ZeuxisnameA transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ζεῦξις (Zeûxis).
zeuxitenounA form of green tourmaline.
ZevnameA male given name from Hebrew found in the Jewish demographic
zevatronnounA hypothetical source of extreme-energy cosmic rays (EECR), capable of accelerating particles to 1 ZeV (zetta-electronvolt).
ZeyanameA river in southeastern Russia, a tributary of the Amur.
zeydenounAlternative spelling of zayde.
zeydienounAlternative spelling of zayde.
ZeylannameAn early (Dutch) name for Sri Lanka.
ZeynepnameA female given name from Turkish.
zezenounA stringed instrument of sub-Saharan Africa.
ZezhounameA county of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.
ZFnounInitialism of Zermelo-Fraenkel (set theory): a particular axiomatic formulation of set theory without the axiom of choice.
ZgierznameA city and county of Lodz Voivodeship, Poland.
ZgolanameA surname from Polish.
zgougounounThe edible pine nuts of the Aleppo pine, used to make a variety of dishes.
ZhabchenameThe toponym of three villages in Ukraine:
ZhabeinameA former district of Shanghai, China, now merged with Jing'an.
ZhabinkanameA city in Brest Oblast, Belarus.
Zhag'yabnameA county of Chamdo, Tibet autonomous region, China.
zhaleikanounA Russian (or broader Slavic) wind instrument with one or two pipes.
ZhannameA surname from Chinese.
zhangnounA traditional Chinese unit of length, 10 Chinese feet or ¹/₁₅₀ Chinese mile.
Zhangcha ducknounA Sichuan dish of marinated duck, smoked over tea leaves and camphor twigs.
zhanghengitenounA golden-yellow mineral containing predominantly copper and zinc but also iron, chromium, and aluminium.
ZhanghuanameAlternative form of Changhua.
ZhangjiachuannameA Hui autonomous county in Tianshui, Gansu, China.
ZhangjiagangnameA county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
ZhangjiajinameA town in Xiangzhou district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
ZhangjiajienameA prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
ZhangjiakounameA prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
ZhangjiangnameFormer name of the Jiulong: a river in southern Fujian, China.
ZhangpunameA county of Zhangzhou, Fujian, China.
ZhangqiaonameA town in Yanling, Xuchang, Henan, China, formerly a township.
ZhangqiunameA district of Jinan, Shandong, China.
ZhangwannameA district of Shiyan, Hubei, China.
ZhangwunameA county of Fuxin, Liaoning, China.
ZhangyenameA prefecture-level city of Gansu, China.
ZhangzhounameA prefecture-level city in southern Fujian, China.
ZhangzinameA county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.
ZhanhenameA district of Pingdingshan, Henan, China.
ZhanjiangnameA prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
zhanmadaonounAn ancient Chinese curved single-edged anti-cavalry sabre-type sword, with a 1-2 foot handle and 4-5 foot blade
ZhannanameA transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name Жа́нна (Žánna)
ZhaonameA former city-state in Hongdong, Shanxi, China, under the Zhou.
Zhao'annameA 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.