English words: zoophobia to zuhr
300 English words, part 10 of 12 of the words starting with Z, A to Z. 21 have a page of their own.
English words zoophobia to zuhr
- zoophobia noun: An unusual fear of non-human animals.
- zoophobic adjective: Pertaining to or afflicted with zoophobia, the fear of animals.
- zoophoric adjective: Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal.
- zoophorous noun: Alternative spelling of zoophorous.
- zoophorus noun /zəʊˈɒf.əɹ.əs/: The frieze of a column, especially one decorated with animals.
- zoophysical adjective: Relating to zoophysics.
- zoophysics noun: The study of the structure of animal bodies; comparative anatomy.
- zoophysiological adjective: Relating to zoophysiology.
- zoophysiologist noun: One who studies zoophysiology.
- zoophysiology noun: animal physiology
- zoophytal adjective: Of or pertaining to the zoophytes.
- zoophyte noun /ˈzəʊəfaɪt/: An animal thought to have the characteristics of a plant, later specifically an invertebrate of the (former) group Zoophyta, comprising sponges, corals and...
- zoophytic adjective: of, or relating to the zoophytes
- zoophytical adjective: Of or pertaining to the zoophytes.
- zoophytographer noun: A specialist in zoophytography
- zoophytography noun: The scientific description of zoophytes
- zoophytoid adjective: zoophytic
- zoophytolith noun: A zoophyte fossil
- zoophytological adjective: Of or pertaining to zoophytology.
- zoophytologist noun: One who studies zoophytology.
- zoophytology noun: The science of zoophytes.
- zoophytophagous adjective: Principally phytophagous but zoophagous if needs be
- zooplankter noun: Any organism that is a zooplankton
- zooplanktivore noun: Any organism that consumes zooplankton
- zooplanktivorous adjective: That consumes zooplankton.
- zooplanktivory noun: The condition of being zooplanktivorous
- zooplankton noun /ˈzəʊ.ə.plaŋ(k).tən/: Free-floating small protozoa, crustaceans (such as krill), etc. and the eggs and larvae from larger animals.
- zooplanktonic adjective: Of or pertaining to zooplankton.
- zooplanktophagous adjective: That eats zooplankton
- zooplastic adjective: of, or relating to zooplasty
- zooplasty noun /ˈzoʊəˌplæsti/: the surgical grafting of tissue from an animal to a human; zoografting
- zoopotentiation noun: potentiation via transmission from animals
- zoopragmatics noun: The pragmatics of animal communication.
- zoopraxinoscope noun: A mechanical toy by means of which images of animals are made to go through motions on a screen.
- zoopraxiscope noun: Alternative spelling of zoopraxiscope.
- zoopraxography noun: The use of chronophotography to capture animated images of animal locomotion.
- zooprophylactic adjective: Relating to zooprophylaxis.
- zooprophylaxis noun: The use of animals (such as cattle) to divert disease-carrying insects such as mosquitos from humans.
- zoopsia noun /zuːˈɒpsɪə/: Visual hallucinations in which a person perceives animals that are not actually present.
- zoopsychiatry noun: animal psychiatry
- zoopsychological adjective: Of or pertaining to zoopsychology.
- zoopsychologist noun /ˌzoʊəsaɪˈkɒləd͡ʒɪst/: One who studies or practices zoopsychology.
- zoopsychology noun: The study of psychology in animals.
- zooptic adjective /zəʊˈɒptɪk/: Of or pertaining to zoopsia.
- zooregion noun: A zoogeographic region
- zooremediation noun: bioremediation by the use of animals
- zoorkhaneh noun: Alternative form of zurkhaneh.
- zoosadism noun: The deriving of sexual pleasure from cruelty to animals.
- zoosadist noun: One who derives sexual pleasure from cruelty to animals.
- zoosadistic adjective: Exhibiting or relating to zoosadism.
- zoosanitary adjective: Pertaining to the cleanliness of animals or animal products.
- zoosanitation noun: The maintenance and verification of the health of animals, especially in terms of quarantine requirements.
- zooscopic adjective: Relating to zooscopy.
- zooscopy noun: The scientific observation of living animals.
- zoosemantic adjective: Of or relating to zoosemantics.
- zoosemantics noun: The semantics of animal communication.
- zoosemiosis noun: semiosis in and between animals
- zoosemiotic adjective: Of or pertaining to zoosemiotics.
- zoosemiotically adverb: In terms of zoosemiotics.
- zoosemiotics noun /ˌzəʊəsɛmiˈɒtɪks/: The study of animal communication.
