11-letter words containing z, c
- uncivilized — not civilized or cultured; barbarous.
- uncognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
- unlocalized — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- unmechanize — to break up or disarrange (something)
- unvocalized — not articulated; unspoken; unvoiced
- uto-aztecan — an American Indian language family, widespread from Idaho to Central America and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific: this family includes Hopi, Ute, Shoshone, Comanche, Nahuatl, Papago, Pima, and other languages.
- vacuumizing — to create a vacuum in.
- vascularize — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vasectomize — to perform a vasectomy on
- vulcanizate — a vulcanized substance.
- weltschmerz — sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism.
- witch hazel — a shrub, Hamamelis virginiana, of eastern North America, having toothed, egg-shaped leaves and small, yellow flowers. Compare witch hazel family.
- zauschneria — Epilobium canum, a North American willowherb.
- zebra finch — a small Australian waxbill, Poephila guttata, that has black-and-white barred plumage and a chestnut ear patch: popular as a cage bird.
- zeptosecond — one sextillionth (10 -21) of a second. Abbreviation: zsec, zs.
- zero vector — a vector of which all the components are zero.
- zero-coupon — of or relating to a debt obligation that bears no interest but that is sold substantially below its face value.
- zinc blende — sphalerite.
- zinciferous — yielding or containing zinc.
- zincographs — Plural form of zincograph.
- zincography — the art or process of producing a printing surface on a zinc plate, especially of producing one in relief by etching away unprotected parts with acid.
- zoanthropic — relating to or displaying zoanthropy
- zoocephalic — (of gods, mythological beings, etc) with the head of an animal
- zoochemical — the branch of chemistry dealing with the constituents of the animal body; animal chemistry.
- zoomagnetic — of or relating to animal magnetism or hypnotism
- zootechnics — the breeding and domestication of animals; the technology of animal husbandry.
- zootheistic — of or relating to zootheism
- zwischenzug — a tactical move interpolated into an exchange or series of exchanges to improve the outcome
- zx spectrum — (computer) Sinclair's first personal computer with a colour display. The Spectrum used the Zilog Z80 processor like its predecessors the ZX-80 and ZX-81. It was originally available in 16k and 48k versions using cassette tape and later grew to 128k and sprouted floppy disks. It had a wider and more solid case and a marginally better "dead flesh" keyboard. Unlike the earlier models, it didn't require the presence of a cold carton of milk to prevent it overheating. It was possibly the most popular home computer in the UK for many years. The TK-90X was a clone.
- zygocardiac — relating to a small bone in the stomach of a crayfish and other crustaceans
- zygodactyls — Plural form of zygodactyl.
- zygodactyly — (anatomy) The condition of having two toes facing forward and two backward, as in some birds and chameleons.
- zygomaticus — (anatomy) One of several small subcutaneous facial muscles arising from or in relation with the zygoma.
- zygomorphic — having bilateral symmetry; divisible lengthwise into similar or symmetrical halves.
- zygomycetes — any of a wide variety of common fungi constituting the phylum Zygomycota of the kingdom Fungi (or the class Zygomycetes of the kingdom Plantae), in which sexual reproduction is by the formation of zygospores.
- zygotically — By means of, or in terms of, zygosis.