7-letter words containing z
- lazaret — a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.
- lazarus — the diseased beggar in the parable of the rich man and the beggar. Luke 16:19–31.
- laziest — averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
- lazying — averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
- lazyish — Somewhat lazy.
- leibniz — Gottfried Wilhelm von [German gawt-freet vil-helm fuh n] /German ˈgɔt frit ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1646–1716, German philosopher, writer, and mathematician.
- leipzig — a city in E central Germany.
- leizhou — a peninsula of SW Guangdong province, in SE China, between the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin. About 75 miles (120 km) long; about 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- lionize — to treat (a person) as a celebrity: to lionize the visiting poet.
- liuzhou — a city in central Guangxi Zhuang region, in S China.
- livenza — a river in NE Italy, flowing SE to the Adriatic. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- lizards — Plural form of lizard.
- lizbeth — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lizzard — Obsolete form of lizard.
- lorentz — Hendrik Antoon [hen-drik ahn-tohn] /ˈhɛn drɪk ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), 1853–1928, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1902.
- lorenzo — Saint, Lawrence, Saint.
- lozenge — a small, flavored tablet made from sugar or syrup, often medicated, originally diamond-shaped.
- lozengy — divided by diagonal lines to form a lattice
- machzor — machzors, Hebrew. mahzor.
- mahfouz — Naguib [nah-geeb] /nɑˈgib/ (Show IPA), 1911–2006, Egyptian author: Nobel prize 1988.
- mandazi — A form of fried bread from eastern Africa.
- manzoni — Alessandro (Francesco Tommaso Antonio) [ah-les-sahn-draw frahn-ches-kaw tawm-mah-zaw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ tɔmˈmɑ zɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1785–1873, Italian novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- marezzo — an imitation marble composed of Keene's cement, fiber, and coloring matter.
- matanza — (US, Western US) A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow.
- matzoon — a fermented milk product similar to yogurt
- matzoth — matzo.
- mazarin — Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Giulio Mazarini) 1602–61, French cardinal and statesman, born in Italy: chief minister of Louis XIV 1642–61.
- mazatec — a member of an American Indian people of northern Oaxaca, in Mexico.
- mazdoor — (India) laborer.
- mazedly — in a bewildered manner
- mazeful — bewildering
- mazurka — a lively Polish dance in moderately quick triple meter.
- mazzard — a wild sweet cherry, Prunus avium, used as a rootstock for cultivated varieties of cherries.
- mazzini — Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1805–72, Italian patriot and revolutionary.
- menazon — a colorless, crystalline compound, C 6 H 1 2 N 5 O 2 PS 2 , used as a systemic insecticide, especially for control of aphids.
- mendoza — Pedro de [pe-th raw th e] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1487–1537, Spanish soldier and explorer: founder of the first colony of Buenos Aires 1536?.
- menzies — Sir Robert Gordon, 1894–1978, Australian statesman: prime minister 1939–41 and 1949–1966.
- merguez — A spicy beef and lamb sausage colored with red peppers, originally made in parts of North Africa.
- mesozoa — the phylum of invertebrates comprising the mesozoans, parasitic wormlike multicellular organisms sometimes considered to be intermediate in complexity between protozoans and metazoans.
- mestiza — a woman of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, especially, in Latin America, of mixed American Indian and European descent or, in the Philippines, of mixed native and foreign descent.
- mestizo — a person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry, especially, in Latin America, of mixed American Indian and European descent or, in the Philippines, of mixed native and foreign descent.
- metazoa — a zoological group comprising the multicellular animals.
- metrize — to find a metric for (a topological space for which the metric topology is the given topology).
- mezuzah — a parchment scroll inscribed on one side with the Biblical passages Deut. 6:4–9 and 11:13–21 and on the other side with the word Shaddai (a name applied to God), inserted in a small case or tube so that Shaddai is visible through an aperture in front, and attached by some Jews to the doorpost of the home.
- miazine — pyrimidine (def 1).
- midsize — Of an average size; intermediate in size between large and small.
- milazzo — a seaport in NE Sicily, in Italy.
- mitzvah — any of the collection of 613 commandments or precepts in the Bible and additional ones of rabbinic origin that relate chiefly to the religious and moral conduct of Jews.
- mitzvot — any of the collection of 613 commandments or precepts in the Bible and additional ones of rabbinic origin that relate chiefly to the religious and moral conduct of Jews.
- mizmaze — a maze or a complex network