| zone fire | artillery or mortar fire delivered in a constant direction at several quadrant elevations |
traffic island
safety island
safety isle
safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
twilight zone
no man's land | the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both), but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal, in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity, in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression |
| erogenous zone | any area of the body especially sensitive to sexual stimulation |
language area
language zone | a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language |
zone
zona | (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure |
| comfort zone | the temperature range (between anddegrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweating |
Antarctic
Antarctic Zone
South Frigid Zone | the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters |
Arctic
Arctic Zone
North Frigid Zone | the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole |
| zone | an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic |
| zone geographical zone | any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude |
| climatic zone | any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude |
| zone of interior | the part of the theater of war not included in the theater of operations |
Frigid Zone
polar zone
polar region | the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole, characterized by frigid climate |
benthos
benthic division
benthonic zone | a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones |
littoral
litoral
littoral zone
sands | the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean |
loading zone
loading area | a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded |
| no-parking zone | a space where automobiles are not allowed to park |
parking space
parking zone | a space where an automobile can be parked |
free port
free zone | an area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties |
| Temperate Zone | the part of the Earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn, characterized by temperate climate |
| North Temperate Zone | Temperate Zone between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer |
| South Temperate Zone | Temperate Zone between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn |
Torrid Zone
tropical zone
tropics | the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, characterized by a hot climate |
| zone | a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features |
buffer zone
buffer | a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict |
combat zone
combat area | a military area where combat forces operate |
| war zone | a combat zone where military operations are coordinated (especially a designated area in international waters where the rights of neutrals are not respected by nations at war) |
| combat zone tenderloin | a city district known for its vice and high crime rate |
| danger zone | a dangerous area |
demilitarized zone
DMZ | a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited, tensions exist on both sides of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea and South Korea |
drop zone
dropping zone | an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops |
kill zone
killing zone | an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities |
| enterprise zone | a city district where development receives special tax advantages |
| strike zone | (baseball) the area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike |
| tidal zone | an area subject to tidal action |
| time zone | any of the regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used |
| transit zone | a six million square mile area that includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean, includes the principal routes used by drug smugglers |
Panama Canal Zone
Canal Zone | a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal |
| abyssal zone | the deep sea ( meters or more) where there is no light |
continental slope
bathyal zone
bathyal district | the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone |
| neritic zone | the ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about fathoms |
| twilight zone | the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach |
| euro | the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in ), in twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies |
partition
zone | separate or apportion into sections, partition a room off |
zone
district | regulate housing in, of certain areas of towns |