arbuthnot. -- Yellow brier. (Bot.) See under Brier. -- Yellow bugle (Bot.), a European labiate plant (Ajuga Chamaepitys). -- Yellow bunting (Zool.), the European yellow-hammer. -- Yellow cat (Zool.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. -- Yellow copperas (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also copiapite. -- Yellow copper ore, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites.  See Chalcopyrite. -- Yellow cress (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant (Barbarea praecox), sometimes grown as a salad plant. -- Yellow dock. (Bot.) See the Note under Dock. -- Yellow earth, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes used as a yellow pigment. -- Yellow fever (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black vomit.  See Black vomit, in the Vocabulary. -- Yellow flag, the quarantine flag.  See under Quarantine, and 3d Flag. -- Yellow jack. (a) The yellow fever.  See under 2d Jack. (b) The quarantine flag.  See under Quarantine. -- Yellow jacket (Zool.), any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus Vespa, in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability, and for their painful stings. -- Yellow lead ore (Min.), wulfenite. -- Yellow lemur (Zool.), the kinkajou. -- Yellow macauco (Zool.), the kinkajou. -- Yellow mackerel (Zool.), the jurel. -- Yellow metal. Same as Muntz metal, under Metal. -- Yellow ocher (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore, which is used as a pigment. -- Yellow oxeye (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant (Chrysanthemum segetum) closely related to the oxeye daisy. -- Yellow perch (Zool.), the common American perch.  See Perch. -- Yellow pike (Zool.), the wall-eye. -- Yellow pine (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are Pinus mitis and Pinus palustris of the Eastern and Southern States, and Pinus ponderosa and Pinus Arizonica of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. -- Yellow plover (Zool.), the golden plover. -- Yellow precipitate (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. -- Yellow puccoon. (Bot.) Same as Orangeroot. -- Yellow rail (Zool.), a small American rail (Porzana Noveboracensis) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also yellow crake. -- Yellow rattle, Yellow rocket. (Bot.) See under Rattle, and Rocket. -- Yellow Sally (Zool.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus Chloroperla; -- so called by anglers. -- Yellow sculpin (Zool.), the dragonet. -- Yellow snake (Zool.), a West Indian boa (Chilobothrus inornatus) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly with black lines. -- Yellow spot. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate.  See Eye. (b) (Zool.) A small American butterfly (Polites Peckius) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also Peck's skipper. See Illust. under Skipper, n., 5. -- Yellow tit (Zool.), any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus Machlolophus, native of India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green. -- Yellow viper (Zool.), the fer-de-lance. -- Yellow warbler (Zool.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus Dendroica in which the predominant color is yellow, especially Dendroica aestiva, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also garden warbler, golden warbler, summer yellowbird, summer warbler, and yellow-poll warbler. -- Yellow wash (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. -- Yellow wren (Zool.) (a) The European willow warbler. (b) The European wood warbler.


word: Yellow₂
definition:
Yellow

Yel"low
n.
1.
A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green.
yellow
Shak.

2.
A yellow pigment.

Cadmium yellow, Chrome yellow, Indigo yellow, King's yellow, etc. See under Cadmium, Chrome, etc. -- Naples yellow, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil, porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic lead nitrate, and common salt. -- Patent yellow (Old Chem.), a yellow pigment consisting essentially of a lead oxychloride; -- called also Turner's yellow.


word: Yellow₃
definition:
Yellow

Yel"low
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Yellowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yellowing.]
To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.


word: Yellowbird
definition:
Yellowbird

Yel"low*bird`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The American goldfinch, or thistle bird.  See Goldfinch.
(b)
The common yellow warbler; -- called also summer yellowbird.  See Illust. of Yellow warbler, under Yellow, a.


word: Yellow Book
definition:
Yellow Book

Yellow Book
[F. livre jaune.]
In France, an official government publication bound in yellow covers.


word: yellow-brown
definition:
yellow-brown

yel"low-brown`
(?)
adj.
Having a color intermediate between yellow and brown.

Syn. -- amber, brownish-yellow.


word: Yellow-covered
definition:
Yellow-covered

Yel"low-cov`ered
(?)
a.
Covered or bound in yellow paper.

Yellow-covered literature, cheap sensational novels and trashy magazines; -- formerly so called from the usual color of their covers. [Colloq. U. S.] Bartlett.


word: Yellow-eyed
definition:
Yellow-eyed

Yel"low-eyed`
(?)
a.
Having yellow eyes.

Yellow-eyed grass (Bot.), any plant of the genus Xyris.


word: Yellowfish
definition:
Yellowfish

Yel"low*fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A rock trout (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) found on the coast of Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel.


word: Yellowhammer
definition:
Yellowhammer

Yel"low*ham`mer
(?)
n.
[For yellow-ammer, where ammer is fr. AS. amore a kind of bird; akin to G. ammer a yellow-hammer, OHG. amero.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A common European finch (Emberiza citrinella). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also yellow bunting, scribbling lark, and writing lark.
[Written also yellow-ammer.]
(b)
The flicker.
[Local, U. S.]


word: Yellowing
definition:
Yellowing

Yel"low*ing
n.
The act or process of making yellow.

Softened . . . by the yellowing which time has given.
G. Eliot.


word: Yellowlegs
definition:
Yellowlegs

Yel"low*legs`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins.  See Tattler, 2.


word: Yellowness
definition:
Yellowness

Yel"low*ness
n.
1.
The quality or state of being yellow; as, the yellowness of an orange.

2.
Jealousy.
[Obs.]

I will possess him with yellowness.
Shak.


word: Yellowroot
definition:
Yellowroot

Yel"low*root`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
Any one of several plants with yellow roots.
(a)
See Xanthorhiza.
(b)
Same as Orangeroot.


word: Yellow pages
definition:
Yellow pages

Yel"low pag`es
(?)
n. pl.
a telephone book or part of a book in which the telephone numbers and often advertisements of business enterprises are listed in numerous sections, organized by the category of the business, the categories themselves being arranged alphabetically; a classified telephone directory.  So called because for many years the listing thus organized was printed on yellow paper, to distinguish it from the white pages containing the names of individuals, listed alphabetically by last name.  The yellow pages are usually bound together with the white pages in the telephone book distributed by the telephone company to its subscribers.  The name was adopted by companies not affiliated with the telephone company, for the classified business directories that they sell.


word: Yellows
definition:
Yellows

Yel"lows
(?)
n.
1.
(Far.)
A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice.

His horse . . . sped with spavins, rayed with the yellows.
Shak.

2.
(Bot.)
A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus.

3.
(Zool.)
A group of butterflies in which the predominating color is yellow. It includes the common small yellow butterflies.  Called also redhorns, and sulphurs.  See Sulphur.


word: Yellowtail
definition:
Yellowtail

Yel"low*tail`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus Seriola; especially, the large California species (Seriola dorsalis) which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish; -- called also cavasina, and white salmon.
(b)
The mademoiselle, or silver perch.
(c)
The menhaden.
(d)
The runner, 12.
(e)
A California rockfish (Sebastodes flavidus).
(f)
The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides).

&hand_; Several other fishes are also locally called yellowtail.


word: Yellowthroat
definition:
Yellowthroat

Yel"low*throat`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of American ground warblers of the genus Geothlypis, esp. the Maryland yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), which is a very common species.


word: Yellowwood
definition:
Yellowwood

Yel"low*wood`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).  All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.


word: Yellowwort
definition:
Yellowwort

Yel"low*wort`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (Chlora perfoliata). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow.


word: Yelp
definition:
Yelp

Yelp
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Yelped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yelping.]
[OE. yelpen, &yogh_;elpen, to boast, boast noisily, AS. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan; akin to OHG. gelph arrogant: cf. Icel. gjālpa to yelp.  Cf. Yap.]

1.
To boast.
[Obs.]

I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe.
Chaucer.

2.
To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.

A little herd of England's timorous deer,
Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs?
Shak.

At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation.
W. Irving.


word: Yelper
definition:
Yelper

Yelp"er
(?)
n.
An animal that yelps, or makes a yelping noise.
(Zool.)
(a)
The avocet; -- so called from its sharp, shrill cry.
[Prov. Eng.]
(b)
The tattler.
[Local, U. S.]


word: Yelting
definition:
Yelting

Yel"ting
(?)
n.
[Orig. uncert.]
The Florida and West Indian red snapper (Lutianus aya); also, sometimes, one of certain other allied species, as Lutianus caxis.


word: Yemeni₂
definition:
Yemeni

Ye"me*ni
(?)
prop. adj.
Of or pertaining to Yemen; as, Yemeni mountains.

2.
of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Yemen; as, our Yemeni guide.


word: Yen
definition:
Yen

Yen
(?)
n.
The unit of value and account in Japan. The yen is equal to 100 sen. From Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, to about 1913 the value of the yen was about 50 cents. In 1997 and 1998 the value of the yen varied from 80 per U. S. dollar to 120 per dollar.


word: Yenisei
definition:
Yenisei

Yenisey

Yenisei, Yenisey
prop. n.
A Russian river, flowing North into the Arctic Ocean.

Syn. -- Yenisei, Yenisei River, Yenisey River.


word: Yenite
definition:
Yenite

Ye"nite
(?)
n.
[After Jena, in Germany.]
(Min.)
A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals; -- also called ilvaite.
[Spelt also jenite.]


word: Yeoman
definition:
Yeoman

Yeo"man
(?)
n.
pl. Yeomen (?).
[OE. yoman, &yogh_;eman, &yogh_;oman; of uncertain origin; perhaps the first, syllable is akin to OFries. gā district, region, G. gau, OHG. gewi, gouwi, Goth. gawi. √100.]

1.
A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born.

&hand_; A yeoman in England is considered as next in order to the gentry. The word is little used in the United States, unless as a title in law proceedings and instruments, designating occupation, and this only in particular States.

2.
A servant; a retainer.
[Obs.]

A yeman hadde he and servants no mo.
Chaucer.

3.
A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry.
[Eng.]

4.
(Naut.)
An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores.

Yeoman of the guard, one of the bodyguard of the English sovereign, consisting of the hundred yeomen, armed with partisans, and habited in the costume of the sixteenth century. They are members of the royal household.


word: Yeomanly
definition:
Yeomanly

Yeo"man*ly
a.
Pertaining to a yeoman; becoming or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanlike.
B. Jonson.

Well could he dress his tackle yeomanly.
Chaucer.


word: Yeomanry
definition:
Yeomanry

Yeo"man*ry
(?)
n.
1.
The position or rank of a yeoman.
[Obs.]
yeomanry
Chaucer.

2.
The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders.

The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion.
Bancroft.

3.
A British volunteer cavalry force, growing out of a royal regiment of fox hunters raised by Yorkshire gentlemen in 1745 to fight the Pretender, Charles Edward; -- calle dalso yeomanry cavalry. The members furnish their own horses, have fourteen days' annual camp training, and receive pay and allowance when on duty. In 1901 the name was altered to imperial yeomanry in recognition of the services of the force in the Boer war. See Army organization, above.

Yeomanry cavalry, certain bodies of volunteer cavalry liable to service in Great Britain only. [Eng.]


word: Yerba
definition:
Yerba

Yer"ba
(?)
n.
[Sp.]
(Bot.)
An herb; a plant.

&hand_; This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, yerba buena [Sp., a good herb], a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint (Mentha sativa, Mentha viridis, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (Micromeria Douglasii).

Yerba dol osa. [Sp., herb of the she-bear.] A kind of buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica). -- Yerba mansa. [Sp., a mild herb, soft herb.] A plant (Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the Indians. -- Yerba reuma. [Cf. Sp. reuma rheum, rheumatism.] A low California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia).


word: Yerk
definition:
Yerk

Yerk
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Yerked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yerking.]
[See Yerk.]

1.
To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.

Their wounded steeds . . . 
Yerk out their armed heels at their dead masters.
Shak.

2.
To strike or lash with a whip.
[Obs. or Scot.]


word: Yerk₂
definition:
Yerk

Yerk
v. i.
1.
To throw out the heels; to kick; to jerk.

They flirt, they yerk, they backward . . . fling.
Drayton.

2.
To move a quick, jerking motion.


word: Yern₂
definition:
Yern

Yern
a.
[OE. &yogh_;ern, &yogh_;eorne, AS. georn desirous, eager.  See Yearn to long.]
Eager; brisk; quick; active.
[Obs.]
yern
Chaucer.


word: Yerne
definition:
Yerne

Yerne
(?)
adv.
[OE. &yogh_;eorne.  See Yern, a.]
Eagerly; briskly; quickly.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.

My hands and my tongue go so yerne.
Chaucer.


word: Yernut
definition:
Yernut

Yer"nut`
(?)
n.
[Cf. Dan. jordnöd, Sw. jordnöt, earthnut.  Cf. Jarnut.]
An earthnut, or groundnut.  See Groundnut (d).
[Written also yarnut.]


word: Yes
definition:
Yes

Yes
(?)
adv.
[OE. yis, &yogh_;is, &yogh_;es, &yogh_;ise, AS. gese, gise; probably fr. geá yea + swā so. √188.  See Yea, and So.]
Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no.

&hand_; Yes is used, like yea, to enforce, by repetition or addition, something which precedes; as, you have done all this -- yes, you have done more. “Yes, you despise the man books confined.”  Pope.


&hand_; “The fine distinction between ‘yea' and ‘yes,' ‘nay' and ‘no,' that once existed in English, has quite disappeared. ‘Yea' and ‘nay' in Wyclif's time, and a good deal later, were the answers to questions framed in the affirmative. ‘Will he come?' To this it would have been replied, ‘Yea' or ‘Nay', as the case might be. But, ‘Will he not come?' To this the answer would have been ‘Yes' or ‘No.'  Sir Thomas More finds fault with Tyndale, that in his translation of the Bible he had not observed this distinction, which was evidently therefore going out even then, that is, in the reign of Henry VIII.; and shortly after it was quite forgotten.”
Trench.


word: Yester
definition:
Yester

Yes"ter
(?)
a.
[See Yesterday.]
Last; last past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday.

[An enemy] whom yester sun beheld
Mustering her charms.
Dryden.

&hand_; This word is now seldom used except in a few compounds; as, yesterday, yesternight, etc.


word: Yesterday
definition:
Yesterday

Yes"ter*day
(?)
n.
[OE. &yogh_;isterdai, AS. geostran dæg, from geostran, geostra, giestran, gistran, gystran, yesterday (akin to D. gisteren, G. gestern, OHG. gestaron, Icel. gær yesterday, to-morrow, Goth. gistradagis to-morrow, L. heri yesterday, Gr. _;, Skr. hyas) + dæg day.  Cf. Hestern. _;_;_;_;.]

