English words starting with ze - page 1

Meanings of Zebra-crossing:

noun

A place on a road, especially one where there is a lot of traffic, across which wide, black and white lines are painted, and at which vehicles must stop to allow people to walk across the road

Meanings of Zebraic:

adjective

Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a zebra or zebras.

Meanings of Zebras:

noun

An african wild horse with black-and-white stripes and an erect mane.

Usage examples:

The cape colony extended systematic protection to elephants, giraffes, hippopotami, buffalo, zebras…

Meanings of Zebrawood:

noun

Any of a number of tropical trees which produce ornamental striped timber that is used chiefly in cabinetmaking.

Usage examples:

Twenty species are available, including american varieties and exotic types like zebrawood, padauk,…

Meanings of Zebrina:

noun

Any of various perennial herbaceous plants of the (former) genus zebrina, native to mexico, central america, and south america, and widely cultivated as indoor plants, typically having ovate striped leaves and clusters of small pink or purple flowers. also (in form zebrina): the (former) genus itself.

Meanings of Zebroid:

adjective

Having striped or banded markings resembling those of a zebra.

noun

The hybrid offspring of a zebra and a horse or other equid.

Meanings of Zebrule:

noun

The hybrid offspring of a male zebra and a female equine; especially a zedonk.

Meanings of Zebu:

noun

Another term for brahmin (sense 3).

Meanings of Zebulun:

proper noun

(in the bible) a hebrew patriarch, son of jacob and leah (gen. 30:20).

Meanings of Zebus:

noun

Another term for brahmin (sense 3).

Meanings of Zecchin:

noun

A gold coin of a type minted by the republic of venice from the 13th century, and until the 19th century widely used in trade and commerce throughout europe, the eastern mediterranean, and further afield; any of various similar coins minted elsewhere, especially those produced to the same standards as the venetian coin for the purpose of facilitating international trade; a ducat. also occasionally more generally: †a coin; a piece of money (obsolete).

Meanings of Zecchino:

noun

A gold coin of a type minted by the republic of venice from the 13th century, and until the 19th century widely used in trade and commerce throughout europe, the eastern mediterranean, and further afield; any of various similar coins minted elsewhere, especially those produced to the same standards as the venetian coin for the purpose of facilitating international trade; a ducat. also occasionally more generally: †a coin; a piece of money (obsolete).

Meanings of Zechariah:

proper noun

A hebrew minor prophet of the 6th century bc.

Meanings of Zechstein:

noun

Limestone of the upper permian period forming strata underlying parts of northern germany, poland, and north-eastern england; the series of sedimentary rocks containing such limestone.

Meanings of Zed:

noun

The letter z.

Usage examples:

A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch, and it's pronounced zed, not zee, zed!

Meanings of Zedoaries:

noun

An indian plant related to turmeric, with an aromatic rhizome.

Usage examples:

A paste of a little zedoary and cream makes a good face mask and keeps the skin clear and shining.

Meanings of Zedoary:

noun

An indian plant related to turmeric, with an aromatic rhizome.

Usage examples:

A paste of a little zedoary and cream makes a good face mask and keeps the skin clear and shining.

Meanings of Zeds:

noun

The letter z.

Usage examples:

A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch, and it's pronounced zed, not zee, zed!

Meanings of Zee:

noun

The letter z.

Meanings of Zeelander:

noun

A native or inhabitant of the province of zeeland in the netherlands.

Meanings of Zees:

noun

The letter z.

Meanings of Zeilanite:

noun

A variety of spinel containing iron, first discovered in sri lanka.

Meanings of Zein:

noun

The principal protein of maize.

Usage examples:

They showed that rats fed on zein, the major protein of maize endosperm, died of protein starvation.

Meanings of Zeitgeist:

noun

The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.

Usage examples:

The story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s

Meanings of Zek:

noun

Originally and chiefly in russian-speaking contexts: a prisoner; a convict; (in early use) especially a person held in a forced labour camp in the u.s.s.r.