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Z (Tenchi Muyo!) (real name Z-0001332536893) is the principal antagonist of the third OVA series of Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki, though his first on-screen appearance (albeit in silhouette only) was in the final minutes of the second OVA's "Zero Ryoko" and the short clip "Here Comes Jurai, Part 2".
Z Application Assist Processor IBM System z Application Assist Processor (zAAP) is the zSeries Application Assist Processor, a mainframe processor introduced by IBM in 2004. zAAP engines are dedicated to running Java workloads under z/OS, accelerating performance.
Z comme Zorglub Z comme Zorglub, written and drawn by Franquin, is the fifteenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, and the first part of Franquin's Zorglub diptych. The story appeared sequentially in Le Journal de Spirou, before being released as a hardcover album in 1961.
Z Communications Z Communications is a self-described progressive left-wing, journalism-intensive, media group, founded in 1987 by Michael Albert and Lydia Sargent. Its publications include Z Magazine, ZNet, Z Media, and Z Video.
Z Fighters The Z Fighters (Zć¦ĺŁ«, zetto senshi, also known as the Z Warriors) are a small group of super warriors on Earth from the Japanese manga series Dragon Ball and anime series Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z. Their duty is to defend Earth from major threats and to protect the seven mystical Dragon Balls from the hands of evil.
Z Film Festival The Z Film Festival,a film and video media-showcase was created by filmmaker Usama Alshaibi and was launched on December 1, 2000 at the Heaven Gallery in Chicago. The following year, Kristie Alshaibi teamed up with Usama as director and programmer for the Z Film Festival.
Z Grill The Benjamin Franklin Z-Grill is a postage stamp issued by the United States Postal Service in 1868 depicting Benjamin Franklin and is considered the rarest US stamp due to the embossed "Z-Grill" on the back. A "Z-Grill" is a specific pattern of tiny squares embossed into the paper and visible on the back of the stamps.
Z Channel The Z Channel was one of the first pay cable stations in the United States. Launched in 1974 from Los Angeles, California, this station was known for its devotion to the art of cinema due to the eclectic choice of films by the programming chief, Jerry Harvey.
Z Channel(Information Theory) In information theory, A Z-Channel is with crossover probability p is a binary input, binary output channel that flips the input bit "0" with probability p, but maps input bit "1" to "1" with probability 1. The Z-channel has a capacity of log_2(1+(1-p)*p^{p/(1-p)}) , bits per channel use.
Z machine The Z machine is the largest X-ray generator in the world and is designed to test materials in conditions of extreme temperature and pressure. It is operated by Sandia National Laboratories to gather data to aid in computer modeling of nuclear weapons.
Z notation The Z notation (universally pronounced zed, named after Zermelo-Fränkel set theory) is a formal specification language used for describing and modelling computing systems. It is targeted at the clear specification of computer programs and the formulation of proofs about the intended program behavior.
Z rozmyślań przy śniadaniu Z rozmyślań przy śniadaniu (in english "From speculation at breakfast") is the third album by Polish alternative rock band Myslovitz. The album displays a tendency towards a more "polished" sound and more introspective lyrics.
Z shell The Z shell (zsh) is a Unix shell that can be used as an interactive login shell and as a powerful command interpreter for shell scripting. Zsh can be thought of as an extended bourne shell with a large number of improvements, including some of the most useful features of bash, ksh, and tcsh.
Z Society The Z Society is a philanthropic organization that was founded at the University of Virginia in 1892, making it the oldest secret society on the university's grounds. Its members give time, talent, and financial contributions to groups and individuals that exemplify the spirit of the society and uphold the ideals of the university.
Z Special Unit Z Special Unit, usually known as Z Force was a joint Australian, British and New Zealand commando unit, which saw action against the Empire of Japan during World War II. Z Special Unit carried out 284 covert operations in the South West Pacific theatre.
Z Twins The Z Twins are a trio of radio stations serving the Puget Sound region, most notably the African-American communities of King and Pierce County, Washington. The stations are owned by Kris Bennett Broadcasting.
Z User Group The Z User Group exists to promote use and development of the Z notation, a formal specification language for the description of and reasoning about computer-based systems. It was formally constituted on 14 December 1992 during the ZUM'92 Z User Meeting in London, England.
Z-buffering In computer graphics, z-buffering is the management of image depth coordinates in three-dimensional (3-D) graphics, usually done in hardware, sometimes in software. It is one solution to the visibility problem, which is the problem of deciding which elements of a rendered scene are visible, and which are hidden.
Z-Boys The Z-Boys were a group of skateboarders from Santa Monica/Venice Beach area in the 1970s who are credited with popularizing skateboarding and essentially creating the punk/skater subculture that now exists. Their name is derived from the Zephyr Competition Team.
Z-Cars Z-Cars (sometimes written as Z Cars, and always pronounced 'zed', never 'zee') was a British television drama series centred around the work of regular beat police officers in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby near Liverpool, in the north-west of England. Produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1, it debuted in January 1962 and ran for 16 years until September 1978.
Z-fighting Z-fighting, also called stitching, is a phenomenon in 3D rendering that occurs when two or more coplanar primitives have similar values in the Z-buffer, causing random parts of the primitives to be rendered. This problem is usually caused by floating point round-off errors.
Z-Chen Z-Chen (, born May 8 1973) is a Malaysian singer that has successfully made his name in the Taiwanese music industry. To some of his fans, he is known as "The Little Prince of R&B" (R&B小王ĺ).
Z-machine The Z-machine is a virtual machine that was developed by Joel Berez and Marc Blank in 1979 and used by Infocom for its text adventure games. Infocom compiled game code to files containing Z-machine instructions (called story files, or Z-code files), and could therefore port all its text adventures to a new platform simply by writing a Z-machine implementation for that platform.
Z-matrix (chemistry) In chemistry, the Z-matrix is a way to represent a system built of atoms. It provides a description of each atom in a molecule in terms of its atomic number, bond length, bond angle, and dihedral angle, the so-called internal coordinates, although, it is not always the case that a Z-matrix will give information regarding bonding since the matrix itself is based on a series of vectors describing atomic orientations in space.
Z-order Z-order is an ordering of overlapping two-dimensional objects, such as windows in a graphical user interface (GUI) or shapes in a vector graphics editor. One of the features of a typical GUI is that windows may overlap, so that one window hides part or all of another.
Z-order (curve) z-order (aka Morton-order) is a space-filling curve which is often used in computer science: Due to its good locality preserving behaviour it is used in data structures for mapping multidimensional data to one dimension. The z-value of a point in multidimensions is simply calculated by bitwise interleaving its coordinate values.