1.
The day last past; the day next before the present.

All our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.
Shak.

We are but of yesterday, and know nothing.
Job viii. 9.

2.
Fig.: A recent time; time not long past.

The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of supreme pontiffs.
Macaulay.


word: Yesterday₂
definition:
Yesterday

Yes"ter*day
adv.
On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.


word: Yester-evening
definition:
Yester-evening

Yestereve

{ Yes"ter*eve` (?), Yes"ter-e`ven*ing (?), }
n.
The evening of yesterday; the evening last past.


word: Yester-morning
definition:
Yester-morning

Yestermorn

{ Yes"ter*morn` (?), Yes"ter-morn`ing, }
n.
The morning of yesterday.
Coleridge.


word: Yestern
definition:
Yestern

Yes"tern
(?)
a.
[See Yester.]
Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.


word: Yestreen
definition:
Yestreen

Yes`treen"
(?)
n.
Yester-evening; yesternight; last night.
[R. or Scot.]

Yestreen I did not know
How largely I could live.
Bp. Coxe.


word: Yet
definition:
Yet

Yet
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell.


word: Yet₂
definition:
Yet

Yet
adv.
[OE. yet, &yogh_;et, &yogh_;it, AS. git, gyt, giet, gieta; akin to OFries. ieta, eta, ita, MHG. iezuo, ieze, now, G. jetzo, jetzt.]

1.
In addition; further; besides; over and above; still.
yet
Dryden.

This furnishes us with yet one more reason why our savior, lays such a particular stress acts of mercy.
Atterbury.

The rapine is made yet blacker by the pretense of piety and justice.
L'Estrange.

2.
At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still.

Facts they had heard while they were yet heathens.
Addison.

3.
Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; -- and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present time; not as soon as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet.  See As yet, under As, conj.

Ne never yet no villainy ne said.
Chaucer.

4.
Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in time.
yet
Shak.

5.
Even; -- used emphatically.

Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them.
Bacon.


word: Yet₃
definition:
Yet

Yet
(?)
conj.
Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.

Yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Matt. vi. 29.


word: Yew₂
definition:
Yew

Yew
n.
[OE. ew, AS. eów, īw, eoh; akin to D. ijf, OHG. īwa, īha, G. eibe, Icel. &ymacr_;r; cf. Ir. iubhar, Gael. iubhar, iughar, W. yw, ywen, Lith. jëva the black alder tree.]

1.
(Bot.)
An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.

2.
The wood of the yew.  It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic.  It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain.

&hand_; The American yew (Taxus baccata, var. Canadensis) is a low and straggling or prostrate bush, never forming an erect trunk.  The California yew (Taxus brevifolia, also called Pacific yew) is a good-sized tree, and its wood is used for bows, spear handles, paddles, and other similar implements; the anticancer agent taxol is obtained from its bark.  Another yew is found in Florida, and there are species in Japan and the Himalayas.

3.
A bow for shooting, made of the yew.


word: Yew₃
definition:
Yew

Yew
(ū)
a.
Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.


word: Yex
definition:
Yex

Yex
(?)
v. i.
[OE. &yogh_;exen, yesken, AS. giscian to sob.]
To hiccough.
[Written also yox, yux.]
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

He yexeth and he speaketh through the nose.
Chaucer.


word: Yex₂
definition:
Yex

Yex
n.
[AS. geocsa a sobbing, hiccough.  Cf. Yex, v. i.]
A hiccough.
[Written also yox, and yux.]
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
yex
Holland.


word: Yezdegerdian
definition:
Yezdegerdian

Yez`de*ger"di*an
(?; 277)
a.
Of or pertaining to Yezdegerd, the last Sassanian monarch of Persia, who was overthrown by the Muslims; as, the Yezdegerdian era, which began on the 16th of June, a. d. 632. The era is still used by the Parsees.


word: Yfere
definition:
Yfere

Y*fere"
(?)
adv.
Together.  See Ifere.
[Obs.]

As friends do when they be met yfere.
Chaucer.


word: Yid
definition:
Yid

Yid
(?)
n.
[See Yiddish.]
A Jew; -- now (1998) usually considered offensive or contemptuous.
[Slang or Colloq.]
Yid
John Corbin.


word: Yiddish
definition:
Yiddish

Yid"dish
(?)
n.
[G. jüdisch, prop., Jewish, fr. Jude Jew. See Jew, Jewish.]
A language used by German and other Jews, being a Middle German dialect developed under Hebrew and Slavic influence. It is written in Hebrew characters.


word: Yield
definition:
Yield

Yield
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Yielded; obs. p. p. Yold (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yielding.]
[OE. yelden, &yogh_;elden, &yogh_;ilden, AS. gieldan, gildan, to pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be worth, gälda to pay, Goth. gildan in fragildan, usgildan.  Cf. 1st Geld, Guild.]

1.
To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.

To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent.
Chaucer.

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength.
Gen. iv. 12.

2.
To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
yield
Milton.

[He] makes milch kine yield blood.
Shak.

The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Job xxiv. 5.

3.
To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.

And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown.
Shak.

Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.
Milton.

4.
To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.

I yield it just, said Adam, and submit.
Milton.

5.
To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.

6.
To give a reward to; to bless.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more,
And the gods yield you for 't.
Shak.

God yield thee, and God thank ye.
Beau. & Fl.

To yield the breath, To yield the breath up, To yield the ghost, To yield the ghost up, To yield up the ghost, or To yield the life, to die; to expire; -- similar to To give up the ghost.
[1913 Webster]
One calmly yields his willing breath. Keble.


word: Yield₂
definition:
Yield

Yield
v. i.
1.
To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.

He saw the fainting Grecians yield.
Dryden.

2.
To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.

3.
To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.

Will ye relent,
And yield to mercy while 't is offered you?
Shak.

4.
To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.

Nay tell me first, in what more happy fields
The thistle springs, to which the lily yields?
Pope.


word: Yield₃
definition:
Yield

Yield
(?)
n.
Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
yield
Bacon.


word: Yieldable
definition:
Yieldable

Yield"a*ble
(?)
a.
Disposed to yield or comply.
[R.]
Yield"a*ble*ness, n. [R.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Yieldance
definition:
Yieldance

Yield"ance
(?)
n.
1.
The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth.
[R.]
Bp. Hall.

2.
The act of yielding; concession.
[R.]
South.


word: Yielding
definition:
Yielding

Yield"ing
a.
Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper.

Yielding and paying (Law), the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is mentioned and reserved. Burrill.


word: yin and yang
definition:
yin and yang

yin and yang
(?)
n.
(Chinese philosophy)
the two fundamental principles, one negative, dark, passive, cold, wet, and feminine (yin) and the other (yang) positive, bright, active, dry, hot and masculine.  The interactions and balance of these forces in people and nature influence their behavior and fate.
[RHUD]


word: -yl
definition:
-yl

-yl
(?)
[Gr. _; wood, material.]
(Chem.)
A suffix used as a characteristic termination of chemical radicals; as in ethyl, carbonyl, hydroxyl, etc.

&hand_; -yl was first used in 1832 by Liebig and Wöhler in naming benzoyl, in the sense of stuff, or fundamental material, then in 1834 by Dumas and Peligot in naming methyl, in the sense of wood. After this -yl was generally used as in benzoyl, in the sense of stuff, characteristic ground, fundamental material.


word: Ymel
definition:
Ymel

Y*mel"
(?)
prep.
[OE. ymel, imelle, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ī milli, ī millum (properly, in the middle, fr. _; in + mi_;il, me_;al, middle, akin to E. middle), Dan. imellem, Sw. emellan.  See In, and Middle.]
Among.
[Obs.]
Ymel
Chaucer.


word: Ynambu
definition:
Ynambu

Y*nam"bu
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A South American tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens); -- called also perdiz grande, and rufous tinamou.  See Illust. of Tinamou.


word: Yode
definition:
Yode

Yode
(?)
obs.
imp.
[OE. yode, yede, &yogh_;ede, &yogh_;eode, eode, AS. eóde, used as the imp. of gān to go; akin to Goth. iddja I, he, went, L. ire to go, Gr. 'ie`nai, Skr. i, yā. √4.  Cf. Issue.]
Went; walked; proceeded.
[Written also yede.]
Yede

Quer [whether] they rade [rode] or yode.
Cursor Mundi.

Then into Cornhill anon I yode.
Lydgate.


word: Yodle
definition:
Yodle

Yodel

{ Yo"del (?), Yo"dle (?), }
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Yodeled, Yodled; p. pr. & vb. n. Yodeling, Yodling.]
[G. jodeln.]
To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble.


word: Yoga
definition:
Yoga

Yo"ga
(?)
n.
[Skr. y&omacrga union.]
A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties.


word: yogh
definition:
yogh

yogh
n.
An obsolete letter (&yogh_;) of the Old English  alphabet, having a pronunciation similar to the modern “y”.


word: yoghourt
definition:
yoghourt

yoghurt

yogurt

yo"ghurt
yo"ghourt
yo"ghourt
n.
custardlike food made from curdled milk.


word: Yogi
definition:
Yogi

Yo"gi
(?)
n.
[Skr. y&omacrgin.]
A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic.
[Spelt also yokin.]
Whitworth.


word: Yojan
definition:
Yojan

Yo"jan
(?)
n.
[Skr. y&omacrjana.]
A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five.
[India]
[Written also yojana.]


word: Yoke
definition:
Yoke

Yoke
(y&omacrk)
n.
[OE. yok, &yogh_;oc, AS. geoc; akin to D. juk, OHG. joh, G. joch, Icel. & Sw. ok, Dan. aag, Goth. juk, Lith. jungas, Russ. igo, L. jugum, Gr. zy`gon, Skr. yuga, and to L. jungere to join, Gr. _;, Skr. yui. √109, 280.  Cf. Join, Jougs, Joust, Jugular, Subjugate, Syzygy, Yuga, Zeugma.]

1.
A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke,
Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke.
Pope.

&hand_; The modern yoke for oxen is usually a piece of timber hollowed, or made curving, near each end, and laid on the necks of the oxen, being secured in place by two bows, one inclosing each neck, and fastened through the timber. In some countries the yoke consists of a flat piece of wood fastened to the foreheads of the oxen by thongs about the horns.

2.
A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
(a)
A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke.
(b)
A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
(c)
A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it.  See Illust. of Bell.
(d)
A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder.  To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships.
(e)
(Mach.)
A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
(f)
(Arch.)
A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain.
(g)
(Dressmaking)
A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.

3.
Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.

Boweth your neck under that blissful yoke . . . 
Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock.
Chaucer.

This yoke of marriage from us both remove.
Dryden.

4.
A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service.

Our country sinks beneath the yoke.
Shak.

My yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Matt. xi. 30.

5.
Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.

I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them.
Luke xiv. 19.

6.
The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
[Obs.]
Gardner.

7.
A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

8.
(Chiefly Mach.)
A clamp or similar piece that embraces two other parts to hold or unite them in their respective or relative positions, as a strap connecting a slide valve to the valve stem, or the soft iron block or bar permanently connecting the pole pieces of an electromagnet, as in a dynamo.

Neck yoke, Pig yoke. See under Neck, and Pig. -- Yoke elm (Bot.), the European hornbeam (Carpinus Betulus), a small tree with tough white wood, often used for making yokes for cattle.


word: Yoke₂
definition:
Yoke

Yoke
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Yoked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yoking.]

1.
To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.

2.
To couple; to join with another.
yoked
2 Cor. vi. 14.

Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb.
Shak.

3.
To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.

Then were they yoked with garrisons.
Milton.

The words and promises that yoke
The conqueror are quickly broke.
Hudibras.


word: Yoke₃
definition:
Yoke

Yoke
v. i.
To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.

We 'll yoke together, like a double shadow.
Shak.


word: Yokefellow
definition:
Yokefellow

Yoke"fel`low
(?)
n.
[Yoke + fellow.]
An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow; especially, a partner in marriage.
Phil. iv. 3.

The two languages [English and French] became yokefellows in a still more intimate manner.
Earle.

Those who have most distinguished themselves by railing at the sex, very often choose one of the most worthless for a companion and yokefellow.
Addison.


word: Yokel
definition:
Yokel

Yo"kel
(?)
n.
[Perhaps from an AS. word akin to E. gawk.]
A country bumpkin.
[Eng.]
Dickens.


word: Yokelet
definition:
Yokelet

Yoke"let
(?)
n.
A small farm; -- so called as requiring but one yoke of oxen to till it.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Yoke-toed
definition:
Yoke-toed

Yoke"-toed`
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers.


word: Yolk
definition:
Yolk

Yolk
(y&omacrlk or y&omacrk; 277)
n.
[OE. yolke, yelke, &yogh_;olke, &yogh_;elke, AS. geoloca, geoleca, fr. geolu yellow.  See Yellow.]
[Written also yelk.]

1.
The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus.

2.
(Zool.)
An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep.

Yolk cord (Zool.), a slender cord or duct which connects the yolk glands with the egg chambers in certain insects, as in the aphids. -- Yolk gland (Zool.), a special organ which secretes the yolk of the eggs in many turbellarians, and in some other invertebrates.  See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Appendix. -- Yolk sack (Anat.), the umbilical vesicle.  See under Unbilical.


word: Yom
definition:
Yom

Yom
(?)
n.
[Heb. y&omacrm.]
Day; -- a Hebrew word used in the names of various Jewish feast days; as, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement; Yom Teruah (lit., day of shouting), the Feast of Trumpets.


word: Yom Kippur
definition:
Yom Kippur

Yom` Kip*pur"
(y&omacrm`kĭ*pŏr", yäm`kĭ*pŏr")
[Heb. y&omacrm kippūr, day of atonement.]
(Jewish Antiq.)
the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri), according to the rites described in Leviticus xvi. Also called Day of Atonement.


word: Yon
definition:
Yon

Yon
(y&obreve_;n)
a.
[OE. yon, &yogh_;on, AS. geon; akin to G. jener, OHG. jenēr, Icel. enn, inn; cf. Goth. jains. √188.  Cf. Beyond, Yond, Yonder.]
At a distance, but within view; yonder.
[Poetic]

Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.
Milton.

