9-letter words starting with z
- 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.
- zealously — full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm. Antonyms: apathetic; lackadaisical.
- zebrafish — a small, slender freshwater fish, Brachydanio rerio, having luminous bluish-black and silvery-gold horizontal stripes: popular in home aquariums.
- zebrawood — any of several trees, especially Connarus guianensis, of tropical America, yielding a striped, hard wood used for making furniture.
- zechariah — a Minor Prophet of the 6th century b.c.
- zeebrugge — a seaport in NW Belgium: part of the city of Bruges; German submarine base in World War I.
- zeelander — a province in the SW Netherlands, consisting largely of islands. 1041 sq. mi. (2695 sq. km). Capital: Middelburg.
- zeitgeber — an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock.
- zeitgeist — The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.
- zellweger — Renée (Kathleen). born 1969, US film actress: her films include Nurse Betty (2000), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and its sequel Bridget Jones and the Edge of Reason (2004), and Chicago (2002)
- zelotypia — (formal) jealousy.
- zemindary — zamindari.
- zemlinsky — Alexander von, 1871–1942, Austrian composer and conductor.
- zephaniah — a Minor Prophet of the 7th century b.c.
- zephyrean — of, relating to, or like a zephyr; full of or containing light breezes.
- zephyrian — of, relating to, or like a zephyr; full of or containing light breezes.
- zephyrous — of, relating to, or like a zephyr; full of or containing light breezes.
- zero hour — the time set for the beginning of a military attack or operation.
- zero-base — Also, zero-based. without reference to a base figure or to previous practice; according to present needs only, as opposed to a percentage increase or decrease of previous figures: zero-base planning; zero-base inventory.
- zero-rate — to exempt (merchandise or services) from value-added tax.
- zero-zero — (of atmospheric conditions) having or characterized by zero visibility in both horizontal and vertical directions.
- zervanism — a Zoroastrian heresy that developed during the late Achaemenian period according to which both Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu were offspring of Zurvan.
- zestfully — With zest or enthusiasm.
- zettabyte — 2 70 bytes; 1024 exabyte.
- zeugmatic — the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to wage war and peace or On his fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold.
- zhangzhou — a city in S Fujian province, in SE China.
- zhanjiang — a city in SW Guangdong province, SE China, on an inlet of the South China Sea.
- zhengzhou — a province in E China. 64,479 sq. mi. (167,000 sq. km). Capital: Zhengzhou.
- zhenjiang — a port in S Jiangsu province, in E China, on the Chang Jiang.
- zhu jiang — a river in SE China, in S Guangdong province, flowing E and S from Canton and forming an estuary near Hong Kong. About 110 miles (177 km) long.
- ziggurats — Plural form of ziggurat.
- 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.
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