- zoosemy noun: The metaphorical use of animal names or animal-related terms to denote human qualities, e.g. chicken, sly fox, mother hen etc. as epithets for human...
- zoosexual adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to zoosexuality.
- zoosexuality noun: Zoophilia regarded as a sexual orientation.
- zoosmosis noun: osmosis in living (animal) tissue
- zoosociology noun: animal sociology
- zoosophy noun: knowledge or learning concerning animals
- zoosperm noun /ˈzoʊ.ə.spɝm/: Alternative spelling of zoosperm.
- zoospermia noun: The presence of live spermatozoa in the semen.
- zoospermic adjective: Relating to zoosperm.
- zoosphere noun: The animals of the Earth, especially as an ecosystem.
- zoosporal adjective: Synonym of zoosporous.
- zoosporange noun: zoosporangium
- zoosporangial adjective: Of or pertaining to zoosporangia.
- zoosporangiophore noun: A sporangiophore that has zoosporangia
- zoosporangium noun: Alternative spelling of zoosporangium.
- zoospore noun /ˈzoʊ.əˌspoɹ/: Alternative spelling of zoospore.
- zoosporic adjective: Having or pertaining to zoospores.
- zoosporicidal adjective: destructive to zoospores
- zoosporiferous adjective: Bearing zoospores.
- zoosporogenesis noun: The production of zoospores
- zoosporous adjective: Relating to zoospores.
- zoosporulation noun: The production of zoospores
- zoosterol noun: Any sterol found in animal tissue
- zoosyntax noun: The syntax of animal communication.
- zoosystematic adjective: Relating to zoosystematics.
- zoosystematics noun: The systematic classification of animals
- zoot noun, verb /zuːt/: A zoot suit.
- zoot suit noun: An outfit featuring a suit with broad shoulders, a long coat, and baggy trousers that taper to a tight fit at the ankles.
- zoot-suited adjective: Dressed in or wearing a zoot suit.
- zoot-suiter noun: Someone wearing a zoot suit.
- zoot up verb: To dress in a zoot suit.
- zootaxonomic adjective: Relating to zootaxonomy.
- zootaxonomist noun: One who studies zootaxonomy.
- zootaxonomy noun: The taxonomy of animals.
- zootaxy noun: The scientific classification of animals.
- zootechnic adjective: Of or pertaining to zootechny.
- zootechnical adjective: Of or pertaining to zootechny.
- zootechnically adverb: In a zootechnical manner
- zootechnician noun: One working in the field of zootechnics, or animal husbandry.
- zootechnics noun: animal husbandry
- zootechnology noun: zoological technology
- zootechny noun: The science and technology of animal husbandry
- zooted adjective, verb: Drunk or intoxicated; stoned; zonked.
- zooted up adjective, verb: Synonym of zooted (“drunk or intoxicated”).
- zooter noun: A type of ball bowled by a leg break bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.
- zooterkins interjection: Blimey!
- zoothapsis noun: premature burial
- zoothecium noun: The outer layer of certain protozoans.
- zootheism noun: Animal worship; zoolatry.
- zootheist noun: One who worships animals.
- zootheistic adjective: Of or pertaining to zootheism.
- zootherapeutic adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to zootherapy
- zootherapeutical adjective: Alternative form of zootherapeutic.
- zootherapist noun: A specialist in zootherapy
- zootherapy noun: The use of living animals for medical treatment or as an adjunct to medical diagnosis.
- zoothome noun: A number of coral polyps on a branch of coral.
- zootic adjective /zəʊˈɒtɪk/: Alternative spelling of zootic.
- zootie noun: A marijuana joint laced with cocaine.
- zootje noun: A kind of Dutch fish stew.
- zootomic adjective: Relating to zootomy.
- zootomical adjective: Pertaining to zootomy, the dissection of animals.
- zootomically adverb: In terms of zootomy.
- zootomist noun: Alternative form of zootomist.
- zootomy noun /zəʊˈɒ.tə.mi/: The dissection or anatomy of animals.
- zootope noun: The total habitat available for colonization within any certain ecotope or biotope by animal life.
- zootoponym noun: A toponym that features the name of an animal
- zootoxic adjective: Of or pertaining to zootoxins.
- zootoxicological adjective: Relating to zootoxicology.
- zootoxicology noun: The study of zootoxins.
- zootoxin noun: A toxin produced by an animal.
- zootrope noun: Alternative form of zoetrope.
- zootrophic adjective: Alternative form of zootrophic.
- zootrophotoxism noun: food poisoning caused by eating tainted meat
- zootsuit noun: Alternative form of zoot suit.