Though fast yon shower be fleeting.
Keble.


word: Yon₂
definition:
Yon

Yon
adv.
Yonder.
[Obs. or Poetic]

But, first and chiefest, with thee bring
Him that yon soars on golden wing.
Milton.


word: Yoncopin
definition:
Yoncopin

Yon"co*pin
(?)
n.
[Perhaps corrupted from Illinois micoupena, Chippewa makopin, the American lotus.]
(Bot.)
A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).


word: Yond
definition:
Yond

Yond
(?)
a.
[Cf. AS. anda, onda, anger, andian to be angry.]
Furious; mad; angry; fierce.
[Obs.]
yond
Spenser.


word: Yond₂
definition:
Yond

Yond
adv. & a.
[OE. yond, &yogh_;ond, &yogh_;eond, through, beyond, over, AS. geond, adv. & prep.; cf. Goth. jaind thither. √188.  See Yon, a.]
Yonder.
[Obs.]
Yond
Chaucer.


word: Yonder
definition:
Yonder

Yon"der
(?)
adv.
[OE. yonder, &yogh_;onder; cf. OD. ginder, Goth. jaindr_; there. _;_;_;_;.  See Yond, adv.]
At a distance, but within view.

Yonder are two apple women scolding.
Arbuthnot.


word: Yonder₂
definition:
Yonder

Yon"der
a.
Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon.
yonder
Milton.
Yonder
Keble.

Yonder men are too many for an embassage.
Bacon.


word: Yoni
definition:
Yoni

Yo"ni
(y&omacr"nē)
n.
[Skr. y&omacrni.]
(Hindu Myth.)
The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped.  Cf. Lingam.


word: Yore
definition:
Yore

Yore
(y&omacrr)
adv.
[OE. &yogh_;ore, yare, &yogh_;are, AS. geára;akin to geár a year, E. year. √204.  See Year.]
In time long past; in old time; long since.
[Obs. or Poetic]

As it hath been of olde times yore.
Chaucer.

Which though he hath polluted oft and yore,
Yet I to them for judgment just do fly.
Spenser.

Of yore, of old time; long ago; as, in times or days of yore. “But Satan now is wiser than of yore.”  Pope.


Where Abraham fed his flock of yore.
Keble.


word: York rite
definition:
York rite

York rite
(?)
(Freemasonry)
The rite or ceremonial observed by one of the Masonic systems, deriving its name from the city of York, in England; also, the system itself, which, in England, confers only the first three degrees.


word: Yorkshire
definition:
Yorkshire

York"shire
(?)
n.
A county in the north of England.

Yorkshire grit, a kind of stone used for polishing marble, and copperplates for engravers. Simmonds. -- Yorkshire pudding, a batter pudding baked under meat.


word: York use
definition:
York use

York" use`
(?)
(Eccl.)
The one of the three printed uses of England which was followed in the north. It was based on the Sarum use.  See Use, n., 6.
Shipley.


word: Yote
definition:
Yote

Yote
(y&omacrt)
v. t.
[OE. &yogh_;eoten, &yogh_;eten, to pour, AS. geótan.  See Found to cast.]
To pour water on; to soak in, or mix with, water.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Grose.

My fowls, which well enough,
I, as before, found feeding at their trough
Their yoted wheat.
Chapman.


word: You
definition:
You

You
(ū)
pron.
[Possess. Your (ūr) or Yours (ūrz); dat. & obj. You.]
[OE. you, eou, eow, dat. & acc., AS. eów, used as dat. & acc. of ge, gē, ye; akin to OFries. iu, io, D. u, G. euch, OHG. iu, dat., iuwih, acc., Icel. yðr, dat. & acc., Goth. izwis; of uncertain origin. √189.  Cf. Your.]
The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed.  See the Note under Ye.

Ye go to Canterbury; God you speed.
Chaucer.

Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you
To leave this place.
Shak.

In vain you tell your parting lover
You wish fair winds may waft him over.
Prior.

&hand_; Though you is properly a plural, it is in all ordinary discourse used also in addressing a single person, yet properly always with a plural verb. “Are you he that hangs the verses on the trees, wherein Rosalind is so admired ?” Shak.
You and your are sometimes used indefinitely, like we, they, one, to express persons not specified. “The looks at a distance like a new-plowed land; but as you come near it, you see nothing but a long heap of heavy, disjointed clods.” Addison. “Your medalist and critic are much nearer related than the world imagine.” Addison. “It is always pleasant to be forced to do what you wish to do, but what, until pressed, you dare not attempt.” Hook.
You is often used reflexively for yourself of yourselves. “Your highness shall repose you at the tower.”  Shak.


word: Young
definition:
Young

Young
(yŭng)
a.
[Compar. Younger (yŭ&nsmacr_;"gẽr); superl. Youngest (-gĕst).]
[OE. yung, yong, &yogh_;ong, &yogh_;ung, AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juvaça, juvan. √281.  Cf. Junior, Juniper, Juvenile, Younker, Youth.]

1.
Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn.

For he so young and tender was of age.
Chaucer.

“Whom the gods love, die young,” has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever.
Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

2.
Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.

While the fears of the people were young.
De Foe.

3.
Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this.
Shak.


word: Young₂
definition:
Young

Young
n.
The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.

[The egg] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young.
Milton.

With young, with child; pregnant.


word: young-bearing
definition:
young-bearing

young"-bear*ing
(?)
adj.
1.
(Zool.)
being the sex that produces ova and carries the fetus to a point where it can live outside the parent; -- of animals.
[prenominal]

Syn. -- egg-producing(prenominal).


word: young-begetting
definition:
young-begetting

young"-be*get`ting
(?)
adj.
(Biology)
Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation, usually male.  In contradistinction to female or androgynous.

Syn. -- male.


word: Younger
definition:
Younger

Young"er
(?)
n.
One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior.
younger
Rom. ix. 12.

2.
Used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father; -- usually used postpositionally; as, Henry the younger.

Syn. -- jr.


word: Youngling
definition:
Youngling

Young"ling
(?)
n.
[AS. geongling.]
A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life.
younglings
Spenser.

He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with us younglings.
Ridley.


word: Youngly₂
definition:
Youngly

Young"ly
adv.
1.
In a young manner; in the period of youth; early in life.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
Ignorantly; weakly.
[R.]


word: Young Men's Christian Association
definition:
Young Men's Christian Association

Young Men's Christian Association
An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of young men, founded, June 6, 1844, by George Williams (knighted therefor by Queen Victoria) in London. In 1851 it extended to the United States and Canada, and in 1855 representatives of similar organizations throughout Europe and America formed an international body. The movement has successfully expanded not only among young men in general, but also specifically among railroad men, in the army and navy, with provision for Indians and negroes, and a full duplication of all the various lines of oepration in the boys' departments.  It currently (1998) maintains buildings which usually have both recreational facilities and dormitories for dwelling.  It is usually called by its acronym YMCA.  See also the similar organizations Young Women's Christian Association and YMHA.


word: Young Women's Christian Association
definition:
Young Women's Christian Association

Young Women's Christian Association
An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which were combined in the year 1884 as a national association. Now nearly all the civilized countries, and esp. the United States, have local, national, and international organizations.  See also the similar organizations Young Men's Christian Association and YMHA.


word: Younker
definition:
Younker

Youn"ker
(?)
n.
[D. jonker, jonkeer; jong young + heer a lord, sir, gentleman.  See Young, a.]
A young person; a stripling; a yonker.
[Obs. or Colloq.]

That same younker soon was overthrown.
Spenser.


word: Your
definition:
Your

Your
(ūr)
pron. & a.
[OE. your, &yogh_;our, eowr, eower, AS. eówer, originally used as the gen. of ge, gē, ye; akin to OFries. iuwer your, OS. iuwar, D. uw, OHG. iuwēr, G. euer, Icel. yðar, Goth. izwara, izwar, and E. you. √189.  See You.]
The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you.

&hand_; The possessive takes the form yours when the noun to which it refers is not expressed, but implied; as, this book is yours. “An old fellow of yours.”
Chaucer.


word: Yourself
definition:
Yourself

Your*self"
(?)
pron.
pl. Yourselves (?).
[Your + self.]
An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured yourself.

Of which right now ye han yourselve heard.
Chaucer.

If yourselves are old, make it your cause.
Shak.

Why should you be so cruel to yourself ?
Milton.

The religious movement which you yourself, as well as I, so faithfully followed from first to last.
J. H. Newman.


word: Youth
definition:
Youth

Youth
(ūth)
n.
pl. Youths (ūths; 264) or collectively Youth.
[OE. youthe, youhþe, &yogh_;uheðe, &yogh_;uweðe, &yogh_;eo&yogh_;eðe, AS. geoguð, geogoð; akin to OS. juguð, D. jeugd, OHG. jugund, G. jugend, Goth. junda. √281.  See Young.]

1.
The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility.
youth
Milton.

Such as in his face
Youth smiled celestial.
Milton.

2.
The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood.

He wondered that your lordship
Would suffer him to spend his youth at home.
Shak.

Those who pass their youth in vice are justly condemned to spend their age in folly.
Rambler.

3.
A young person; especially, a young man.

Seven youths from Athens yearly sent.
Dryden.

4.
Young persons, collectively.

It is fit to read the best authors to youth first.
B. Jonson.


word: Youthful
definition:
Youthful

Youth"ful
(?)
a.
1.
Not yet mature or aged; young.
youthful
Dryden.
Also used figuratively.
youthful
Shak.

2.
Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as, youthful days; youthful sports.
youthful
Shak.
Youthful
Milton.

3.
Fresh; vigorous, as in youth.

After millions of millions of ages . . . still youthful and flourishing.
Bentley.


word: Youthhood
definition:
Youthhood

Youth"hood
(?)
n.
[AS. geoguðhād.  See Youth, and -hood.]
The quality or state of being a youth; the period of youth.
Cheyne.


word: youth-on-age
definition:
youth-on-age

youth`-on-age"
n.
(Bot.)
A vigorous perennial herb (Tolmiea menziesii) with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk.

Syn. -- pickaback plant, piggyback plant.


word: Yowl
definition:
Yowl

Yowl
(?)
v. i.
[See Yawl, v. i.]
To utter a loud, long, and mournful cry, as a dog; to howl; to yell.


word: Ypres lace
definition:
Ypres lace

Y"pres lace`
(?)
Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace.


word: Ypsiliform
definition:
Ypsiliform

Yp*sil"i*form
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; _; the name of the letter _; + -form.]
(Biol.)
Resembling the _; in appearance; -- said of the germinal spot in the ripe egg at one of the stages of fecundation.


word: Yt
definition:
Yt

{ Yt, Yt (&thlig_;ăt) }
An old method of printing that (AS. þæt, ðæt) the “y” taking the place of the old letter “thorn” (þ).  Cf. Ye, the.


word: Ytterbic
definition:
Ytterbic

Yt*ter"bic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, ytterbium; containing ytterbium.


word: Ytterbium
definition:
Ytterbium

Yt*ter"bi*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Ytterby, in Sweden.  See Erbium.]
(Chem.)
A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2.  Cf. Yttrium.

&hand_; Ytterbium is associated with other rare elements, and probably has not been prepared in a pure state.


word: Yttriferous
definition:
Yttriferous

Yt*trif"er*ous
(?)
a.
Bearing or containing yttrium or the allied elements; as, gadolinite is one of the yttriferous minerals.


word: Yttrium
definition:
Yttrium

Yt"tri*um
(?)
n.
[NL., from Ytterby, in Sweden.  See Erbium.]
(Chem.)
A rare metallic element of the boron-aluminium group, found in gadolinite and other rare minerals, and extracted as a dark gray powder.  Symbol Y.  Atomic number 39.  Atomic weight, 88.9.
[Written also ittrium.]

&hand_; Associated with yttrium are certain rare elements, as erbium, ytterbium, samarium, etc., which are separated in a pure state with great difficulty. They are studied by means of their spark or phosphorescent spectra. Yttrium is now regarded as probably not a simple element, but as a mixture of several substances.


word: Yttro-cerite
definition:
Yttro-cerite

Yt`tro-ce"rite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A mineral of a violet-blue color, inclining to gray and white. It is a hydrous fluoride of cerium, yttrium, and calcium.


word: Yttro-tantalite
definition:
Yttro-tantalite

Yttro-columbite

{ Yt`tro-co*lum"bite (?), Yt`tro-tan"ta*lite (?), }
n.
(Min.)
A tantalate of uranium, yttrium, and calcium, of a brown or black color.


word: Yucca₂
definition:
Yucca

Yuc"ca
(?)
n.
[NL., from Yuca, its name in St. Domingo.]
(Bot.)
A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.

&hand_; The species with more rigid leaves (as Yucca aloifolia, Yucca Treculiana, and Yucca baccata) are called Spanish bayonet, and one with softer leaves  (Yucca filamentosa) is called bear grass, and Adam's needle.

Yucca moth (Zool.), a small silvery moth (Pronuba yuccasella) whose larvae feed on plants of the genus Yucca.


word: Yucca borer
definition:
Yucca borer

Yuc"ca bor`er
(a)
A California boring weevil (Yuccaborus frontalis).
(b)
A large mothlike butterfly (Megathymus yuccae) of the family Megatimidae, whose larva bores in yucca roots.


word: yuck₂
definition:
yuck

yuck
n.
a laugh; also, a joke or gag; -- usually used in the plural, as, the skit got lots of yucks.
[slang]

Syn. -- laugh; gag; joke


word: yuck factor
definition:
yuck factor

yuck factor
n.
a reaction of repugnance or distaste; -- used in discussion of acceptability of proposed new foods, medicines, etc. among potential consumers or patients.


word: yucky
definition:
yucky

yuck"y
a.
Repugnant or distasteful.
[slang]

Syn. -- disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repugnant, revolting.


word: Yuen
definition:
Yuen

Yu"en
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The crowned gibbon (Hylobates pileatus), native of Siam, Southern China, and the Island of Hainan. It is entirely arboreal in its habits, and has very long arms. the males are dark brown or blackish, with a caplike mass of long dark hair, and usually with a white band around the face. The females are yellowish white, with a dark spot on the breast and another on the crown. Called also wooyen, and wooyen ape.


word: Yuga
definition:
Yuga

Yug

{ Yug (?), &VerbarYu"ga (?), }
n.
[Skr. yuga an age, a yoke.  See Yoke.]
(Hindoo Cosmog.)
Any one of the four ages, Krita, or Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world.


word: Yugoslav
definition:
Yugoslav

Yu"go*slav`
(?)
prop. n.
1.
a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia.

Syn. -- Jugoslav, Yugoslavian, Jugoslavian.


word: Yugoslav₂
definition:
Yugoslav

Yugoslavian

Yu"go*slav (?), Yugoslavian
prop. adj.
Of or pertaining to Yugoslavia; as, Yugoslavian wine.

Syn. -- Yugoslavian, Jugoslav, Jugoslavian.


word: Yugoslavian
definition:
Yugoslavian

Yu"go*sla`vi*an
(?)
prop. n.
1.
a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia.

