5-letter words containing z
- senza — without; omitting
- sizar — (at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
- sized — having size as specified (often used in combination): middle-sized.
- sizer — (at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
- smaze — a mixture of haze and smoke.
- soyuz — one of a series of Soviet spacecraft, carrying one, two, or three cosmonauts, who carried out scientific research and developed rendezvous and docking techniques: still used to ferry crews to Soviet space stations.
- sozin — an antiseptic substance
- spazz — an awkward or clumsy person.
- spitz — Mark (Andrew) born 1950, U.S. swimmer: winner of seven gold medals in 1972 summer Olympic Games.
- squiz — to peer at quickly and closely.
- stutz — Harry Clayton, 1876–1930, U.S. automobile manufacturer.
- suzie — a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- swazi — a member of a Nguni people of Swaziland and the Republic of South Africa.
- szell — George, 1897–1970, U.S. pianist and conductor, born in Hungary.
- szold — Henrietta, 1860–1945, U.S. Zionist: founded Hadassah in 1912.
- taraz — a city in S Kazakhstan: chemical manufacturing. Pop: 339 000 (2005 est)
- tazza — a shallow, saucerlike, ornamental bowl, often having handles and usually on a high base or pedestal.
- tevez — Carlos (Alberto). born 1984, Argentinian footballer; played for Manchester United (2007–09, Manchester City (2009–2013), and Juventus from 2013
- tezel — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1465?–1519, German monk: antagonist of Martin Luther.
- tisza — a river in S central Europe, rising in the Ukraine and flowing from the Carpathian Mountains along the Romanian border into E Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia, where it joins the Danube N of Belgrade. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- tizzy — Slang. a dither. a nervous, excited, or distracted state.
- topaz — a mineral, a fluosilicate of aluminum, usually occurring in prismatic orthorhombic crystals of various colors, and used as a gem.
- tozie — a type of shawl made from the inner coat of a goat
- tuzla — a city in NE Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- tzara — Tristan, original name Samuel Rosenstock. 1896–1963, French poet and essayist, born in Romania, best known as the founder of Dada: author of The Approximate Man (1931).
- tzepo — Zibo.
- tzupo — Zibo.
- unzip — to open the zipper of.
- utzon — Jørn, 1918–2008, Danish architect.
- uzbeg — Uzbek.
- uzbek — a member of a town-dwelling Turkic people of Turkestan and Uzbekistan.
- vaduz — a small principality in central Europe between Austria and Switzerland: economically linked with Switzerland. 65 sq. mi. (168 sq. km). Capital: Vaduz.
- vizir — (formerly) a high official in certain Muslim countries and caliphates, especially a minister of state. Compare grand vizier.
- vizor — to protect or mask with a visor; shield.
- vozhd — a Russian leader
- waitz — Greta, 1953–2011, Norwegian distance runner.
- waltz — a ballroom dance, in moderately fast triple meter, in which the dancers revolve in perpetual circles, taking one step to each beat.
- wanze — to decrease or curtail
- warez — Software that has been illegally copied and made available.
- wazir — Alternative form of vizier.
- wazoo — the anus.
- whizz — to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
- windz — a vertical or inclined shaft driven downward from a drift into an orebody.
- winze — a curse.
- wirtz — William Willard, 1912–2010, U.S. lawyer and government official: Secretary of Labor 1962–69.
- wizen — wizened.
- wootz — a type of crucible steel developed in India
- woozy — stupidly confused; muddled: woozy from a blow on the head.
- xyzzy — Used as a placeholder word or metasyntactic variable.
- yatzy — A dice game.