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   Zapata
         n 1: Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms
               (1879-1919) [syn: {Zapata}, {Emiliano Zapata}]

English Dictionary: Ziphiidae by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zbit
n
  1. a unit of information equal to 1000 exabits or 10^21 bits
    Synonym(s): zettabit, Zbit, Zb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zibit
n
  1. a unit of information equal to 1024 exbibits or 2^70 bits
    Synonym(s): zebibit, Zibit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ziphiidae
n
  1. beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae
    Synonym(s): Ziphiidae, family Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, family Hyperodontidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
zoophyte
n
  1. any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zaptiah \Zap"ti*ah\, n.
      A Turkish policeman. [Written also {zaptieh}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zaptiah \Zap"ti*ah\, n.
      A Turkish policeman. [Written also {zaptieh}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zibet \Zib"et\, Zibeth \Zib"eth\, n. [Cf. It. zibetto. See
      {Civet}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A carnivorous mammal ({Viverra zibetha}) closely allied to
      the civet, from which it differs in having the spots on the
      body less distinct, the throat whiter, and the black rings on
      the tail more numerous.
  
      Note: It inhabits India, Southern China, and the East Indies.
               It yields a perfume similar to that of the civet. It is
               often domesticated by the natives, and then serves the
               same purposes as the domestic cat. Called also
               {Asiatic, [or] Indian, civet}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zibet \Zib"et\, Zibeth \Zib"eth\, n. [Cf. It. zibetto. See
      {Civet}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A carnivorous mammal ({Viverra zibetha}) closely allied to
      the civet, from which it differs in having the spots on the
      body less distinct, the throat whiter, and the black rings on
      the tail more numerous.
  
      Note: It inhabits India, Southern China, and the East Indies.
               It yields a perfume similar to that of the civet. It is
               often domesticated by the natives, and then serves the
               same purposes as the domestic cat. Called also
               {Asiatic, [or] Indian, civet}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ziphioid \Ziph"i*oid\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Xiphioid}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zo94phite \Zo"[94]*phite\, n.
      A zo[94]phyte. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zo94phyte \Zo"[94]*phyte\, n. [F. zoophyte, Gr. [?]; zw^,on an
      animal + [?] plant, akin to [?] to be born, to be. See
      {Zodiac}, and {Be}, v. i.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which
            more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of
            growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones,
            hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of
            those that form compound colonies having a branched or
            treelike form, as many corals and hydroids.
      (b) Any one of the Zo[94]phyta.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zyophyte \Zy"o*phyte\, n. [Gr. [?] a yoke + fyto`n a plant.]
      (Bot.)
      Any plant of a proposed class or grand division
      ({Zygophytes}, {Zygophyta}, or {Zygospore[91]}), in which
      reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Cf.
      {O[94]phyte}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Zapata, TX (CDP, FIPS 80716)
      Location: 26.89432 N, 99.26215 W
      Population (1990): 7119 (3151 housing units)
      Area: 17.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 78076

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   zapped adj.   Spicy.   This term is used to distinguish between
   food that is hot (in temperature) and food that is _spicy_-hot.   For
   example, the Chinese appetizer Bon Bon Chicken is a kind of chicken
   salad that is cold but zapped; by contrast, {vanilla} wonton soup is
   hot but not zapped.   See also {{oriental food}}, {laser chicken}.
   See {zap}, senses 1 and 2.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   zepto
  
      {prefix}
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Zabad
      gift. (1.) One of David's valiant men (1 Chr. 11:41), the
      descendant of Ahlai, of the "children of Sheshan" (2:31).
     
         (2.) A descendant of Tahath (7:21).
     
         (3.) The son of Shemath. He conspired against Joash, king of
      Judah, and slew him (2 Chr. 24:25, 26). He is called also
      Jozachar (2 Kings 12:21).
     
         (4.) Ezra 10:27.
     
         (5.) Ezra 10:33.
     
         (6.) Ezra 10:43.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Zabbud
      gift, Ezra 8:14.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Zabdi
      gift of Jehovah. (1.) An ancestor of Achan (Josh. 7:1, 17, 18).
      He is probably the "Zimri" of 1 Chr. 2:6.
     
         (2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:19).
     
         (3.) Called "the Shiphmite," one of David's officers, who had
      charge of his vineyards (1 Chr. 27:27).
     
         (4.) A Levite, one of the sons of Asaph (Neh. 11:17); probably
      the same as Zichri (1 Chr. 9:15), and Zaccur (Neh. 12:35).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Zabud
      gift, the son of Nathan, who was "king's friend" in the court of
      Solomon (1 Kings 4:5).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Zebadiah
      gift of Jehovah. (1.) A son of Asahel, Joab's brother (1 Chr.
      27:7).
     
         (2.) A Levite who took part as one of the teachers in the
      system of national education instituted by Jehoshaphat (2 Chr.
      17:7, 8).
     
         (3.) The son of Ishmael, "the ruler of the house of Judah in
      all the king's matters" (2 Chr. 19:8-11).
     
         (4.) A son of Beriah (1 Chr. 8:15).
     
         (5.) A Korhite porter of the Lord's house (1 Chr. 26:2). Three
      or four others of this name are also mentioned.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Zebedee
      a Galilean fisherman, the husband of Salome (q.v.), and the
      father of James and John, two of our Lord's disciples (Matt.
      4:21; 27:56; Mark 15:40). He seems to have been a man of some
      position in Capernaum, for he had two boats (Luke 5:4) and
      "hired servants" (Mark 1:20) of his own. No mention is made of
      him after the call of his two sons by Jesus.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Zebudah
      given, the wife of Josiah and mother of Jehoiakim (2 Kings
      23:36).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Zephath
      beacon; watch-tower, a Canaanite town; called also Hormah
      (q.v.), Judg. 1:17. It has been identified with the pass of
      es-Sufah, but with greater probability with S'beita.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Zephathah
      a valley in the west of Judah, near Mareshah; the scene of Asa's
      conflict with Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chr. 14:9-13). Identified
      with the Wady Safieh.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Zabad, dowry; endowed
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Zabdi, same as Zabad
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Zebadiah, portion of the Lord; the Lord is my portion
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Zebedee, abundant; portion
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Zebudah, endowed; endowing
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Zephath, which beholds; that attends or that covers
  
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