Z-pinch In fusion power research, the Z-pinch, or zeta pinch, is a type of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it (see Pinch). The name refers to the direction of the earliest experimental devices in England, where the current flowed down a vertical quartz tube, the Z-axis on a normal mathematical diagram.
Z-RAM Z-RAM, short for "zero capacitor RAM" is a new type of computer memory in development by Innovative Silicon Inc. Z-RAM offers performance similar to the standard six-transistor SRAM cell used in cache memory but uses only a single transistor, and therefore offers much higher densities.
Z-series Z-series (ç›´čľľĺ—车) is currently the most luxury train service proviced by China National Railway. Generally, Z-series trains are overnight, all-sleeper trains that typically have travel time around 10~14 hours, with average speed around 120km/h.
Z-Spread If you want to present value all future cashflows for a bond using prevailing swap rates, you will discover that the price you calculate is greater than the price observed in the market. This difference arises because the market price incorporates additional factors such as liquidity and credit risk.
Z-Stoff Z-Stoff (pronounced zed-stoff) was a name for calcium permanganate or potassium permanganate mixed in water. It was normally used as a catalyst for T-Stoff (high test peroxide) in military rocket programs by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Z-Ton Z-Ton ( Zetton) is a fictional alien kaiju featured in the tokusatsu TV series, Ultraman. As Ultraman's toughest opponent ever, Z-Ton first appeared in the show's final episode, # 39, "Farewell, Ultraman".
Z-value Z-value of an organism is the temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, that is required for the thermal destruction curve to move one log cycle. While the D-value gives us the time needed at a certain temperature to kill an organism, the z-value relates the resistance of an organism to differing temperatures.
Z-variant In Unicode, two glyphs are said to be Z-variants (often spelled zVariants) if they share the same etymology but have slightly different appearances and different Unicode codepoints. For example, the Unicode characters U+8AAA 說 and U+8AAC 説 are Z-variants.
Z. K. Mathews Zachariah Keodirelang "ZK" Mathews (1901 - May 1968) was a prominent black academic in South Africa, lecturing at Fort Hare University, where many future leaders of the African continent were among his students.
Z.A. Suleri Ziauddin Ahmad Suleri (Urdu: ضیاء الدین اŘŮ…ŘŻ سلŰری) (or ZA Suleri; 1913-1999) was a notable journalist and writer from Pakistan. He served as Editor of Dawn and The Pakistan Times and founded the Times of Karachi.
Z.M. Dagar Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (1929-1990), popularly known as Z M Dagar, was of the 19th generation of Dagar family dhrupad musicians and was largely responsible for the revival of the rudra vina as a solo concert instrument.
Z/Architecture z/Architecture (formerly and briefly known as ESAME) refers to IBM's 64-bit computing architecture for its top-of-the-line enterprise servers. IBM introduced its first z/Architecture-based system, the zSeries Model 900, in 2000.
Z/OS z/OS is a 64-bit server operating system from IBM. It is the successor to the IBM mainframe operating system OS/390, combining MVS and UNIX System Services (a POSIX-compliant mainframe implementation of UNIX formerly known as MVS Open Edition, or OpenMVS).
Z/VM z/VM is the current version in IBM's VM family of virtual machine operating systems. It is based on technology and concepts dating back to the 1960s, with IBM's CP/CMS on the IBM System/360-67 (see article History of CP/CMS for historical details).
Z1 Kawasaki The Z1 Kawasaki was introduced in 1972 by Kawasaki Heavy industries, it was developed in strict secrecy under the project name "New York Steak". Some years previously, Kawasaki, primarily a manufacturer of two stroke motorcycles, decided to make a 750cc 4-cylinder 4-stroke sports motorcycle, they were beaten to the market place by the Honda CB750.
Z2 The Z2 was a mechanical and relay computer created by Konrad Zuse in 1939. It was an improvement on the Z1, using the same mechanical memory but replacing the arithmetic and control logic with electrical relay circuits.
Z3 Konrad Zuse's Z3 was the first working programmable, fully automatic machine, whose attributes, with the addition of conditional branching, have often been the ones used as criteria in defining a computer. The Z3 was built with 2,000 relays, had a clock frequency of ~5–10 Hz, and a word length of 22 bits.
Za Gaman "The Endurance" (sic) was a Japanese television show from the 1980s. It is not particularly well known or remembered in Japan, but it became famous in other countries, particularly Britain, due to its appearance on the British television programmes Clive James on Television with Clive James, and subsequently Tarrant on TV, with Chris Tarrant, under the name Endurance.
Za'atar Za'atar (Arabic زعتر, Hebrew זעתר, Armenian զահթար) is a popular mixture of spices that originated in the Middle East. Green za'atar is traditionally composed of wild oregano (Origanum syriacum, formerly Majorana s.
Zaanaim Zaanaim is a place in northwest of Lake Merom, near Kedesh, in Naphtali; currently sited in Hulah Valley, Israel. Here Sisera was slain by Jael, "the wife of Heber the Kenite," who had pitched his tent in the "plain [R.
Zaar Zaar is a cult of indigenous African spirituality and healing that operates within Muslim and Christian groups in northern Africa, especially among women. Zaar preacticioners maintain certain vestigial practices similar to animist practices found in western and southern Africa and the African Diaspora communities in the western hemisphere.
Zaara Zaara is an archaic variant of Sahara, both being English transliterations of the original Arabic word for desert. It is an African region famed for its arid, barren character, and was used by contemporary writers not just as a geographic reference, but also to illustrate the epitome of a dismal wasteland.
ZaÄźanos Pasha ZaÄźanos Pasha was one of the prominent military commanders of Mehmet II (Mehmet the Conqueror) and a lala, at once an advisor, mentor, tutor, councilors, protector, for the sultan. A Christian Greek converted to Islam, he rose through the ranks of the Janissaries earning the title Vizier.
ZaÄ·usala ZaÄ·usala (Meaning "Hares' Island" in Latvian) is one of several islands in the Daugava river in the central part of the city Riga, the capital of Latvia. Zakusala is home ot the Riga Radio and TV Tower, which was completed in 1986.
Zab River Zab (Turkish: Zap suyu, Kurdish: ZĂŞ, Persian: زاب; Zâb, Syriac: ܙܒÜ; Zawa) is the name given to two separate rivers that flow through Iran, Iraq and Turkey to become the two principal tributaries of the Tigris. The two rivers, named Greater Zab and Little Zab, were the basis of the ancient Assyrian civilisation.
