"Z the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z which came from the Greek alphabet this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is proba
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Archived English words only, ordered alphabetically with definitions and pronunciation pages.
"A cipher; nothing; naught." — "The point from which the graduation of a scale as of a thermometer commences." — "Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as his patience had nearly reached zero."
"A girdle; a cincture." — "One of the five great divisions of the earth with respect to latitude and temperature." — "The portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes; the portion of a sur