Words That Start With Z in the Dictionary - Statistics

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Definition	Word	% Correct
Slang for pizza.	Za	93%
To move in one of the two directions followed in a zigzag course.	Zig	70%
A parklike area in which live animals are kept in cages or large enclosures for public exhibition.	Zoo	67%
A Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the value of meditation and intuition.	Zen	63%
Fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.	Zeal	60%
Fasten with a zipper.	Zip	60%
Any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established.	Zone	60%
To move in one of the two directions followed in a zigzag course.	Zag	57%
A genus of large grasses having broad ribbon-shaped leaves and monoecious flowers of which the staminate forms an ample terminal panicle and the pistillate is in a sessile axillary spike enveloped by numerous bracts	Zea	57%
Any of several horselike African mammals of the genus Equus, each species having a characteristic pattern of black or dark-brown stripes on a whitish background.	Zebra	57%
A trace element that is necessary for a healthy immune system.	Zinc	57%
Any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace.	Zoea	57%
The science or branch of biology dealing with animals.	Zoology	57%
To move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound.	Zoom	57%
The letter Z or z. (or letter used by bearded band in UK and Canada)	Zed	50%
No quantity or number.	Zero	50%
A line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.	Zigzag	47%
A pimple on the skin.	Zit	47%
To kill or shoot.	Zap	43%
Ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.	Zany	40%
The point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer.	Zenith	40%
Anything added to impart flavor, enhance one's appreciation, etc.	Zest	40%
A device used for fastening clothing consisting of two toothed tracks or spiral metal or plastic coils and a piece that either interlocks or separates them when pulled.	Zipper	40%
A variety of summer squash that is shaped like a cucumber and that has a smooth, dark-green skin.	Zucchini	40%
Vitality, animation, or zest.	Zing	37%
Full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent.	Zealous	33%
A type of Oriental cymbal.	Zel	33%
A common mineral, zirconium silicate, ZrSiO4, occurring in small tetragonal crystals or grains of various colors: used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent.	Zircon	33%
The body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose.	Zombie	33%
The cell produced by the union of two gametes, before it undergoes cleavage.	Zygote	33%
A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).	Zep	30%
Full of zest; piquant.	Zesty	30%
A quick, witty, or pointed remark or retort.	Zinger	30%
Any of several composite plants of the genus Zinnia, native to Mexico and adjacent areas, having variously colored, many-rayed flower heads.	Zinnia	30%
To become unconscious from alcohol or narcotic drugs; pass out.	Zonk	30%
The sixth letter of the Greek alphabet.	Zeta	27%
An extremely large, indeterminate number.	Zillion	27%
To turn (someone) into a zombie.	Zombify	27%
Of or relating to a zone or zones.	Zonal	27%
An irrational or disproportionate fear of animals.	Zoophobia	27%
A Latin-American of mixed indigenous and African ancestry.	Zambo	23%
A machine used to resurface ice for skating.	Zamboni	23%
Bright, fresh, or lively.	Zippy	23%
Pasta in the form of tubes resembling large macaroni.	Ziti	23%
A person who feeds and tends animals in a zoo.	Zookeeper	23%
An abnormal fondness or preference for animals.	Zoophilia	23%
A hatchetlike tool for cutting and punching nail holes in roofing slate.	Zax	20%
A person who shows enthusiastic diligence.	Zealot	20%
(In the former U.S.S.R.) An inmate of a forced-labor camp.	Zek	20%
A gentle, mild breeze.	Zephyr	20%
(Among the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians) a temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower.	Ziggurat	20%
Zero; nothing.	Zilch	20%
A musical instrument, consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings stretched over it, that is placed on a horizontal surface and played with a plectrum and the fingertips.	Zither	20%
An imaginary belt of the heavens, extending about 8° on each side of the ecliptic, within which are the apparent paths of the sun, moon, and principal planets.	Zodiac	20%
Marked with zones, as of color, texture, or the like.	Zonate	20%
Any of various South American weevils of the genus Zyzzyva, often destructive to plants.	Zyzzyva	20%
A large dirigible balloon consisting of a long, cylindrical, covered framework containing compartments or cells filled with gas, and of various structures for holding the engines, passengers, etc.	Zeppelin	17%
A person of incalculably great wealth.	Zillionaire	17%
A black vinifera grape, grown in California.	Zinfandel	17%
A metallic element found combined in zircon, baddeleyite, etc., resembling titanium chemically.	Zirconium	17%
A blues-influenced type of Cajun dance music popular in Louisiana and Texas, and usually played on accordion, guitar, and violin.	Zydeco	17%
The specific principle regarded as the cause of a zymotic disease.	Zyme	17%
A paper money and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 100 makuta.	Zaire	13%
Any of various plants of the genus Zamia, chiefly of tropical and subtropical America, having a short, tuberous stem and a crown of palmlike pinnate leaves.	Zamia	13%
One of a domesticated form of cattle, Bos taurus indicus, of India, having a large hump over the shoulders and a large dewlap.	Zebu	13%
The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.	Zeitgeist	13%
A tool for cutting roof slate.	Zex	13%
A nickel coin and monetary unit of Poland, equal to 100 groszy.	Zloty	13%
Any of the individuals of a compound organism.	Zoon	13%
