English words: zami to Zaydist
300 English words, part 2 of 12 of the words starting with Z, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.
English words zami to Zaydist
- zami noun: A lesbian.
- zamia noun /ˈzeɪmi.ə/: Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia
- zamia staggers noun: A fatal nervous disease affecting cattle that have browsed on the leaves or fruit of cycads, especially those of the genus Zamia, and leading to...
- zamiaceous adjective: Of or relating to the family Zamiaceae.
- zamifenacin noun: a particular antimuscarinic drug.
- 'zamination noun: Clipping of examination.
- zamindar noun /zəˈmiːndɑː/: An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.
- zamindari noun /zəˈmiːnˌdəɹi/: In British India, a system used to collect revenues from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land) indirectly through the zamindars, as opposed to...
- zamindarni noun: A female zamindar.
- zamindarship noun: The position or office of zamindar.
- zamindary noun: Alternative form of zamindari.
- zaminkand noun: The elephant foot yam
- zamioculcas noun: An emerald palm (Zamioculcas zamiifolia (Araceae)), native to east Africa, grown as a houseplant.
- zamite noun: A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia.
- Zammit proper noun: A surname.
- zamn interjection /ˈzæm/: Damn.
- Zamojski noun: A kind of hard yellow cheese from Poland.
- Zamora proper noun /zəˈmɔɹə/: A city and municipality, the capital of the province of Zamora, Spain.
- Zamoran adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the city of Zamora, Spain.
- Zamorano proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
- zamorin noun /ˈzæməˌɹiːn/: The leader of the medieval kingdom of Kozhikode.
- zamorine noun: Alternative form of zamorin.
- zamouse noun /zəˈmʊs/: A West African buffalo, Syncerus caffer brachyceros, with short horns and large ears.
- Zamoyski proper noun: A surname.
- zampanolide noun: A particular marine macrolide lactone
- Zampella proper noun /zəmˈpɛ.lə/: A surname from Italian.
- zampogna noun /zæmˈpəʊnjə/: A kind of Italian double-chantered bagpipe.
- zampolit noun: A deputy commander for political affairs in the Soviet Union.
- zampone noun /zæmˈpoʊni/: In Italian cookery, stuffed pig's trotter with spicy ground pork, usually dried and cured, often served with lentils.
- zampugna noun: Alternative form of zampogna.
- zams adjective, noun: Abbreviation of zero-age main sequence.
- Zamudio proper noun: A surname.
- Zamyatin proper noun: A transliteration of the Russian surname Замятин (Zamjatin).
- Zamyatinian adjective: Of or relating to Yevgeny Zamyatin (Евге́ний Замя́тин, 1884–1937), Russian author of science fiction and political satire.
- Zamzam proper noun: An Islamic holy well in Mecca, supposed to have been miraculously generated by Allah when Abraham's infant son Ishmael was crying for water.
- zamzawed adjective /ˈzæmˌzɔd/: Dried through overcooking.
- Zamzummim noun /ˈzam.zʌmˌmɪm/: A biblical race of giants.
- Zan proper noun: A diminutive of the female given names Susan, Susanne, Suzanne, and Susanna.
- zanamivir noun /zəˈnæm.ɪˌvɪɹ/: An antiviral drug C₁₂H₂₀N₄O₇ that is a neuraminidase inhibitor taken by oral inhalation in the treatment and prophylaxis of Influenzavirus.
- zanana noun /zəˈnɑːnə/: Alternative spelling of zenana.
- zananah noun: Alternative form of zenana.
- Zanata noun: Alternative form of Zenata.
- zanazziite noun: A complex phosphate with the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)(Mg,Fe,Mn,Al)₄Be₄(OH)₄(PO₄)₆·6H₂O, having a pale to dark olive-green colour.
- zanbara noun: hair that is loose and dishevelled and too short to be arranged into a chonmage
- zanclid noun: Any of the fish family Zanclidae.
- zanclodontid noun: Any extinct reptile in the family Zanclodontidae.
- Zand adjective, noun: A member of the Zand tribe, a Laki-speaking Kurdish tribe of western Iran.
- Zanda proper noun /ˈt͡sɑn.də/: A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
- Zande noun: An ethnic group of North Central Africa, living primarily in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in south-central and...
- Zande Dog noun: Synonym of Basenji.
- zander noun /ˈzæn.də(ɹ)/: A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.
- Zandi proper noun: A surname from Persian.
- zandmole noun: The sand mole or coast rat (Bathyergus suillus)
- zandoli noun: Anolis oculatus, the Dominican anole or tree lizard.
- Zandra proper noun /ˈzændɹə/: A female given name.
