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- XERICVery dry, lacking humidity and water.
- XEROPHAGYA restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline.
- XEROSTOMAThe condition of having a dry mouth.
- XIPHISTERNUMSynonym of xiphoid process.
- XIPHOIDShaped like a sword, ensiform.
- XYLEMA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.
- XYSTERA surgical instrument used to scrape bones.
- YLEMIn the Big Bang theory, the hot and dense plasma that made up the matter in the cosmos following the initial baryogenesis at an early stage of its expansion and cooling, from which
- YLEMSIn the Big Bang theory, the hot and dense plasma that made up the matter in the cosmos following the initial baryogenesis at an early stage of its expansion and cooling, from which
- ZEALOTOne who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for their own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.
- ZEALOUSFull of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion, particularly in matters of religion.
- ZEOLITEAny of several minerals, aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium, that have a porous structure (originally, those which swelled and gave off water when heated);
- ZEPHYRA light wind from the west.
- ZETAThe sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded by epsilon (Ε, ε) and followed by eta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is pre
- ZEUGMAThe act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
- ZITHERA musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings placed on a horizontal surface, played with a plectrum or fingertips.
- ZODIACThe belt-like region of the celestial sphere, approximately eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, which includes the apparent path of the sun, moon, and visible planets.
- ZOETICOf or pertaining to life.
- ZOETROPEAn 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
- ZOICShowing traces of life; containing organic remains.
- ZOISMA reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among primitive groups.
- ZONEEach of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tr
- ZONUREAny one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonurus (now Smaug), common in rocky environments.
- ZOOECIUMOne of the cells or tubes which enclose the feeding zooids of Bryozoa.
- ZOOIDAn organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
- ZOONA distinct organism.
- ZOSTERAn ancient Greek waist-belt for men.
- ZYGOMAThe cheekbone.
- ZYGONIn the cerebrum, a short crossbar fissure that connects the two pairs of branches of a larger zygal (H-shaped) fissure.
- ZYGOTENEThe intimate pairing of homologous chromosomes during the synaptic stage of meiosis
- ZYMEA ferment.
- ZYMOTICOf or causing fermentation.
- ZYTHUMAn unfermented kind of Egyptian malt beer.
- ZYTHUMSAn unfermented kind of Egyptian malt beer.