3-letter words containing z
- zel — A type of Oriental cymbal.
- zen — Chinese Ch'an. Buddhism. a Mahayana movement, introduced into China in the 6th century a.d. and into Japan in the 12th century, that emphasizes enlightenment for the student by the most direct possible means, accepting formal studies and observances only when they form part of such means. Compare koan, mondo1 .
- zep — (US, dialectal) A certain type of submarine sandwich.
- zex — a tool for cutting roof slate
- zfc — (mathematics) Zermelo Fränkel set theory plus the Axiom of Choice. A favourite axiomatisation of set theory.
- zfr — Zoids Fan Racing
- zgg — Zero Gravity Gymnastics
- zgu — Zambia Golf Union
- zhl — Zambonie Hockey League
- zho — Alternative spelling of dzo.
- zhu — river in SE China, forming an estuary between Macao & Hong Kong: c. 100 mi (161 km)
- zif — Zero Insertion Force
- zig — to move in one of the two directions followed in a zigzag course: He zigged when he should have zagged.
- zil — (games) Zork Implementation Language. Language used by Infocom's Interactive Fiction adventure games. Interpreted by the zmachine, for Unix and Amiga.
- zin — (informal) Zinfandel wine.
- zip — zip code.
- zir — (neologism) them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular accusative (object) pronoun, coordinate with m him and m her.
- zis — Eye dialect of this.
- zit — a pimple; skin blemish.
- ziv — a month equivalent to Iyar of the modern Jewish calendar. I Kings 6:1.
- ziw — Zany Interactive Wrestling
- zja — Zambia Judo Association
- zkf — Zambia Karate Federation
- zll — Zionsville Little League
- zmp — Zaray Moan Points
- zo- — zoo-
- zoa — plural of zoon.
- zoe — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “life.”.
- zog — (hypertext) A high-performance hypertext system developed at Carnegie-Mellon University.
- zol — (South Africa, slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- zoo — Berkeley Yacc
- zot — (slang) To zap, kill, or destroy.
- zpg — zero population growth
- zre — Democratic Republic of Congo (international car registration)
- zsc — Zionsville Swim Club
- zsz — Zark Sniper Zone
- zt1 — Zimmerman Thunder 1
- ztq — Zone Team Qualifier
- zud — Alternative form of dzud.
- zug — a canton in central Switzerland. 92 sq. mi. (238 sq. km).
- zun — (nonstandard, British, dialect) sun.
- zuz — an ancient Hebrew silver coin, the fourth part of a silver shekel.
- zwf — Zenith Wrestling Federation
- zzz — Implies that a particular character is asleep.