7-letter words containing z, a
- castizo — (historical, under the caste system of colonial Latin America) The offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.
- cerveza — beer
- cezanne — Paul (pɔl). 1839–1906, French postimpressionist painter, who was a major influence on modern art, esp cubism, in stressing the structural elements latent in nature, such as the sphere and the cone
- chalaza — one of a pair of spiral threads of albumen holding the yolk of a bird's egg in position
- chalutz — a member of an organization of immigrants to Israeli agricultural settlements
- chametz — leavened food which may not be eaten during Passover
- chazzan — a cantor of a synagogue.
- chutzpa — unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
- cinzano — an Italian vermouth
- coalize — to form a coalition
- corazon — the heart.
- corizza — Italian name of Korçë.
- coryzal — relating to coryza
- coryzas — Plural form of coryza.
- cosenza — a city in S Italy, in Calabria. Pop: 72 998 (2001)
- crazier — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- crazies — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- crazily — If something moves crazily, it moves in a way or in a direction that you do not expect.
- crazing — to derange or impair the mind of; make insane: He was crazed by jealousy.
- cruzado — a former standard monetary unit of Brazil, replaced by the cruzeiro
- cyanize — to turn into cyanide
- czardas — a Hungarian national dance of alternating slow and fast sections
- czardom — the domain of a czar.
- czarina — variant spellings (esp US) of tsarina or tsaritsa
- czarism — the Russian government under the czars
- czarist — a variant spelling (esp US) of tsarist
- damozel — damsel.
- danazol — a synthetic male hormone, similar to testosterone, used in the treatment of endometriosis
- dazedly — to stun or stupefy with a blow, shock, etc.: He was dazed by a blow on the head.
- dazibao — (in China) a wallposter.
- dazzled — to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light: He was dazzled by the sudden sunlight.
- dazzler — to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light: He was dazzled by the sudden sunlight.
- dazzles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dazzle.
- deglaze — to dilute meat sediments in (a pan) in order to make a sauce or gravy
- deutzia — any saxifragaceous shrub of the genus Deutzia: cultivated for their clusters of white or pink spring-blooming flowers
- dialyze — to apply dialysis to or separate by dialysis
- diarize — to make use of a diary to record past events or those planned for the future
- diazene — (inorganic compound) The compound HN=NH.
- diazine — any organic compound whose molecules contain a hexagonal ring of four carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms, esp any of three isomers with the formula C4N2H4
- diazole — any organic compound whose molecules contain a pentagonal ring of three carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms, esp imidazole (1,3-diazole) or pyrazole (1,1–diazole)
- dizzard — (obsolete) A jester or fool.
- dopiaza — (in Indian cookery) a dish of meat or fish cooked in an onion sauce
- dualize — to make dual.
- durazzo — Italian name of Durrës.
- dzongka — the official language of Bhutan: a dialect of Tibetan
- ectozoa — any animal parasite, as the louse, that lives on the surface of its host (opposed to entozoon).
- el gîza — a city in NE Egypt, on the W bank of the Nile opposite Cairo: nearby are the Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) and the Sphinx. Pop: 2 221 868 (1996)
- eleazar — Aaron's son and successor as high priest: Num. 20:28
- emblaze — (transitive) To kindle; set ablaze.
- entozoa — Plural form of entozoon.