English Words: Z
2,810 words · Page 27 of 57
A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories
A formerly common type of railway with multiple switchbacks to allow ascent and descent on steep slopes.
A form of divorce among pre-Islamic Arabs, coming into effect when a man told his wife three times "you are like my mother".
An Islamic book that tabulates parameters used for various astronomical events and movements.
A disease of humans, transmitted by mosquitoes, caused by the Zika virus, with symptoms similar to dengue fever and many other diseases, that also apparently causes microcephaly in the newborns of infected mothers.
An area of tropical forest near Entebbe, Uganda, owned by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), used for mosquito research, where the Zika virus was first isolated and described.
A particular flavivirus, causing mild illness and linked with birth defects in humans.
Any of the road lanes in London, England, dedicated for vehicles transporting VIPs during the 2012 London Olympics.
A winged snake- or dragon-like creature in the mythology of the Russian, Tatar, Chuvash and Mari peoples around Kazan.
In the APL programming language, the symbol ⍬ (a zero crossed by a tilde), representing an empty numeric vector.
An asthma drug that blocks leukotriene synthesis by inhibiting 5-lipoxygenase, an enzyme of the eicosanoid synthesis pathway.
A person born on the cusp of, or during the latter years of Generation Y/Millennials and early years of Generation Z.
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 27. 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.