Zabaglione Zabaglione is an Italian dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, a sweet liquor (usually Marsala wine), and sometimes cream or whole eggs. It is a very light custard, which has been whipped to incorporate a large amount of air.
Zabaleen The Zabaleen (Egyptian Arabic: زبالين "garbage people") are an Egyptian community of mainly Coptic Christians who are employed in the city of Cairo to collect and dispose of much of the city's waste. The Zabaleen in Cairo (an estimated 60,000 - 70,000 in number) are mostly descendants of poor farmers from upper Egypt who settled in the city in the 1950s.
Zaban Zaban was the Lombard dux (or duke) of Pavia (Ticinum) during the decade-long interregnum known as the Rule of the Dukes (574 – 584). Pavia had been the capital of the Lombard kingdom, but after the death of King Cleph, it became the centre of a great duchy, one of thirty five into which the Lombard state was then divided.
Zabar's Zabar's is a specialty food store, founded by Louis Zabar, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is one of the best known commercial landmarks of the Upper West Side, and is known for its selection of bagels, smoked fish, olives, and cheese (see appetizing).
Zabasearch.com Zabasearch.com is a website that searches for and collates disparate information regarding United States residents, including names, current and past addresses, phone numbers, and birth years, and then permits the user to query other search engines with this information to retrieve other data such as satellite photos of addresses and criminal background checks.
Zabbaleen The Zabbaleen are an informal system of waste collectors and recyclers in the city of Cairo. Traditionally, donkey driven carts are used by males to collect waste from homes, which is sorted by female members of the family in zabbaleen homes.
Zabdas Zabdas was the name of the general who led the forces of Queen Zenobia during her rule of the Palmyrene Empire. He chose not to face the emperor Aurelian in Asia Minor, due to the mountainous nature of that province and its consequent negative effects on cavalry tactics, and awaited Aurelian in Syria.
Zabdiel Adams Zabdiel Adams (5 November 1739 – 1 March 1801), minister of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, was born in Braintree, now Quincy, November 5, 1739. His father was the uncle of John Adams, late president of the United States.
Zabibah and the King Zabibah and the King (زبيبة Ůالمل٠, or Zabibah wal-Malik) is a novel, originally published anonymously in Iraq in 2000,Ofra Bengio, "Saddam Husayn's Novel of Fear", 9 Middle East Quarterly 1, 2002. that was purportedly written by Saddam Hussein.
Zabid Zabid () (also spelled Zebid) is a town in western Yemen. The town, named after Wadi Zabid the wadi to its south, is one of the oldest towns in Yemen, it was the capital of Yemen from the 13th to the 15th century and a center of the Arab and Muslim world due in large part to its famed University of Zabid and being a center of Islamic education.
ZabĹ‚ocki ZabĹ‚ocki is the name of a Polish aristocratic family of ancient lineage (JastrzÄ™biec) and Coat of arms Ĺada, who assumed the name of ZabĹ‚ocki after acquisition of ZabĹ‚ocie PuĹ‚tuskie in Wielkopolska in the year 1500. The ending "-cki" represents the English "of"; ZabĹ‚ocki = of ZabĹ‚ocie; or German "von ZabĹ‚ocie".
Zabranjeno pušenje Zabranjeno pušenje (Serbo-Croatian for "No Smoking") was a Bosnian garage rock band from Sarajevo, closely associated with the New primitivism cultural movement and the radio and television satire show Top Lista Nadrealista. They were one of the most popular musical acts of the 1980s in Yugoslavia, selling hundreds of thousands of records.
Zabrze Zabrze (pronounced: ['zabʒε]; , from 1915-1945 Hindenburg) is a city in southern Poland with 194,041 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodship (1975-1998).
Zabulon Skipper The Zabulon Skipper, Poanes zabulon, is a butterfly first described by the French naturalists Jean Baptiste Boisduval and John Eatton Le Conte, in the state of Georgia, United States. This small butterfly has slim, triangular wings.
Zac (Battlestar Galactica) In the original Battlestar Galactica series Zac is the brother of Captain Apollo and Lieutenant Athena and son of Commander Adama and Ila. On his first flight with his brother, Zac is killed by an unexpected Cylon attack preceding what was intended to be peace negotiations.
Zac Baird Zac Baird (born Zachary Baird on February 16, 1971 in Orange County, California) is a keyboardist that recently has worked with the band Korn, touring with them worldwide as a masked horse in See You on the Other Side World Tour, as well as in their 2006 edition of Family Values Tour. He has temporarly joined the band for their upcoming eighth studio album, contributing to the album's writing and recording process.
Zac Moncrief Zac Moncrief left Montvale, New Jersey, in 1989 to go to California Institute of the Arts, a Disney-funded college specializing in animation. He then gained an internship on an animated feature, The Pagemaster, and moved on as an assistant animator on the film Cats Don't Dance.
Zac Taylor Zac Taylor (born May 10, 1983) is the starting quarterback for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers. He was recruited late in the 2004-2005 off-season by the Huskers, being a described "lucky break" due to the Huskers lack of quarterbacks at the time.
Zacapú Zacapu (original name Tzacapo Tacanendam, translated to Spanish as "Lugar de Piedras" or "Place of Stones" in English) is a town in the Nahuatzen mountains, Michoacán, Mexico. Located near Compandaro Michoacan, it has a population of 42,884 (as of 1990).
Zacara da Teramo Antonio Zacara da Teramo , also Zacar, Zacara, Zaccara, Zacharie, Zachara (1350/1360 – between May 19, 1413 and 1416) was an Italian composer, singer, and papal secretary of the late Trecento and early 15th century. He was one of the most active Italian composers right around 1400, and his style bridged the periods of the Trecento, ars subtilior, and beginnings of the musical Renaissance.
Zacarias Moussaoui Zacarias Moussaoui (Arabic: زŮريا Ů…ŮŘłŮŮŠ) (born May 30, 1968) is a French citizen of Moroccan descent who was convicted of conspiring to kill Americans as part of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. As a result of his conviction, he is serving a life sentence at the ADX Florence, the Federal ADX Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado.
Zacatecas Zacatecas is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. It is bounded to the north by Durango and Coahuila, to the east by San Luis PotosĂ, to the south by Aguascalientes and Jalisco, and to the west by Jalisco and Durango.
Zacchaeus Zacchaeus was a superintendent of customs; a chief tax-gatherer (publicanus) at Jericho (Luke 19:1-10). "The collection of customs at Jericho, which at this time produced and exported a considerable quantity of balsam, was undoubtedly an important post, and would account for Zacchaeus being a rich man.
Zack Exley Zack Exley (born December 5, 1969) is a political consultant, currently employed at OMP, a Washington, DC, based communications and fundraising firm, and president of the New Organizing Institute, a training organization.
