| central chimpanzee | (n) black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzees, Syn. Pan troglodytes troglodytes |
| chimpanzee | (n) intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests, Syn. chimp, Pan troglodytes |
| eastern chimpanzee | (n) long-haired chimpanzees of east-central Africa; closely related to the central chimpanzees, Syn. Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii |
| pygmy chimpanzee | (n) small chimpanzee of swamp forests in Zaire; a threatened species, Syn. bonobo, Pan paniscus |
| tappan zee bridge | (n) a cantilever bridge across the Hudson River |
| western chimpanzee | (n) masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species, Syn. Pan troglodytes verus |
| zeeman | (n) Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged particles in an atom (1865-1943), Syn. Pieter Zeeman |
| zuider zee | (n) a former inlet of the North Sea in the northern coast of the Netherlands; sealed off from the sea in 1932 by a dam that created the IJsselmeer |
| fuse | (n) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant, Syn. fuze, primer, fuzee, priming, fusee |
| fusee | (n) a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains, Syn. fuzee |
| fusee | (n) a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind, Syn. fuzee |
| z | (n) the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet, Syn. ezed, izzard, zee, zed, Example: the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee; he doesn't know A from izzard |
| Armozine | { } n. [ armosin, armoisin. ] A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Armozeen |
| Chimpanzee | n. [ From the native name: cf. F. chimpanzé, chimpansé, chimpanzée. ] (Zool.) An african ape (Pan troglodytes, formerly Anthropithecus troglodytes, or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. It is the most intelligent of non-human animals, and when full grown, it is from three to four feet high. A variant called the pygmy chimpanzee, or bonobo, has been recently recognized as a separate species. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] |
| Cognizee | n. (Law) One to whom a fine of land was acknowledged. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Disseizee | n. (Law) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor. [ Written also disseisee. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| fuzee | n. 1. a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind.
Syn. -- fusee. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. any device by which an explosive charge is ignited.
Syn. -- fuse, fuze, fusee, primer. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Gazeebo | n. [ Humorously formed from gaze. ] A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Magnetizee | n. A person subjected to the influence of animal magnetism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Razee | n. [ F. vaisseau rasé, fr. raser to raze, to cut down ships. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t. ] (Naut.) An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Razee | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Razeed p. pr. & vb. n. Razeeing. ] To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Recognizee | n. (Law) The person in whose favor a recognizance is made. [ Written also recognisee. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Zeekoe | ‖n. [ D., sea cow, lake cow. ] (Zool.) A hippopotamus. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Zeeman effect | (Physics) The widening and duplication, triplication, etc., of spectral lines when the radiations emanate in a strong magnetic field, first observed in 1896 by P. Zeeman, a Dutch physicist, and regarded as an important confirmation of the electromagnetic theory of light. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
