8-letter words containing t, z, a
- vitalize — to give life to; make vital.
- vizament — a consultation
- waltzers — Plural form of waltzer.
- waltzing — Present participle of waltz.
- yahrzeit — the anniversary of the death of a parent, sibling, child, or spouse, observed by lighting a memorial lamp or candle the night before and reciting the Kaddish at the evening service of the day before and at the morning and afternoon services of the day itself.
- zaanstad — a port in the W Netherlands, in North Holland: formed (1974) from Zaandam, Koog a/d Zaan, Zaandijk, Wormerveer, Krommenie, Westzaan, and Assendelft; food and machinery industries. Pop: 139 000 (2003 est)
- zaibatsu — a great industrial or financial combination of Japan.
- zampolit — (historical) A deputy commander for political affairs in the Soviet Union.
- zamyatin — Yevgenii Ivanovich (jɪvˈɡjenij ɪˈvanəvitʃ). 1884–1937, Russian novelist and writer, in Paris from 1931, whose works include satirical studies of provincial life in Russia and England, where he worked during World War I, and the dystopian novel We (1924)
- zaratite — a mineral, hydrated basic nickel carbonate, occurring in the form of emerald-green incrustations on chromite and magnetite.
- zastruga — sastruga.
- zastrugi — sastruga.
- zatishye — former name of Elektrostal.
- zealants — Plural form of zealant.
- zealotic — In the manner of a zealot; zealous; fanatic.
- zealotry — undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism.
- zelatrix — a nun who monitors the behaviour of younger nuns
- zenithal — of or relating to the zenith; situated at or near the zenith.
- zetalisp — (language) The Maclisp dialect used on the LISP Machine. The many extensions to Maclisp include vectors, closures, flavors, stack groups, locatives, and invisible pointers. Currently supported by Lisp Machines, Inc. and Symbolics.
- zettaton — A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many sextillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
- ziggurat — (among the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians) a temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower, consisting of a number of stories and having about the outside a broad ascent winding round the structure, presenting the appearance of a series of terraces.
- zikkurat — Alternative spelling of ziggurat.
- zincates — Plural form of zincate.
- zlatoust — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, in the Ural Mountains.
- zoiatria — veterinary surgery
- zonation — the state or condition of being zonate.
- zooblast — an animal cell
- zoograft — animal tissue grafted to a human body, as in transplants, etc
- zoolatry — the worship of or excessive attention to animals.
- zoopathy — the science of animal diseases