4-letter words containing z
- fizz — to make a hissing or sputtering sound; effervesce.
- fozy — spongy; loose-textured.
- friz — the state of being frizzed.
- futz — to pass time in idleness (usually followed by around).
- fuze — a mechanical or electronic device to detonate an explosive charge, especially as contained in an artillery shell, a missile, projectile, or the like.
- fuzz — loose, light, fibrous, or fluffy matter.
- gaza — a seaport on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Gaza Strip, adjacent to SW Israel; occupied by Israel 1967–94; since 1994 under Palestinian self-rule: ancient trade-route center.
- gaze — stare
- gazy — tending to gaze
- geez — a Semitic language of ancient Ethiopia, now used only as the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Church.
- getz — Stan(ley) 1927–91, U.S. jazz saxophonist.
- giza — Giza.
- gizz — a wig
- gorz — German name of Gorizia.
- gotz — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1840–76, German composer.
- graz — a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- gunz — the first stage of the glaciation of Eurasia during the Pleistocene. Compare Nebraskan (def 4).
- guze — (heraldiccharge) A roundlet of the sanguine tincture, which is blazoned without mention of the tincture.
- gzip — (tool, compression) GNU compression utility. Gzip reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv LZ77 compression. Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the filename extension ".gz". Compressed files can be restored to their original form using gzip -d or gunzip or zcat. The Unix "compress" utility is patented (by two separate patents, in fact) and is thus shunned by the GNU Project since it is not free software. They have therefore chosen gzip, which is free of any known software patents and which tends to compress better anyway. All compressed files in the GNU anonymous FTP area (gnu.org/pub/gnu) are in gzip format and their names end in ".gz" (as opposed to "compress"-compressed files, which end in ".Z"). Gzip can uncompress "compress"-compressed files and "pack" files (which end in ".z"). The decompression algorithms are not patented, only compression is. The gzip program is available from any GNU archive site in shar, tar, or gzipped tar format (for those who already have a prior version of gzip and want faster data transmission). It works on virtually every Unix system, MS-DOS, OS/2 and VMS.
- harz — a range of wooded hills in central Germany, between the Rivers Weser and Elbe: source of many legends. Highest peak: Brocken, 1142 m (3746 ft)
- haze — vagueness or obscurity, as of the mind or perception; confused or vague thoughts, feelings, etc.: The victims were still in a haze and couldn't describe the accident.
- hazy — characterized by the presence of haze; misty: hazy weather.
- higz — High Level Interface to Graphics and Zebra. Part of the PAW system.
- hitz — Informal spelling of hitz.
- hizz — (obsolete, intransitive) To hiss.
- huzz — (obsolete, intransitive) To buzz; to murmur.
- igzo — indium gallium zinc oxide, a compound semiconductor.
- inez — a female given name, form of Agnes.
- itcz — Intertropical Convergence Zone
- izar — a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.
- izba — the traditional log house of rural Russia, with an unheated entrance room and a single living and sleeping room heated by a clay or brick stove.
- izzy — Edward Durell [doo-rel,, dyoo-] /dʊˈrɛl,, dyʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1902–78, U.S. architect.
- jazz — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
- jeez — A mild expression used to show surprise or annoyance.
- jizz — to ejaculate.
- jozi — Johannesburg
- katz — Sir Bernard [bur-nerd] /ˈbɜr nərd/ (Show IPA), 1911–2003, British biophysicist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1970.
- laze — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
- lazy — averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
- linz — a province in N Austria. 4631 sq. mi. (11,995 sq. km). Capital: Linz.
- liza — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lodz — a city in central Poland, SW of Warsaw.
- lozi — a Bantu language spoken in Barotseland, in western Zambia.
- lulz — laughs at someone else’s or one’s own expense
- lutz — a jump in which the skater leaps from the back outer edge of one skate to make one full rotation in the air and lands on the back outer edge of the opposite skate.
- maze — a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth.
- mazu — Matsu.
- mazy — full of confusing turns, passages, etc.; like a maze; labyrinthine.
- metz — the E part of the former kingdom of the Franks, comprising parts of what is now NE France, W Germany, and Belgium. Capital: Metz.
- meze — several small dishes served as an appetizer or with alcoholic drinks, or as a light meal.