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   Zambian
         adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Zambia or its
                  people
         n 1: a native or inhabitant of Zambia

English Dictionary: Zamboni by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zambian kwacha
n
  1. the basic unit of money in Zambia [syn: Zambian kwacha, kwacha]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zambian monetary unit
n
  1. monetary unit in Zambia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zamboni
n
  1. the trademark for a machine that smooths the ice in an ice- skating rink
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
zamia family
n
  1. a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias
    Synonym(s): Zamiaceae, family Zamiaceae, zamia family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zamia pumila
n
  1. small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot
    Synonym(s): coontie, Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread, Zamia pumila
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zinfandel
n
  1. small black grape grown chiefly in California; transplanted from Europe
  2. dry fruity red wine from California
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
zone of interior
n
  1. the part of the theater of war not included in the theater of operations
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. {Drier}; superl. {Driest}.] [OE. dru[?]e,
      druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr[94]ge, D. droog, OHG.
      trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. {Drought},
      {Drouth}, 3d {Drug}.]
      1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid;
            not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal
            supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said
            especially:
            (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
  
                           The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the
                           season.                                       --Addison.
            (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not
                  succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.
            (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.
            (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
  
                           Give the dry fool drink.               -- Shak
            (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
  
                           Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. --
                                                                              Prescott.
            (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is
                  entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry
                  gangrene; dry catarrh.
  
      2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren;
            unembellished; jejune; plain.
  
                     These epistles will become less dry, more
                     susceptible of ornament.                     --Pope.
  
      3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or
            hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone
            or manner; dry wit.
  
                     He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W.
                                                                              Irving.
  
      4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of
            execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and
            of easy transition in coloring.
  
      {Dry area} (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the
            foundation of a building to guard it from damp.
  
      {Dry blow}.
            (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no
                  effusion of blood.
            (b) A quick, sharp blow.
  
      {Dry bone} (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a
            miner's term.
  
      {Dry castor} (Zo[94]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also
            {parchment beaver}.
  
      {Dry cupping}. (Med.) See under {Cupping}.
  
      {Dry dock}. See under {Dock}.
  
      {Dry fat}. See {Dry vat} (below).
  
      {Dry light}, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear,
            impartial view. --Bacon.
  
                     The scientific man must keep his feelings under
                     stern control, lest they obtrude into his
                     researches, and color the dry light in which alone
                     science desires to see its objects.   -- J. C.
                                                                              Shairp.
  
      {Dry masonry}. See {Masonry}.
  
      {Dry measure}, a system of measures of volume for dry or
            coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc.
  
      {Dry pile} (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed
            without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current,
            and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of
            great delicacy; -- called also {Zamboni's , from the names
            of the two earliest constructors of it.
  
      {Dry pipe} (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam
            from a boiler.
  
      {Dry plate} (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating
            sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or
            pictures can be made, without moistening.
  
      {Dry-plate process}, the process of photographing with dry
            plates.
  
      {Dry point}. (Fine Arts)
            (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the
                  burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching,
                  but is finished without the use acid.
            (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper.
            (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is
                  made.
  
      {Dry rent} (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a
            clause of distress. --Bouvier.
  
      {Dry rot}, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the
            condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the
            presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans}),
            which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but
            it is more probable that the real cause is the
            decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called
            also {sap rot}, and, in the United States, {powder post}.
            --Hebert.
  
      {Dry stove}, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of
            arid climates. --Brande & C.
  
      {Dry vat}, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry
            articles.
  
      {Dry wine}, that in which the saccharine matter and
            fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have
            wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is
            perceptible; -- opposed to {sweet wine}, in which the
            saccharine matter is in excess.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zionism \Zi"on*ism\, n. [Zion + -ism.]
      Among the Jews, a theory, plan, or movement for colonizing
      their own race in Palestine, the land of Zion, or, if that is
      impracticable, elsewhere, either for religious or
      nationalizing purposes; -- called also {Zion movement}. --
      {Zi"on*ist}, n. -- {Zi`on*is"tic}, a.
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