- zootsuiter noun: Alternative form of zoot-suiter.
- zooty adjective: Stylish, flashy, snappy.
- zootype noun: A proposed archetype of the form of all animals, based not on a shared body plan but on conserved molecular homologies.
- zootypic adjective: Relating to zootype.
- zooxanthella noun /zuːzanˈθɛlə/: Any of the yellow pigmentary particles, or minute corpuscles of yellow coloring matter, found in certain radiolarians.
- zooxanthellal adjective: Relating to, or characteristic of zooxanthellae.
- zooxanthellan noun: Any of a group of dinoflagellates of the zooxanthellae, represented by genus Symbiodinium and its allies, symbionts involved in coral.
- zooxanthellar adjective: Synonym of zooxanthellal.
- zooxanthellate adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the zooxanthellae.
- zooxanthellated adjective: Having symbiotic zooxanthellae
- zooxanthin noun: Alternative form of zooxanthine.
- zooxanthine noun: A carotenoid pigment, of uncertain composition, obtained from some feathers
- zoozoo noun /ˈzuː.zu/: The wood pigeon.
- zoozygospore noun: A motile zygospore.
- ZOPA noun: Initialism of zone of possible agreement.
- zope noun: A fish of species Ballerus ballerus (syn. Abramis ballerus) native to Eurasia.
- zopherid noun: Any member of the Zopheridae.
- zopiclone noun: A nonbenzodiazepine sedative used to treat insomnia.
- zopilote noun: A New World vulture of the family Cathartidae, especially the black vulture (Coragyps atratus).
- zopissa noun: An old medicinal mixture of pitch and tar scraped from the sides of ships.
- zopolrestat noun: An aldose reductase inhibitor.
- zoppo adjective: Alternately with and without syncopation.
- Zoque noun /ˈsoʊkeɪ/: A member of a particular indigenous people of Mexico.
- Zoquean adjective: Of or pertaining to the Zoque languages.
- Zoraida proper noun: A female given name from Spanish.
- zorapteran noun: Any member of the insect order Zoraptera.
- zorb noun, verb /zɔː(ɹ)b/: A large, transparent, inflatable ball, inside which a person may be secured and then rolled downhill.
- Zorba noun: A form of nonferrous scrap metal consisting mainly of aluminum, especially that which is left behind after an automobile is shredded and the iron and steel...
- zorbamycin noun: A bleomycin antitumor antibiotic
- zorber noun: A person who does zorbing.
- zorbing noun, verb: A sport in which a participant is secured inside a zorb and rolled downhill.
- zorbonaut noun: One who zorbs.
- zorch noun, verb: To destroy or ruin, especially by electronic means.
- zorched adjective: Intoxicated.
- zorgite noun: A composite mineral containing umangite, clausthalite, and other minerals.
- zori noun /ˈzɔːɹi/: A Japanese sandal made from rice straw or lacquered wood, worn with a kimono for formal occasions.
- Zori-Stalker-Williams syndrome noun: A rare congenital disorder associated with a range of features such as pectus excavatum, macrocephaly, and dysplastic nails, familial short stature,...
- Zorich proper noun: A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
- zorid noun: Any spider in the family Zoridae.
- zoril noun: Alternative spelling of zorille.
- zorilla noun: Alternative spelling of zorille.
- zorille noun: Ictonyx striatus, a small, carnivorous, nocturnal African mammal resembling a skunk.
- zorillo noun: Striped skunk
- zorino noun: skunk fur used to make clothing
- zorite noun: A pink silicate mineral.
- Zork proper noun: A text-based adventure game.
- zorkhaneh noun: Alternative form of zurkhaneh.
- Zorkian adjective: Of or pertaining to the Zork series of early computer games (originating in the 1970s), works of interactive fiction set in a sprawling underground labyrinth.
- zorkmid noun: A fictional unit of currency used in various computer games.
- Zorn proper noun: A surname.
- Zornhau noun: A powerful, diagonally descending blow.
- zornia noun: Any plant of the genus Zornia
- Zoroaster proper noun /ˌzɒɹoʊˈæstəɹ/: An ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism.
- zoroasterid noun: Any sea star of the family Zoroasteridae
- Zoroastrian adjective, noun /ˌzɒɹəʊˈæstɹɪən/: a follower of Zoroastrianism
- Zoroastrianism proper noun /ˌzɒɹəʊˈæstɹɪəˌnɪzəm/: Mazdaism, the surviving form of the indigenous (pre-Islamic) Iranian ethnic religion.
- Zoroastrianization noun: The process or result of Zoroastrianizing.
