8-letter words starting with z
- ziggaboo — (ethnic slur, derogatory, African American Vernacular English) A nigger, negro.
- ziggurat — (among the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians) a temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower, consisting of a number of stories and having about the outside a broad ascent winding round the structure, presenting the appearance of a series of terraces.
- zigzaggy — Made up of zigzags.
- zikkurat — Alternative spelling of ziggurat.
- zillions — Plural form of zillion.
- zilog z8 — (processor) A family of microcontrollers from Zilog with on-chip RAM and ROM. The Z8 is not related to the Zilog Z80, it uses a totally different architecture and instruction set. Competitors include the Motorola 6805/68HC05 family or the Intel 8051-family (or i51-family or MCS51-family - there is no standard family name).
- zimbabwe — Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km). Capital: Harare.
- zimbalon — a complex zither played especially in Hungary.
- zincates — Plural form of zincate.
- zincking — Present participle of zinc.
- zindabad — long live: used as part of a slogan in India, Pakistan, etc
- zinester — One who compiles and publishes a zine.
- zingiber — a member of the Zingiber genus of 85 species of tropical plants with bright green leaves and yellow-green flowers and of which one species is the ginger plant
- zinoviev — Grigori Evseevich [gryi-gaw-ryee yif-sye-yi-vyich] /gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪfˈsyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1883–1936, Russian Bolshevik leader.
- zionists — Plural form of zionist.
- zip code — numbers indicating postal area
- zip disc — Zip Drive
- zip disk — Zip Drive
- zip file — computer data in compressed format
- zip line — a cable mechanism used for transportation across a river, gorge, etc
- zip-code — to provide or mark with a zip code: Zip-code all mail.
- zip-lock — designating or of a plastic storage bag of the Ziploc type
- ziphioid — Obsolete form of ziphiid.
- zippable — Capable of being fastened with a zip.
- zippered — fastened or fitted with a zipper or zippers: zippered slipcovers.
- zippiest — Superlative form of zippy.
- zipporah — the daughter of Jethro and the wife of Moses. Ex. 2:21.
- zircaloy — any of various alloys containing about 98% zirconium, 1.5% tin, etc., that are resistant to corrosion and high temperatures and are used to contain fuel in nuclear reactors, etc.
- zirconia — Chemistry. a white, heavy, amorphous, odorless and tasteless, infusible, water-insoluble powder, ZrO 2 , used chiefly as a pigment for paints, an abrasive, and in the manufacture of refractory crucibles.
- zirconyl — containing the group ZrO=, as zirconyl bromide, ZrOBr 2 .
- ziusudra — a legendary Sumerian king who built a boat in which to escape the Deluge.
- zlatoust — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, in the Ural Mountains.
- zodiacal — an imaginary belt of the heavens, extending about 8° on each side of the ecliptic, within which are the apparent paths of the sun, moon, and principal planets. It contains twelve constellations and hence twelve divisions called signs of the zodiac. Each division, however, because of the precession of the equinoxes, now contains the constellation west of the one from which it took its name. Compare sign of the zodiac.
- zoetrope — a device for giving an illusion of motion, consisting of a slitted drum that, when whirled, shows a succession of images placed opposite the slits within the drum as one moving image.
- zoiatria — veterinary surgery
- zolpidem — a sedative hypnotic drug, (C 19 H 21 N 3 O) 2 ·C 4 H 6 O 6, closely related in effect to the benzodiazepines, used in the treatment of insomnia.
- zombiism — the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose. the supernatural force itself.
- zonation — the state or condition of being zonate.
- zone out — any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established: The decisions were formulated in a zone of uncertainty. The temperature lies outside the danger zone.
- zoneless — any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established: The decisions were formulated in a zone of uncertainty. The temperature lies outside the danger zone.
- zonetime — standard time as applied at sea, reckoned according to the system of time zones.
- zonk out — to fall asleep, esp from physical exhaustion or the effects of alcohol or drugs
- zoo-tier — characteristic of a zoot suiter; extreme or flamboyant in style or appearance: a zooty new convertible.
- zooblast — an animal cell
- zoochore — a plant whose structure adapts it for dispersion by animals.
- zoochory — the dispersal of plant spores or seeds by animals
- zooecium — a part of a polyzoan colony that houses the feeding zooids
- zoogenic — produced or caused by animals.
- zoogloea — a jellylike mass of microorganisms.
- zoograft — animal tissue grafted to a human body, as in transplants, etc