9-letter words containing za
- manzanita — any of several western North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Arctostaphylos, of the heath family, having leathery leaves and clusters of white to pink flowers.
- mazaedium — a fruiting body of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota in which there is a powdery mass of spores.
- mechitzah — mehitzah.
- mezzaluna — a crescent-shaped, single- or double-bladed chopping knife, with a handle on each end or a connecting handle.
- mezzanine — the lowest balcony or forward part of such a balcony in a theater.
- mozarabic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mozarabs: Mozarabic culture.
- pizza box — [Sun] The largish thin box housing the electronics in (especially Sun) desktop workstations, so named because of its size and shape and the dimpled pattern that looks like air holes. Two megabyte single-platter removable disk packs used to be called pizzas, and the huge drive they were stuck into was referred to as a pizza oven. It's an index of progress that in the old days just the disk was pizza-sized, while now the entire computer is.
- pizza-pie — a flat, open-faced baked pie of Italian origin, consisting of a thin layer of bread dough topped with spiced tomato sauce and cheese, often garnished with anchovies, sausage slices, mushrooms, etc.
- pizzaiola — (of a sauce or dish) made with tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, and other seasonings
- rizal day — December 30: a legal holiday commemorating the death of José Rizal.
- sforzando — to be played with strong initial attack
- shimazaki — Tōson [taw-sawn] /ˈtɔ sɔn/ (Show IPA), (Haruki Shimazaki) 1872–1943, Japanese author.
- smorzando — fading away; dying out (a musical direction).
- tanzanian — a republic in E Africa formed in 1964 by the merger of the republic of Tanganyika and the former island sultanate of Zanzibar (including Pemba and adjacent small islands). 364,881 sq. mi. (945,037 sq. km). Capital: Dodoma.
- tanzanite — Mineralogy. a variety of zoisite valued as a gem for its purplish-blue color and strong pleochroism.
- tzaddikim — zaddik.
- tzarevich — czarevitch.
- tzaristic — czarist.
- verrazano — Giovanni da [jaw-vahn-nee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), c1480–1527? Italian navigator and explorer.
- wizarding — Present participle of wizard.
- xuan zang — 602–664 ad, Chinese Buddhist monk, who travelled to India to study the Buddhist scriptures, many of which he translated into Chinese: noted also for his account of his travels
- yousafzai — Malala (məˈlælə) born 1997, Pakistani women's rights campaigner; survived an attack by a Taliban gunman (2012); Nobel Peace Prize (2014)
- zabernism — (obsolete) The misuse or abuse of military authority; bullying.
- zacatecas — a state in central Mexico. 28,125 sq. mi. (72,845 sq. km).
- zachariah — the father of John the Baptist. Luke 1:5.
- zacharias — Douay Bible. Zechariah.
- zacynthus — Latin name of Zante.
- zákinthos — one of the southernmost islands of the Ionian Islands, Greece: 155 sq mi (401 sq km)
- zakynthos — Greek name of Zante.
- zambezian — a river in S Africa, flowing S and W from Zambia through E Angola and Zambia and then E along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe into and through central Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. 1650 miles (2657 km) long.
- zamboanga — a seaport on SW Mindanao, in the S Philippines.
- zamboorak — a small swivelling cannon mounted on a camel's back, from where it is fired
- zamindari — (in British India) the system of landholding and tax collection by zamindars.
- zamindars — Plural form of zamindar.
- zanamivir — a drug used to treat influenza
- zantewood — Fustic (tree).
- zanzibari — an island off the E coast of Africa: with Pemba and adjacent small islands it formerly comprised a sultanate under British protection; became independent in 1963; now part of Tanzania. 640 sq. mi. (1658 sq. km).
- zapateado — a Spanish dance for a solo performer, marked by rhythmic tapping of the heels.
- zapotecan — a group of Amerindian languages spoken mainly in Oaxaca, Mexico
- zarzuelas — Plural form of zarzuela.
- zigzagged — a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- zigzagger — a person or thing that zigzags.