zip, n. [hissing], sibilance, sibilation.--v. [hiss], sibilate.

zone, n. clime, [region]; [girdle], [belt], [band], [girth].

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automobile, n. motor [car], autocar, motor. Associated words: garage, tonneau, carburetter, chassis, automobilist, chauffeur, [mechanician].

baby carriage. perambulator.

balloon, n. Montgolfier (hot-air balloon). Associated words: parachute, [inflate], [inflation], deflate, deflation, dirigible.

birth rate. natality.

blood poisoning. pyæmia.

blue, n. indigo.

books, n. pl. Associated words: literature, literary, bibliomaniac, bibliophagist, bibliotaph, bookcraft, bookworm.