Yodle :: Yodle (v. t. & i.) To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble..
Yodle :: Yodle (n.) A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers..
Zebrawood :: Zebrawood (n.) A kind of cabinet wood having beautiful black, brown, and whitish stripes, the timber of a tropical American tree (Connarus Guianensis)..
Zebrawood :: Zebrawood (n.) The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia fragrans).
Zebrawood :: Zebrawood (n.) The wood of an East Indian tree of the genus Guettarda.
Zeuglodon :: Zeuglodon (n.) A genus of extinct Eocene whales, remains of which have been found in the Gulf States. The species had very long and slender bodies and broad serrated teeth. See Phocodontia..
Zincode :: Zincode (n.) The positive electrode of an electrolytic cell; anode.
Zoanthodeme :: Zoanthodeme (n.) The zooids of a compound anthozoan, collectively..
Zodiac :: Zodiac (n.) An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16? or 18? broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac..
Zodiac :: Zodiac (n.) A figure representing the signs, symbols, and constellations of the zodiac..
Zygodactylae :: Zygodactylae (n. pl.) The zygodactylous birds. In a restricted sense applied to a division of birds which includes the barbets, toucans, honey guides, and other related birds..
Zygodactylous :: Zygodactylous (a.) Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc..