7-letter words containing z, a
- izzards — Plural form of izzard.
- jacuzzi — A hot tub with underwater jets that massage the body.
- jazelle — (database) A data management system for High Energy Physics from Stanford Linear Accelerator.
- jazz up — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
- jazzily — In a jazzy way.
- jazzist — A jazz musician.
- jazzman — a musician who plays jazz.
- jazzmen — Plural form of jazzman.
- jeritza — Maria [mah-ree-ah] /mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1887–1982, Austrian operatic soprano.
- jezabel — Also, Douay Bible, Jezabel. the wife of Ahab, king of Israel. I Kings 16:31.
- jiaozuo — a city in Henan province, E central China.
- judaize — to conform to the spirit, character, principles, or practices of Judaism.
- kapitza — Pyotr L(eonidovich) [pyawtr lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /pyɔtr lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1978.
- kazdaği — Ida2
- kwanzaa — a harvest festival celebrated from Dec. 26th until Jan. 1st in some African-American communities.
- kwanzas — Plural form of kwanza.
- kwazulu — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in South Africa, in Natal: abolished in 1993 and became part of the new province of KwaZulu-Natal in 1994. Capital: Ulundi
- kyanize — to treat (wood) against decay with a solution of mercuric chloride.
- la raza — la, (sometimes initial capital letters) Mexican Spanish. la raza.
- laicize — to remove the clerical character or nature of; secularize: to laicize a school; to laicize the office of headmaster.
- lairize — to show off or act like a lair
- lanzhou — a province in N central China. 137,104 sq. mi. (355,099 sq. km). Capital: Lanzhou.
- lao-tzu — (Li Erh; Li Er) 6th-century b.c, Chinese philosopher: reputed founder of Taoism.
- laydeez — a jocular spelling of ladies, as pronounced in a mid-Atlantic accent
- lazaret — a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.
- lazarus — the diseased beggar in the parable of the rich man and the beggar. Luke 16:19–31.
- laziest — averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
- lazying — averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
- lazyish — Somewhat lazy.
- livenza — a river in NE Italy, flowing SE to the Adriatic. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- lizards — Plural form of lizard.
- lizzard — Obsolete form of lizard.
- machzor — machzors, Hebrew. mahzor.
- mahfouz — Naguib [nah-geeb] /nɑˈgib/ (Show IPA), 1911–2006, Egyptian author: Nobel prize 1988.
- mandazi — A form of fried bread from eastern Africa.
- manzoni — Alessandro (Francesco Tommaso Antonio) [ah-les-sahn-draw frahn-ches-kaw tawm-mah-zaw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ tɔmˈmɑ zɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1785–1873, Italian novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- marezzo — an imitation marble composed of Keene's cement, fiber, and coloring matter.
- matanza — (US, Western US) A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow.
- matzoon — a fermented milk product similar to yogurt
- matzoth — matzo.
- mazarin — Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Giulio Mazarini) 1602–61, French cardinal and statesman, born in Italy: chief minister of Louis XIV 1642–61.
- mazatec — a member of an American Indian people of northern Oaxaca, in Mexico.
- mazdoor — (India) laborer.
- mazedly — in a bewildered manner
- mazeful — bewildering
- mazurka — a lively Polish dance in moderately quick triple meter.
- mazzard — a wild sweet cherry, Prunus avium, used as a rootstock for cultivated varieties of cherries.
- mazzini — Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1805–72, Italian patriot and revolutionary.
- menazon — a colorless, crystalline compound, C 6 H 1 2 N 5 O 2 PS 2 , used as a systemic insecticide, especially for control of aphids.
- mendoza — Pedro de [pe-th raw th e] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1487–1537, Spanish soldier and explorer: founder of the first colony of Buenos Aires 1536?.