| ATOMIZE | • atomize v. (Transitive) to separate or reduce into atoms. • atomize v. (Transitive) to make into a fine spray. • atomize v. (Transitive) to fragment, break into small pieces or concepts. |
| BROMIZE | • bromize v. (Photography, transitive) To prepare or treat with bromine. • BROMIZE v. to treat with bromine, also BROMISE. |
| IMBIZOS | • imbizos n. Plural of imbizo. • IMBIZO n. (Zulu) a gathering of people at the request of a chieftain. |
| ISOZYME | • isozyme n. (Biochemistry) An isoenzyme. • ISOZYME n. one of several variants of the same enzyme occurring within a single species, also ISOENZYME. |
| MESTIZO | • mestizo n. A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage. • mestizo n. (Philippines, historical) a person of mixed ancestry, especially one of native Filipino and Spanish… • MESTIZO n. (Spanish) a (male) person of mixed, esp. Spanish and American-Indian parentage, also MESTESO, MESTINO. |
| MOZZIES | • mozzies n. Plural of mozzie. • mozzies n. Plural of mozzy. • Mozzies n. Plural of Mozzie. |
| RHIZOMA | • rhizoma n. Alternative form of rhizome. • RHIZOMA n. (Greek) a rootlike, underground stem, also RHIZOME. |
| RHIZOME | • rhizome n. (Botany) A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes. • rhizome n. (Philosophy, critical theory) A so-called “image of thought” that apprehends multiplicities. • RHIZOME n. (Greek) a rootlike, underground stem, also RHIZOMA. |
| ZAMPONI | • zamponi n. Plural of zampone. • ZAMPONE n. (Italian) a stuffed pigs' trotter sausage. |
| ZIMOCCA | • zimocca n. The marine sponge Spongia zimocca. • ZIMOCCA n. a type of bath-sponge. |
| ZOARIUM | • zoarium n. A colony of zooids. • ZOARIUM n. (Greek) a colony of zooids. |
| ZOECIUM | • zoecium n. Alternative form of zooecium. • ZOECIUM n. (Greek) a sac lived in by an aquatic organism, also ZOOECIUM. |
| ZOMBIES | • zombies n. Plural of zombie. • ZOMBIE n. in West Indian magic, a reanimated corpse, also ZOMBI. |
| ZOMBIFY | • zombify v. (Transitive, fiction) To turn into a zombie (a member of the living dead or undead). • zombify v. (Transitive, computing) To take control of (a computer) in order to use it covertly and illicitly. • zombify v. (Transitive, idiomatic) To deprive of authenticity or vitality; to render someone brainless or unthinking. |
| ZOMBOID | • zomboid adj. (Informal) zombielike. • zomboid n. (Informal) A person who resembles a zombie. • ZOMBOID adj. resembling zombies. |
| ZOOMING | • zooming v. Present participle of zoom. • zooming n. A sound or motion that zooms. • Zooming v. Present participle of Zoom. |
| ZYMOSIS | • zymosis n. A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed. • zymosis n. A zymotic disease. • ZYMOSIS n. (Greek) fermentation. |
| ZYMOTIC | • zymotic adj. (Pathology, now historical) Infectious, contagious, of diseases originally regarded as being caused… • zymotic adj. Of or causing fermentation. • ZYMOTIC adj. of the nature of, relating to or causing an infectious disease. |