8-letter words containing z, i, n
- topazine — like topaz
- triazine — any of a group of three compounds containing three nitrogen and three carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring and having the formula C 3 H 3 N 3 .
- trizonal — formed or arranged in three layers or zones
- ungazing — not gazing
- uni-size — made to fit all sizes, types, weights, etc., within the ordinary range: unisize swimming trunks.
- unionize — to form into a union.
- unitizer — a person or thing that arranges units into batches
- unprized — not treasured or valued
- unseized — not seized
- unzipped — uncoded (def 2).
- urbanize — to make or cause to become urban, as a locality.
- vanzetti — Bartolomeo [bahr-taw-law-me-aw] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1927, Italian anarchist, in U.S. after 1908.
- vizament — a consultation
- vizcaino — Sebastián [Spanish se-vahs-tyahn] /Spanish ˌsɛ vɑsˈtyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1550?–1628? Spanish explorer in the Americas.
- waltzing — Present participle of waltz.
- weizmann — Chaim [khahy-im] /ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1874–1952, Israeli chemist and Zionist leader, born in Russia: 1st president of Israel 1948–52.
- wheezing — The quality or symptom of breathing with an audible wheeze.
- whizbang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
- whizzing — to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
- wizening — Present participle of wizen.
- womanize — to make effeminate.
- zamindar — (in British India) a landlord required to pay a land tax to the government.
- 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)
- zangwill — Israel, 1865–1926, English novelist and playwright.
- zaniness — ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.
- zanzibar — an island off the E coast of Africa: with Pemba and adjacent small islands it formerly comprised a sultanate under British protection; became independent in 1963; now part of Tanzania. 640 sq. mi. (1658 sq. km).
- zebrinny — the offspring of a male horse and a female zebra
- zecchino — sequin (defs 2–4).
- zemindar — (in British India) a landlord required to pay a land tax to the government.
- zenithal — of or relating to the zenith; situated at or near the zenith.
- zeppelin — Count Ferdinand von [fer-di-nahnt fuh n] /ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt fən/ (Show IPA), 1838–1917, German general and aeronaut: designer and manufacturer of the zeppelin.
- zhejiang — a province in E China, on the East China Sea. 39,768 sq. mi. (102,999 sq. km). Capital: Hangzhou.
- zhuangzi — Chuang-tzu.
- zibeline — of or relating to the sable.
- zillions — Plural form of zillion.
- zimbalon — a complex zither played especially in Hungary.
- zincates — Plural form of zincate.
- zincking — Present participle of zinc.
- zindabad — long live: used as part of a slogan in India, Pakistan, etc
- zinester — One who compiles and publishes a zine.
- zingiber — a member of the Zingiber genus of 85 species of tropical plants with bright green leaves and yellow-green flowers and of which one species is the ginger plant
- zinoviev — Grigori Evseevich [gryi-gaw-ryee yif-sye-yi-vyich] /gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪfˈsyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1883–1936, Russian Bolshevik leader.
- zionists — Plural form of zionist.
- zip line — a cable mechanism used for transportation across a river, gorge, etc
- zirconia — Chemistry. a white, heavy, amorphous, odorless and tasteless, infusible, water-insoluble powder, ZrO 2 , used chiefly as a pigment for paints, an abrasive, and in the manufacture of refractory crucibles.
- zirconyl — containing the group ZrO=, as zirconyl bromide, ZrOBr 2 .
- zonation — the state or condition of being zonate.
- zonetime — standard time as applied at sea, reckoned according to the system of time zones.
- zoogenic — produced or caused by animals.
- zoomania — An excessive or abnormal love of animals.