6-letter words containing i, z
- zigged — Simple past tense and past participle of zig.
- zigong — a city in S Sichuan province, in central China.
- zigzag — a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- zillah — one of the two wives of Lamech. Gen. 4:19.
- zilpah — the mother of Gad and Asher. Gen. 30:10–13.
- zinced — Simple past tense and past participle of zinc.
- zincic — pertaining to or containing zinc.
- zincky — Alternative form of zincy.
- zinder — a city in S Niger.
- zinged — vitality, animation, or zest.
- zingel — an edible freshwater perch of Europe with a long, slender body
- zinger — a quick, witty, or pointed remark or retort: During the debate she made a couple of zingers that deflated the opposition.
- zinnia — any of several composite plants of the genus Zinnia, native to Mexico and adjacent areas, especially the widely cultivated species Z. elegans, having variously colored, many-rayed flower heads.
- zip up — close with a zip fastener
- zip-in — capable of being inserted or attached by means of a zipper: a coat with a zip-in lining.
- zip-on — attachable by means of a zip fastener
- ziploc — a kind of transparent plastic storage bag sealed by joining special strips along the edges of the opening
- zipped — zero or nothing: The score of last night's hockey game was 4–zip.
- zipper — Also called slide fastener. a device used for fastening clothing, valises, etc., consisting of two toothed tracks or spiral metal or plastic coils, each bordering one of two edges to be joined, and a piece that either interlocks or separates them when pulled.
- ziptop — (of a bag) closed with a zip at the top
- zircon — a common mineral, zirconium silicate, ZrSiO 4 , occurring in small tetragonal crystals or grains of various colors, usually opaque: used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent.
- zitcom — A sitcom aimed at a teen audience or revolving around teen characters.
- zither — a musical instrument, consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings stretched over it, that is placed on a horizontal surface and played with a plectrum and the fingertips.
- zivana — Alternative form of zivania.
- ziwiye — an ancient city in W Iran: large collection of ivory, gold, and bronze artifacts, dating from c675 to c600 b.c., found here in 1946.
- zizels — Plural form of zizel.
- zizith — the fringes or tassels formerly worn at the corners of the outer garment and now worn at the four corners of the tallith and the arba kanfoth.
- zizzed — Simple past tense and past participle of zizz.
- zizzes — Plural form of zizz.
- zizzle — Synonym of sizzle.
- zoaria — a collection of distinct, individual zooids that make up a compound or colonial organism.
- zodiac — an imaginary belt of the heavens, extending about 8° on each side of the ecliptic, within which are the apparent paths of the sun, moon, and principal planets. It contains twelve constellations and hence twelve divisions called signs of the zodiac. Each division, however, because of the precession of the equinoxes, now contains the constellation west of the one from which it took its name. Compare sign of the zodiac.
- zoetic — (rare) Of or pertaining to life.
- zoftig — zaftig.
- zombie — the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose. the supernatural force itself.
- zonian — a U.S. citizen living in the Canal Zone.
- zoning — (especially in city planning) of or relating to the division of an area into zones, as to restrict the number and types of buildings and their uses: zoning laws.
- zonite — a body segment of a diplopod.
- zonoid — a finite vector sum of line segments
- zooids — Plural form of zooid.
- zooier — Comparative form of zooey.
- zoonic — Of or pertaining to animals; obtained from animal substances.
- zorino — (when referring to clothes made from this) the fur of a skunk
- zoysia — any of several low-growing grasses of the genus Zoysia, especially Z. matrella, native to tropical Asia and widely used for lawns.
- zurich — a canton in N Switzerland. 668 sq. mi. (1730 sq. km).
- zwicky — Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1898–1974, Swiss astrophysicist, born in Bulgaria, in the U.S. after 1925.
- zygoid — Of a zygote.
- zymite — a priest who uses leavened bread during communion
- zymoid — relating to a ferment
- zyrian — the language of the people of the Komi Autonomous Republic, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family; Komi