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zebu (mammal)
zedoary (herb, plant)
Zeeman effect (in physics)
Zeitgeist (spirit of the time)
zemstvo (government, history, Russia)
Zen (school of Mahayana Buddhism)
Zend (Avesta)
Zend-Avesta (city, Sweden)
zenith (in astronomy)
Zephaniah (book of the Bible)
Zephyrus (god personifying the gentle west wind)
zepto- (prefix)
zero (in mathematics)
zero gravity (in physics)
Zethus (twin brother of Amphion)
zetta- (prefix)
zettahertz (abbreviation)
Zeus (Mythical Figure)