Syn. -- Yugoslav, Jugoslav, Jugoslavian.


word: Yulan
definition:
Yulan

Yu"lan
(ū"lăn)
n.
(Bot.)
A species of Magnolia (Magnolia conspicua) with large white blossoms that open before the leaves.  See the Note under Magnolia.


word: Yule
definition:
Yule

Yule
(ūl)
n.
[OE. yol, &yogh_;ol, AS. geól; akin to geóla December or January, Icel. j&omacrl Yule, Ylir the name of a winter month, Sw. jul Christmas, Dan. juul, Goth. jiuleis November or December.  Cf. Jolly.]
Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.

And at each pause they kiss; was never seen such rule
In any place but here, at bonfire, or at Yule.
Drayton.

Yule block, or Yule log, a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth on Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It was brought in with much ceremony. -- Yule clog, the yule log. Halliwell. W. Irving.


word: Yuman
definition:
Yuman

Yu"man
(?)
a.
Designating, or pertaining to, an important linguistic stock of North American Indians of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, nearly all agriculturists and adept potters and basket makers. Their usual dwelling is the brush wikiup, and in their native state they wear little clothing. The Yuma, Maricopa, Mohave, Walapi, and Yavapai are among the chief tribes, all of fine physique.


word: Yumas
definition:
Yumas

Yu"mas
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Yuma (_;)
(Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians native of Arizona and the adjacent parts of Mexico and California. They are agricultural, and cultivate corn, wheat, barley, melons, etc.

&hand_; The a wider sense, the term sometimes includes the Mohaves and other allied tribes.


word: yummy
definition:
yummy

yum"my
(yŭm"m&ybreve_;)
adj.
Very pleasing or attractive; especially, pleasing to the taste; delicious; scrumptious.
[colloq.]

Syn. -- delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome.


word: Yunca
definition:
Yunca

Yun"ca
(yō&nsmacr_;"kȧ)
n.
An Indian of a linguistic stock of tribes of the Peruvian coast who had a developed agricultural civilization at the advent of the Spaniards, before which they had been conquered by the Incas. They constructed irrigation canals which are still in use, adorned their buildings with bas-reliefs and frescoes, and were skilled goldsmiths and silversmiths.
Yun"can (?), a.


word: Yunx
definition:
Yunx

Yunx
(yŭ&nsmacr_;ks)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'i`ygx the wryneck.]
(Zool.)
A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.


word: yuppy
definition:
yuppy

yuppie

yup"pie, yup"py
(yŭp"p&ybreve_;)
n.
[young urban professional + -ie.]
an ambitious young adult, usually college-educated, living in or near a large city, with a professional career and an affluent lifestyle.  The "u" in the word is sometimes interpreted as meaning “upwardly mobile”.


word: Ywis
definition:
Ywis

Y*wis"
(?)
adv.
[OE. ywis, iwis, AS. gewis certain; akin to D. gewis, G. gewiss, and E. wit to know.  See Wit to know, and Y-.]
Certainly; most likely; truly; probably.
[Obs. or Archaic]

“Ywis,” quod he, “it is full dear, I say.”
Chaucer.

She answered me, “I-wisse, all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato.”
Ascham.

A right good knight, and true of word ywis.
Spenser.

&hand_; The common form iwis was often written with the prefix apart from the rest of the word and capitalized, as, I wis, I wisse, etc. The prefix was mistaken for the pronoun, I and wis, wisse, for a form of the verb wit to know.  See Wis, and cf. Wit, to know.

Our ship, I wis,
Shall be of another form than this.
Longfellow.


word: Z
definition:
Z

Z
(zē; in England commonly, and in America sometimes, zĕd; formerly, also, ĭz"zĕrd)
Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to s, y, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. _;, L. yugum; E. zealous, jealous.  See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 273, 274.


word: Za
definition:
Za

Za
(?)
n.
(Min.)
An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as heard in the or aeolian string; -- so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flat seventh.
H. W. Poole.


word: Zachun
definition:
Zachun

Za*chun"
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a healing ointment.
J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).


word: Zaffer
definition:
Zaffer

Zaf"fer
(?)
n.
[F. zafre, safre; cf. Sp. zafra, safra, It. saffera, G. zaffer; all probably of Arabic origin.  Cf. Zaphara.]
A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc.
[Written also zaffre, and formerly zaffree, zaffar, zaffir.]


word: Zaim
definition:
Zaim

Zaim
(?; 277)
n.
[Turk. & Ar. za'īm.]
A Turkish chief who supports a mounted militia bearing the same name.
Smart.


word: Zaimet
definition:
Zaimet

Zaim"et
(?; 277)
n.
[Turk. & Ar. za'īmet.]
A district from which a Zaim draws his revenue.
Smart.


word: Zalambdodont
definition:
Zalambdodont

Za*lamb"do*dont
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.


word: Zalambdodont₂
definition:
Zalambdodont

Za*lamb"do*dont
n.
One of the Zalambdodonta. The tenrec, solenodon, and golden moles are examples.


word: Zama
definition:
Zama

Za"ma
(?)
prop. n.
1.
the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.

Syn. -- battle of Zama.


word: zaman
definition:
zaman

za"man
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A large ornamental tropical American tree (Albizia saman) with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.

Syn. -- rain tree, saman, monkeypod, monkey pod, zamang.


word: Zamang
definition:
Zamang

Za*mang"
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for feeding cattle. Also called rain tree.
J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).


word: Zambian₂
definition:
Zambian

Zam"bi*an
prop. adj.
1.
of or pertaining to Zambia; as, Zambian cities.

2.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Zambia; as, the Zambian President.


word: Zambo
definition:
Zambo

Zam"bo
(?)
n.
pl. Zambos (?).
[See Sambo.]
The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.


word: Zamia
definition:
Zamia

Za"mi*a
(?)
n.
[L. zamia a kind of fir cone, from Gr. _;, _;, hurt, damage.  See Plin. xvi. 44.]
(Bot.)
A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood.  See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.


word: Zamindar
definition:
Zamindar

Zam`in*dar"
(?)
n.
[Hind. zemīndār, zamīndār, a landholder, Per. zamīndār; zamīn land dār holding.]
A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue.
[Written also zemindar.]
[India]


word: Zamindari
definition:
Zamindari

Zamindary

{ Zam"in*da*ry (?), Zam"in*da*ri (?) }
n.
The jurisdiction of a zamindar; the land possessed by a zamindar.
[Written also zemindary, zemindari.]


word: Zamouse
definition:
Zamouse

Za*mouse"
(?)
n.
[From a native name.]
(Zool.)
A West African buffalo (Bubalus brachyceros) having short horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also short-horned buffalo, and bush cow.


word: Zampogna
definition:
Zampogna

Zam*po"gna
(?)
n.
[It.]
(Mus.)
A sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants. It is now almost obsolete.
[Written also zampugna.]


word: Zander
definition:
Zander

Zan"der
(?)
n.
[Cf. D. zand sand.]
(Zool.)
A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to the wall-eye; -- called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant.


word: Zandmole
definition:
Zandmole

Zand"mole`
(?)
n.
[Cf. D. zand sand.  See Sand, and Mole the animal.]
(Zool.)
The sand mole.


word: Zante currant
definition:
Zante currant

Zan"te cur"rant
(?)
A kind of seedless grape or raisin; -- so called from Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.


word: Zantewood
definition:
Zantewood

Zan"te*wood`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
(a)
A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and zante fustic.  See Fustet, and the Note under Fustic.
(b)
Satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia).


word: Zany
definition:
Zany

Za"ny
(?)
n.
pl. Zanies (?).
[It. zanni a buffoon, merry-andrew, orig. same as Giovanni John, i. e., merry John, L. Ioannes, Gr. _;, Heb. Y&omacrkhānān, prop., the Lord graciously gave: cf. F. zani, fr. the Italian.  Cf. Jenneting.]
A merry-andrew; a buffoon.

Then write that I may follow, and so be
Thy echo, thy debtor, thy foil, thy zany.
Donne.

Preacher at once, and zany of thy age.
Pope.


word: Zany₂
definition:
Zany

Za"ny
(?)
v. t.
To mimic.
[Obs.]

Your part is acted; give me leave at distance
To zany it.
Massinger.


word: zap
definition:
zap

zap
(zăp)
v. t.
1.
to shoot, destroy, or inactivate; my TV set was zapped by lightning.

2.
to bomb with an atomic bomb.

Syn. -- nuke, atomize.

3.
to cook or heat in a microwave oven.

Syn. -- microwave, micro-cook, nuke.

4.
to subject to radiation, a laser beam, a strong electric current, or other potentially destructive treatment.

5.
to skip over (e. g. a commercial or dull interval in a television program) by using the fast-forward button on a VCR remove control.

6.
to add interest, color, or attractiveness to; to liven; -- usually used with up.
[RHUD]


word: Zapatera
definition:
Zapatera

Za`pa*te"ra
(?)
n.
[Sp. aceituna zapatera.]
(Olive trade)
A cured olive which has spoiled or is on the verge of decomposition; loosely, an olive defective because of bruises, wormholes, or the like.


word: Zaphrentis
definition:
Zaphrentis

Za*phren"tis
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct genus of cyathophylloid corals common in the Paleozoic formations. It is cup-shaped with numerous septa, and with a deep pit in one side of the cup.


word: Zarathustra
definition:
Zarathustra

Zarathuster

Zar`a*thus"tra (?), Zar`a*thus"ter
(?)
prop. n.
The Persian name for Zoroaster.


word: Zarathustric
definition:
Zarathustric

Zarathustrian

{ Zar`a*thus"tri*an (?), Zar`a*thus"tric (?) }
a.
Of or pertaining to Zarathustra, or Zoroaster; Zoroastrian.
Tylor.


word: Zaratite
definition:
Zaratite

Zar"a*tite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
[Named after Gen. Zarata of Spain.]
A hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring as an emerald-green incrustation on chromite; -- called also emerald nickel.


word: Zareba
definition:
Zareba

Za*re"ba
(?)
n.
(Mil.)
An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc.
[Written also zareeba, and zeriba.]
[Egypt]

“Ah,” he moralizes, “what wonderful instinct on the part of this little creature to surround itself with a zareba like the troops after Osman Digma.”
R. Jefferies.


word: Zarnich
definition:
Zarnich

Zar"nich
(?)
n.
[F., fr. Ar. az-zernīkh, fr. Gr. _;.  See Arsenic.]
(Min.)
Native sulphide of arsenic, including sandarach, or realgar, and orpiment.


word: Zastrugi
definition:
Zastrugi

Zas*tru"gi
(?)
n. pl.
sing. -ga (?)
[Russ. zastruga furrow made on the shore by water.]
Grooves or furrows formed in snow by the action of the wind, and running parallel with the direction of the wind. This formation results from the erosion of transverse waves previously formed.


word: Zati
definition:
Zati

Za"ti
(zä"te̝)
n.
(Zool.)
A species of macaque (Macacus pileatus) native of India and Ceylon. It has a crown of long erect hair, and tuft of radiating hairs on the back of the head. Called also capped macaque.


word: Zauschneria
definition:
Zauschneria

Zau*schne"ri*a
(?)
n.
[NL., named for M. Zauschner, a Bohemian botanist.]
(Bot.)
A genus of flowering plants.  Zauschneria Californica is a suffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers much resembling those of the garden fuchsia.


word: Zea
definition:
Zea

Ze"a
(zē"ȧ)
n.
[L., a kind of grain, fr. Gr. ze`a, zeia`; cf. Skr. yava barley.]
(Bot.)
A genus of large grasses of which the Indian corn (Zea Mays) is the only species known. Its origin is not yet ascertained.  See Maize.


word: Zeal
definition:
Zeal

Zeal
(zēl)
n.
[F. zèle; cf. Pg. & It. zelo, Sp. zelo, celo; from L. zelus, Gr. _;, probably akin to _;  to boil.  Cf. Yeast, Jealous.]

1.
Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.
zeal
Milton.
Zeal
Dryden.
Zeal's
Keble.

I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Rom. x. 2.

A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established.
Johnson.

2.
A zealot.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Zealant
definition:
Zealant

Zeal"ant
(?)
n.
One who is zealous; a zealot; an enthusiast.
[Obs.]

To certain zealants, all speech of pacification is odious.
Bacon.


word: Zealot
definition:
Zealot

Zeal"ot
(?)
n.
[F. zélote, L. zelotes, Gr. _;.  See Zeal.]
One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan.

Zealots for the one [tradition] were in hostile array against zealots for the other.
Sir J. Stephen.

In Ayrshire, Clydesdale, Nithisdale, Annandale, every parish was visited by these turbulent zealots.
Macaulay.


word: Zealotry
definition:
Zealotry

Zeal"ot*ry
(?)
n.
The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause.

Enthusiasm, visionariness, seems the tendency of the German; zeal, zealotry, of the English; fanaticism, of the French.
Coleridge.


word: Zealous
definition:
Zealous

Zeal"ous
(?; 277)
a.
[LL. zelosus.  See Zeal.]

1.
Filled with, or characterized by, zeal; warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object.

He may be zealous in the salvation of souls.
Law.

2.
Filled with religious zeal.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Zebra
definition:
Zebra

Ze"bra
(?)
n.
[Pg. zebra; cf. Sp. cebra; probably from a native African name.]
(Zool.)
Any member of three species of African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.

