English words starting with zy

Meanings of Zydeco:

noun

A kind of black american dance music originally from southern louisiana, typically featuring accordion and guitar.

Usage examples:

She'd grown up in lafayette, louisiana, to the sounds of country music and zydeco.

Meanings of Zydecos:

noun

A kind of black american dance music originally from southern louisiana, typically featuring accordion and guitar.

Usage examples:

She'd grown up in lafayette, louisiana, to the sounds of country music and zydeco.

Meanings of Zygodactyl:

adjective

(of a bird's feet) having two toes pointing forward and two backward.

Usage examples:

The cuckoo's zygodactyl toes

noun

A bird with zygodactyl feet.

Meanings of Zygomatic:

adjective

Relating to the cheek bone

Usage examples:

The zygomatic bone

Meanings of Zygomaticus:

noun

A set of muscles in the cheek

Meanings of Zygomorphic:

adjective

(of a flower) having only one plane of symmetry, as in a pea or snapdragon; bilaterally symmetrical.

Usage examples:

The gynoecium is on the median plane of these zygomorphic flowers and not oblique as described in t…

Meanings of Zygomorphous:

adjective

(of a flower) having only one plane of symmetry, as in a pea or snapdragon; bilaterally symmetrical.

Usage examples:

The gynoecium is on the median plane of these zygomorphic flowers and not oblique as described in t…

Meanings of Zygoptera:

plural noun

A group of insects which comprises the damselflies.

Usage examples:

Phenological records for 29 species (six zygoptera and 23 anisoptera) from nine genera occurring in…

Meanings of Zygospore:

noun

The thick-walled resting cell of certain fungi and algae, arising from the fusion of two similar gametes.

Usage examples:

The thick-walled zygospore which encases the zygote, is highly ornamented and very durable.

Meanings of Zygote:

noun

A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; a fertilized ovum.

Usage examples:

A brief exposure to chloroform vapors kills vegetative cells but not zygotes.

Meanings of Zygotene:

noun

The second stage of the prophase of meiosis, following leptotene, during which homologous chromosomes begin to pair.

Usage examples:

Meiotic prophase can be further divided into leptotene, zygotene, pachytene, diplotene, and diakine…

Meanings of Zygotes:

noun

A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; a fertilized ovum.

Usage examples:

A brief exposure to chloroform vapors kills vegetative cells but not zygotes.

Meanings of Zymogen:

noun

An inactive substance which is converted into an enzyme when activated by another enzyme.

Usage examples:

Still other proteins (of the enzyme class) are synthesized as inactive precursors called zymogens.

Meanings of Zymogens:

noun

An inactive substance which is converted into an enzyme when activated by another enzyme.

Usage examples:

Still other proteins (of the enzyme class) are synthesized as inactive precursors called zymogens.

Meanings of Zymotic:

adjective

Relating to or denoting contagious disease regarded as developing after infection, by a process analogous to fermentation.

Usage examples:

Using this information, nightingale computed a mortality rate of 1,174 per 10,000 with 1,023 per 10…

Meanings of Zymurgy:

noun

The study or practice of fermentation in brewing, winemaking, or distilling.

Usage examples:

The process of brewing coffee, i discovered, was a good way to relate the brewing process to people…

Meanings of Zyrian:

noun

Former term for komi2 (the language).

Meanings of Zythum:

noun

In ancient egypt: a kind of malt beer.

Meanings of Zyzzyva:

noun

A genus of tropical weevils (family curculionidae) native to south america and typically found on or near palm trees. also (in form zyzzyva): a weevil of this genus.

Meanings of Zyzzyvas:

noun

A genus of tropical weevils (family curculionidae) native to south america and typically found on or near palm trees. also (in form zyzzyva): a weevil of this genus.