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A)
akuma - a devil
android - a machine with human characteristics
AMV - acronym for Anime Music Videos
anime - japanese word for animation
Arlian - the planet Vegeta and Nappa destroyed before approaching earth

B)
Babidi - an evil sorcerer who turned people "Majin"
baka - Japanese for "idiot" or "fool"
BGM - background music
bishonen - young, beautiful girl
Briefs - Bulma's father's last name
budokai - tournament
"Budokai" - a series of Dragon Ball Z games, which is generally for the Playstation 2 console.

C)
cell - short for celluloid and is the foreground of an animation
CG - short for computer graphics and is usually referred to 3D animation with computers
chibi - small or short

D)
dai - big or leader
daizenshuu - Official drawings made and drawn by Akira Toriyama
dojinshi - Japanese magazines made by and for fans of anime and manga; usually distributed unofficially
dragon balls - mystical balls that grant wishes
dragon radar - a device that tracks the dragon balls
dub - the re-recording of a show from one language to another; usually from Japanese to English
DVD - acronym for digital video disk, a disk containing a digital video

E)
ESF - acronym for Earth's Special Forces, a Dragon Ball mod for Half Life

F)
fansub - fan-subtitled video
FUNimation - an anime dubbing company in the United States
fusion - the combination of two people to make a stronger being
fusion dance - a symmetric dance used to fuse two beings of the same level together

G)
Garlic Jr. - a villain in Dragon Ball Z
gekiga - Japanese for graphic novel
Ginyu - a villain in Dragon Ball Z
"GT" - Dragon Ball "Grand Tour"

H)
henshin - transformation
hentai - anime porn; Japanese translation for pervert
HFIL - Home For Infinite Losers; hell in English
hyperbolic time chamber - a room in which a year in there is a day in real life made for training

I)
immortal - living forever

J)
Japanimation - American term made by the combination of Japanese Animation.
jin - refers to the ethnicity of the person

K)
kai - a guardian
kami - a god, spirit or deity
kamikaze - usually a planned attempt for a killing that involves ones suicide
kawaii - cute, cuteness
ki - energy force or level
kun - mature boy

L)

M)
manga - Japanese comics
majin - related to evil/demons or possessed
mecha - virutally anything mechanical
Metamorese fusion - see fusion dance.
mirai - future
mystic - an advance level of power that only Gohan obtained

N)
Namek - a planet that was destroyed in Dragon Ball Z

O)
oozaru - giant gorilla
omega - death or the end (Omega Shenron, hence, "death" Shenron)
oni - Japanese ogre
otaku - anime fan in Japanese

P)
Pioneer - a dubbing company who dubbed the Saiyan saga of Dragon Ball Z
Potara fusion - a type of fusion which includes placing on two earrings

Q)

R)
RPG - Roll playing game

S)
Satan - a useless character in Dragon Ball Z and GT.
san - a suffix that they use refering to someone's title such as Mr. or Ms. but without gender
saiyan - a race of super strong people
scouter - a device made to detect power levels
sei - planet
seiyuu - a voice actor
sennin - master
sensei - a teacher
senshi - a soldier
sentai - live action show with costumed heroes and villains
Shenron - the name of the Earth's eternal dragon
shonen - a young boy
son - a last name (Goku's last name, aka Son Gokou)
super saiyan - the ascended form of a saiyan

T)
tenshi - an angel
tokusatsu - special effects

U)
universe - everything in the world of existance

V)
VHS - a name used for a video tape trademark but is commonly used for analog video tapes

W)

X)

Y)
Yemma - a king in Dragon Ball Z

Z)
"Z" - DB"Z" is just to separate the series from Dragon Ball
z-sword - a legendary sword that eventually broke
z warriors - earth's special fighting force