English Words: Z
2,810 words · Page 16 of 57
Characteristic of zealots, especially those that were part of rebellious movements in biblical times.
Brilliant green, especially when thrown on the body of a victim in Russian politically-motivated attacks.
A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, tellurium, and zinc.
An inhabitant of the city of Ṣumuru (identified with modern Tell Kazel on the coast of Syria).
A Russian district or provincial council, or elective local-governmental administrative division, founded in 1864 by Tsar Alexander the Liberator.
A school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means and principally associated with China and Japan.
A small stylized Japanese rock garden, intended to convey the essence of nature and to aid meditation.
Resembling Zen Buddhism or some aspect of it, especially the use of cryptic, apparently nonsensical parables.
Synonym of harem (“area of house or palace for high-caste women or wives of a wealthy man; the women thus kept; the system of segregating women in this way”).
One of a set of twenty-five cards, each featuring one of five symbols (circle, plus sign, square, star, wavy lines), used by researchers to test claims of ESP or remote viewing.
A semiconductor junction device through which current flows normally in the forward direction, and in the reverse direction if a large voltage is applied.
The influence of a dispersion of fine particles on the movement of low- and high-angle grain boundaries through a polycrystalline material.
The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter Z contains 2,810 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 57 pages, and you are currently viewing page 16. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "Z" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.