5-letter words containing z
- dizzy — having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.
- doozy — Something outstanding or unique of its kind.
- dozed — to sleep lightly or fitfully.
- dozen — a group of 12.
- dozer — bulldozer (def 1).
- dozes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of doze.
- druze — Islam. a member of an independent religious sect living chiefly in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, established in the 11th century as a branch of Ismaʿili Shiʿism and containing elements of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and believing in the transmigration of souls and the ultimate perfection of humankind.
- druzy — Alternative spelling of drusy.
- dunzo — (US, slang) Done, finished.
- duraz — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 113 249 (2011 est)
- durzi — (India) a tailor, in India and the subcontinent.
- dzong — Alternative form of jong.
- eliza — (artificial intelligence) A famous program by Joseph Weizenbaum, which simulated a Rogerian psychoanalyst by rephrasing many of the patient's statements as questions and posing them to the patient. It worked by simple pattern recognition and substitution of key words into canned phrases. It was so convincing, however, that there are many anecdotes about people becoming very emotionally caught up in dealing with ELIZA. All this was due to people's tendency to attach to words meanings which the computer never put there. See also ELIZA effect.
- enzed — New Zealand
- enzym — Archaic form of enzyme.
- etzel — a great king who, according to the Nibelungenlied, was the second husband of Kriemhild after the death of Siegfried: identified with Attila the Hun
- ezek. — Ezekiel
- ezine — Alternative spelling of e-zine.
- ezrin — (genetics) A human gene that encodes a cytoplasmic peripheral membrane protein serving as an intermediate between the plasma membrane and the actin cytoskeleton.
- fazed — to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.
- fazes — to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.
- feaze — to untwist (the end of a rope).
- feeze — a state of vexation or worry.
- fezzy — wearing a fez
- finzi — Gerald. 1901–56, British composer. His works include the cantata Dies Natalis (1940)
- fizzy — bubbly; fizzing.
- fl oz — fluid ounce
- forza — force
- franz — a male given name, German form of Frank.
- fritz — on the fritz, not in working order: Our TV went on the fritz last night.
- frize — (architecture) archaic form of frieze.
- frizz — the state of being frizzed.
- froze — simple past tense of freeze.
- frsnz — Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- furze — gorse.
- furzy — Where furze grows.
- fuzed — Simple past tense and past participle of fuze.
- fuzee — a wooden friction match having a large head, formerly used when a larger than normal flame was needed.
- fuzes — Plural form of fuze.
- fuzzy — of the nature of or resembling fuzz: a soft, fuzzy material.
- gauze — any thin and often transparent fabric made from any fiber in a plain or leno weave.
- gauzy — like gauze; transparently thin and light.
- gazar — a silk fabric of loose construction with a stiff hand.
- gazed — to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder.
- gazee — One who is gazed at or observed.
- gazel — Archaic form of gazelle.
- gazer — to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder.
- gazes — Plural form of gaze.
- gazet — (obsolete) An old Venetian coin.
- gazon — a piece of turf used to cover a parapet