| ZYDECOS | • ZYDECO n. (Creole) a popular music of southern Louisiana that combines tunes of French origin with elements of Caribbean music and the blues. |
| ZYGOMAS | • zygomas n. Plural of zygoma. • ZYGOMA n. (Greek) the cheekbone. |
| ZYGOSES | • zygoses n. Plural of zygosis. • ZYGOSIS n. (Greek) the union of two gametes. |
| ZYGOSIS | • zygosis n. (Biology) The union of gametes to form a zygote; conjugation. • ZYGOSIS n. (Greek) the union of two gametes. |
| ZYGOTES | • zygotes n. Plural of zygote. • ZYGOTE n. a cell formed from the union of two gametes. |
| ZYGOTIC | • zygotic adj. (Biology) Of, pertaining to or existing as a zygote. • ZYGOTIC adj. pertaining to a zygote, a cell formed by the union of two gametes. |
| ZYMASES | • zymases n. Plural of zymase. • ZYMASE n. an enzyme that converts sugar to alcohol and carbon dioxide. |
| ZYMITES | • ZYMITE n. a priest who uses leavened bread. |
| ZYMOGEN | • zymogen n. (Biochemistry) A proenzyme, or enzyme precursor, which requires a biochemical change (i.e. hydrolysis)… • ZYMOGEN n. a substance that develops into an enzyme, also ZYMOGENE. |
| ZYMOMES | • ZYMOME n. an old name for the part of gluten insoluble in alcohol. |
| ZYMOSAN | • zymosan n. (Biochemistry) an insoluble carbohydrate, obtained from the cell walls of yeast, used in the bioassay of blood serum. • ZYMOSAN n. an insoluble carbohydrate in yeast cell walls. |
| ZYMOSES | • zymoses n. Plural of zymosis. • ZYMOSIS n. (Greek) fermentation. |
| 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. |
| ZYMURGY | • zymurgy n. The chemistry of fermentation with yeasts, especially the science involved in beer and winemaking. • ZYMURGY n. (Greek) the branch of applied chemistry dealing with fermentation processes. |
| ZYTHUMS | • ZYTHUM n. (Greek) a malt beer made by the ancient Egyptians. |
| ZYZZYVA | • zyzzyva n. A tropical American weevil of the genus Zyzzyva. • Zyzzyva prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – one the numerous genera of true weevils. • ZYZZYVA n. a tropical weevil. |