&hand_; The true or mountain zebra (Equus zebra syn. Asinus zebra) is nearly white, and the bands which cover the body and legs are glossy black.  Its tail has a tuft of black hair at the tip.  It inhabits the mountains of Central and Southern Africa, and is noted for its wariness and wildness, as well as for its swiftness.  The second species (Equus Burchellii syn. Asinus Burchellii or Equus quagga), known as Burchell's zebra, plains zebra, and dauw, is the most abundant, inhabiting the grassy plains of tropical and southern Africa, and differing from the preceding in not having dark bands on the legs, while those on the body are more irregular.  It has a long tail, covered with long white flowing hair.  Grevy's zebra (Equus grevyi) is distinct from the others in being placed in the subgenus Dolichohippus, whereas the plains and mountain zebras are placed in the subgenus Hippotigris.  More on zebras can be found at:
   http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/zebra.html

Zebra caterpillar, the larva of an American noctuid moth (Mamestra picta). It is light yellow, with a broad black stripe on the back and one on each side; the lateral stripes are crossed with withe lines. It feeds on cabbages, beets, clover, and other cultivated plants. -- Zebra opossum, the zebra wolf.  See under Wolf. -- Zebra parrakeet, an Australian grass parrakeet, often kept as a cage bird. Its upper parts are mostly pale greenish yellow, transversely barred with brownish black crescents; the under parts, rump, and upper tail coverts, are bright green; two central tail feathers and the cheek patches are blue. Called also canary parrot, scallop parrot, shell parrot, and undulated parrot. -- Zebra poison (Bot.), a poisonous tree (Euphorbia arborea) of the Spurge family, found in South Africa. Its milky juice is so poisonous that zebras have been killed by drinking water in which its branches had been placed, and it is also used as an arrow poison. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). -- Zebra shark. Same as Tiger shark, under Tiger. -- Zebra spider, a hunting spider. -- Zebra swallowtail, a very large North American swallow-tailed butterfly (Iphiclides ajax), in which the wings are yellow, barred with black; -- called also ajax. -- Zebra wolf. See under Wolf.


word: zebra-tailed lizard
definition:
zebra-tailed lizard

ze"bra-tailed liz`ard
n.
A lizard having a long tail with black bands (Callisaurus draconoides), which lives in the deserts of the southwestern U. S. and Mexico; called also gridiron-tailed lizard.
RHUD


word: Zebrawood
definition:
Zebrawood

Ze"bra*wood`
(?)
n.
(a)
A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (Connarus Guianensis).
(b)
The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia fragrans).
(c)
The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus Guettarda.


word: Zebrule
definition:
Zebrule

Zebrula

{ Ze"bru*la (?), Ze"brule (?) }
n.
A cross between a male zebra and a female horse.


word: Zebu
definition:
Zebu

Ze"bu
(?)
n.
[_;. zébu; of uncertain origin.]
(Zool.)
A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff.

&hand_; Some of the varieties are used as beasts of burden, and some fore for riding, while others are raised for their milk and flesh. The Brahmin bull, regarded as sacred by the Hindoos, also belongs to this species. The male is called also Indian bull, Indian ox, Madras ox, and sacred bull.


word: Zebub
definition:
Zebub

Ze"bub
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.


word: Zechstein
definition:
Zechstein

Zech"stein`
(?)
n.
[Gr., fr. zeche a mine + stein a stone.]
(Geol.)
The upper division of the Permian (Dyas) of Europe. The prevailing rock is a magnesian limestone.


word: Zed
definition:
Zed

Zed
(?)
n.
[F., probably through It. zeta, fr. L. zeta.  See Zeta.]
The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard.
Zed
Shak.


word: Zedoary
definition:
Zedoary

Zed"o*a*ry
(?)
n.
[F. zédoaire, LL. zedoaria; cf. It. zedoaria, zettovario, Pg. zedoaria, Sp. zedoaria, cedoaria; all fr. Ar. & Per. zedw_;r.]
(Med.)
A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant.

&hand_; It is the rhizome of different species of Curcuma, esp. Curcuma zedoaria, and comes in short, firm pieces, externally of a wrinkled gray, ash-colored appearance, but within of a brownish red color. There are two kinds, round zedoary, and long zedoary.


word: Zeeman effect
definition:
Zeeman effect

Zee"man ef*fect"
(?)
(Physics)
The widening and duplication, triplication, etc., of spectral lines when the radiations emanate in a strong magnetic field, first observed in 1896 by P. Zeeman, a Dutch physicist, and regarded as an important confirmation of the electromagnetic theory of light.


word: Zein
definition:
Zein

Ze"in
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. zéine.  See Zea.]
(Chem.)
A nitrogenous substance of the nature of gluten, obtained from the seeds of Indian corn (Zea) as a soft, yellowish, amorphous substance.
[Formerly written zeine.]


word: Zeitgeist
definition:
Zeitgeist

Zeit"geist`
(?)
n.
[G.; zeit time + geist spirit. See Tide, n.; Ghost, n.]
The spirit of the time; the general intellectual and moral state or temper characteristic of any period of time.


word: Zemni
definition:
Zemni

Zem"ni
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows.


word: Zemstvo
definition:
Zemstvo

Zem"stvo
(?)
n.
[Russ., fr. zemlya land.]
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.


word: Zenana
definition:
Zenana

Ze*na"na
(?)
n.
[Hind. zenāna, zanāna, fr. Per. zanāna, fr. zan woman; akin to E. queen.]
The part of a dwelling appropriated to women.
[India]


word: Zend
definition:
Zend

Zend
(?)
n.
[See Zend-Avesta.]
Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzvâresh, or literary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred writings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect) in which the Avesta is written.


word: Zend-Avesta
definition:
Zend-Avesta

Zend`-A*ves"ta
(?)
n.
[Properly, the Avesta, or sacred text, and its zend, or interpretation, in a more modern and intelligible language. W. D. Whitney.]
The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.


word: Zendik
definition:
Zendik

Zen"dik
(?)
n.
[Ar. zandīk.]
An atheist or unbeliever; -- name given in the East to those charged with disbelief of any revealed religion, or accused of magical heresies.


word: Zenick
definition:
Zenick

Ze"nick
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also suricat.
[obsolete]
This term is not found on the internet.  It probably refers to the meerkat, also called suricate.


word: Zenith
definition:
Zenith

Ze"nith
(?; 277)
n.
[OE. senyth, OF. cenith, F. zénith, Sp. zenit, cenit, abbrev. fr. Ar. samt-urras way of the head, vertical place; samt way, path + al the + ras head.  Cf. Azimuth.]

1.
That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir.

From morn
To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,
A summer's day; and with the setting sun
Dropped from the zenith, like a falling star.
Milton.

2.
hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity.

I find my zenith doth depend upon
A most auspicious star.
Shak.

This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
Mrs. Barbauld.

It was during those civil troubles . . . this aspiring family reached the zenith.
Macaulay.

Zenith distance. (Astron.) See under Distance. -- Zenith sector. (Astron.) See Sector, 3. -- Zenith telescope (Geodesy), a telescope specially designed for determining the latitude by means of any two stars which pass the meridian about the same time, and at nearly equal distances from the zenith, but on opposite sides of it. It turns both on a vertical and a horizontal axis, is provided with a graduated vertical semicircle, and a level for setting it to a given zenith distance, and with a micrometer for measuring the difference of the zenith distances of the two stars.


word: Zeolite
definition:
Zeolite

Ze"o*lite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; to boil + -lite: cf. F. zéolithe.]
(Min.)
A term now used to designate any one of a family of minerals, hydrous silicates of alumina, with lime, soda, potash, or rarely baryta. Here are included natrolite, stilbite, analcime, chabazite, thomsonite, heulandite, and others. These species occur of secondary origin in the cavities of amygdaloid, basalt, and lava, also, less frequently, in granite and gneiss. So called because many of these species intumesce before the blowpipe.

Needle zeolite, needlestone; natrolite.


word: Zeolitic
definition:
Zeolitic

Ze`o*lit"ic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a zeolite; consisting of, or resembling, a zeolite.


word: Zephyr
definition:
Zephyr

Zeph"yr
(?)
n.
[L. zephyrus, Gr. _;, akin to _; darkness, the dark side, west: cf. F. zéphyr.]
The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze.
zephyr
Gray.

As gentle
As zephyrs blowing below the violet.
Shak.

Zephyr cloth, a thin kind of cassimere made in Belgium; also, a waterproof fabric of wool. -- Zephyr shawl, a kind of thin, light, embroidered shawl made of worsted and cotton. -- Zephyr yarn, or Zephyr worsted, a fine, soft kind of yarn or worsted, -- used for knitting and embroidery.


word: Zephyrus
definition:
Zephyrus

Zeph"y*rus
(?)
n.
[L.  See Zephyr.]
The west wind, or zephyr; -- usually personified, and made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities.

Mild as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes.
Milton.


word: Zeppelin
definition:
Zeppelin

Zep`pe*lin"
(tsĕp`pẽ*lē"; Angl. zĕp"pe̝*lĭn)
n.
A dirigible balloon of the rigid type, consisting of a cylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gas cells, and provided with means of propulsion and  control. It was first successfully used by Ferdinand Count von Zeppelin.


word: Zero
definition:
Zero

Ze"ro
(?)
n.
pl. Zeros (?) or Zeroes.
[F. zéro, from Ar. çafrun, çifrun, empty, a cipher.  Cf. Cipher.]

1.
(Arith.)
A cipher; nothing; naught.

2.
The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.

&hand_; Zero in the Centigrade, or Celsius thermometer, and in the Réaumur thermometer, is at the point at which water congeals. The zero of the Fahrenheit thermometer is fixed at the point at which the mercury stands when immersed in a mixture of snow and common salt. In Wedgwood's pyrometer, the zero corresponds with 1077° on the Fahrenheit scale.  See Illust. of Thermometer.

3.
Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.

Absolute zero. See under Absolute. -- Zero method (Physics), a method of comparing, or measuring, forces, electric currents, etc., by so opposing them that the pointer of an indicating apparatus, or the needle of a galvanometer, remains at, or is brought to, zero, as contrasted with methods in which the deflection is observed directly; -- called also null method. -- Zero point, the point indicating zero, or the commencement of a scale or reckoning.


word: Zest
definition:
Zest

Zest
(zĕst)
n.
[F. zeste, probably fr. L. schistos split, cleft, divided, Gr. _;, from _; to split, cleave.  Cf. Schism.]

1.
A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.

2.
Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.

Almighty Vanity! to thee they owe
Their zest of pleasure, and their balm of woe.
Young.

Liberality of disposition and conduct gives the highest zest and relish to social intercourse.
Gogan.

3.
The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut.
[Obs.]


word: Zest₂
definition:
Zest

Zest
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Zested; p. pr. & vb. n. Zesting.]
1.
To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.

2.
To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine.
Gibber.


word: zesty
definition:
zesty

zest"y
(zĕst"e̝)
adj.
Having a pleasantly stimulating flavor.  Opposite of bland.

Syn. -- piquant, spicy, savory, savoury.

2.
marked by spirited enjoyment.

Syn. -- zestful, yeasty.


word: Zetetic
definition:
Zetetic

Ze*tet"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; to seek: cf. F. zététique.]
Seeking; proceeding by inquiry.

Zetetic method (Math.), the method used for finding the value of unknown quantities by direct search, in investigation, or in the solution of problems. [R.] Hutton.


word: Zetetics
definition:
Zetetics

Ze*tet"ics
(?)
n.
[See Zetetic, a.]
(Math.)
A branch of algebra which relates to the direct search for unknown quantities.
[R.]


word: Zeuglodon
definition:
Zeuglodon

Zeu"glo*don
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; the strap or loop of a yoke + _;, _;, tooth.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of extinct Eocene whales, remains of which have been found in the Gulf States. The species had very long and slender bodies and broad serrated teeth.  See Phocodontia.


word: Zeugma
definition:
Zeugma

Zeug"ma
(?)
n.
[L., from Gr. _;, fr. _; to yoke, join.  See Yoke.]
(Gram.)
A figure by which an adjective or verb, which agrees with a nearer word, is, by way of supplement, referred also to another more remote; as, “hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;” where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also to arma.


word: Zeugobranchiata
definition:
Zeugobranchiata

Zeu`go*bran`chi*a"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; to yoke + _; a gill.]
(Zool.)
Same as Zygobranchia.


word: Zeus
definition:
Zeus

Zeus
(?)
n.
(Gr. Myth.)
The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world (cf. Hades). He was identified with Jupiter.


word: Zeuzerian
definition:
Zeuzerian

Zeu*ze"ri*an
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of a group of bombycid moths of which the genus Zeuzera is the type. Some of these moths are of large size. The goat moth is an example.


word: Zibeth
definition:
Zibeth

Zibet

{ Zib"et, Zib"eth  }
(?)
n.
[Cf. It. zibetto.  See Civet.]
(Zool.)
A carnivorous mammal (Viverra zibetha) closely allied to the civet, from which it differs in having the spots on the body less distinct, the throat whiter, and the black rings on the tail more numerous.

&hand_; It inhabits India, Southern China, and the East Indies. It yields a perfume similar to that of the civet. It is often domesticated by the natives, and then serves the same purposes as the domestic cat. Called also Asiatic civet or Indian civet.


word: Ziega
definition:
Ziega

Zie"ga
(?)
n.
Curd produced from milk by adding acetic acid, after rennet has ceased to cause coagulation.
Brande & C.


word: Zietrisikite
definition:
Zietrisikite

Zie`tri*si"kite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A mineral wax, vert similar to ozocerite. It is found at Zietrisika, Moldavia, whence its name.


word: Zif
definition:
Zif

Zif
(?)
n.
[Heb. ziv.]
The second month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding to our May.


word: Ziggurat
definition:
Ziggurat

Zig"gu*rat
(?)
n.
A temple tower of the Babylonians or Assyrians, consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure, built in successive stages, with outside staircases, and a shrine at the top; -- called also zikkurat.


word: Zigzag
definition:
Zigzag

Zig"zag`
(?)
n.
[F. zigzag, G. zickzack, from zacke, zacken, a dentil, tooth.  Cf. Tack a small nail.]

1.
Something that has short turns or angles.

The fanatics going straight forward and openly, the politicians by the surer mode of zigzag.
Burke.

2.
(Arch.)
A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of chevrons.  See Illust. of Chevron, 3.

3.
(Fort.)
See Boyau.


word: Zigzag₃
definition:
Zigzag

Zig"zag`
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Zigzagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Zigzagging.]
To form with short turns.


word: Zigzaggery
definition:
Zigzaggery

Zig"zag`ger*y
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.
[R.]

The . . . zigzaggery of my father's approaches.
Sterne.


word: Zikkurat
definition:
Zikkurat

Zik"ku*rat
(?)
n.
A temple tower of the Babylonians or Assyrians, consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure, built in successive stages, with outside staircases, and a shrine at the top; -- called also ziggurat.


word: Zilla
definition:
Zilla

Zil"la
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in water, and eaten, by the Arabs.


word: Zimb
definition:
Zimb

Zimb
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to cattle.


word: Ziment-water
definition:
Ziment-water

Zim"ent-wa`ter
(?)
n.
[G. cement-wasser.  See Cement.]
A kind of water found in copper mines; water impregnated with copper.


word: Zimocca
definition:
Zimocca

Zi*moc"ca
(?)
n.
A sponge (Euspongia zimocca) of flat form and fine quality, from the Adriatic, about the Greek islands, and the coast of Barbary.


word: Zinc
definition:
Zinc

Zinc
(zĭ&nsmacr_;k)
n.
[G. zink, probably akin to zinn tin: cf. F. zinc, from the German.  Cf. Tin.]
(Chem.)
An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic number 30. Atomic weight 65.38.
[Formerly written also zink.]

