4-letter words containing z
- zeke — an apostle who demanded proof of Christ's Resurrection. John 20:24–29.
- zeks — (in the former U.S.S.R.) an inmate of a forced-labor camp.
- zemi — Any of various local deities, human or animal and represented by small idols, once worshipped by the Caribbean peoples of the Taino culture.
- zend — Zoroastrianism. a translation and exposition of the Avesta in Pahlavi.
- zeno — Zeno of Citium.
- zeon — The hot water added to the chalice by the priest during the Byzantine Eucharist to commemorate the water that flowed from the crucified Christ's side when pierced by the spear.
- zerk — A type of grease fitting.
- zero — the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- zest — keen relish; hearty enjoyment; gusto.
- zeta — the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
- zeus — Berkeley Yacc
- zeya — a river in SE Siberian Russia, flowing S and SE to the Amur River. 800 miles (1287 km) long.
- zeze — an East African stringed musical instrument
- zhos — Plural form of zho.
- zhou — Chou.
- zibo — a city in central Shandong province, in NE China.
- ziff — a beard
- zift — Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer: a procedure in the treatment of infertility in which an egg that has been fertilised in a laboratory is inserted into the recipient's Fallopian tubes
- zigs — Plural form of zig.
- zika — Also called Zika fever, Zika disease, Zika virus disease. an illness caused by a chiefly mosquito-borne virus of the genus Flavivirus , typically characterized by mild fever, rash, and joint pain.
- zikr — dhikr.
- zila — an administrative district in India
- zill — One of a set of small finger cymbals used in belly dancing and similar performances.
- zimb — Zimbabwe
- zinc — Chemistry. a ductile, bluish-white metallic element: used in making galvanized iron, brass, and other alloys, and as an element in voltaic cells. Symbol: Zn; atomic weight: 65.37; atomic number: 30; specific gravity: 7.14 at 20°C.
- zine — fanzine.
- zing — vitality, animation, or zest.
- zink — Obsolete form of zinc.
- zino — (physics) The superpartner of the Z-boson.
- zins — Plural form of zin.
- zion — a hill in Jerusalem, on which the Temple was built (used to symbolize the city itself, especially as a religious or spiritual center).
- zips — Plural form of zip.
- ziti — a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
- zits — a pimple; skin blemish.
- zizz — A whizzing or buzzing sound.
- zlin — a city in SE Moravia, Czech Republic.
- zoan — Biblical name of Tanis.
- zoar — the city where Lot and his family took refuge during the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Gen. 19:20–30.
- zoea — any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace.
- zoic — (rare) Showing traces of life; containing organic remains.
- zola — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1840–1902, French novelist.
- zols — Plural form of zol.
- zome — A building with unusual geometry.
- zona — A zone or band; a layer.
- zond — one of a series of Soviet space probes that photographed the moon and returned to earth.
- zone — any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established: The decisions were formulated in a zone of uncertainty. The temperature lies outside the danger zone.
- zonk — to become unconscious from alcohol or narcotic drugs; pass out.
- zony — The offspring of a male zebra and a female pony.
- zoo- — indicating animals
- zoom — to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound: cars zooming by on the freeway.