7-letter words starting with z
- zonally — In zones.
- zonkers — Plural form of zonker.
- zontian — a member of a Zonta Club, an organization for professional women.
- zonular — a little zone, belt, band, or the like.
- zonules — Plural form of zonule.
- zoo doo — compost made from the dung of zoo animals
- zoogamy — the sexual reproduction of animals
- zoogeny — the doctrine of the formation and evolution of animals or living things
- zooglea — a jellylike mass of microorganisms.
- zoolike — Resembling a zoo or some aspect of one.
- zoolite — A fossilized animal.
- zoolith — Synonym of zoolite.
- zoology — the science or branch of biology dealing with animals.
- zoom in — to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound: cars zooming by on the freeway.
- zooming — Present participle of zoom.
- zoonite — an individual segment of an animal with a segmented body
- zoonomy — the science of animal life or the animal kingdom
- zoonose — Alternative form of zoonosis.
- zoopery — experimentation on animals
- zoopsia — Visual hallucinations of animals.
- zooptic — Of or pertaining to zoopsia.
- zootaxy — the science of the classification of animals
- zootomy — the anatomy, especially the comparative anatomy, of animals.
- zootype — a (hypothetical) classification of several phyla or groups of animals together based on shared chromosomes, etc
- zorbing — (originally New Zealand) A sport in which a participant is secured inside a zorb and rolled downhill.
- zorgite — a chemical compound of copper-lead selenide
- zorilla — a weasellike African animal, Ictonyx striatus, resembling a skunk in coloration and habits.
- zorille — Ictonyx striatus, a small, carnivorous, nocturnal African mammal resembling a skunk.
- zosimus — Saint, pope 417–418.
- zosters — Plural form of zoster.
- zuccari — Federico [fe-de-ree-kaw] /ˌfɛ dɛˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1543?–1609, and his brother Taddeo [tahd-de-aw] /tɑdˈdɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA) 1529–66, Italian painters.
- zuleika — a female given name.
- zuloaga — Ignacio [eeg-nah-thyaw,, -syaw] /igˈnɑ θyɔ,, -syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1945, Spanish painter.
- zwickau — a city in W Saxony, in E Germany.
- zwinger — A citadel or fortress, especially one that protects a city.
- zwingli — Ulrich [oo l-rikh] /ˈʊl rɪx/ (Show IPA), or Huldreich [hoo l-drahykh] /ˈhʊl draɪx/ (Show IPA), 1484–1531, Swiss Protestant reformer.
- zygomas — Plural form of zygoma.
- zygosis — the union of two gametes; conjugation.
- zygotes — Plural form of zygote.
- zygotic — of or relating to a zygote.
- zymases — Plural form of zymase.
- zymogen — any of various enzyme precursor molecules that may change into an enzyme as a result of catalytic change.
- zymosan — an insoluble carbohydrate found in yeast
- zymosis — fermentation.
- zymotic — pertaining to or caused by or as if by fermentation.
- zymurgy — the branch of applied chemistry dealing with fermentation, as in winemaking, brewing, the preparation of yeast, etc.
- zyzzyva — any of various South American weevils of the genus Zyzzyva, often destructive to plants.