English Words: Z

2,810 words · Page 22 of 57

Zeuxisname

A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ζεῦξις (Zeûxis).

zeuxitenoun

A form of green tourmaline.

Zevname

A male given name from Hebrew found in the Jewish demographic

zevatronnoun

A hypothetical source of extreme-energy cosmic rays (EECR), capable of accelerating particles to 1 ZeV (zetta-electronvolt).

Zeyaname

A river in southeastern Russia, a tributary of the Amur.

zeydenoun

Alternative spelling of zayde.

zeydienoun

Alternative spelling of zayde.

Zeylanname

An early (Dutch) name for Sri Lanka.

Zeynepname

A female given name from Turkish.

zezenoun

A stringed instrument of sub-Saharan Africa.

Zezhouname

A county of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.

ZFnoun

Initialism of Zermelo-Fraenkel (set theory): a particular axiomatic formulation of set theory without the axiom of choice.

Zghartaname

A city in Lebanon

Zghartanadj

Of or relating to Zgharta.

Zgierzname

A city and county of Lodz Voivodeship, Poland.

Zgolaname

A surname from Polish.

zgougounoun

The edible pine nuts of the Aleppo pine, used to make a variety of dishes.

zha bonoun

Lady or woman.

Zhabchename

The toponym of three villages in Ukraine:

Zhabeiname

A former district of Shanghai, China, now merged with Jing'an.

Zhabinkaname

A city in Brest Oblast, Belarus.

Zhag'yabname

A county of Chamdo, Tibet autonomous region, China.

zhaleikanoun

A Russian (or broader Slavic) wind instrument with one or two pipes.

Zhanname

A surname from Chinese.

Zhanaozenname

A city in Kazakhstan.

zhangnoun

A traditional Chinese unit of length, 10 Chinese feet or ¹/₁₅₀ Chinese mile.

Zhangcha ducknoun

A Sichuan dish of marinated duck, smoked over tea leaves and camphor twigs.

zhanghengitenoun

A golden-yellow mineral containing predominantly copper and zinc but also iron, chromium, and aluminium.

Zhanghuaname

Alternative form of Changhua.

Zhangjiachuanname

A Hui autonomous county in Tianshui, Gansu, China.

Zhangjiagangname

A county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

Zhangjiajiname

A town in Xiangzhou district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.

Zhangjiajiename

A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.

Zhangjiakouname

A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.

Zhangjiangname

Former name of the Jiulong: a river in southern Fujian, China.

Zhangpuname

A county of Zhangzhou, Fujian, China.

Zhangqiaoname

A town in Yanling, Xuchang, Henan, China, formerly a township.

Zhangqiuname

A district of Jinan, Shandong, China.

Zhangwanname

A district of Shiyan, Hubei, China.

Zhangwuname

A county of Fuxin, Liaoning, China.

Zhangyename

A prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.

Zhangzhouname

A prefecture-level city in southern Fujian, China.

Zhangzhounesename

The Hokkien dialect of Zhangzhou

Zhangziname

A county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.

Zhanhename

A district of Pingdingshan, Henan, China.

Zhanjiangname

A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.

zhanmadaonoun

An ancient Chinese curved single-edged anti-cavalry sabre-type sword, with a 1-2 foot handle and 4-5 foot blade

Zhannaname

A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name Жа́нна (Žánna)

Zhaoname

A former city-state in Hongdong, Shanxi, China, under the Zhou.

Zhao'anname

A county of Zhangzhou, Fujian, China.

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 22. 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.