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Meaning of Za

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Za

Za - An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as heard in the or aeolian string; -- so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flat seventh.

Alcarraza - A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.

Bonanza - In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.

Boza - An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water.

Cadenza - A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.

Chalaza - The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.

Chalaza - A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.

Coleorhiza - A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle.

Colza - A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape.

Coryza - Nasal catarrh.

Endorhiza - Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.

Exorhiza - A plant Whose radicle is not inclosed or sheathed by the cotyledons or plumule.

Extravaganza - A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.

Extravaganza - An extravagant flight of sentiment or language.

Ganza - A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.

Glycyrrhiza - A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste.

Glycyrrhiza - The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc.

Guereza - A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white.

Influenza - An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever.

Huzza - A word used as a shout of joy, exultation, approbation, or encouragement.

Huzza - A shout of huzza; a cheer; a hurrah.

Huzza - To shout huzza; to cheer.

Huzza - To receive or attend with huzzas.

Hydrorhiza - The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects. See Illust. under Hydroidea.

Liza - The American white mullet (Mugil curema).

Matanza - A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow.

Mirza - The common title of honor in Persia, prefixed to the surname of an individual. When appended to the surname, it signifies Prince.

Morbidezza - Delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh.

Morbidezza - A term used as a direction in execution, signifying, with extreme delicacy.

Murza - One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, esp. one of the second class.

Oryza - A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.

Peziza - A genus of fungi embracing a great number of species, some of which are remarkable for their regular cuplike form and deep colors.

Piazza - An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda.

Pileorhiza - A cap of cells which covers the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.

Plaza - A public square in a city or town.

Romanza - See Romance, 5.

Senza - Without; as, senza stromenti, without instruments.

Stanza - A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure.

Stanza - An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.

Tazza - An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles.

Tiza - See Ulexite.

Tuza - The tucan.

Tzaritza - The empress of Russia. See Czarina.