Words starting with Z
33 words.
- zaffre Cobalt oxide obtained by roasting cobalt ore, used as a blue pigment.
- zaikai Collectively, the powerful and influential businesspeople and tycoons of Japan.
- zaitech Application of financial engineering techniques in Japanese financial markets since their deregulati
- zambuk A first-aider, especially one from St. John Ambulance attending at a sports event.
- zamburak A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest, especially as mounted on the back of a camel.
- zamindar An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.
- zampogna A kind of Italian double-chantered bagpipe.
- zaratan In Arabic folklore, an extremely large (sea) turtle, the shell of which resembles an island.
- zeerust Datedness of something originally intended to seem futuristic.
- zeitgeist The spirit of the age; the taste, outlook, and spirit characteristic of a period.
- zelatrix A nun who oversees the behavior of young nuns.
- zelotic Characteristic of zealots, especially those that were part of rebellious movements in biblical times
- zemstvo A Russian district or provincial council, or elective local-governmental administrative division, fo
- zentai skintight garments that cover the entire body
- zenzizenzic The fourth power of a number; the biquadrate.
- zequals Is equal to, after performing such a reduction.
- zestful Full of zest. — Of food, or an aroma or flavour: pleasantly piquant, pungent, or spicy; zesty.
- zetetic Proceeding by inquiry or investigation.
- ziggurat Any building with similar style or shape.
- zilch A nobody: a person who is worthless in importance or character.
- zillah A district or local division, as of a province, in India.
- zimzum The self-imposed "withdrawal" of a part of God to enable the creation of the universe, as described
- zinar A necklace with amulets used ceremonially by Hindus.
- zindan an improvised prison cell consisting of a hole in the ground covered with a metal grille or grate.
- zoetrope An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through sli
- zonula Any of several small belt-like regions.
- zonule A little zone, or girdle; a zonula.
- zoolatry The worship of animals.
- zooxanthella Any of the yellow pigmentary particles, or minute corpuscles of yellow coloring matter, found in cer
- zouave a French soldier in the Union army of the Unites States civil war, or a Union soldier in a French so
- zugzwang A situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move; a position where any legal m
- zygomaxillare A craniometric point at the base of the suture between the zygomatic and maxillary bones.
- zygon In the cerebrum, a short crossbar fissure that connects the two pairs of branches of a larger zygal