My Favorite X and Z Words

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  1. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  2. xenophobic
    having abnormal fear or hatred of foreigners
  3. zany
    ludicrous or foolish
  4. zealous
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  5. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
  6. zenith
    the highest point of something
  7. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  8. Zeitgeist
    the spirit of the time
  9. zephyr
    a slight wind
  10. zest
    a tart spicy quality
  11. zero
    the mathematical symbol 0 denoting absence of quantity
  12. zero in
    direct onto a point or target
  13. zeugma
    rhetorical use of a word to govern two or more words
  14. zilch
    a quantity of no importance
  15. zoology
    the branch of biology that studies animals
  16. zone
    an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts
  17. zoological
    concerning the study of animals and their properties
  18. zoom
    the act of rising upward into the air
  19. zoology
    the branch of biology that studies animals
Created on Mon Sep 30 20:47:59 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Oct 03 21:38:14 EDT 2013)

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