English Words: Z
2,810 words · Page 35 of 57
A traditional Czech knitted wool cap with no bill, topped by a small pom-pom, and encircled with a cuff into which a pattern is knitted in which smaller zig-zags are predominated by a large central zig-zag, whose angularity evokes the pattern on the back of the adder (Vipera berus), from which it takes its name.
A settlement in Vysokinsky selsoviet, Bashmakovsky Raion, Penza Oblast, Volga Federal District, Russia, founded as a khutor during the time of the Stolypin agrarian reforms (1906–1914).
An urban-type settlement and urban settlement, the administrative centre of Sverdlovsky Raion, Oryol Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1868.
Initialism of Zenesant Troll Police, an informal trolling organization and anti-fandom group that is primarily active on social media, such as YouTube, and targets certain YouTubers by commenting on their videos.
A fluorescent radioactive mineral with the chemical formula CaZn₁₁(UO₂)(CO₃)₃(OH)₂₀·4(H₂O).
The amorphous amylaceous matter contained in the vertebrate and invertebrate foetal tissues.
Any member of the order Zoanthidea of cnidarians commonly found in coral reefs and other marine environments.
A member of a group of German religious dissenters, the Society of Separatists of Zoar, who founded the village of Zoar, Ohio in 1817.
A hash function technique used in representing the state of board games which helps to avoid analyzing the same position more than once.
A unit of zodiacal dust, equal to the amount of interplanetary dust in the inner solar system, which absorbs light and re-radiates it with a luminosity about 10⁻⁷ that of the sun.
The belt-like region of the celestial sphere, approximately eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, which includes the apparent path of the sun, moon, and visible planets.
Any of the twelve star signs corresponding to the constellations which make up the zodiac.
A soft glow of white light seen in the sky along the ecliptic in an elongated triangular form with its base being on the horizon, particularly in the tropics.
A pictograph or ideogram that is used as the standard representation of a specific word.
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 35. 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.