Zack Kim Zack Kim is a Korean guitarist who has become known for his mastery of technique called “Touch Style,” which involves “tapping” the guitar strings with both the right and left hands simultaneously. Many guitarists apply Touch Style to one guitar, but Zack frequently performs on two; his left hand playing one guitar while his right hand plays the other.
Zack Morris Phone Zack Morris Phone is a term used to describe any large, obsolete "brick-type" cellphone, especially those from the 80's and early 90's. The term is a reference to the TV show Saved by the Bell, in which the character Zack Morris carried one such phone, which was considered cutting-edge at the time.
Zack Shada Zack Shada (born November 25, 1992 in Boise, Idaho) is an American actor who appeared as Thin Boy in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), and as Nick Davis in the 2005 TV movies Jane Doe: Vanishing Act, Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't, Jane Doe: Till Death Do Us Part, and Jane Doe: The Wrong Face.
Zack Taylor (baseball) James Wren Taylor, better known as "Zack" (July 27, 1898 - September 19, 1974), was an American Major League Baseball catcher with the Brooklyn Robins, Boston Braves, New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, and again with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Zack Vank Zack Vank, born January 4, 1982, is a professional baseball player. Born and raised in Larkspur, California, he has been playing baseball since high school July 26, 2006, minor league center fielder Zack Vank was traded from the Los Angeles Dodgers] to the [[Kansas City Royals organizations, a throw in player in the Odalis Perez/Elmer Dessens deal.
Zack Ward Zack Ward (born August 31, 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor. He is well known for his character Dave Scovil on the television show Titus and as the bully Scut Farkus in the 1983 perennial holiday movie A Christmas Story.
Zack Werner Zack Werner (born June 27, 1960in Winnipeg, Manitoba]) has had an extensive career in the [[music industry as an artist, producer, entertainment lawyer and manager. He is also president of Toronto-based Venus Management and Venus Records (distributed by EMI), where he spends his time finding and developing new talent across Canada.
Zacpeten Zacpetén: This site shows a long occupation, it was most heavily occupied during the Middle Preclassic (1000 BC to 300 BC), and Late Classic through Terminal Classic (AD 600 to AD 950), and a late Late Post Classic occupation by the Ko'woj Maya, through Contact (AD 1200 to AD 1697) periods. Sparse evidence of occupation during intervening periods is present, but construction events during these hiatuses are minimal.
Zaculeu Zaculeu (traditional spelling) or Saqulew (modern Maya spelling) is a Pre-Columbian archeological site in the highlands of south western Guatemala, a short distance outside of the city of Huehuetenango. Saqulew was the capital of the Mam kingdom of Maya civilization.
ZacuscÄ ZacuscÄ () is a vegetable dish very popular in Romania and other countries throughout, or bordering, the Balkans. The main ingredients are roasted eggplant, roasted red peppers (belonging to a local cultivar called "gogosari") and chopped onion.
Zadock Thompson Zadock Thompson, a famous Vermont naturalist, professor, and Episcopal Reverend, was born in Bridgewater, Windsor County, Vermont on May 23, 1796 and died in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont on January 19, 1856. During his lifetime, Thompson published numerous books on Vermont's history, the most notable being the History of the State of Vermont (1833) and History of the State of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical (1842).
Zadok the Priest Zadok the Priest is a coronation anthem composed by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) using texts from the King James Bible. It is one of the four Coronation Anthems that Handel composed for the coronation of George II in 1727.
Zadole Park The Zadole Park which used to be a hamlet of Piotrowice, but now it belongs to Katowice districts of Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union there is a park with an amphitheater for 800 persons, a swimming-pool complex, a cafe and a playground for children and walking alleys. In 1906-1914 it was a place of the convention of the Polish choirs and bands within the framework of the Singing Societies existing in that region at that time.
Zadonshchina Zadonshchina («Задонщина» in Russian; could be translated as "the region beyond the Don River") is a Russian literary monument of the late 14th century, which tells about the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380.
Zadrab Zadrab is the name of a divinity worshipped by Zadrabis (followers of Zadrab) alone or as part of the Imyat Zadrabay, or "Assembly of Zadrab." Attempts to learn more about this small and secretive sect and its tenets have not met with any significant success.
Zadruga A zadruga (Cyrillic: Đ·Đ°Đ´Ń€Ńга) refers to a type of rural community historically common among South Slavs. Generally formed of one family or a clan of related families, the zadruga held its property, herds and money in common, with the oldest capable patriarch usually ruling and making decisions for the family.
Zadyma Zadyma is a popular, widespread Polish slang name for any kind of a brawl. It is a very broad term and among others includes fights between soccer hooligans, fights between police and various protesters (hooligans, anarchists, coal-miners fighting for their privileges).
Zafar ZafarظŮر or Sephar (; "census" or "numbering" is an ancient Arab]ian site, situated in [[Yemen, some 130 km southsouthwest of the capital Sanaá. It was the capital of the Himyarites, who ruled much of southern Arabia (c.
Zafar Iqbal Zafar Iqbal, an Urdu poet, based in Okara, Pakistan, is known for his innovative style of poetry, in the genre of ghazal. The diction of his ghazal is entirely different from traditional Urdu poetry, making him popular and unpopular at the same time.
Zafar Younis Zafar Younis (played by Raza Jaffrey) is a fictional character in the popular British BBC drama Spooks. Zafar (usually known as Zaf) was first introduced in the The Suffering of Strangers, where he assisted in saving the life of Fiona Carter.
Zafarnamah ZafarnÄmah ( or , ) means the Notification of Victory and is the name given to the letter sent by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh in 1705 to the Mughal Emperor of India, Aurangzeb. The letter is written in Persian verse.
Zafeirakis Theodosiou Zafeirakis Theodosiou (Greek: ΖαφειĎάκης ÎεοδοĎίου) (18th century - 1822) was a Greek prokritos, meaning political leader of Greeks during Ottoman rule, of Naoussa and an important figure of the Greek War of Independence in the region of Macedonia.
Zaffre Zaffre, a pre-scientific substance (see List of alchemical substances), is a deep blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore, and is made of either an impure form cobalt oxideClayArt or impure cobalt arseniate. During the Victorian Era, zaffre was used to prepare smalt and stain glass blue.
Zagan In demonology, Zagan is a Great King and President of Hell, commanding over thirty-three legions of demons. He makes men witty; he can also turn wine into water, water into wine, and blood into wine (according to Pseudomonarchia Daemonum blood into oil, oil into blood, and a fool into a wise man).
