9-letter words containing k, z
- razorback — a finback or rorqual.
- reznikoff — Charles, 1894–1976, U.S. poet.
- rodzinski — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1958, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- shimazaki — Tōson [taw-sawn] /ˈtɔ sɔn/ (Show IPA), (Haruki Shimazaki) 1872–1943, Japanese author.
- sitzkrieg — slow-moving warfare marked by repeated stalemate.
- skip zone — a region surrounding a broadcasting station that cannot receive transmissions either directly or by reflection off the ionosphere
- tzaddikim — zaddik.
- whizz-kid — If you refer to a young person as a whizz-kid, you mean that they have achieved success at a young age because they are very clever and very good at something, especially making money.
- wyszynski — Stefan [stef-ahn] /ˈstɛf ɑn/ (Show IPA), Cardinal, 1901–81, Polish Roman Catholic clergyman: archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw and primate of Poland 1949–81; cardinal 1953–81.
- zákinthos — one of the southernmost islands of the Ionian Islands, Greece: 155 sq mi (401 sq km)
- zakynthos — Greek name of Zante.
- zamboorak — a small swivelling cannon mounted on a camel's back, from where it is fired
- zemlinsky — Alexander von, 1871–1942, Austrian composer and conductor.
- zinkenite — a steel-gray mineral with metallic luster, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 6 Sb 14 S 27 .
- znaniecki — Florian [flaw-ree-ahn] /flɔˈri ɑn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1958, Polish sociologist.
- zookeeper — a person who feeds and tends animals in a zoo.
- zuckerman — Solly (ˈsɒlɪ), Baron. 1904–93, British zoologist, born in South Africa; chief scientific adviser (1964–71) to the British Government. His books include The Social Life of Monkeys (1932) and the autobiography From Apes to Warlords (1978)
- zwiebacks — Plural form of zwieback.