Butter of zinc (Old Chem.), zinc chloride, ZnCl2, a deliquescent white waxy or oily substance. -- Oxide of zinc. (Chem.) See Zinc oxide, below. -- Zinc amine (Chem.), a white amorphous substance, Zn(NH2)2, obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc ethyl; -- called also zinc amide. -- Zinc amyle (Chem.), a colorless, transparent liquid, composed of zinc and amyle, which, when exposed to the atmosphere, emits fumes, and absorbs oxygen with rapidity. -- Zinc blende [cf. G. zinkblende] (Min.), a native zinc sulphide.  See Blende, n. (a). -- Zinc bloom [cf. G. zinkblumen flowers of zinc, oxide of zinc] (Min.), hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring in white earthy incrustations; -- called also hydrozincite. -- Zinc ethyl (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere. -- Zinc green, a green pigment consisting of zinc and cobalt oxides; -- called also Rinmann's green. -- Zinc methyl (Chem.), a colorless mobile liquid Zn(CH3)2, produced by the action of methyl iodide on a zinc sodium alloy.  It has a disagreeable odor, and is spontaneously inflammable in the air. It has been of great importance in the synthesis of organic compounds, and is the type of a large series of similar compounds, as zinc ethyl, zinc amyle, etc. -- Zinc oxide (Chem.), the oxide of zinc, ZnO, forming a light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; -- called also flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, nihil album, etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal, roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also pompholyx, and tutty. -- Zinc spinel (Min.), a mineral, related to spinel, consisting essentially of the oxides of zinc and aluminium; gahnite. -- Zinc vitriol (Chem.), zinc sulphate.  See White vitriol, under Vitriol. -- Zinc white, a white powder consisting of zinc oxide, used as a pigment.


word: Zinc₂
definition:
Zinc

Zinc
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Zincked or Zinced (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Zincking or Zincing (_;).]
To coat with zinc; to galvanize.


word: Zincification
definition:
Zincification

Zinc`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
The act or process of applying zinc; the condition of being zincified, or covered with zinc; galvanization.


word: Zincite
definition:
Zincite

Zinc"ite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
Native zinc oxide; a brittle, translucent mineral, of an orange-red color; -- called also red zinc ore, and red oxide of zinc.


word: Zincing
definition:
Zincing

Zincking

{Zinck"ing, or Zinc"ing (?) }
n.
(Metal.)
The act or process of applying zinc; galvanization.


word: Zinco-
definition:
Zinco-

Zin"co-
(?)
A combining form from zinc; in chemistry, designating zinc as an element of certain double compounds. Also used adjectively.


word: Zincode
definition:
Zincode

Zinc"ode
(?)
n.
[Zinc + -ode, as in electrode.]
(Elec.)
The positive electrode of an electrolytic cell; anode.
[R.]
Miller.


word: Zincograph
definition:
Zincograph

Zin"co*graph
(?)
n.
A zinc plate prepared for printing by zincography; also, a print from such a plate.


word: Zincongraphical
definition:
Zincongraphical

Zincongraphic

{ Zin`con*graph"ic (?), Zin`con*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to zincography; as, zincographic processes.


word: Zincography
definition:
Zincography

Zin*cog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Zinco- + -graphy.]
The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten away by acid.


word: Zincoid
definition:
Zincoid

Zinc"oid
(?)
a.
[Zinc + -oid.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, zinc; -- said of the electricity of the zincous plate in connection with a copper plate in a voltaic circle; also, designating the positive pole.
[Obs.]


word: Zinco-polar
definition:
Zinco-polar

Zin`co-po"lar
(?)
a.
[Zinco- + polar.]
(Elec.)
Electrically polarized like the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery, which has zincous affinity.
[Obs.]


word: Zincous
definition:
Zincous

Zinc"ous
(?)
a.
1.
(Chem.)
(a)
Of, pertaining to, or containing, zinc; zincic; as, zincous salts.
(b)
Hence, formerly, basic, basylous, as opposed to chlorous.

2.
(Physics)
Of or pertaining to the positive pole of a galvanic battery; electro-positive.


word: 'zine
definition:
'zine

zine

zine, 'zine
(zēn)
n.
[shortened from magazine.]
A publication similar to a magazine{4} but in electronic rather than printed form, maintained as data files on a computer and accessible via the world wide web; sometimes called e-zine (“e” standing for electronic, as in e-mail.


word: Zingel
definition:
Zingel

Zing"el
(zĭng"el)
n.
(Zool.)
A small, edible, freshwater European perch (Aspro zingel), having a round, elongated body and prominent snout.


word: Zingiberaceous
definition:
Zingiberaceous

Zin`gi*ber*a"ceous
(zĭn`jĭ*bẽr*ā"shŭs)
a.
[L. zingiber ginger.  See Ginger.]
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe (Zingibereae) of endogenous plants of the order Scitamineae.  See Scitamineous.


word: Zinkenite
definition:
Zinkenite

Zink"en*ite
(-en*īt)
n.
[From Zinken, director at one time of the Hanoverian mines.]
(Min.)
A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead.


word: Zinnia
definition:
Zinnia

Zin"ni*a
(?)
n.
[NL. So called after Professor Zinn, of Göttingen.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the composite genus Zinnia, Mexican herbs with opposite leaves and large gay-colored blossoms. Zinnia elegans is the commonest species in cultivation.


word: Zinnwaldite
definition:
Zinnwaldite

Zinn"wald*ite
(?)
n.
[So called after Zinnwald, in Bohemia, where it occurs.]
(Min.)
A kind of mica containing lithium, often associated with tin ore.


word: Zion
definition:
Zion

Zi"on
(?)
n.
[Heb. tsīy&omacrn, originally, a hill.]

1.
(Jewish Antiq.)
A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors.

2.
Hence, the theocracy, or church of God.

3.
The heavenly Jerusalem; heaven.


word: Zionism
definition:
Zionism

Zi"on*ism
(?)
n.
[Zion + -ism.]
Among the Jews, a theory, plan, or movement for colonizing their own race in Palestine, the land of Zion, or, if that is impracticable, elsewhere, either for religious or nationalizing purposes; -- called also Zion movement.
Zi"on*ist, n. -- Zi`on*is"tic (?), a.


word: Zip
definition:
Zip

Zip
(zĭp)
n.
[Imitative.]
1.
A hissing or sibilant sound such as that made by a flying bullet.

2.
a quantity of no importance.
[informal]

Syn. -- nothing, nihil, nichts, nix, nada, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, nil, zero, zilch.

3.
a device for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab.

Syn. -- slide fastener, zipper, zip-fastener.


word: Zip-fastener
definition:
Zip-fastener

zip"-fa`stener
(?)
n.
1.
a device for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab.

Syn. -- slide fastener, zip, zipper.


word: zip code
definition:
zip code

zip" code`
(zĭp"k&omacrd`)
n.
[zone improvement plan.]
Any one of a set of numbers assigned by the United States Postal Service to designate a particular postal delivery area.  One or more zip codes are assigned to each post office.  The numbers initially had five digits (the initial code), indicating state and post office.  Later, four more optional digits were added (the expanded code) indicating the box number or delivery route.  The full set of nine digits is also referred to as zip + 4.  The code is appended in an address to the line bearing the city and state names, as in “Plainfield, NJ 07062”.
[Also spelled ZIP code and Zip code.]


word: Ziphiidae
definition:
Ziphiidae

Zi*phi"i*dae
(?)
prop. n.
A natural family of cetaceans comprising the beaked whales; in some esp. former classifications included in the family Physeteridae.

Syn. -- family Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, family Hyperodontidae.


word: zipper
definition:
zipper

zip"per
(?)
n.
1.
a device for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab.

Syn. -- slide fastener, zip, zip-fastener.


word: zippy
definition:
zippy

zippy
(?)
adj.
1.
quick and energetic.
torpid

Syn. -- brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking.

2.
full of life and energy.
dull

Syn. -- bouncing, bouncy, peppy, spirited, lively.


word: Zirbanit
definition:
Zirbanit

Zir*ba*nit
(?)
prop. n.
(Babylonian mythology)
The consort of Marduk.

Syn. -- Sarpanitu, Zarpanit.


word: Zirco-
definition:
Zirco-

Zir"co-
(?)
(Chem.)
A combining form (also used adjectively) designating zirconium as an element of certain double compounds; zircono-; as in zircofluoric acid, sodium zircofluoride.


word: Zircofluoride
definition:
Zircofluoride

Zir`co*flu"or*ide
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A double fluoride of zirconium and hydrogen, or some other positive element or radical; as, zircofluoride of sodium.


word: Zircon
definition:
Zircon

Zir"con
(?)
n.
[F., the same word as jargon.  See Jargon a variety of zircon.]
1.
(Min.)
A mineral consisting predominantly of zirconium silicate (Zr2SiO4) occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia.  A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon.

2.
an imitation gemstone made of cubic zirconia.

Zircon syenite, a coarse-grained syenite containing zircon crystals and often also elaeolite. It is largely developed in Southern Norway.


word: Zirconia
definition:
Zirconia

Zir*co"ni*a
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Chem.)
The oxide of zirconium (ZrO2), obtained as a white powder, and possessing both acid and basic properties.  On account of its infusibility, and brilliant luminosity when incandescent, it is used as an ingredient of sticks for the Drummomd light.

cubic zirconia.  A colorless form of zirconia similar in appearance and refractivity to diamond, and used as a substitute for diamonds in inexpensive jewelry; -- also known by the acronym CZ.


word: Zirconic
definition:
Zirconic

Zir*con"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zirconium; as, zirconic oxide; zirconic compounds.

Zirconic acid, an acid of zirconium analogous to carbonic and silicic acids, known only in its salts.


word: Zirconium
definition:
Zirconium

Zir*co"ni*um
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Chem.)
A rare element of the carbon-silicon group, intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, obtained from the mineral zircon as a dark sooty powder, or as a gray metallic crystalline substance. Symbol Zr. Atomic weight, 90.4.


word: Zircon light
definition:
Zircon light

Zir"con light
(Physics)
A light, similar to the calcium light, produced by incandescent zirconia.


word: Zirconoid
definition:
Zirconoid

Zir"con*oid
(?)
n.
[Zircon + oid.]
(Crystallog.)
A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with tetragonal crystals; -- so called because this form often occurs in crystals of zircon.


word: Zither
definition:
Zither

Zith"er
(?)
n.
[G. zither.  See Cittern.]
(Mus.)
An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.]


word: Zizania
definition:
Zizania

Zi*za"ni*a
(?)
n.
[NL., from L. zizanium darnel, cockle, Gr. _;.]
(Bot.)
A genus of grasses including Indian rice.  See Indian rice, under Rice.


word: Zizith
definition:
Zizith

Zi"zith
(?)
n. pl.
[Heb. tsītsith.]
The tassels of twisted cords or threads on the corners of the upper garment worn by strict Jews. The Hebrew for this word is translated in both the Authorized and Revised Versions (Deut. xxii. 12) by the word “fringes.”


word: Zoanthacea
definition:
Zoanthacea

Zo`an*tha"ce*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. zw^,on an animal + _; flower.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of Actinaria, including Zoanthus and allied genera, which are permanently attached by their bases.


word: Zoantharian
definition:
Zoantharian

Zo`an*tha"ri*an
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Zoantharia.
n. One of the Anthozoa.


word: Zoanthodeme
definition:
Zoanthodeme

Zo*an"tho*deme
(?)
n.
[See Zoantharia, and Deme.]
(Zool.)
The zooids of a compound anthozoan, collectively.


word: Zoanthoid
definition:
Zoanthoid

Zo*an"thoid
(?)
a.
[See Zoantharia, and -oid.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Zoanthacea.


word: Zoanthropy
definition:
Zoanthropy

Zo*an"thro*py
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; animal + _; man.]
(Med.)
A kind of monomania in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals.


word: Zoanthus
definition:
Zoanthus

Zo*an"thus
(?)
n.
[NL.  See Zoantharia.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Zobo
definition:
Zobo

Zo"bo
(?)
n.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
A kind of domestic cattle reared in Asia for its flesh and milk. It is supposed to be a hybrid between the zebu and the yak.


word: Zoccolo
definition:
Zoccolo

Zocco

{ Zoc"co (?), Zoc"co*lo (?), }
n.
[It. fr. L. socculus.  See Socle, and cf. Zacco.]
(Arch.)
Same as Socle.


word: Zodiac
definition:
Zodiac

Zo"di*ac
(?)
n.
[F. zodiaque (cf. It. zodiaco), fr. L. zodiacus, Gr. _; (sc. _;), fr. _;, dim. of zw^,on an animal, akin to _; living, _; to live.]

1.
(Astron.)
(a)
An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16° or 18° broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac.
(b)
A figure representing the signs, symbols, and constellations of the zodiac.

2.
A girdle; a belt.
[Poetic & R.]

By his side,
As in a glistering zodiac, hung the sword.
Milton.


word: Zodiacal
definition:
Zodiacal

Zo*di"a*cal
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. zodiacal.]
(Astron.)
Of or pertaining to the zodiac; situated within the zodiac; as, the zodiacal planets.

Zodiacal light, a luminous tract of the sky, of an elongated, triangular figure, lying near the ecliptic, its base being on the horizon, and its apex at varying altitudes. It is to be seen only in the evening, after twilight, and in the morning before dawn. It is supposed to be due to sunlight reflected from multitudes of meteoroids revolving about the sun nearly in the plane of the ecliptic.


word: Zoea
definition:
Zoea

Zo"ë*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; life.]
(Zool.)
A peculiar larval stage of certain decapod Crustacea, especially of crabs and certain Anomura.
[Written also zoaea.]

&hand_; In this stage the anterior part of the body is relatively large, and usually bears three or four long spines. The years are conspicuous, and the antennae and jaws are long, fringed organs used in swimming. The thoracic legs are undeveloped or rudimentary, the abdomen long, slender, and often without appendages. The zoea, after casting its shell, changes to a megalops.


word: Zoetrope
definition:
Zoetrope

Zo"e*trope
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; life + _; turning, from _; to turn.]
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.


word: Zohar
definition:
Zohar

Zo"har
(?)
n.
[Heb. z&omacrhar candor, splendor.]
A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d.  Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century.
Encyc. Brit.


word: Zoilean
definition:
Zoilean

Zo*il"e*an
(?)
a.
Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ.


word: Zoilism
definition:
Zoilism

Zo"i*lism
(?)
n.
Resemblance to Zoilus in style or manner; carping criticism; detraction.

Bring candid eyes the perusal of men's works, and let not Zoilism or detraction blast well-intended labors.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Zoisite
definition:
Zoisite

Zois"ite
(?)
n.
[After its discoverer, Von Zois, an Austrian mineralogist.]
(Min.)
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.


word: Zoism
definition:
Zoism

Zo"ism
(?)
n.
[Gr. zwh` life + -ism.]
1.
Reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among savages.