- zandunga noun: Alternative form of sandunga.
- Zandvoort proper noun /ˈzɑntfoːrt/: A village, municipality, and beach resort in North Holland, The Netherlands.
- Zane proper noun /zeɪn/: A male given name transferred from the surname.
- zanella noun /zəˈnɛlə/: An Italian wool or twill fabric.
- Zanesville proper noun: An unincorporated community in Zanesville Township, Montgomery County, Illinois, United States.
- Zanetti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- zanfirico noun: A decorative glassblowing technique involving intricate patterns of coloured glass canes arranged and twisted to form a pattern within another glass cane.
- Zang proper noun: A surname.
- zang-fu noun /ˈzæŋ ˈfu/: In traditional Chinese medicine, a concept according to which the organs of the body are divided into pairs consisting of one organ with a yin nature and...
- zangboite noun: A grey orthorhombic mineral containing silicon, titanium, and iron.
- zangee noun: The marbled swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus).
- Zanger proper noun: A surname from German.
- Zangi adjective, noun /ˈzæŋɡiː/: Synonym of Zangid.
- Zangid adjective, noun /ˈzæŋɡɪd/: Of or pertaining to the Zangid dynasty.
- Zango proper noun: A town and commune in Viana, Luanda Province, Angola.
- Zangskari noun: An endangered Tibetic language, mostly spoken in Zanskar.
- Zangwillian adjective: Of or relating to Israel Zangwill (1864–1926), British humorist and writer.
- zanidatamab noun: A humanized monoclonal antibody used for the treatment of HER2-positive biliary tract cancer.
- zanily adverb /ˈzeɪnəˌli/: In a zany manner.
- zaniness noun /ˈzeɪninɪs/: The state or condition of being zany.
- Zanj noun: One of the Bantu-speaking inhabitants of this part of East Africa.
- zanja noun /ˈzɑn.hə/: An irrigation canal in Latin America.
- Zanjan proper noun: A city in Iran, the seat of Zanjan County's Central District and the capital of Zanjan Province.
- zanje noun: An irrigating canal.
- zanjero noun /zɑnˈhɛɹoʊ/: An official in charge of distributing water supplies in Latin America.
- zankiren noun: A particular drug that acts as a renin inhibitor.
- Zannah proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Suzannah.
- Zanni proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- zanolimumab noun: A human monoclonal antibody and immunosuppressive drug.
- Zanoni proper noun: A surname.
- zanoterone noun: A particular drug, a steroidal androgen receptor antagonist.
- Zanotti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- zansae noun: A cheongsam.
- Zanskar proper noun: A tahsil in Kargil district, Ladakh, India.
- zante noun /ˈzænti/: Alternative form of zantewood.
- Zante currant noun: A small, sweet, seedless black grape with an intense flavour when dried, from a cultivar of Vitis vinifera the grape vine.
- zantedeschia noun /ˌzæntəˈdɛski.ə/: Any of the genus Zantedeschia of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa.
- zantewood noun /ˈzæntiˌwʊd/: The wood of the fustic tree.
- zanthochroite noun: An amorphous cadmium sulfide, of which greenockite is the crystalline form.
- zanthophyll noun: Alternative form of xanthophyll.
- zanthoxylum noun /ˌzænˈθɒksɪləm/: Any of the genus Zanthoxylum of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family.
- Zantiot adjective, noun: An inhabitant of the Greek island of Zakynthos.
- Zantiote noun: Alternative form of Zantiot.
- zanubrutinib noun: An anticancer medication used for the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma.
- zany adjective, noun, verb /ˈzeɪni/: Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
- zanyish adjective /ˈzeɪni.ɪʃ/: Somewhat zany.
- zanyism noun /ˈzeɪni.ɪzəm/: clownishness; buffoonery
- zanza noun /ˈzɑnzə/: A kind of thumb piano from Africa.
- zanze noun: Alternative form of zanza (musical instrument)
- zanzhi noun /zænˈ(d)ʒi/: A form of torture, among the ancient Chinese, in which wooden sticks are placed around the victim's fingers and used to crush or break the fingers.
- zanziacbeg noun: Alternative form of sanjakbey.
- Zanzibar proper noun /ˈzænzɪbɑː(ɹ)/: An island region of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean.
- Zanzibar copal noun: Copal obtained from Hymenaea verrucosa.
- Zanzibar gem noun: Synonym of zamioculcas.
- Zanzibar mat noun: A type of traditional Tanzanian woven mat, made from variously dyed plant fibres.
- Zanzibari adjective, noun: A native or inhabitant of Zanzibar.
- Zanzibarian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Zanzibar.