Zagat Survey Zagat Survey was established by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings of restaurants by diners. For their first guide, covering New York City, the Zagats surveyed their friends.
Z Application Assist Processor IBM System z Application Assist Processor (zAAP) is the zSeries Application Assist Processor, a mainframe processor introduced by IBM in 2004. zAAP engines are dedicated to running Java workloads under z/OS, accelerating performance.
Z comme Zorglub Z comme Zorglub, written and drawn by Franquin, is the fifteenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, and the first part of Franquin's Zorglub diptych. The story appeared sequentially in Le Journal de Spirou, before being released as a hardcover album in 1961.
Z Communications Z Communications is a self-described progressive left-wing, journalism-intensive, media group, founded in 1987 by Michael Albert and Lydia Sargent. Its publications include Z Magazine, ZNet, Z Media, and Z Video.
Z Fighters The Z Fighters (Zć¦ĺŁ«, zetto senshi, also known as the Z Warriors) are a small group of super warriors on Earth from the Japanese manga series Dragon Ball and anime series Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z. Their duty is to defend Earth from major threats and to protect the seven mystical Dragon Balls from the hands of evil.
Z Film Festival The Z Film Festival,a film and video media-showcase was created by filmmaker Usama Alshaibi and was launched on December 1, 2000 at the Heaven Gallery in Chicago. The following year, Kristie Alshaibi teamed up with Usama as director and programmer for the Z Film Festival.
Z Grill The Benjamin Franklin Z-Grill is a postage stamp issued by the United States Postal Service in 1868 depicting Benjamin Franklin and is considered the rarest US stamp due to the embossed "Z-Grill" on the back. A "Z-Grill" is a specific pattern of tiny squares embossed into the paper and visible on the back of the stamps.
Z Channel The Z Channel was one of the first pay cable stations in the United States. Launched in 1974 from Los Angeles, California, this station was known for its devotion to the art of cinema due to the eclectic choice of films by the programming chief, Jerry Harvey.
Z Channel(Information Theory) In information theory, A Z-Channel is with crossover probability p is a binary input, binary output channel that flips the input bit "0" with probability p, but maps input bit "1" to "1" with probability 1. The Z-channel has a capacity of log_2(1+(1-p)*p^{p/(1-p)}) , bits per channel use.
Z machine The Z machine is the largest X-ray generator in the world and is designed to test materials in conditions of extreme temperature and pressure. It is operated by Sandia National Laboratories to gather data to aid in computer modeling of nuclear weapons.
Z notation The Z notation (universally pronounced zed, named after Zermelo-Fränkel set theory) is a formal specification language used for describing and modelling computing systems. It is targeted at the clear specification of computer programs and the formulation of proofs about the intended program behavior.
Z rozmyślań przy śniadaniu Z rozmyślań przy śniadaniu (in english "From speculation at breakfast") is the third album by Polish alternative rock band Myslovitz. The album displays a tendency towards a more "polished" sound and more introspective lyrics.
Z shell The Z shell (zsh) is a Unix shell that can be used as an interactive login shell and as a powerful command interpreter for shell scripting. Zsh can be thought of as an extended bourne shell with a large number of improvements, including some of the most useful features of bash, ksh, and tcsh.
Z Society The Z Society is a philanthropic organization that was founded at the University of Virginia in 1892, making it the oldest secret society on the university's grounds. Its members give time, talent, and financial contributions to groups and individuals that exemplify the spirit of the society and uphold the ideals of the university.
Z Special Unit Z Special Unit, usually known as Z Force was a joint Australian, British and New Zealand commando unit, which saw action against the Empire of Japan during World War II. Z Special Unit carried out 284 covert operations in the South West Pacific theatre.
Z Twins The Z Twins are a trio of radio stations serving the Puget Sound region, most notably the African-American communities of King and Pierce County, Washington. The stations are owned by Kris Bennett Broadcasting.
Z User Group The Z User Group exists to promote use and development of the Z notation, a formal specification language for the description of and reasoning about computer-based systems. It was formally constituted on 14 December 1992 during the ZUM'92 Z User Meeting in London, England.
Z-buffering In computer graphics, z-buffering is the management of image depth coordinates in three-dimensional (3-D) graphics, usually done in hardware, sometimes in software. It is one solution to the visibility problem, which is the problem of deciding which elements of a rendered scene are visible, and which are hidden.
Z-Boys The Z-Boys were a group of skateboarders from Santa Monica/Venice Beach area in the 1970s who are credited with popularizing skateboarding and essentially creating the punk/skater subculture that now exists. Their name is derived from the Zephyr Competition Team.
Z-Cars Z-Cars (sometimes written as Z Cars, and always pronounced 'zed', never 'zee') was a British television drama series centred around the work of regular beat police officers in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby near Liverpool, in the north-west of England. Produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1, it debuted in January 1962 and ran for 16 years until September 1978.
Z-fighting Z-fighting, also called stitching, is a phenomenon in 3D rendering that occurs when two or more coplanar primitives have similar values in the Z-buffer, causing random parts of the primitives to be rendered. This problem is usually caused by floating point round-off errors.
Z-Chen Z-Chen (, born May 8 1973) is a Malaysian singer that has successfully made his name in the Taiwanese music industry. To some of his fans, he is known as "The Little Prince of R&B" (R&B小王ĺ).
Z-machine The Z-machine is a virtual machine that was developed by Joel Berez and Marc Blank in 1979 and used by Infocom for its text adventure games. Infocom compiled game code to files containing Z-machine instructions (called story files, or Z-code files), and could therefore port all its text adventures to a new platform simply by writing a Z-machine implementation for that platform.
Z-matrix (chemistry) In chemistry, the Z-matrix is a way to represent a system built of atoms. It provides a description of each atom in a molecule in terms of its atomic number, bond length, bond angle, and dihedral angle, the so-called internal coordinates, although, it is not always the case that a Z-matrix will give information regarding bonding since the matrix itself is based on a series of vectors describing atomic orientations in space.
Z-order Z-order is an ordering of overlapping two-dimensional objects, such as windows in a graphical user interface (GUI) or shapes in a vector graphics editor. One of the features of a typical GUI is that windows may overlap, so that one window hides part or all of another.
Z-order (curve) z-order (aka Morton-order) is a space-filling curve which is often used in computer science: Due to its good locality preserving behaviour it is used in data structures for mapping multidimensional data to one dimension. The z-value of a point in multidimensions is simply calculated by bitwise interleaving its coordinate values.
