5-letter words containing z
- bezel — the sloping face adjacent to the working edge of a cutting tool
- bezos — Jeff. real name Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen. born 1964, US entrepreneur: founder (1994) and CEO of the online retailer Amazon
- bizet — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1838–75, French composer, whose works include the opera Carmen (1875) and incidental music to Daudet's L'Arlésienne (1872)
- bizzo — empty and irrelevant talk or ideas; nonsense
- bizzy — a policeman
- blaze — When a fire blazes, it burns strongly and brightly.
- blitz — If a city or building is blitzed during a war, it is attacked by bombs dropped by enemy aircraft.
- bonze — a Chinese or Japanese Buddhist priest or monk
- booze — Booze is alcoholic drink.
- boozy — A boozy person is someone who drinks a lot of alcohol.
- bortz — low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- bozen — German name of Bolzano (def 2).
- braz. — Brazil(ian)
- braza — a unit of measurement used in Spain and Latin America, equal to 167 centimetres
- braze — to decorate with, make like, or make of brass
- buaze — a flowering shrub commonly found in savannah woodland areas of Africa
- buzau — city in Walachia, SE Romania: pop. 149,000
- buzzy — If a place, event, or atmosphere is buzzy, it is lively, interesting, and modern.
- byzas — a son of Poseidon and the eponymous founder of Byzantium.
- cadiz — the usual, anglicized spelling of Cádiz
- capiz — the bivalve shell of a mollusc (Placuna placenta) found esp in the Philippines and having a smooth translucent shiny interior: used in jewellery, ornaments, lampshades, etc
- ccanz — Council of Churches in Aotearoa/New Zealand
- cezve — a small metal pot, usually of copper, with a long metal handle, used for preparing Turkish, Arabic, or Greek style coffee
- cheez — (Indian Classical music) composition.
- cloze — In language teaching, a cloze test is a test in which words are removed from a text and replaced with spaces. The learner has to fill each space with a suitable word.
- clutz — Alt form of klutz.
- cobza — a lute-like instrument of Romania
- colza — any of several plants (genus Brassica) of the crucifer family, esp. rape, whose seeds yield an oil used in lubricants, salad dressings, etc.
- cooze — the female genitals
- cozed — to converse in a friendly way; chat.
- cozen — to cheat or trick (someone)
- cozes — to converse in a friendly way; chat.
- cozey — a tea cosy
- cozie — snugly warm and comfortable: a cozy little house.
- craze — If there is a craze for something, it is very popular for a short time.
- crazy — If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
- croze — the recess cut at the end of a barrel or cask to receive the head
- cuzco — a city in S central Peru: former capital of the Inca Empire, with extensive Inca remains; university (1692). Pop: 307 000 (2005 est)
- czars — Plural form of czar.
- czech — Czech means belonging or relating to the Czech Republic, or to its people, language, or culture.
- danza — A Puerto Rican music genre associated with ballroom dance.
- danzi — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1763–1826, German composer.
- darzi — (in India) a tailor
- dazed — If someone is dazed, they are confused and unable to think clearly, often because of shock or a blow to the head.
- dazer — a device that dazes or stuns, esp one which stops dogs barking
- dazes — Plural form of daze.
- dazix — Daisy/Cadnetix Corporation. A supplier of digital electronic CAE systems.
- diazo — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group, =N:N, or the divalent group, -N:N-
- ditzy — flighty and easily confused; mildly or harmlessly eccentric.
- dizen — to deck with clothes or finery; bedizen.