- zao verb [t͡saʊ˦˨]: To leave hastily, to take off.
- zaouia noun: Alternative spelling of zawiya.
- zaouiya noun: Alternative form of zawiya.
- zap interjection, noun, verb /zæp/: A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.
- zap 'em up noun: A shoot 'em up involving energy weapons.
- Zap flap noun: A kind of flap whose leading edge is mounted on a track, while a point at mid-chord on the flap is connected via an arm to a pivot just above the track....
- zap over verb: To change television channels, especially rapidly.
- zap up verb: To improve (something) by making it more exciting.
- zapadnichestvo noun: An 19th-century intellectual ideology which saw Russia's development as dependent upon the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government.
- Zapanta proper noun: A surname from Tagalog.
- Zápara noun: An ethnic group of Ecuador and Peru.
- Zapata proper noun: A peninsula in southern Matanzas, Cuba.
- Zapata moustache noun: Alternative spelling of Zapata mustache.
- Zapata mustache noun: A large mustache with ends that curve downward.
- Zapata rail noun: A bird from the family Rallidae, Cyanolimnas cerverai.
- Zapata sparrow noun: Torreornis inexpectata, a medium-sized grey and yellow bird of Cuba.
- Zapata wren noun: Ferminia cerverai, a medium-sized greyish-brown bird of Cuba.
- zapatalite noun: A tetragonal light blue mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- zapateado noun /zæˌpætiˈɑːdəʊ/: A Mexican dance of Spanish-Indo origin characterized by a lively rhythm punctuated by the striking of the dancer's shoes.
- zapateo noun /ˌzɑpəˈteɪ.oʊ/: A competitive stamping dance with percussive footwork, historically popular among the gauchos of South America.
- zapatera noun: A cured olive which has spoiled or is on the verge of decomposition.
- Zapatist adjective, noun: Alternative form of Zapatista.
- Zapatista adjective, noun /ˌzɑː.pəˈtiːs.tə/: Of or relating to Zapatismo.
- Zapf proper noun: A surname.
- zaphara noun: Alternative form of zaffre.
- zaphrentid noun: Any member of the Zaphrentidae.
- zaphrentoid noun: A member of the taxonomic family Zaphrentidae, a prehistoric hexacoral.
- zapiekanka noun: A Polish fast food consisting of a baguette with mushrooms, cheese, and ketchup; may also contain vegetables and meat.
- zapizolam noun: A drug, the pyridodiazepine analogue of triazolam.
- zapodid adjective, noun: Of or relating to the family Zapodidae
- Zapopan proper noun: A city and municipality of Jalisco, Mexico.
- Zaporizhian adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to the city or oblast of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
- Zaporizhzhian adjective: Of or relating to Zaporizhzhia (a city and oblast in Ukraine).
- Zaporogian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Zaporozhian.
- Zaporogue noun: A Zaporozhian Cossack.
- Zaporozhian adjective, noun: One of the Cossacks who lived downstream of the rapids of the Dnieper/Dnipro River, in present-day Ukraine.
- Zaporozhye proper noun: An industrial city, the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia urban hromada, Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the...
- zapota noun: Alternative form of sapota.
- zapote noun /zəˈpoʊteɪ/: Alternative form of sapote (“fruit or tree”).
- Zapotec adjective, noun: A member of an indigenous people of Mexico, concentrated in the state of Oaxaca and spread into some neighbouring states.
- Zapotec nest noun: A small woven basket attached to a cactus in order to cultivate cochineal.
- Zapotecan adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the Zapotec.
- Zapotecanist noun: A linguist who specialises in studying Zapotecan languages.
- zapoterin noun: A natural product, the tetranortriterpenoid...
- zapotilla noun /ˌzæpəˈtɪlə/: Alternative form of sapodilla.
- zapotin noun: A flavone isolated from white sapote.
- Zappa proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- zappable adjective: Capable of being zapped (in various senses).
- Zappaesque adjective: Reminiscent of the style of Frank Zappa (1940–1993), American composer, performer, and film director.
- Zappala proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- zappee noun: One who is zapped.
- zapper noun /ˈzæp.ə(ɹ)/: A remote control for a television.
- Zappia proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- zappily adverb /ˈzæpɪli/: In a zappy way.
- zappiness noun: The quality of being zappy.
- zapping noun, verb /ˈzæpɪŋ/: The act or result of being zapped.
- zappingly adverb: In a zapping manner.
- Zappo Zap noun: A member of a group of Songye people from the eastern Kasaï region in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who acted as allies of the Congo...
- Zappone proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- zappozap noun: Synonym of kasuyu (“traditional African weapon”).
- zappy adjective /ˈzæpi/: Lively or energetic.
