Английские слова, начинающиеся на ze - страница 1

noun

A place on a road, especially one where there is a lot of traffic, across which wide, black and white lines are painted, and at which vehicles must stop to allow people to walk across the road

adjective

Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a zebra or zebras.

noun

An african wild horse with black-and-white stripes and an erect mane.

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The cape colony extended systematic protection to elephants, giraffes, hippopotami, buffalo, zebras…

noun

Any of a number of tropical trees which produce ornamental striped timber that is used chiefly in cabinetmaking.

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Twenty species are available, including american varieties and exotic types like zebrawood, padauk,…

noun

Any of various perennial herbaceous plants of the (former) genus zebrina, native to mexico, central america, and south america, and widely cultivated as indoor plants, typically having ovate striped leaves and clusters of small pink or purple flowers. also (in form zebrina): the (former) genus itself.

adjective

Having striped or banded markings resembling those of a zebra.

noun

The hybrid offspring of a zebra and a horse or other equid.

noun

The hybrid offspring of a male zebra and a female equine; especially a zedonk.

noun

Another term for brahmin (sense 3).

proper noun

(in the bible) a hebrew patriarch, son of jacob and leah (gen. 30:20).

noun

Another term for brahmin (sense 3).

noun

A gold coin of a type minted by the republic of venice from the 13th century, and until the 19th century widely used in trade and commerce throughout europe, the eastern mediterranean, and further afield; any of various similar coins minted elsewhere, especially those produced to the same standards as the venetian coin for the purpose of facilitating international trade; a ducat. also occasionally more generally: †a coin; a piece of money (obsolete).

noun

A gold coin of a type minted by the republic of venice from the 13th century, and until the 19th century widely used in trade and commerce throughout europe, the eastern mediterranean, and further afield; any of various similar coins minted elsewhere, especially those produced to the same standards as the venetian coin for the purpose of facilitating international trade; a ducat. also occasionally more generally: †a coin; a piece of money (obsolete).

proper noun

A hebrew minor prophet of the 6th century bc.

noun

Limestone of the upper permian period forming strata underlying parts of northern germany, poland, and north-eastern england; the series of sedimentary rocks containing such limestone.

noun

The letter z.

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A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch, and it's pronounced zed, not zee, zed!

noun

An indian plant related to turmeric, with an aromatic rhizome.

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A paste of a little zedoary and cream makes a good face mask and keeps the skin clear and shining.

noun

An indian plant related to turmeric, with an aromatic rhizome.

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A paste of a little zedoary and cream makes a good face mask and keeps the skin clear and shining.

noun

The letter z.

Примеры использования:

A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch, and it's pronounced zed, not zee, zed!

noun

The letter z.

noun

A native or inhabitant of the province of zeeland in the netherlands.

noun

The letter z.

noun

A variety of spinel containing iron, first discovered in sri lanka.

noun

The principal protein of maize.

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They showed that rats fed on zein, the major protein of maize endosperm, died of protein starvation.

noun

The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.

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The story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s

noun

Originally and chiefly in russian-speaking contexts: a prisoner; a convict; (in early use) especially a person held in a forced labour camp in the u.s.s.r.