9-letter words containing n, e, z
- zapotecan — a group of Amerindian languages spoken mainly in Oaxaca, Mexico
- zeelander — a province in the SW Netherlands, consisting largely of islands. 1041 sq. mi. (2695 sq. km). Capital: Middelburg.
- zemindary — zamindari.
- zemlinsky — Alexander von, 1871–1942, Austrian composer and conductor.
- zephaniah — a Minor Prophet of the 7th century b.c.
- zephyrean — of, relating to, or like a zephyr; full of or containing light breezes.
- zephyrian — of, relating to, or like a zephyr; full of or containing light breezes.
- zervanism — a Zoroastrian heresy that developed during the late Achaemenian period according to which both Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu were offspring of Zurvan.
- zhengzhou — a province in E China. 64,479 sq. mi. (167,000 sq. km). Capital: Zhengzhou.
- zhenjiang — a port in S Jiangsu province, in E China, on the Chang Jiang.
- zinfandel — a black vinifera grape, grown in California.
- zinkenite — a steel-gray mineral with metallic luster, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 6 Sb 14 S 27 .
- zippering — Present participle of zipper.
- zippiness — The quality of being zippy.
- zirconite — (mineralogy) A light brown variety of zircon.
- znaniecki — Florian [flaw-ree-ahn] /flɔˈri ɑn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1958, Polish sociologist.
- zona gale — Zona [zoh-nuh] /ˈzoʊ nə/ (Show IPA), 1874–1938, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and poet.
- zone line — blue line.
- zone time — standard time as applied at sea, reckoned according to the system of time zones.
- zonetimes — Plural form of zonetime.
- zoom lens — (in a camera or motion-picture projector) a lens assembly whose focal length can be continuously adjusted to provide various degrees of magnification without any loss of focus, thus combining the features of wide-angle, normal, and telephoto lenses.
- zootechny — the science of breeding animals
- 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)
- zwanziger — a former silver coin of Germany or Austria worth twenty kreutzers
- zymogenic — of or relating to a zymogen
- zyryenian — a member of a Uralic people of northeastern European Russia.