zibibs
plural of zibib

zimun
A blessing made before Birkat Hamazon, calling together those who have eaten.

zin
Zinfandel wine.

zinfandel
A dry red wine of California.
A small black grape from which zinfandel wine is made.

zinfandels
plural of zinfandel

zingara
A female zingaro.

zingare
plural of zingara

zins
plural of zin

zirbaja
A Persian stew popular around the early 2nd millennium.

zitone
Alternative spelling of zitoni.

zitoni
A wider form of ziti pasta.

zoedone
A non-alcoholic beverage, apparently carbonated, manufactured for a time in the 1880s as part of the temperance movement.

zoodles
Zucchini sliced into thin strips so as to resemble noodles.

zori
A Japanese sandal made from rice straw or lacquered wood, worn with a kimono for formal occasions.
A sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps mounted between the big toe and its neighbour.

zoris
plural of zori

zrazy
A meat roulade dish popular in Eastern Europe.

zubrowka
A dry straw-colored liqueur of vodka flavored with herbs, originally from Poland.

zubrowkas
plural of zubrowka

zurbiyan
A Yemeni rice dish with meat (usually chicken or lamb), vegetable sauce, and spices.

zurf
Alternative form of zarf.

zurfs
plural of zurf

zygodactylae
The zygodactylous birds. In a restricted sense, applied to a division of birds which includes the barbets, toucans, honey guides, and other related birds.

zythem
Obsolete spelling of zythum.

zythology
The study of beer and beer-brewing.

zythum
An unfermented kind of Egyptian malt beer.

acontiums
plural of acontium

adiadochocinesia
Alternative form of adiadochokinesia.

adiadochokinesia
A dyskinesia characterized by the inability to perform the rapid alternating movements of diadochokinesis.

adiadokokinesia
Alternative form of adiadochokinesia.

aecia
plural of aecium

aeciospore
A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.

aeciospores
plural of aeciospore

aecium
A cuplike fruiting structure of some parasitic rust fungi that contains chains of aeciospores.

aeciums
plural of aecium

aflatoxisome
A vesicle, in some fungi, that generates aflatoxin

aflatoxisomes
plural of aflatoxisome

aflavarin
The chromenone 8-[5-(hydroxymethyl)-4,7-dimethoxy-2-oxochromen-3-yl]-4,7-dimethoxy-5-methylchromen-2-one present in the fungus Aspergillus flavus

aflavarins
plural of aflavarin

agaricomycete
Any fungus of the class Agaricomycetes

agaricomycetes
plural of agaricomycete

aleurioconidiophore
A conidiophore that produces aleurioconidia

aleurioconidiophores
plural of aleurioconidiophore

allocyathin
Any of a family of cyathin diterpenes found in fungi of the genus Cyathus.

allocyathins
plural of allocyathin

altenuene
The toxic chromenone (2S,3S,4aS)-2,3,7-trihydroxy-9-methoxy-4a-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[c]chromen-6-one present in the fungus Alternaria tenuis

amadou
A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.

amadow
Obsolete form of amadou.

anamorph
The asexual reproductive form in the life cycle of any fungus of the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.

anamorphs
plural of anamorph

antamanide
A cyclic decapeptide present in the fungus Amanita phalloides.

antimycogram
A laboratory procedure in which samples of a fungus are treated with a variety of antimycotics

antimycograms
plural of antimycogram

antiomegas
plural of antiomega

apothece
Obsolete form of apothecium.

apotheces
plural of apothece

apothecia
plural of apothecium

apothecium
A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.

appressoria
plural of appressorium

appressorium
A bulbous formation produced by parasitic fungi that is well attached to the cuticle of the host and from where a peg-shaped hypha is formed that penetrates the cuticle.

aristolochene
A bicyclic sesquiterpene produced by certain fungi.

ascochyta
Any fungus of the genus Ascochyta.

ascogeny
The development of ascospores inside an ascus.

ascogonia
plural of ascogonium

ascogonium
The spiral female organ of an ascomycetous fungus from which asci are produced

ascoid
Any yeast of the family Ascoideaceae

ascoids
plural of ascoid

ascomycete
Any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by the production of a sac, or ascus, which contains non-motile spores.

ascomycetes
plural of ascomycete

ascophore
The ascus-bearing hyphae within an ascocarp.

ascophores
plural of ascophore

ascospore
A sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus

ascospores
plural of ascospore

asperfuranone
The polyketide (5S,6R)-1-[(2E,4E,6S)-4,6-dimethylocta-2,4-dienoyl]-5,6-dihydroxy-5-methyl-6,7-dihydro-2-benzofuran-4-one present in the Aspergillus fungus

aspergilloma
A clump of fungus in a body cavity such as the lung, usually associated with the Aspergillus species.

aspergillomas
plural of aspergilloma

aspergillomata
plural of aspergilloma

aspergillopepsin
Any of a group of pepsins found in Aspergillus fungi.

aspergillopepsins
plural of aspergillopepsin

atheroemboli
plural of atheroembolus

atheroembolus
An atheromatous embolus

atromentin
A polyphenol and benzoquinone found in Agaricomycetes fungi.

aureonitol
A fungi-derived tetrahydrofuran.

autobasidia
plural of autobasidium

autobasidium
Synonym of holobasidium.

aweto
A parasitic fungus of the genus Ophiocordyceps.

awetos
plural of aweto

basid
Synonym of basidium.

basidia
plural of basidium

basidiocarp
A mushroom which contains basidia.

basidiocarps
plural of basidiocarp

basidiole
An immature or aborted basidium; similar in shape but smaller in size.

basidioles
plural of basidiole

basidioma
A basidiocarp.

basidiomata
plural of basidioma

basidiome
Synonym of basidiocarp.

basidiomes
plural of basidiome

basidiomycete
Any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota, that produces sexual spores on a basidium.

basidiomycetes
plural of basidiomycete

basidiomycotan
Any fungus of the division Basidiomycota

basidiomycotans
plural of basidiomycotan

basidiophore
A sporophore bearing a basidium.

basidiophores
plural of basidiophore

basidiospore
A sexually reproductive spore produced by fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota.

basidiospores
plural of basidiospore

basidium
A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.

basidocarp
Alternative form of basidiocarp.

basidocarps
plural of basidocarp

basidomycete
Misspelling of basidiomycete.

basids
plural of basid

beauverolide
Any of a group of macrolides (cyclodepsipeptides) isolated from the fungus Beauveria bassiana

beauverolides
plural of beauverolide

biocolonialism
Exploitation or misappropriation of the biological resources (particularly plants and fungi) of indigenous peoples.

biotreatment
The processing of waste or hazardous substances using living organisms such as bacteria, fungi or protozoa.

biotreatments
plural of biotreatment

blastoclad
Any fungus of the genus Blastocladia

blastocladiomycete
Any fungus of the division Blastocladiomycota or the class Blastocladiomycetes.

blastocladiomycetes
plural of blastocladiomycete

blastoclads
plural of blastoclad

blastoconidia
plural of blastoconidium

blastomycete
A fungus of the genus Blastomyces.
A yeast fungus.

blastomycetes
plural of blastomycete

botrytis
Any fungus of the genus Botrytis, especially Botrytis cinerea which is responsible for the formation of noble rot on grapes.

botrytises
plural of botrytis

brassicene
Any of a group of fusicoccane phytotoxins present in the fungus Alternaria brasscicola

brassicenes
plural of brassicene

brittlegill
A mushroom of the genus Russula.

broa
A type of cornbread made in Portugal, Galicia and Brazil with wheat, rye and yeast.

broas
plural of broa

browa
Alternative spelling of broa

browas
plural of browa