English Words Starting With Z

• zizka

  nounExtremely Rare
  /ˈzɪzkə/An extremely rare word used in technical botany to refer to a tuft or clump of stiff, tangled, grass-like hairs or bristles, often on a plant seed or fruit.
• zizz

  nounverbC2
  /zɪz/A short, light sleep or nap; a buzzing or whizzing sound.
• zlatoust

  nounVery Low
  /ˈzlætəʊˌʊst/A person who is an eloquent or persuasive speaker, particularly one with a 'golden mouth'.
• zlin

  nounC2/Proper Noun
  /zlɪn/A proper noun, most commonly referring to a city in the Czech Republic, historically significant for its shoe manufacturing industry under the Bata company.
• zloty

  nounLow
  /ˈzlɒti/The official currency unit of Poland.
• znaniecki

  nounVery Low
  /znɑːˈnjɛtski/A proper noun referring to the Polish-American sociologist Florian Znaniecki (1882-1958).
• zo-

  nounHigh
  /zuːm/to move or travel very quickly, often with a humming or buzzing sound.
• zoa

  nounsuffixC2/Rare
  /ˈzəʊ.ə/plural of zoon: a complete organism; an individual animal, especially as the unit of a colony or compound organism
• zoaea

  nounvery low
  /zəʊˈiːə/A larval stage of certain decapod crustaceans, such as crabs, characterized by long spines and prominent eyes.
• zoan

  nounVery Low / Extremely Rare / Obsolete
  /ˈzəʊ.ən/Relating to or derived from animals.
• zoanthropy

  nounVery low
  /zəʊˈænθrəpi/A delusion in which a person believes they have transformed into an animal.
• zoar

  nounVery low (archaic/literary)
  /ˈzəʊ.ɑː/A place of refuge, safety, or comfort; often used metaphorically from its biblical origin as a city of refuge.
• zoarium

  nounVery Low
  /zəʊˈɛərɪəm/The compound support structure formed by a colony of bryozoans.
• zocalo

  nounLow
  /ˈsɒkələʊ/A public square or plaza, especially the main square in a Spanish or Latin American town or city.
• zodiac

  nounC1
  /ˈzəʊ.di.æk/A belt of the heavens divided into twelve equal parts, each named after a constellation, used in astrology to predict human affairs and terrestrial events.
• zodiacal constellation

  nounC2
  /zəʊˈdaɪəkəl ˌkɒn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/one of the 12 specific star patterns that lie along the ecliptic (the Sun's apparent path through the sky) and form the zodiac.
• zodiacal light

  nounC2
  /zəʊˈdaɪəkəl laɪt/A faint, diffuse, roughly triangular glow of white light visible in the night sky, extending upwards from the horizon along the zodiac.
• zoe

  nounLow
  /ˈzəʊ.i/A female given name of Greek origin meaning 'life'.
• zoea

  nounC2
  /ˈzəʊɪə/A larval stage of certain crustaceans, such as crabs, characterized by a long, spiny carapace and large, forward-pointing eyes.
• zoetrope

  nounLow
  /ˈzəʊ.ɪ.trəʊp/A 19th-century optical toy consisting of a cylinder with slits and a strip of sequential images inside; when spun, the images appear to animate.

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