Z-pinch In fusion power research, the Z-pinch, or zeta pinch, is a type of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it (see Pinch). The name refers to the direction of the earliest experimental devices in England, where the current flowed down a vertical quartz tube, the Z-axis on a normal mathematical diagram.
Z-RAM Z-RAM, short for "zero capacitor RAM" is a new type of computer memory in development by Innovative Silicon Inc. Z-RAM offers performance similar to the standard six-transistor SRAM cell used in cache memory but uses only a single transistor, and therefore offers much higher densities.
Z-series Z-series (ç›´čľľĺ—车) is currently the most luxury train service proviced by China National Railway. Generally, Z-series trains are overnight, all-sleeper trains that typically have travel time around 10~14 hours, with average speed around 120km/h.
Z-Spread If you want to present value all future cashflows for a bond using prevailing swap rates, you will discover that the price you calculate is greater than the price observed in the market. This difference arises because the market price incorporates additional factors such as liquidity and credit risk.
Z-Stoff Z-Stoff (pronounced zed-stoff) was a name for calcium permanganate or potassium permanganate mixed in water. It was normally used as a catalyst for T-Stoff (high test peroxide) in military rocket programs by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Z-Ton Z-Ton ( Zetton) is a fictional alien kaiju featured in the tokusatsu TV series, Ultraman. As Ultraman's toughest opponent ever, Z-Ton first appeared in the show's final episode, # 39, "Farewell, Ultraman".
Z-value Z-value of an organism is the temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, that is required for the thermal destruction curve to move one log cycle. While the D-value gives us the time needed at a certain temperature to kill an organism, the z-value relates the resistance of an organism to differing temperatures.
Z-variant In Unicode, two glyphs are said to be Z-variants (often spelled zVariants) if they share the same etymology but have slightly different appearances and different Unicode codepoints. For example, the Unicode characters U+8AAA 說 and U+8AAC 説 are Z-variants.
Z. K. Mathews Zachariah Keodirelang "ZK" Mathews (1901 - May 1968) was a prominent black academic in South Africa, lecturing at Fort Hare University, where many future leaders of the African continent were among his students.
Z.A. Suleri Ziauddin Ahmad Suleri (Urdu: ضیاء الدین اŘŮ…ŘŻ سلŰری) (or ZA Suleri; 1913-1999) was a notable journalist and writer from Pakistan. He served as Editor of Dawn and The Pakistan Times and founded the Times of Karachi.
Z.M. Dagar Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (1929-1990), popularly known as Z M Dagar, was of the 19th generation of Dagar family dhrupad musicians and was largely responsible for the revival of the rudra vina as a solo concert instrument.
Z/Architecture z/Architecture (formerly and briefly known as ESAME) refers to IBM's 64-bit computing architecture for its top-of-the-line enterprise servers. IBM introduced its first z/Architecture-based system, the zSeries Model 900, in 2000.
Z/OS z/OS is a 64-bit server operating system from IBM. It is the successor to the IBM mainframe operating system OS/390, combining MVS and UNIX System Services (a POSIX-compliant mainframe implementation of UNIX formerly known as MVS Open Edition, or OpenMVS).
Z/VM z/VM is the current version in IBM's VM family of virtual machine operating systems. It is based on technology and concepts dating back to the 1960s, with IBM's CP/CMS on the IBM System/360-67 (see article History of CP/CMS for historical details).
Z1 Kawasaki The Z1 Kawasaki was introduced in 1972 by Kawasaki Heavy industries, it was developed in strict secrecy under the project name "New York Steak". Some years previously, Kawasaki, primarily a manufacturer of two stroke motorcycles, decided to make a 750cc 4-cylinder 4-stroke sports motorcycle, they were beaten to the market place by the Honda CB750.
Z2 The Z2 was a mechanical and relay computer created by Konrad Zuse in 1939. It was an improvement on the Z1, using the same mechanical memory but replacing the arithmetic and control logic with electrical relay circuits.
Z3 Konrad Zuse's Z3 was the first working programmable, fully automatic machine, whose attributes, with the addition of conditional branching, have often been the ones used as criteria in defining a computer. The Z3 was built with 2,000 relays, had a clock frequency of ~5–10 Hz, and a word length of 22 bits.
Za Gaman "The Endurance" (sic) was a Japanese television show from the 1980s. It is not particularly well known or remembered in Japan, but it became famous in other countries, particularly Britain, due to its appearance on the British television programmes Clive James on Television with Clive James, and subsequently Tarrant on TV, with Chris Tarrant, under the name Endurance.
Za'atar Za'atar (Arabic زعتر, Hebrew זעתר, Armenian զահթար) is a popular mixture of spices that originated in the Middle East. Green za'atar is traditionally composed of wild oregano (Origanum syriacum, formerly Majorana s.
Zaanaim Zaanaim is a place in northwest of Lake Merom, near Kedesh, in Naphtali; currently sited in Hulah Valley, Israel. Here Sisera was slain by Jael, "the wife of Heber the Kenite," who had pitched his tent in the "plain [R.
Zaar Zaar is a cult of indigenous African spirituality and healing that operates within Muslim and Christian groups in northern Africa, especially among women. Zaar preacticioners maintain certain vestigial practices similar to animist practices found in western and southern Africa and the African Diaspora communities in the western hemisphere.
Zaara Zaara is an archaic variant of Sahara, both being English transliterations of the original Arabic word for desert. It is an African region famed for its arid, barren character, and was used by contemporary writers not just as a geographic reference, but also to illustrate the epitome of a dismal wasteland.
ZaÄźanos Pasha ZaÄźanos Pasha was one of the prominent military commanders of Mehmet II (Mehmet the Conqueror) and a lala, at once an advisor, mentor, tutor, councilors, protector, for the sultan. A Christian Greek converted to Islam, he rose through the ranks of the Janissaries earning the title Vizier.
ZaÄ·usala ZaÄ·usala (Meaning "Hares' Island" in Latvian) is one of several islands in the Daugava river in the central part of the city Riga, the capital of Latvia. Zakusala is home ot the Riga Radio and TV Tower, which was completed in 1986.
Zab River Zab (Turkish: Zap suyu, Kurdish: ZĂŞ, Persian: زاب; Zâb, Syriac: ܙܒÜ; Zawa) is the name given to two separate rivers that flow through Iran, Iraq and Turkey to become the two principal tributaries of the Tigris. The two rivers, named Greater Zab and Little Zab, were the basis of the ancient Assyrian civilisation.
Zabaglione Zabaglione is an Italian dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, a sweet liquor (usually Marsala wine), and sometimes cream or whole eggs. It is a very light custard, which has been whipped to incorporate a large amount of air.