- Zoroastrianize verb: To make Zoroastrian.
- Zoroastric adjective /ˌzɒrəʊˈastərɪk/: Synonym of Zoroastrian.
- Zoroastrism noun: Dated form of Zoroastrianism.
- zorocratid noun: Any spider in the family Zorocratidae.
- zoropsid noun: Any spider in the family Zoropsidae.
- Zorra proper noun: A township in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
- Zorrilla proper noun: A surname.
- zorrillo noun: Alternative form of zorillo (“striped skunk”).
- zorro noun /ˈzoɹ.oʊ/: A South American canid of the species Lycalopex culpaeus, visually similar to (and sometimes referred to as) a fox but more closely related to a wolf.
- zorse noun /zɔɹs/: The offspring of a male zebra and a female horse.
- zortzico noun: Alternative form of zortziko.
- zortziko noun /ˈsoɹtˌsi.koʊ/: A dance rhythm that originated in the Basque Country, with a distinctive 5/8 time signature consisting of three subdivisions of 1, 2, and 2 beats.
- zorubicin noun: A particular antitumor drug.
- Zosia proper noun /ˈzoʊʃə/: A female given name
- Zossen proper noun: A town in Teltow-Fläming district, Brandenburg, Germany.
- zoster noun /ˈzɑ.stɚ/: An ancient Greek waist-belt for men.
- zoster sine herpete noun: Herpes zoster in the absence of a rash.
- zosteraceous adjective: Of or relating to the Zosteraceae.
- zosteriform adjective: Resembling herpes zoster
- zosteroid adjective: Resembling herpes zoster
- zosterophyll noun: A zosterophyllophyte.
- zosterophyllaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Zosterophyllaceae.
- zosterophyllophyte noun: Any of the extinct class †Zosterophyllopsida of plants.
- zosteropid noun: Any bird in the family Zosteropidae; a white-eye.
- zosui noun: A thin Japanese soup made from pre-cooked rice and dashi or water, seasoned with soy sauce or miso, and cooked with other ingredients such as meat, seafood,...
- zosuquidar noun: A particular antitumor drug.
- zot interjection, noun, verb: To zap, kill, or destroy.
- zotarolimus noun /ˌzəʊ.təˈɹəʊ.lɪm.əs/: An immunosuppressant, a semisynthetic derivative of rapamycin.
- zotepine noun /ˈzoʊ.təˌpiːn/: An antipsychotic drug used to treat acute and chronic schizophrenia.
- zotheca noun /zoʊˈθeɪ.kə/: In ancient Rome, a small living room, as distinguished from a room for sleeping: an alcove.
- zotz verb: To murder, knock off.
- zotzed adjective, verb: Drunk, smashed
- Zotzil noun: Alternative form of Tzotzil.
- Zotzile noun: Alternative form of Tzotzil.
- Zou noun: An indigenous people living along the frontier of India and Burma.
- zouave noun /zuːˈɑːv/: One of a body of soldiers in the French service, originally Kabyle, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Kabyle dress.
- zouave jacket noun: A short open-fronted jacket with long sleeves.
- zoubekite noun: A grey orthorhombic mineral containing silver, antimony, lead, and sulfur.
- Zouch proper noun: A hamlet mostly in Sutton Bonington parish, Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England, on the border with Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK5023)
- zouglou noun: A genre of popular music originally from Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
- zouhun noun: walking marriage
- zouk noun, verb /zuk/: A style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music
- zouk-like adjective: Similar to, or reminiscent of, zouk.
- zouk love noun: A genre of popular zouk influenced by reggae fusion, contemporary R&B and other styles, and with a focus on romantic lyrics.
- zoukified adjective, verb: Having been made zouk-like.
- zoukify verb: To make into zouk music, or to adapt to a zouk-like sound.
- zounds interjection /zuːndz/: Expressing anger, surprise, assertion etc.
- zourkhaneh noun: Alternative form of zurkhaneh.
- zournas noun: Alternative form of zurna.
- zowee interjection: Alternative spelling of zowie.
- zower-zapped adjective: Alternative spelling of zowerswopped (“bad-tempered”).
- zowerswopped adjective /ˈzaʊəswɒpt/: Synonym of bad-tempered.
- zowie interjection /ˈzaʊɪ/: An indication of astonishment or admiration.
- zowl noun: Soul.
- zoxamide noun: A particular fungicide.
- zoxazolamine noun: a muscle relaxant and uricosuric drug.
- zoysia noun: Any member of species of the genus (Zoysia) of creeping perennial grasses of southern Asia and New Zealand having fine, wiry leaves and including some...
