7-letter words containing z, i, r
- switzer — Swiss (def 2).
- szilard — Leo, 1898–1964, U.S. physicist, born in Hungary.
- tirpitz — Alfred von [ahl-freyt fuh n] /ˈɑl freɪt fən/ (Show IPA), 1849–1930, German admiral and statesman.
- tzarina — the wife of a czar; Russian empress.
- tzarism — dictatorship; despotic or autocratic government.
- tzarist — of, relating to, or characteristic of a czar or the system and principles of government under a czar.
- uberize — to subject (an industry) to a business model in which services are offered on demand through direct contact between a customer and a supplier, usually via mobile technology
- whizzer — Andrew Dickson, 1832–1918, U.S. diplomat and pioneer of land-grant education.
- wizards — Plural form of wizard.
- wizzard — Obsolete spelling of wizard.
- wrizled — wrinkled; wizened
- zairian — of or relating to Zaire or its people.
- zamorin — Leader of the medieval kingdom of Kozhikode.
- zardari — Asif Ali (ˈɑːsiːf ælɪ). born 1955, Pakistani politician; president of Pakistan (2008–13); widower of Benazir Bhutto
- zebrina — a herbaceous plant of the genus Zebrina
- zebrine — resembling a zebra.
- zebroid — resembling a zebra.
- zernike — Frits [frits;; Dutch frits] /frɪts;; Dutch frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1966, Dutch physicist: Nobel prize 1953.
- zero in — the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- zeroing — Present participle of zero.
- zeroize — (nonstandard) To set, reset or initialize something (especially a variable or parameter) to zero.
- zestier — Comparative form of zesty.
- ziegler — Karl [kahrl;; German kahrl] /kɑrl;; German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1897–1973, German chemist: Nobel prize 1963.
- zimarra — a cassock with a small cape attached.
- zingara — a female Gypsy.
- zingare — a female Gypsy.
- zingaro — a Gypsy.
- zingers — Plural form of zinger.
- zinsser — Hans [hanz,, hahnz] /hænz,, hɑnz/ (Show IPA), 1878–1940, U.S. bacteriologist.
- zippers — Plural form of zipper.
- zippier — Comparative form of zippy.
- zircons — Plural form of zircon.
- zithern — cittern.
- zithers — Plural form of zither.
- zittern — cittern.
- zoarial — a collection of distinct, individual zooids that make up a compound or colonial organism.
- zoarium — a collection of distinct, individual zooids that make up a compound or colonial organism.
- zorbing — (originally New Zealand) A sport in which a participant is secured inside a zorb and rolled downhill.
- zorgite — a chemical compound of copper-lead selenide
- zorilla — a weasellike African animal, Ictonyx striatus, resembling a skunk in coloration and habits.
- zorille — Ictonyx striatus, a small, carnivorous, nocturnal African mammal resembling a skunk.
- zuccari — Federico [fe-de-ree-kaw] /ˌfɛ dɛˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1543?–1609, and his brother Taddeo [tahd-de-aw] /tɑdˈdɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA) 1529–66, Italian painters.
- zwinger — A citadel or fortress, especially one that protects a city.