A regenerated protein fiber; textile fiber derived from a protein such as casein (milk) or zein (maize).
A textile made of these fibers.
azons
benzo
benzo
adj
(organic chemistry) Of a ring compound, especially a heterocycle, which also has a fused benzene ring.
noun
(informal) Clipping of benzodiazepine.
(organic chemistry) A divalent radical formed by the removal of two adjacent hydrogen atoms from a benzene ring.
(organic chemistry) Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group.
bonze
bonze
noun
A Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia.
bozen
canzo
cozen
cozen
verb
(archaic) To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.
(intransitive) To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or familiar with.
dozen
dozen
noun
(as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.
(bingo) twelve
(metallurgy) An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.
A set of twelve.
gazon
gazon
noun
One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.
ginzo
ginzo
noun
(Northeastern US, slang, offensive, ethnic slur, derogatory) A person of Italian birth or descent.
gonzo
gonzo
adj
(journalism) Using an unconventional, exaggerated and highly subjective style, often when the reporter takes part in the events of the story.
Unconventional, bizarre, crazy. [from 1974]
noun
A wild or crazy person.
Gonzo journalism or a journalist who produces such journalism.
lonzo
luzon
mazon
moniz
monza
neoza
neoza
noun
A pine nut.
ozena
ozona
ozone
ozone
noun
(Britain, informal) Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed.
(inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge.
Hypernym: greenhouse gas
verb
(transitive) To treat with ozone.
ponzo
pozna
renzo
sozin
sozin
noun
Alternative form of sozine
tzong
zendo
zendo
noun
A hall at a Zen buddhist monastery where formal seated meditation (zazen) is practiced.
zeona
zinco
zinco
noun
(informal, dated) A line or half-tone block etched on zinc plate, used in zincography.
zogan
zogan
noun
The Japanese technique of inlaying ivory or metal.
zonal
zonal
adj
(of air or ocean currents) roughly longitudinal (east to west, or west to east)
Divided into zones.
Related to, associated with, or similar to zones.
zonar
zonar
adj
zonal
zonda
zonda
noun
A hot, dry wind of the Andes.
zoned
zoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of zone
zoner
zoner
noun
Someone who zones things.
zones
zones
noun
plural of zone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of zone
zonic
zonic
adj
(obsolete) Zonal; relating to zones.
zonks
zonks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of zonk
zonta
zoona
zoons
zygon
zygon
noun
(anatomy, plural "zyga") In the cerebrum, a short crossbar fissure that connects the two pairs of branches of a larger zygal (H-shaped) fissure.
(music, plural "zygons") An affinity or connection in a piece of music between tones, chords, or phrases, such that one part appears to repeat, to imitate, or to derive from the other, especially when perceived as an organising principle in the music; a zygonic relationship.