Vocabulary : Zenith to Zerda
Zenith : That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; -- opposed to nadir. ;; hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity.Zenithal : Of or pertaining to the zenith.
Zeolite : A term now used to designate any one of a family of minerals, hydrous silicates of alumina, with lime, soda, potash, or rarely baryta. Here are included natrolite, stilbite, analcime, chabazite, thomsonite, heulandite, and others. These species occur of secondary origin in the cavities of amygdaloid, basalt, and lava, also, less frequently, in granite and gneiss. So called because many of these species intumesce before the blowpipe.
Zeolitic : Of or pertaining to a zeolite; consisting of, or resembling, a zeolite.
Zeolitiform : Having the form of a zeolite.