- zoysiagrass noun: A zoysia.
- ZP noun: Initialism of zona pellucida.
- ZPG noun: Zero population growth: a condition of demographic balance where population remains constant over time.
- zrazy noun: A meat roulade dish popular in Eastern Europe.
- ZRG noun: Initialism of Z-shaped radio galaxy
- zroupoid noun: A generalization of a De Morgan algebra that defines a Boolean algebra using only implication and a constant.
- zs noun: Alternative form of z's (sleep)
- ZSL noun: Initialism of zero-shot learning.
- ZSU proper noun: the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Zsuzsanna proper noun: A female given name from Hungarian, equivalent to English Susanna.
- ZTA noun: Initialism of zero trust architecture.
- Zu proper noun: A lesser divinity of Akkadian mythology, and the son of the bird goddess Siris.
- zu-infinitive noun: A German infinitive form created by adding or infixing the particle zu and used in subordinate clauses.
- Zub proper noun: A surname from the Slavic languages
- Zubair proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
- Zubatovshchina noun: The creation of police-run trade unions in an attempt to compromise the labour movement.
- Zuber proper noun: A surname from German.
- Zuboffian adjective: Of or relating to Shoshana Zuboff (born 1951), American philosopher and academic.
- zubr noun /ˈzuːbə(ɹ)/: One of several species of European bison or aurochs, which were unclearly delineated in the 1800s when this sense was in use.
- zubron noun /ˈʒuːbɹɔːn/: A hybrid between domestic cattle and wisent.
- zubrowka noun /ˈzubɹəvkə/: A dry straw-colored liqueur of vodka flavored with herbs, originally from Poland.
- zubuneri noun: A kimarite in which the attacker buries his head in the opponent's chest, locks his arm, and spins him down using the head as fulcrum.
- zucapsaicin noun: A drug used to treat osteoarthritis.
- Zucc verb /zʌk/: To ban, either permanently or temporarily, from posting on a website, especially on Facebook or Instagram.
- zucchetta noun: A tromboncini, a kind of squash.
- zucchetto noun /tsʊˈkɛtəʊ/: A small skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy (the Pope's is white, a cardinal's red, a bishop's purple, and a priest's black), Anglican clergy, and Syriac...
- zucchina noun: Alternative form of zucchini.
- zucchini noun /zuːˈkiː.ni/: A courgette; a variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo, which bears edible fruit.
- zucchinilike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a zucchini.
- zucchino noun /zuˈkinoʊ/: Alternative form of zucchini.
- Zucco proper noun: A surname.
- zuchetta noun: Alternative form of zucchetta (kind of squash)
- Zuchon noun: A breed of dog, a cross between a bichon and a Shih Tzu.
- Zuck proper noun /zʌk/: Mark Zuckerberg (born 1984), founder of the social network Facebook.
- Zucker noun /ˈzʌ.kə/: Ellipsis of Zucker rat.
- Zucker rat noun: A strain of rat bred as a genetic model for research on obesity and hypertension.
- Zuckerberg verb /ˈzʌkəbɜːɡ/: To behave like Mark Zuckerberg, especially to eject a co-investor by diluting their stock, similar to the alleged treatment of Eduardo Saverin.
- Zuckerbergian adjective: Of or relating to Mark Zuckerberg (born 1984), founder of the social network Facebook.
- zuckergussleber noun: hyaloserositis, frosted liver
- Zuckerman proper noun: A surname from German.
- zuclomifene noun: The more active isomer of clomiphene, which binds to estrogen receptors and stays bound for long periods of time, preventing normal receptor recycling and...
- zuclopenthixol noun /ˌtsuː.kloʊˈpɛn.θɪkˌsɔl/: A typical antipsychotic neuroleptic drug of the thioxanthene group.
- zuclopentixole noun: Alternative form of zuclopenthixol.
- zud noun: Alternative form of dzud.
- zuffolo noun: Alternative spelling of zufolo.
- zufolo noun: A little flute or flageolet, especially that which is used to teach birds.
- Zug proper noun: A canton of Switzerland.
- zugshunstite noun: A mineral comprising mostly cerium and oxygen.
- Zugspitze proper noun: The highest mountain of Germany, located in the Alps on the border between Bavaria and Tyrol, Austria.
- zugunruhe noun: Anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the normal migration period.
- zugzwang noun, verb /ˈzʌɡ.zwæŋ/: A situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move; a position where any legal move will worsen a player's situation.
- zuhr noun: Alternative form of dhuhr.
Part 9 · Part 11 · English words: Z
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under Z: 3,418 words, in 12 parts.