Zabaleen The Zabaleen (Egyptian Arabic: زبالين "garbage people") are an Egyptian community of mainly Coptic Christians who are employed in the city of Cairo to collect and dispose of much of the city's waste. The Zabaleen in Cairo (an estimated 60,000 - 70,000 in number) are mostly descendants of poor farmers from upper Egypt who settled in the city in the 1950s.
Zaban Zaban was the Lombard dux (or duke) of Pavia (Ticinum) during the decade-long interregnum known as the Rule of the Dukes (574 – 584). Pavia had been the capital of the Lombard kingdom, but after the death of King Cleph, it became the centre of a great duchy, one of thirty five into which the Lombard state was then divided.
Zabar's Zabar's is a specialty food store, founded by Louis Zabar, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is one of the best known commercial landmarks of the Upper West Side, and is known for its selection of bagels, smoked fish, olives, and cheese (see appetizing).
Zabasearch.com Zabasearch.com is a website that searches for and collates disparate information regarding United States residents, including names, current and past addresses, phone numbers, and birth years, and then permits the user to query other search engines with this information to retrieve other data such as satellite photos of addresses and criminal background checks.
Zabbaleen The Zabbaleen are an informal system of waste collectors and recyclers in the city of Cairo. Traditionally, donkey driven carts are used by males to collect waste from homes, which is sorted by female members of the family in zabbaleen homes.
Zabdas Zabdas was the name of the general who led the forces of Queen Zenobia during her rule of the Palmyrene Empire. He chose not to face the emperor Aurelian in Asia Minor, due to the mountainous nature of that province and its consequent negative effects on cavalry tactics, and awaited Aurelian in Syria.
Zabdiel Adams Zabdiel Adams (5 November 1739 – 1 March 1801), minister of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, was born in Braintree, now Quincy, November 5, 1739. His father was the uncle of John Adams, late president of the United States.
Zabibah and the King Zabibah and the King (زبيبة Ůالمل٠, or Zabibah wal-Malik) is a novel, originally published anonymously in Iraq in 2000,Ofra Bengio, "Saddam Husayn's Novel of Fear", 9 Middle East Quarterly 1, 2002. that was purportedly written by Saddam Hussein.
Zabid Zabid () (also spelled Zebid) is a town in western Yemen. The town, named after Wadi Zabid the wadi to its south, is one of the oldest towns in Yemen, it was the capital of Yemen from the 13th to the 15th century and a center of the Arab and Muslim world due in large part to its famed University of Zabid and being a center of Islamic education.
ZabĹ‚ocki ZabĹ‚ocki is the name of a Polish aristocratic family of ancient lineage (JastrzÄ™biec) and Coat of arms Ĺada, who assumed the name of ZabĹ‚ocki after acquisition of ZabĹ‚ocie PuĹ‚tuskie in Wielkopolska in the year 1500. The ending "-cki" represents the English "of"; ZabĹ‚ocki = of ZabĹ‚ocie; or German "von ZabĹ‚ocie".
Zabranjeno pušenje Zabranjeno pušenje (Serbo-Croatian for "No Smoking") was a Bosnian garage rock band from Sarajevo, closely associated with the New primitivism cultural movement and the radio and television satire show Top Lista Nadrealista. They were one of the most popular musical acts of the 1980s in Yugoslavia, selling hundreds of thousands of records.
Zabrze Zabrze (pronounced: ['zabʒε]; , from 1915-1945 Hindenburg) is a city in southern Poland with 194,041 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodship (1975-1998).
Zabulon Skipper The Zabulon Skipper, Poanes zabulon, is a butterfly first described by the French naturalists Jean Baptiste Boisduval and John Eatton Le Conte, in the state of Georgia, United States. This small butterfly has slim, triangular wings.
Zac (Battlestar Galactica) In the original Battlestar Galactica series Zac is the brother of Captain Apollo and Lieutenant Athena and son of Commander Adama and Ila. On his first flight with his brother, Zac is killed by an unexpected Cylon attack preceding what was intended to be peace negotiations.
Zac Baird Zac Baird (born Zachary Baird on February 16, 1971 in Orange County, California) is a keyboardist that recently has worked with the band Korn, touring with them worldwide as a masked horse in See You on the Other Side World Tour, as well as in their 2006 edition of Family Values Tour. He has temporarly joined the band for their upcoming eighth studio album, contributing to the album's writing and recording process.
Zac Moncrief Zac Moncrief left Montvale, New Jersey, in 1989 to go to California Institute of the Arts, a Disney-funded college specializing in animation. He then gained an internship on an animated feature, The Pagemaster, and moved on as an assistant animator on the film Cats Don't Dance.
Zac Taylor Zac Taylor (born May 10, 1983) is the starting quarterback for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers. He was recruited late in the 2004-2005 off-season by the Huskers, being a described "lucky break" due to the Huskers lack of quarterbacks at the time.
Zacapú Zacapu (original name Tzacapo Tacanendam, translated to Spanish as "Lugar de Piedras" or "Place of Stones" in English) is a town in the Nahuatzen mountains, Michoacán, Mexico. Located near Compandaro Michoacan, it has a population of 42,884 (as of 1990).
Zacara da Teramo Antonio Zacara da Teramo , also Zacar, Zacara, Zaccara, Zacharie, Zachara (1350/1360 – between May 19, 1413 and 1416) was an Italian composer, singer, and papal secretary of the late Trecento and early 15th century. He was one of the most active Italian composers right around 1400, and his style bridged the periods of the Trecento, ars subtilior, and beginnings of the musical Renaissance.
Zacarias Moussaoui Zacarias Moussaoui (Arabic: زŮريا Ů…ŮŘłŮŮŠ) (born May 30, 1968) is a French citizen of Moroccan descent who was convicted of conspiring to kill Americans as part of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. As a result of his conviction, he is serving a life sentence at the ADX Florence, the Federal ADX Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado.
Zacatecas Zacatecas is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. It is bounded to the north by Durango and Coahuila, to the east by San Luis PotosĂ, to the south by Aguascalientes and Jalisco, and to the west by Jalisco and Durango.
Zacchaeus Zacchaeus was a superintendent of customs; a chief tax-gatherer (publicanus) at Jericho (Luke 19:1-10). "The collection of customs at Jericho, which at this time produced and exported a considerable quantity of balsam, was undoubtedly an important post, and would account for Zacchaeus being a rich man.
Zack Exley Zack Exley (born December 5, 1969) is a political consultant, currently employed at OMP, a Washington, DC, based communications and fundraising firm, and president of the New Organizing Institute, a training organization.
