8-letter words containing y, a, z
- 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.
- yangzhou — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- yarovize — to vernalize.
- yokozuna — A grand champion sumo wrestler.
- 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)
- zatishye — former name of Elektrostal.
- zealotry — undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism.
- zigzaggy — Made up of zigzags.
- zircaloy — any of various alloys containing about 98% zirconium, 1.5% tin, etc., that are resistant to corrosion and high temperatures and are used to contain fuel in nuclear reactors, etc.
- zoolatry — the worship of or excessive attention to animals.
- zoomancy — foreseeing the future through observing the actions of animals
- zoopathy — the science of animal diseases
- zoophagy — the feeding on animals by other animals
- zygaenid — of or relating to the burnet moth genus, Zygaena
- zymogram — a band of electrophoretic medium showing a pattern of enzymes following electrophoresis
- zyzzyvas — any of various South American weevils of the genus Zyzzyva, often destructive to plants.