8-letter words starting with z
- zoolatry — the worship of or excessive attention to animals.
- zoolitic — of or relating to a zoolite
- zoologic — Zoological.
- zoom off — If you zoom off, you leave very quickly.
- zoom out — to decrease rapidly the magnification of the image of a distant object by means of a zoom lens
- zoomancy — foreseeing the future through observing the actions of animals
- zoomania — An excessive or abnormal love of animals.
- zoometry — measurement of the proportionate lengths or sizes of the parts of animals.
- zoomorph — of or relating to a deity or other being conceived of as having the form of an animal.
- zoonitic — of or relating to a zoonite
- zoonomic — of or relating to zoonomy
- zoonoses — Plural form of zoonosis.
- zoonosis — Pathology. any disease of animals communicable to humans.
- zoonotic — Pathology. any disease of animals communicable to humans.
- zoopathy — the science of animal diseases
- zooperal — of or relating to zoopery
- zoophagy — the feeding on animals by other animals
- zoophile — A person who is sexually attracted to animals.
- zoophily — (biology) pollination by animals.
- zoophobe — a person with a morbid fear of animals
- zoophyte — any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant, as a coral or a sea anemone.
- zooscopy — a condition causing hallucinations of animals
- zoosperm — Botany, Mycology Archaic. zoospore.
- zoospore — Botany, Mycology. an asexual spore produced by certain algae and some fungi, capable of moving about by means of flagella.
- zoothome — a group of zooids or colonial animals
- zootoxin — any toxin of animal origin, as a snake or scorpion venom, or serum produced by means of such toxin.
- zootypic — of or relating to a zootype
- zophorus — a frieze having representations of people or animals.
- zopilote — a small American black vulture
- zorillas — Plural form of zorilla.
- zucchini — a variety of summer squash that is shaped like a cucumber and that has a smooth, dark-green skin.
- zugzwang — a situation in which a player is limited to moves that cost pieces or have a damaging positional effect.
- zukerman — Pinchas [ping-kuh s] /ˈpɪŋ kəs/ (Show IPA), born 1948, Israeli violinist, violist, and orchestral conductor.
- zukofsky — Louis, 1904–78, U.S. poet.
- zululand — a territory in NE Natal, in the Republic of South Africa.
- zumology — (dated, 19th century) alternative spelling of zymology.
- zurbaran — Francisco de [frahn-thees-kaw th e,, -sees-] /frɑnˈθis kɔ ðɛ,, -ˈsis-/ (Show IPA), 1598–1663? Spanish painter.
- zwieback — a special egg bread made into rusks.
- zworykin — Vladimir Kosma [vlad-uh-meer koz-muh] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈkɒz mə/ (Show IPA), 1889–1982, U.S. physicist, engineer, and inventor, born in Russia: known as the “father of television.”.
- zygaenid — of or relating to the burnet moth genus, Zygaena
- zygodont — possessing paired ridges on the molar teeth
- zygosity — the characterization of an individual's hereditary traits in terms of gene pairing in the zygote from which it developed. Compare homozygous, heterozygous.
- zygotene — the second stage of prophase in meiosis, during which strands of homologous chromosomes line up and become pairs.
- zymogens — Plural form of zymogen.
- zymogram — a band of electrophoretic medium showing a pattern of enzymes following electrophoresis
- zymology — (formerly) the science dealing with fermentation and the action of enzymes; enzymology.
- zyzzyvas — any of various South American weevils of the genus Zyzzyva, often destructive to plants.