- zaprinast noun: A drug acting as a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, unsuccessful in clinical trials.
- zaprorid noun: Any of the family Zaproridae of prowfish.
- Zapruder verb /zəˈpɹuːdə(ɹ)/: To mesmerize; to fascinate.
- Zapruderian adjective: meticulous; obsessed
- zaptiah noun: Alternative form of zaptieh.
- zaptié noun: A gendarme / carabineer in Italian colonies of the Ottoman Empire
- zaptieh noun /zʌpˈti.ə/: A Turkish policeman.
- zaptieth noun: Alternative spelling of zaptieh.
- zapupe noun: A fiber obtained from the agave plant and used for making handicrafts etc.
- Zaqistani adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the micronation of Zaqistan.
- zaque noun: A ruler in the northern area of Muisca.
- zar noun: A religious set of beliefs and practices in parts of northern Africa and the Middle East, involving the possession of an individual (usually female) by a...
- Zara proper noun: A female given name.
- zaraath noun: Alternative form of tzaraath
- zarabanda noun: Alternative form of sarabande.
- Zaragosa proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
- Zaragoza proper noun /ˌzɑɹ.əˈɡoʊ.zə/: A city, the regional capital of Aragon, Spain.
- Zaragozan adjective, noun: Saragossan; of, from or relating to the city of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.
- zaragozic acid noun: Any of a family of natural products from fungi that are potent inhibitors of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
- Zarah proper noun: A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah.
- Zaramo noun: an indigenous people of Tanzania
- zarape noun /zəˈɹɑːpi/: Alternative spelling of serape.
- zaratan noun: In Arabic folklore, an extremely large (sea) turtle, the shell of which resembles an island.
- Zarate proper noun: A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
- Zarathustra proper noun: Synonym of Zoroaster.
- Zarathustran adjective, noun: Alternative form of Zarathustrian.
- Zarathustrian adjective, noun: Relating to or characteristic of Zarathustrianism (also known as Zoroastrianism).
- Zarathustrianism noun: Zoroaster's own doctrines as distinguished from later accretions (Zarathustricism, Zoroastrianism).
- Zarathustric adjective: Zarathustrian
- Zarathustricism noun: The teachings of Younger Avestan texts, as distinct from Zarathustrianism and also from later accretions.
- zaratite noun /ˈzæɹəˌtaɪt/: a hydrous basic nickel carbonate occurring in emerald-green incrustations or compact masses
- zarb noun: Synonym of tombak (“a type of goblet drum used heavily in Persian music”)
- zarbaft noun: Alternative form of zerbaft.
- Zarbarma noun: Synonym of Zarma.
- zarbi noun: A rhythmic realization of a gushe.
- zarbist noun: A player of the zarb or tombak
- Zarco proper noun: A surname.
- zarda noun /ˈzɑɹdə/: The flavoured tobacco used in paan.
- zardaverine noun: A drug that acts as a phosphodiesterase inhibitor.
- zardozi noun /zɑːˈdəʊzi/: A kind of embroidery using gold or silver thread.
- Zardushti noun: Zoroastrian
- zareba noun, verb: Alternative spelling of zeriba.
- zareeba noun: Alternative spelling of zeriba.
- Zaremba proper noun: A surname from Polish.
- Zaretsky proper noun: A surname.
- zarf noun /zɑɹf/: An ornamental container designed to hold a coffee cup or teacup and insulate it from the hand of the drinker.
- Zarfian adjective: Of or relating to Andrew Plotkin ("Zarf", born 1970), a writer and critic of interactive fiction.
- zari noun /ˈzæɹi/: A fine gold or silver thread used in traditional Indian, Pakistani and Persian garments, especially as brocade in saris etc.
- Zaria proper noun /ˈzɑː.ɹi.ə/: A large city in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
- zariba noun: Alternative spelling of zeriba.
- zarico noun: Dated form of zydeco.
- Zarif proper noun: A surname from Persian.
- zarilamid noun: A particular fungicide.
- Zarina proper noun /zəˈɹinə/: A female given name.
- Zariski-Riemann space noun: A locally ringed space of a subring k of a field K, whose points are valuation rings containing k and contained in K. They generalize the Riemann surface of...
- Zariski space noun: Zariski-Riemann space
- Zariski topology noun: Originally, a topology applicable to algebraic varieties, such that the closed sets are the variety's algebraic subvarieties; later, a generalisation in...
- Zariskian adjective: Of or relating to Oscar Zariski (born Oscher Zaritsky [Russian: О́шер Зари́цкий]; 1899–1986), American mathematician who had a major influence on algebraic...
