7-letter words containing z
- boozing — any alcoholic beverage; whiskey.
- borazon — an extremely hard form of boron nitride
- bozeman — a city in S Montana.
- bozotic — (abuse) (From Bozo the Clown, a famous circus personality, via "bozo" - a clod, idiot or generally silly person) any form of clown-like or ludicrous behaviour. The word also has echoes of "robotic", so bozotic behaviour is mindless, automaton-like stupidity.
- brazers — to unite (metal objects) at high temperatures by applying any of various nonferrous solders.
- brazier — A brazier is a large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned to keep people warm when they are outside in cold weather, for example because of their work.
- bregenz — a resort in W Austria, the capital of Vorarlberg province. Pop: 26 752 (2001)
- britzka — a long horse-drawn carriage with a folding top over the rear seat and a rear-facing front seat
- bromize — to treat with bromine
- bronzed — Someone who is bronzed is attractively brown because they have been in the sun.
- bronzen — made of or resembling bronze
- bronzer — a cosmetic applied to the skin to simulate a sun tan
- broonzy — William Lee Conley, called Big Bill. 1893–1958, US blues singer and guitarist
- brulzie — a noisy dispute; a disturbance
- bryozoa — a phylum of invertebrates comprising about 4000 marine and freshwater species of bryozoans.
- bumbaze — to confuse; bewilder
- buzukia — bouzouki.
- buzz in — to admit (someone) to a building by activating an electronically controlled door
- buzzard — A buzzard is a large bird of prey.
- buzzcut — a very short haircut
- buzzing — a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
- buzzsaw — A buzzsaw is an electric saw consisting of a round metal disk with a sharp serrated edge. It is powered by an electric motor and is used for cutting wood and other materials.
- buzzwig — a bushy wig
- cabezon — a large food fish, Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, of North American Pacific coastal waters, having greenish flesh: family Cottidae (bullheads and sea scorpions)
- cadenza — In classical music, a cadenza is a long and difficult solo passage in a piece for soloist and orchestra.
- calzone — a dish of Italian origin consisting of pizza dough folded over a filling of cheese and tomatoes, herbs, ham, etc
- canzona — a type of 16th- or 17th-century contrapuntal music, usually for keyboard, lute, or instrumental ensemble
- canzone — a Provençal or Italian lyric, often in praise of love or beauty
- capataz — a foreman or supervisor.
- capsize — If you capsize a boat or if it capsizes, it turns upside down in the water.
- cardozo — Benjamin Nathan1870-1938; U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1932-38)
- castizo — (historical, under the caste system of colonial Latin America) The offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.
- cerveza — beer
- cezanne — Paul (pɔl). 1839–1906, French postimpressionist painter, who was a major influence on modern art, esp cubism, in stressing the structural elements latent in nature, such as the sphere and the cone
- chalaza — one of a pair of spiral threads of albumen holding the yolk of a bird's egg in position
- chalutz — a member of an organization of immigrants to Israeli agricultural settlements
- chametz — leavened food which may not be eaten during Passover
- chazzan — a cantor of a synagogue.
- chintzy — Something that is chintzy is decorated or covered with chintz.
- chorizo — a kind of highly seasoned pork sausage of Spain or Mexico
- chorzow — an industrial city in SW Poland: under German administration from 1794 to 1921. Pop: 113 739 (2007 est)
- chutzpa — unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
- cinzano — an Italian vermouth
- citizen — Someone who is a citizen of a particular country is legally accepted as belonging to that country.
- coalize — to form a coalition
- coblenz — Koblenz
- coetzee — J(ohn) M(ichael). born 1940, South African novelist: his works include Life and Times of Michael K (1983), which won the Booker Prize, Age of Iron (1990), Disgrace (1999), which won his second Booker Prize, and Elizabeth Costello (2003); Nobel prize for literature (2003)
- cognize — to perceive, become aware of, or know
- colditz — a town in E Germany, on the River Mulde: during World War II its castle was used as a top-security camp for Allied prisoners of war; many daring escape attempts, some successful, were made
- concize — Misspelling of concise.