2.
(Biol.)
A doctrine, now discarded, that the phenomena of life are due to a peculiar vital principle; the theory of vital force.


word: Zokor
definition:
Zokor

Zo"kor
(z&omacr"kôr)
n.
(Zool.)
An Asiatic burrowing rodent (Siphneus aspalax) resembling the mole rat. It is native of the Altai Mountains.


word: Zolaism
definition:
Zolaism

Zo"la*ism
(?)
n.
The literary theories and practices of the French novelist Emile Zola (1840-1902); naturalism, esp. in a derogatory sense.
Zo"la*ist, n. -- Zo`la*is"tic (?), a. -- Zo"la*ize (?), v.


word: Zoellner's lines
definition:
Zoellner's lines

Zöll"ner's lines`
(?)
[So called after Friedrich Zöllner, a German physicist.]
Parallel lines that are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections.


word: Zollverein
definition:
Zollverein

Zoll"ve*rein`
(?)
n.
[G., from zoll duty + verein union.]
Literally, a customs union; specifically, applied to the several customs unions successively formed under the leadership of Prussia among certain German states for establishing liberty of commerce among themselves and common tariff on imports, exports, and transit.

&hand_; In 1834 a zollverein was established which included most of the principal German states except Austria. This was terminated by the events of 1866, and in 1867 a more closely organized union was formed, the administration of which was ultimately merged in that of the new German empire, with which it nearly corresponds territorially.


word: Zona
definition:
Zona

Zo"na
(?)
n.
pl. Zonae (?).
[L., a girdle.  See Zone.]
A zone or band; a layer.

Zona pellucida. [NL.] (Biol.) (a) The outer transparent layer, or envelope, of the ovum. It is a more or less elastic membrane with radiating striae, and corresponds to the cell wall of an ordinary cell.  See Ovum, and Illust. of Microscope. (b) The zona radiata. -- Zona radiata [NL.] (Biol.), a radiately striated membrane situated next the yolk of an ovum, or separated from it by a very delicate membrane only.


word: Zonal
definition:
Zonal

Zon"al
(?)
a.
[L. zonalis.]
Of or pertaining to a zone; having the form of a zone or zones.

Zonal equation (Crystallog.), the mathematical relation which belongs to all the planes of a zone, and expresses their common position with reference to the axes. -- Zonal structure (Crystallog.), a structure characterized by the arrangements of color, inclusions, etc., of a crystal in parallel or concentric layers, which usually follow the outline of the crystal, and mark the changes that have taken place during its growth. -- Zonal symmetry. (Biol.) See the Note under Symmetry.


word: Zonar
definition:
Zonar

Zo"nar
(?)
n.
[Mod. Gr. _; a girdle, fr. Gr. _;, dim. of _; a girdle.  See Zone.]
A belt or girdle which the Christians and Jews of the Levant were obliged to wear to distinguish them from Mohammedans.
[Written also zonnar.]


word: Zonaria
definition:
Zonaria

Zo*na"ri*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A division of Mammalia in which the placenta is zonelike.


word: Zonate
definition:
Zonate

Zon"ate
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Divided by parallel planes; as, zonate tetraspores, found in certain red algae.


word: Zone
definition:
Zone

Zone
(z&omacrn)
n.
[F. zone, L. zona, Gr. zw`nh; akin to zwnny`nai to gird, Lith. jůsta a girdle, jůsti to gird, Zend yāh.]
1.
A girdle; a cincture.
[Poetic]

An embroidered zone surrounds her waist.
Dryden.

Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound.
Collins.

2.
(Geog.)
One of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude and temperature.

&hand_; The zones are five: the torrid zone, extending from tropic to tropic 46° 56′, or 23° 28′ on each side of the equator; two temperate or variable zones, situated between the tropics and the polar circles; and two frigid zones, situated between the polar circles and the poles.

Commerce . . . defies every wind, outrides every tempest, and invades.
Bancroft.

3.
(Math.)
The portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes; the portion of a surface of revolution included between two planes perpendicular to the axis.
Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.)

4.
(Nat. Hist.)
(a)
A band or stripe extending around a body.
(b)
A band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent; the Alpine zone, that part of mountains which is above the limit of tree growth.

5.
(Crystallog.)
A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.

6.
Circuit; circumference.
[R.]
Milton.

7.
(Biogeography)
An area or part of a region characterized by uniform or similar animal and plant life; a life zone; as, Littoral zone, Austral zone, etc.
The zones, or life zones, commonly recognized for North America are Arctic, Hudsonian, Canadian, Transition, Upper Austral, Lower Austral, and Tropical.

8.
(Cryst.)
A series of faces whose intersection lines with each other are parallel.

9.
(Railroad Econ.)
(a)
The aggregate of stations, in whatsoever direction or on whatsoever line of railroad, situated between certain maximum and minimum limits from a point at which a shipment of traffic originates.
(b)
Any circular or ring-shaped area within which the street-car companies make no differences of fare.

10.
any area to or within which a shipment or transportation cost is constant;
specifically,
in the United States parcel-post system, any of the areas about any point of shipment for which but one rate of postage is charged for a parcel post shipment from that point. The rate increases from within outwards. The first zone includes the unit of area “(a quadrangle 30 minutes square)” in which the place of shipment is situated and the 8 contiguous units; the outer limits of the second to the seventh zones, respectively, are approximately 150, 300, 600, 1000, 1400, and 1800 miles from the point of shipment; the eighth zone includes all units of area outside the seventh zone.

Abyssal zone. (Phys. Geog.) See under Abyssal. -- Zone axis (Crystallog.), a straight line passing through the center of a crystal, to which all the planes of a given zone are parallel.


word: Zoned
definition:
Zoned

Zoned
(?)
a.
1.
Wearing a zone, or girdle.
Pope.

2.
Having zones, or concentric bands; striped.

3.
(Bot.)
Zonate.


word: Zoneless
definition:
Zoneless

Zone"less
(?)
a.
Not having a zone; ungirded.

The reeling goddess with the zoneless waist.
Cowper.

In careless folds, loose fell her zoneless vest.
Mason.


word: Zonure
definition:
Zonure

Zon"ure
(?)
n.
[Zone + Gr. _; tail.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonura, common in rocky situations.


word: Zoochemistry
definition:
Zoochemistry

Zo`o*chem"is*try
(?)
n.
[Zoo- + chemistry.]
Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.


word: Zoochlorella
definition:
Zoochlorella

Zo`o*chlo*rel"la
(?)
n.
[NL., dim. from Gr. zw^,on an animal + _; green.]
(Zool.)
One of the small green granulelike bodies found in the interior of certain stentors, hydras, and other invertebrates.


word: Zoocyst
definition:
Zoocyst

Zo"o*cyst
(?)
n.
[Zoo- + cyst.]
(Biol.)
A cyst formed by certain Protozoa and unicellular plants which the contents divide into a large number of granules, each of which becomes a germ.


word: Zoocytium
definition:
Zoocytium

Zo`o*cy"ti*um
(?)
n.
pl. Zoocytia (?).
[NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal + _; a hollow vessel.]
(Zool.)
The common support, often branched, of certain species of social Infusoria.


word: Zoodendrium
definition:
Zoodendrium

Zo`o*den"dri*um
(?)
n.
pl. Zoodendria (?).
[NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal + _; a tree.]
(Zool.)
The branched, and often treelike, support of the colonies of certain Infusoria.


word: Zooecium
definition:
Zooecium

Zo*oe"ci*um
(?)
n.
pl. Zooecia (?).
[NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal + _; house.]
(Zool.)
One of the cells or tubes which inclose the feeling zooids of Bryozoa.  See Illust. of Sea Moss.


word: Zooerythrine
definition:
Zooerythrine

Zo`o*e*ryth"rine
(?)
n.
[Zoo- + Gr. _; red.]
(Zool.)
A peculiar organic red coloring matter found in the feathers of various birds.


word: Zoogenic
definition:
Zoogenic

Zo`o*gen"ic
(?)
a.
[Zoo- + -gen + -ic: cf. Gr. _; born of an animal.]
(Biol.)
Of or pertaining to zoogeny, animal production.


word: Zoogony
definition:
Zoogony

Zoogeny

{ Zo*og"e*ny (?), Zo*og"o*ny (?), }
n.
[Zoo- + root of Gr. _; to be born, _; offspring.]
The doctrine of the formation of living beings.


word: Zoogeography
definition:
Zoogeography

Zo`o*ge*og"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Zoo- + geography.]
The study or description of the geographical distribution of animals.


word: Zoogloea
definition:
Zoogloea

Zo`o*gloe"a
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. zw^,on an animal + _; any glutinous substance.]
(Biol.)
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.


word: Zoographical
definition:
Zoographical

Zoographic

{ Zo`o*graph"ic (?), Zo`o*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. zoographique.]
Of or pertaining to the description of animals.


word: Zoography
definition:
Zoography

Zo*og"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Zoo- + -graphy: cf. F. zoographie.]
A description of animals, their forms and habits.


word: Zooid₂
definition:
Zooid

Zo"oid
n.
1.
(Biol.)
An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozooid.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
An animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
(b)
One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydroidea, and Bryozoa; -- sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.


word: Zoological
definition:
Zoological

Zo`o*log"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. zoologique.]
Of or pertaining to Zoology, or the science of animals.


word: Zoologically
definition:
Zoologically

Zo`o*log"ic*al*ly
adv.
In a Zoological manner; according to the principles of Zoology.


word: Zoology
definition:
Zoology

Zo*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
pl. Zoologies (?).
[Zoo- + -logy: cf. F. zoologie.  See Zodiac.]

1.
That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.

2.
A treatise on this science.


word: Zoomelanin
definition:
Zoomelanin

Zo`o*mel"a*nin
(?)
n.
[Zoo- + melanin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A pigment giving the black color to the feathers of many birds.


word: Zoomorphism
definition:
Zoomorphism

Zo`o*mor"phism
(?)
n.
1.
The transformation of men into beasts.
[R.]
Smart.

2.
The quality of representing or using animal forms; as, zoomorphism in ornament.

3.
The representation of God, or of gods, in the form, or with the attributes, of the lower animals.

To avoid the error of anthropomorphism, we fall into the vastly greater, and more absurd, error of zoomorphism.
Mivart.


word: Zoon
definition:
Zoon

Zo"on
(?)
n.
pl. Zoa (?).
[NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal.]
(Zool.)
(a)
An animal which is the sole product of a single egg; -- opposed to zooid.
H. Spencer.
(b)
Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.


word: Zoonic
definition:
Zoonic

Zo*on"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. zw^,on an animal: cf.  F. zoonique.]
Of or pertaining to animals; obtained from animal substances.


word: Zoonite
definition:
Zoonite

Zo"o*nite
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
One of the segments of the body of an articulate animal.
(b)
One of the theoretic transverse divisions of any segmented animal.


word: Zoonomy
definition:
Zoonomy

Zo*on"o*my
(?)
n.
[Zoo- + Gr. _; a law: cf. F. zoonomie.]
The laws of animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.


word: Zoophaga
definition:
Zoophaga

Zo*oph"a*ga
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; animal + _; to eat.]
(Zool.)
An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.


word: Zoophagous
definition:
Zoophagous

Zo*oph"a*gous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; zw^,on an animal + _; to eat.]
Feeding on animals.

&hand_; This is a more general term than either sarcophagous or carnivorous.


word: Zoophoric
definition:
Zoophoric

Zo`o*phor"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; zw^,on an animal + fe`rein to bear; cf. F. zoophorique.]
Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal; as, a zoophoric column.


word: Zoophorous
definition:
Zoophorous

Zo*oph"o*rous
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;.  See Zoophoric.]
(Anc. Arch.)
The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; -- so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.


word: Zoophyta
definition:
Zoophyta

Zo*oph"y*ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. zw^,on an animal + fyto`n a plant.]
(Zool.)
An extensive artificial and heterogeneous group of animals, formerly adopted by many Zoologists. It included the cœlenterates, echinoderms, sponges, Bryozoa, Protozoa, etc.

&hand_; Sometimes the name is restricted to the Cœlentera, or to the Anthozoa.


word: Zoophyte
definition:
Zoophyte

Zo"o*phyte
(?)
n.
[F. zoophyte, Gr. _;; zw^,on an animal + _; plant, akin to _; to be born, to be.  See Zodiac, and Be, v. i.]
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids.
(b)
Any one of the Zoophyta.


word: Zoophytical
definition:
Zoophytical

Zoophytic

{ Zo`o*phyt"ic (?), Zo`o*phyt"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. zoophytique.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to zoophytes.


word: Zoophytoid
definition:
Zoophytoid

Zo*oph"y*toid
(?)
a.
[Zoophyte + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, a zoophyte.


word: Zoophytological
definition:
Zoophytological

Zo`o*phyt`o*log"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. zoophytologique.]
Of or pertaining to zoophytology; as, zoophytological observations.


word: Zoophytology
definition:
Zoophytology

Zo*oph`y*tol"o*gy
(?; 277)
n.
[Zoophyte + -logy: cf. F. zoophytologie.]
The natural history zoophytes.


word: Zoopraxiscope
definition:
Zoopraxiscope

Zo`o*prax"i*scope
(?)
n.
[Zoo- + Gr. _; a doing, an acting (from _; to do) + -scope.]
An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like.


word: Zoosporangium
definition:
Zoosporangium

Zo`o*spo*ran"gi*um
(?)
n.
pl. -sporangia (?).
[NL.  See Zoo-, and Sporangium.]
(Bot.)
A spore, or conceptacle containing zoospores.


word: Zoospore
definition:
Zoospore

Zo"o*spore
(?)
n.
[Zoo- + spore.]

1.
(Bot.)
A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoospores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algae. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoospores and the smaller microzoospores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore.

2.
(Zool.)
See Swarmspore.


word: Zootic
definition:
Zootic

Zo*ot"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. zw^,on an animal.]
Containing the remains of organized bodies; -- said of rock or soil.


word: Zootomist
definition:
Zootomist

Zo*ot"o*mist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. zootomiste.]
One who dissects animals, or is skilled in zootomy.


word: Zootomy
definition:
Zootomy

Zo*ot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Zoo- + Gr. _; to cut: cf. F. zootomie.]
The dissection or the anatomy of animals; -- distinguished from androtomy.


word: Zootrophic
definition:
Zootrophic

Zo`o*troph"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;.  See Zoo-, and Trophic.]
(Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to the nourishment of animals.


word: Zorilla
definition:
Zorilla

Zo*ril"la
(?)
n.
[Sp. zorilla, zorillo, dim. of zorra, zorro, a fox: cf. F. zorille.]
(Zool.)
Either one of two species of small African carnivores of the genus Ictonyx allied to the weasels and skunks.
[Written also zoril, and zorille.]