Zack Kim Zack Kim is a Korean guitarist who has become known for his mastery of technique called “Touch Style,” which involves “tapping” the guitar strings with both the right and left hands simultaneously. Many guitarists apply Touch Style to one guitar, but Zack frequently performs on two; his left hand playing one guitar while his right hand plays the other.
Zack Morris Phone Zack Morris Phone is a term used to describe any large, obsolete "brick-type" cellphone, especially those from the 80's and early 90's. The term is a reference to the TV show Saved by the Bell, in which the character Zack Morris carried one such phone, which was considered cutting-edge at the time.
Zack Shada Zack Shada (born November 25, 1992 in Boise, Idaho) is an American actor who appeared as Thin Boy in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), and as Nick Davis in the 2005 TV movies Jane Doe: Vanishing Act, Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't, Jane Doe: Till Death Do Us Part, and Jane Doe: The Wrong Face.
Zack Taylor (baseball) James Wren Taylor, better known as "Zack" (July 27, 1898 - September 19, 1974), was an American Major League Baseball catcher with the Brooklyn Robins, Boston Braves, New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, and again with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Zack Vank Zack Vank, born January 4, 1982, is a professional baseball player. Born and raised in Larkspur, California, he has been playing baseball since high school July 26, 2006, minor league center fielder Zack Vank was traded from the Los Angeles Dodgers] to the [[Kansas City Royals organizations, a throw in player in the Odalis Perez/Elmer Dessens deal.
Zack Ward Zack Ward (born August 31, 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor. He is well known for his character Dave Scovil on the television show Titus and as the bully Scut Farkus in the 1983 perennial holiday movie A Christmas Story.
Zack Werner Zack Werner (born June 27, 1960in Winnipeg, Manitoba]) has had an extensive career in the [[music industry as an artist, producer, entertainment lawyer and manager. He is also president of Toronto-based Venus Management and Venus Records (distributed by EMI), where he spends his time finding and developing new talent across Canada.
Zacpeten Zacpetén: This site shows a long occupation, it was most heavily occupied during the Middle Preclassic (1000 BC to 300 BC), and Late Classic through Terminal Classic (AD 600 to AD 950), and a late Late Post Classic occupation by the Ko'woj Maya, through Contact (AD 1200 to AD 1697) periods. Sparse evidence of occupation during intervening periods is present, but construction events during these hiatuses are minimal.
Zaculeu Zaculeu (traditional spelling) or Saqulew (modern Maya spelling) is a Pre-Columbian archeological site in the highlands of south western Guatemala, a short distance outside of the city of Huehuetenango. Saqulew was the capital of the Mam kingdom of Maya civilization.
ZacuscÄ ZacuscÄ () is a vegetable dish very popular in Romania and other countries throughout, or bordering, the Balkans. The main ingredients are roasted eggplant, roasted red peppers (belonging to a local cultivar called "gogosari") and chopped onion.
Zadock Thompson Zadock Thompson, a famous Vermont naturalist, professor, and Episcopal Reverend, was born in Bridgewater, Windsor County, Vermont on May 23, 1796 and died in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont on January 19, 1856. During his lifetime, Thompson published numerous books on Vermont's history, the most notable being the History of the State of Vermont (1833) and History of the State of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical (1842).
Zadok the Priest Zadok the Priest is a coronation anthem composed by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) using texts from the King James Bible. It is one of the four Coronation Anthems that Handel composed for the coronation of George II in 1727.
Zadole Park The Zadole Park which used to be a hamlet of Piotrowice, but now it belongs to Katowice districts of Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union there is a park with an amphitheater for 800 persons, a swimming-pool complex, a cafe and a playground for children and walking alleys. In 1906-1914 it was a place of the convention of the Polish choirs and bands within the framework of the Singing Societies existing in that region at that time.
Zadonshchina Zadonshchina («Задонщина» in Russian; could be translated as "the region beyond the Don River") is a Russian literary monument of the late 14th century, which tells about the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380.
Zadrab Zadrab is the name of a divinity worshipped by Zadrabis (followers of Zadrab) alone or as part of the Imyat Zadrabay, or "Assembly of Zadrab." Attempts to learn more about this small and secretive sect and its tenets have not met with any significant success.
Zadruga A zadruga (Cyrillic: Đ·Đ°Đ´Ń€Ńга) refers to a type of rural community historically common among South Slavs. Generally formed of one family or a clan of related families, the zadruga held its property, herds and money in common, with the oldest capable patriarch usually ruling and making decisions for the family.
Zadyma Zadyma is a popular, widespread Polish slang name for any kind of a brawl. It is a very broad term and among others includes fights between soccer hooligans, fights between police and various protesters (hooligans, anarchists, coal-miners fighting for their privileges).
Zafar ZafarظŮر or Sephar (; "census" or "numbering" is an ancient Arab]ian site, situated in [[Yemen, some 130 km southsouthwest of the capital Sanaá. It was the capital of the Himyarites, who ruled much of southern Arabia (c.
Zafar Iqbal Zafar Iqbal, an Urdu poet, based in Okara, Pakistan, is known for his innovative style of poetry, in the genre of ghazal. The diction of his ghazal is entirely different from traditional Urdu poetry, making him popular and unpopular at the same time.
Zafar Younis Zafar Younis (played by Raza Jaffrey) is a fictional character in the popular British BBC drama Spooks. Zafar (usually known as Zaf) was first introduced in the The Suffering of Strangers, where he assisted in saving the life of Fiona Carter.
Zafarnamah ZafarnÄmah ( or , ) means the Notification of Victory and is the name given to the letter sent by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh in 1705 to the Mughal Emperor of India, Aurangzeb. The letter is written in Persian verse.
Zafeirakis Theodosiou Zafeirakis Theodosiou (Greek: ΖαφειĎάκης ÎεοδοĎίου) (18th century - 1822) was a Greek prokritos, meaning political leader of Greeks during Ottoman rule, of Naoussa and an important figure of the Greek War of Independence in the region of Macedonia.
Zaffre Zaffre, a pre-scientific substance (see List of alchemical substances), is a deep blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore, and is made of either an impure form cobalt oxideClayArt or impure cobalt arseniate. During the Victorian Era, zaffre was used to prepare smalt and stain glass blue.
Zagan In demonology, Zagan is a Great King and President of Hell, commanding over thirty-three legions of demons. He makes men witty; he can also turn wine into water, water into wine, and blood into wine (according to Pseudomonarchia Daemonum blood into oil, oil into blood, and a fool into a wise man).
Zagat Survey Zagat Survey was established by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings of restaurants by diners. For their first guide, covering New York City, the Zagats surveyed their friends.
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