Zymurgy: The practice of winemaking.

Zymogen: An inactive substance that is converted into an enzyme when activated by another enzyme.

Zyklon B: Hydrogen Cyanide held on or released from a carrier in the form of small tablets.  It is primarily used as an insecticide, but the Nazis used it for something much different.

Zygote: The fetus of a fetus.

Zygomorphic: (Botanical) having only one plane of symmetry, like a snapdragon or a pea.

Zygodactyl: A bird’s foot with two toes pointing forward and two backward.

Zygapophysis: One of the two paired processes of a vertebra that interlock it with the adjacent vertebrae.

Zydeco: A dance music from southern Louisiana featuring accordion, guitar, and possibly washboards.

Zyban: An antidepressant drug given to people in nicotine withdrawal (Trademark name).

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