&hand_; The best-known species (Ictonyx zorilla) has black shiny fur with white bands and spots. It has anal glands which produce a very offensive secretion, similar to that of the skunk. It feeds upon birds and their eggs and upon small mammals, and is often very destructive to poultry. It is sometimes tamed by the natives, and kept to destroy rats and mice. Called also mariput, Cape polecat, and African polecat. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the American skunk.


word: Zoroaster
definition:
Zoroaster

Zo`ro*as"ter
(?)
prop. n.
The persian prophet Zarathustra, who probably lived in the second millenium B. C.  His treachings form the basis for the religion Zoroastrianism.


word: Zoroastrianism
definition:
Zoroastrianism

Zo`ro*as"tri*an*ism
(?)
n.
The religious system of Zoroaster, the legislator and prophet of the ancient Persians, which was the national faith of Persia; mazdeism. The system presupposes a good spirit (Ormuzd) and an opposing evil spirit (Ahriman).  Cf. Fire worship, under Fire, and Parsee.


word: Zostera
definition:
Zostera

Zos"te*ra
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants of the Naiadaceae, or Pondweed family. Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack, and eelgrass.


word: Zosterops
definition:
Zosterops

Zos"ter*ops
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; girdle + _;, _;, the eye.]
(Zool.)
A genus of birds that comprises the white-eyes.  See White-eye.


word: Zouave
definition:
Zouave

Zouave
(?; 277)
n.
[F., fr. Ar. Zouaoua a tribe of Kabyles living among the Jurjura mountains in Algeria.]
(Mil.)
(a)
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.


word: Zounds
definition:
Zounds

Zounds
(?)
interj.
[Contracted from God's wounds.]
An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder.


word: Zoutch
definition:
Zoutch

Zoutch
(?; 277)
v. t.
(Cookery)
To stew, as flounders, eels, etc., with just enough or liquid to cover them.
Smart.


word: Zuchetto
definition:
Zuchetto

Zu*chet"to
(?)
n.
[It. zucchetto.]
(R. C. Ch.)
A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black.


word: Zufolo
definition:
Zufolo

Zu"fo*lo
(?; 277)
n.
[It.]
(Mus.)
A little flute or flageolet, especially that which is used to teach birds.
[Written also zuffolo.]


word: Zulu
definition:
Zulu

Zu"lu
(zō"lō)
prop. n.
[Also Zooloo.]
1.
Any member of the tribe of Zulus; a Zulu-Kaffir. See Zulus.

2.
(Philol.)
One of the most important members of the South African, or Bantu, family of languages, spoken partly in Natal and partly in Zululand, but understood, and more or less in use, over a wide territory, at least as far north as the Zambezi; -- called also Zulu-Kaffir.

3.
A word used in spoken communications to represent the letter Z.


word: Zulus
definition:
Zulus

Zu"lus
(zō"lōz)
prop. n. pl.
sing. Zulu (zō"lō)
(Ethnol.)
The most important tribe belonging to the Kaffir race.  They inhabit a region on the southeast coast of Africa, but formerly occupied a much more extensive country.  They are noted for their warlike disposition, courage, and military skill.


word: Zumbooruk
definition:
Zumbooruk

Zum*boo"ruk
(?)
n.
[Turk. & Ar. zambūrak, fr. Ar. zambūr a hornet.]
(Mil.)
A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East.


word: Zumometer
definition:
Zumometer

Zumology

Zumological

Zumic

Zu"mic (?), a., Zu`mo*log"ic*al (_;), a., Zu*mol"o*gy (_;), n., Zu*mom"e*ter (_;), n., etc.
See Zymic, Zymological, etc.


word: Zuni
definition:
Zuni

Zunis

Zu"ñis
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Zuñi (_;)
(Ethnol.)
A tribe of Pueblo Indians occupying a village in New Mexico, on the Zuñi River.


word: Zunian
definition:
Zunian

Zu"ñi*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the Zuñis, or designating their linguistic stock.
n. A Zuñi.


word: Zunyite
definition:
Zunyite

Zun"yite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A fluosilicate of alumina occurring in tetrahedral crystals at the Zuñi mine in Colorado.


word: Zwanziger
definition:
Zwanziger

Zwan"zi*ger
(tsvän"tse̝*gẽr)
n.
[G.]
An Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers, or about 10 cents.


word: Zwieback
definition:
Zwieback

Zwie"back`
(tsvē"bäk`)
n.
[G., fr. zwie- two, twice (see Twice) + backen to bake.]
A kind of biscuit or rusk first baked in a loaf and afterwards cut and toasted.


word: Zwinglian
definition:
Zwinglian

Zwing"li*an
(?)
prop. a.
(Theol.)
Of or pertaining to Ulric Zwingli (1481-1531), the reformer of German Switzerland, who maintained that in the Lord's Supper the true body of Christ is present by the contemplation of faith but not in essence or reality, and that the sacrament is a memorial without mystical elements.
n. A follower of Zwingli.


word: Zygantrum
definition:
Zygantrum

Zy*gan"trum
(?)
n.
pl. Zygantra (?).
[Gr. _; a yoke + _;  a cave, hole.]
(Anat.)
See under Zygosphene.


word: Zygapophysis
definition:
Zygapophysis

Zyg`a*poph"y*sis
(?)
n.
pl. Zygapophyses (?).
[Gr. _; a yoke + E. apophysis.]
(Anat.)
One of the articular processes of a vertebra, of which there are usually four, two anterior and two posterior.  See under Vertebra.
Zyg`ap*o*phys"i*al (?), a.


word: Zygenid
definition:
Zygenid

Zyg"e*nid
(?)
n.
[Cf. Gr. _;, probably the hammer-headed shark.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, most of which are bright colored. The wood nymph and the vine forester are examples. Also used adjectively.


word: Zygobranchia
definition:
Zygobranchia

Zyg`o*bran"chi*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. zygo`n a yoke + _; a gill.]
(Zool.)
A division of marine gastropods in which the gills are developed on both sides of the body and the renal organs are also paired. The abalone (Haliotis) and the keyhole limpet (Fissurella) are examples.


word: Zygodactyle
definition:
Zygodactyle

Zygodactyl

{ Zyg`o*dac"tyl, Zyg`o*dac"tyle  }
(?)
n.
[See Zygodactylic.]
(Zool.)
Any zygodactylous bird.


word: Zygodactylae
definition:
Zygodactylae

Zyg`o*dac"ty*lae
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
The zygodactylous birds. In a restricted sense applied to a division of birds which includes the barbets, toucans, honey guides, and other related birds.


word: Zygodactylous
definition:
Zygodactylous

Zygodactylic

{ Zyg`o*dac"ty*lic (?), Zyg`o*dac"tyl*ous (?; 277), }
a.
[Gr. zygo`n a yoke, pair + _; finger, toe: cf. F. zygodactyle.]
(Zool.)
Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc.


word: Zygoma
definition:
Zygoma

Zy*go"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to yoke, zygo`n a yoke.]
(Anat.)
(a)
The jugal, malar, or cheek bone.
(b)
The zygomatic process of the temporal bone.
(c)
The whole zygomatic arch.


word: Zygomatic
definition:
Zygomatic

Zyg`o*mat"ic
(?; 277)
a.
[Cf. F. zygomatique.]
(Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma.

Zygomatic arch, the arch of bone beneath the orbit, formed in most mammals by the union of the malar, or jugal, with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone. In the lower vertebrates other bones may help to form it, and there may be two arches on each side of the skull, as in some reptiles. -- Zygomatic process, a process of the temporal or squamosal bone helping to form the zygomatic arch.


word: Zygomorphous
definition:
Zygomorphous

Zygomorphic

{ Zyg`o*mor"phic (?), Zyg`o*mor"phous (?), }
a.
[Gr. zygo`n a yoke + _; form.]
(Biol.)
Symmetrical bilaterally; -- said of organisms, or parts of organisms, capable of division into two symmetrical halves only in a single plane.


word: Zygophyllaceae
definition:
Zygophyllaceae

Zy`go*phyl*la"ce*ae
(?)
prop. n.
A natural family of small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; it is often resinous, and some are poisonous.  It contains the genera Zygophyllum; Tribulus; Guaiacum; and Larrea.

Syn. -- family Zygophyllaceae, bean-caper family.


word: Zygophyllum
definition:
Zygophyllum

Zy`go*phyl*lum
(?)
prop. n.
1.
A genus of usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers.

Syn. -- genus Zygophyllum.


word: Zygophyte
definition:
Zygophyte

Zy"go*phyte
(?)
n.
[Gr. zygo`n a yoke + fyto`n a plant.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells.  Cf. Oophyte.


word: Zygoptera
definition:
Zygoptera

Zy`gop"te*ra
(?)
prop. n.
A suborder consisting of the damselflies.

Syn. -- suborder Zygoptera.


word: Zygosis
definition:
Zygosis

Zy*go"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; balancing, fr. zygo`n yoke.]
(Biol.)
The process of the merging of two gametes.  Same as Conjugation.


word: zygosity
definition:
zygosity

zy*gos"i*ty
(zi̝*g&obreve_;s"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
(Biol.)
The property of being either homogeneous or heterogeneous with respect to the allelic genes determining some hereditary trait in a diploid or polyploid organism; if homogeneous, the organism is homozygous; if heterogeneous, it is heterozygous.


word: Zygosperm
definition:
Zygosperm

Zyg"o*sperm
(?)
n.
[Gr. zygo`n a yoke + E. sperm.]
(Bot.)
A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. Zygosperms are found in certain orders of algae and fungi.


word: Zygosphene
definition:
Zygosphene

Zyg"o*sphene
(?)
n.
[Gr. zygo`n a yoke + _; a wedge.]
(Anat.)
A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa, called the zygantrum, on the back part of the arch in front.


word: Zygospore
definition:
Zygospore

Zyg"o*spore
(?)
n.
[Gr. zygo`n a yoke + E. spore.]
(Bot.)
(a)
Same as Zygosperm.
(b)
A spore formed by the union of several zoospores; -- called also zygozoospore.


word: zygote
definition:
zygote

zy"gote
(zī"g&omacrt)
n.
The cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a spermatozoon, or (broadly) the developing new organism arising from such a cell.

Syn. -- fertilized cell.


word: Zyme
definition:
Zyme

Zyme
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; leaven.]

1.
A ferment.

2.
(Med.)
The morbific principle of a zymotic disease.
Quain.


word: Zymic
definition:
Zymic

Zym"ic
(?)
a.
(Old Chem.)
Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation; -- formerly, by confusion, used to designate lactic acid.


word: Zymogen
definition:
Zymogen

Zym"o*gen
(?)
n.
[Zyme + -gen.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselves actual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment.

The pancreas contains but little ready-made ferment, though there is present in it a body, zymogen, which gives birth to the ferment.
Foster.


word: Zymogene
definition:
Zymogene

Zym"o*gene
(?)
n.
[Zyme + root of Gr. _; to be born.]
(Biol.)
One of a physiological group of globular bacteria which produces fermentations of diverse nature; -- distinguished from pathogene.


word: Zymogenic
definition:
Zymogenic

Zym`o*gen"ic
(?)
a.
(Biol.)
(a)
Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene.
(b)
Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.

Zymogenic organism (Biol.), a microorganism, such as the yeast plant of the Bacterium lactis, which sets up certain fermentative processes by which definite chemical products are formed; -- distinguished from a pathogenic organism.  Cf. Micrococcus.


word: Zymological
definition:
Zymological

Zymologic

{ Zy`mo*log"ic (?), Zy`mo*log"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. zymologique.]
Of or pertaining to zymology.


word: Zymologist
definition:
Zymologist

Zy*mol"o*gist
(?)
n.
One who is skilled in zymology, or in the fermentation of liquors.


word: Zymology
definition:
Zymology

Zy*mol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Zyme + -logy: cf. F. zymologie.]
A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.
[Written also zumology.]


word: Zymolysis
definition:
Zymolysis

Zy*mol"y*sis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Zyme, and Lysis.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
The action of enzymes, such as digestion or fermentation; also, the changes produced by such action.
Zy`mo*lyt"ic (?), a.


word: Zymome
definition:
Zymome

Zy"mome
(?)
n.
[Gr. zy`mwma a fermented mixture.]
(Old Chem.)
A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling legumin; -- now called vegetable fibrin, vegetable albumin, or gluten casein.


word: Zymosimeter
definition:
Zymosimeter

Zymometer

{ Zy*mom"e*ter (?), Zy`mo*sim"e*ter (?), }
n.
[Gr. zy`mh ferment, or zy`mwsis fermentation + -meter: cf. F. zymosimètre.]
An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.


word: Zymophyte
definition:
Zymophyte

Zym"o*phyte
(zīm"o̝*fīt or zĭm"o̝*fīt)
n.
[Zyme + Gr. fyto`n a plant.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A bacteroid ferment.


word: Zymoscope
definition:
Zymoscope

Zy"mo*scope
(zīm"o̝*sk&omacrp)
n.
[Zyme + -scope.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
An apparatus for determining the fermenting power of yeast by measuring the amount of carbonic acid evolved from a given quantity of sugar.


word: Zymosis
definition:
Zymosis

Zy*mo"sis
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. zymwtiko`s fermentation, fr. zy`mh ferment.]
(Med.)
(a)
A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.
(b)
A zymotic disease.
[R.]
The medical usage is now (2004) archaic. -- PJC.


word: Zymotic
definition:
Zymotic

Zy*mot"ic
(zi̝*m&obreve_;t"ĭk)
a.
[Gr. zymwtiko`s causing to ferment, fr. zymoy^n to ferment, zy`mh ferment, leaven.]
1.
Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

2.
(Med.)
Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases.  See Zymotic disease, below.

Zymotic disease (Med.),  any epidemic, endemic, contagious, or sporadic affection which is produced by some morbific principle or organism acting on the system like a ferment.
Now (2004) referred to as an infectious disease. -- PJC


word: Zythepsary
definition:
Zythepsary

Zy*thep"sa*ry
(zĭ*thĕp"sȧ*rŭ)
n.
[Gr. zy^qos a kind of beer + 'e`psein to boil.]
A brewery.
[R.]


word: Zythum
definition:
Zythum

Zy"thum
(zĭ"thŭm)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. zy^qos a kind of beer; -- so called by the Egyptians.]
A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.
[Written also zythem.]