- zark interjection: Fuck.
- zarka noun: A cantillation mark found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of the Hebrew Bible.
- zarking adjective: Fucking (as an intensifier).
- Zarma noun: Any of a people of westernmost Niger and adjacent areas who speak the Zarma language.
- Zarmaci noun: Synonym of Zarma.
- zarnec noun /ˈzɑɹnɛk/: A native sulfide of arsenic, including sandarac and orpiment.
- zarnich noun: Alternative form of zarnec.
- Zaro proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- Zarp noun /ˈzɑːp/: A member of the South African Republic Police
- zarph noun: A highly decorated and bejewelled Turkish tea cup.
- zarqa noun: Alternative form of zarka.
- Zarr proper noun: A surname from German.
- Zarrella proper noun: A surname from Italian.
- Zarrow shuffle noun: A deceptive shuffle that leaves the cards in exactly the same order.
- zarthe noun: The European bream (Vimba vimba)
- Zartman proper noun: A surname from German.
- Zarudny's sparrow noun: Passer zarudnyi, a passerid found in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and formerly Iran.
- Zarvanism noun: Alternative form of Zurvanism.
- Zarvanite noun: Alternative form of Zurvanite.
- zarzuela noun /zɑɹˈzweɪlə/: A form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and usually a comic subject.
- zaspopathy noun: An autosomal-dominant form of muscular dystrophy.
- Zastrow proper noun: A surname.
- zastruga noun /zæˈstɹuːɡə/: Alternative form of sastruga.
- zat conjunction, contraction, interjection: Pronunciation spelling of that, usually signifying a foreign accent, often French.
- zatar noun: Alternative spelling of zaatar.
- zatch noun: The stomach.
- zate adjective: Synonym of soft.
- zatebradine noun: A particular bradycardic drug.
- zatherian noun: Any member of the Zatheria.
- zati noun /ˈzɑːti/: Macaca radiata, a macaque native to India and Sri Lanka with a hairstyle similar to a centre parting.
- zatosetron noun: An anxiolytic drug that acts as an antagonist at the 5-HT₃ receptor.
- zatracheid noun: Any of the extinct amphibian-like tetrapods in the family Zatracheidae.
- zatrachydid noun: Any member of the Zatrachydidae.
- zatsu noun /ˈzæt.suː/: Clipping of zatsudan.
- zatsudan noun /ˈzæt.suːˌdæn/: An idle chatting livestream.
- Zaugg proper noun: A surname.
- Zaun proper noun: A surname from German.
- zauschneria noun: Epilobium canum, a North American willowherb.
- zav noun: A state of ritual impurity arising from abnormal seminal discharge by the male.
- zavah noun: A woman who has had vaginal discharge of blood outside of normal menstruation, and is considered ritually impure.
- Zavala proper noun /səˈvɑː.lə/: A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
- Zavaleta proper noun: A surname.
- zavalíaite noun: A colourless monoclinic mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, and iron.
- zavaritskite noun: A soft bismuth-oxygen-fluorine mineral.
- zavegepant noun: A calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist used as a medication to treat migraine.
- Zaventem proper noun: A municipality in Flemish Brabant province, Belgium, to the east of Brussels.
- Zaveri proper noun: A surname from Gujarati.
- Zavier proper noun: A male given name.
- Zaw proper noun: A surname from Burmese.
- Zawacki proper noun: A surname from Polish.
- Zawadzki proper noun: A surname.
- zawg noun: A fanciful variation of dog or dawg.
- zawiya noun /ˈzɑːwɪə/: In North and West Africa, a Muslim religious school or community, or its mosque.
- zawn noun /zɔːn/: A deep and narrow sea-inlet in the British Isles, especially Cornwall and the south-west, cut by erosion into sea-cliffs, and with steep or vertical...
- zax noun /zæks/: A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.
- zay noun, pronoun, verb: Pronunciation spelling of they, usually signifying a foreign accent, often French or German.
- Zaya proper noun: A surname from Russian.
- Zayas proper noun: A surname.
- zayat noun /ˈzaɪ.ət/: A building in Myanmar used for meetings and religious assemblies and to give shelter to travellers.
- Zayd proper noun: A male given name from Arabic.
- zayda noun: Alternative spelling of zayde.
- zayde noun: grandfather
- zaydee noun: Alternative spelling of zayde.
- zaydeh noun: Alternative spelling of zayde.
- Zayden proper noun: A male given name originating as a coinage.
- Zaydi adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of Zaidi.
- zaydie noun: Alternative spelling of zayde.
- Zaydism noun: The doctrines and religious principles associated with Zaydis.
- Zaydist noun: Zaydi
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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.