ZANY, adj.  Of or pertaining to gravity, nobility, eloquence or grace plus a sniffle.

ZEAL, n.  Urgent enthusiasm as is felt by Republicans for governing, Democrats toward the next election or a herd of frantic lemmings towards a precipice just yonder.

ZEALOT, n.  Anyone with certainty in the heart, mud in the head, scales over the eyes and a blog.

ZEALOUS, adj.  Hungry and lonesome.

ZEBRA, n.  A species of equine with Republican markings and a Democrat’s heart.

ZEN, n. .

ZEPHYR, n.  A gentle, warm westerly breeze as distinguished from an occidental lecture.

ZEPPELIN, n. An airship filled with hydrogen, humanity and pride.

ZERO GRAVITY, n.  The state of weightlessness or the weight of statesmanship.

ZERO HOUR, n.  The end of anticipation and the onset of denial.

ZERO SUM, n.  The result of a transaction between honest men or thieves.

ZIONISM, n.  The essential ideology that no empire is too small for holy ordination.

ZEITGEIST, n.  This year’s revival.

ZENO, n.p..  An Eleatic philosopher who inferred from the fable of The Tortoise and The Hare the impossibility of motion.

ZERO, n.  The sum of theory and experience.

ZEST, n. The physical expression of emotional incontinence.

ZEST, v.t.. To eat the peel when life gives you lemons.

ZESTY, adj. Intolerable.

ZEUS, p.n.  Purveyor of lightening in ancient Greece, chef laureate of the United States.

ZIPADEEDOODAH, int.  The song of the contented employee.

ZIP CODE, n.  An adjacency score.

ZODIAC, n.  The distribution of stars in the eyes of the wise.

ZONKED, adj.  Ready.

ZOOLOGY, n.  The system by which a shark may be distinguished from a panther by length of tail or theme music. With high precision practitioners of Zoology can distinguish among mammals, lemming from sloth from baboon, almost immediately upon election.

ZOOM, v.i.  To idle with enthusiasm.

ZOOPHOBIA, n.  The irrational fear of fables.

ZOOT SUIT, n.  Clothes fitted with sleeves for a whole deck and extra dice.

ZOROASTRIANISM, v.i.  A shade of Manicheism.

ZOUNDS, int.  An expression of surprise suitable for met expectations.

ZYGOTE, n.  The mature phase of the human life cycle.