An ancient Hebrew silver coin, the fourth part of a silver shekel.	Zuz	13%
A foamy, custardlike mixture of egg yolks, sugar, and Marsala wine, usually served hot or chilled as a dessert.	Zabaglione	10%
(of a woman) Having a pleasantly plump figure.	Zaftig	10%
a small, slender freshwater fish, Brachydanio rerio, having luminous bluish-black and silvery-gold horizontal stripes: popular in home aquariums.	Zebrafish	10%
A soft, yellow powder of simple proteins obtained from corn, used chiefly in the manufacture of textile fibers, plastics, and paper coatings.	Zein	10%
Coming in a series before the first.	Zeroth	10%
270bytes; 1024 exabyte.	Zettabyte	10%
The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way.	Zeugma	10%
Full of zing; lively; zesty; exciting.	Zingy	10%
Any organic body or cell capable of spontaneous movement and of an existence more or less apart from or independent of the parent organism.	Zooid	10%
(Used to express keen pleasure, astonishment, approval, etc.)	Zowie	10%
The financial community of Japan.	Zaikai	7%
(In the Levant) A holder, usually of ornamental metal, for a coffee cup without a handle.	Zarf	7%
Any of several trees, especially Connarus guianensis, of tropical America, yielding a striped, hard wood used for making furniture.	Zebrawood	7%
The offspring of a zebra and a donkey.	Zedonk	7%
One sextillion (1021) hertz.	Zettahertz	7%
A meeting of dervishes at which a phrase containing a name of God is chanted rhythmically to induce a state of ecstasy.	Zikr	7%
Pertaining to or contaning zinc.	Zincic	7%
The state or condition of being zonate.	Zonation	7%
A weasellike African animal, Ictonyx striatus, resembling a skunk in coloration and habits.	Zoril	7%
Any of several low-growing grasses of the genus Zoysia, especially Z. matrella, native to tropical Asia and widely used for lawns.	Zoysia	7%
A situation in which a player is limited to moves that cost pieces or have a damaging positional effect.	Zugzwang	7%
A soup or chowder.	Zuppa	7%
A molecule, especially an amino acid, containing a positively charged ion at one end and a negatively charged ion at the other.	Zwitterion	7%
(Formerly) The science dealing with fermentation and the action of enzymes; enzymology.	Zymology	7%
Any of several related Mediterranean herbs, as wild marjoram or thyme.	Zaatar	3%
A person of outstanding virtue and piety.	Zaddik	3%
(In the Sudan and adjoining regions) A protective enclosure, as of thorn bushes.	Zareba	3%
A Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and often a satirically treated, topical theme.	Zarzuela	3%
The seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet.	Zayin	3%
The offspring of a zebra and an ass.	Zebrass	3%
The offspring of a female horse and a male zebra.	Zebrula	3%
A small shining disk or spangle used for ornamentation, as on women's clothing and accessories or on theatrical costumes. Another word for sequin.	Zechin	3%
(Hebrew) Charity or the giving of charity.	Zedakah	3%
Any of several trees of a certain genus native to Asia, related to and resembling the elms.	Zelkova	3%
One of a system of elected local assemblies established in 1864 by Alexander II to replace the authority of the nobles in administering local affairs after the abolition of serfdom: became the core of the liberal movement from 1905 to 1917.	Zemstvo	3%
One sextillionth (10-21) of a second.	Zeptosecond	3%
A hybrid of a cow and a yak.	Zho	3%
(In British India) Any of the districts into which a province was divided for administrative purposes.	Zillah	3%
Belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of plants.	Zingiberaceous	3%
A steel-gray mineral with metallic luster, lead antimony sulfide, Pb6Sb14S27.	Zinkenite	3%
An orthorhombic dimorph of clinozoisite.	Zoisite	3%
Measurement of the proportionate lengths or sizes of the parts of animals.	Zoometry	3%
Of or relating to a deity or other being conceived of as having the form of an animal.	Zoomorphic	3%
Any disease of animals communicable to humans.	Zoonosis	3%
Any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant, as a coral or a sea anemone.	Zoophyte	3%
Plankton consisting of small animals and the immature stages of larger animals.	Zooplankton	3%
The anatomy, especially the comparative anatomy, of animals.	Zootomy	3%
Any toxin of animal origin, as a snake or scorpion venom, or serum produced by means of such toxin.	Zootoxin	3%
Characteristic of a zoot suiter; extreme or flamboyant in style or appearance.	Zooty	3%
Expressing surprise or indignation.	Zounds	3%
The union of two gametes; conjugation.	Zygosis	3%
The branch of applied chemistry dealing with fermentation, as in winemaking, brewing, the preparation of yeast, etc.	Zymurgy	3%
A large, flat cushion, used in Japan for sitting or kneeling on the floor.	Zabuton	0%
An artificial mixture, resembling smalt, containing cobalt oxide and, usually, silica, used to produce a blue color in glass and in ceramic glazes.	Zaffer	0%
A round cushion used in Zen meditation.	Zafu	0%
A large industrial or financial conglomerate of Japan.	Zaibatsu	0%
A tax, comprising percentages of personal income of every kind, levied as almsgiving for the relief of the poor: the third of the Pillars of Islam.	Zakat	0%
Russian cookery hors d'oeuvres, consisting of tiny open sandwiches spread with caviar, smoked sausage, etc, or a cold dish such as radishes in sour cream, all usually served with vodka.	Zakuski	0%
A sheepskin coat of the kind worn by shepherds in Spain.	Zamarra	0%
(In British India) A landlord required to pay a land tax to the government.	Zamindar	0%
(In British India) A landlord required to pay a land tax to the government.	Zamindari	0%
The part of the house in which the women and girls of a family are secluded.	Zanana	0%
A freshwater pikeperch, Stizostedion (Lucioperca) lucioperca, of central Europe, valued as a food fish.	Zander	0%
A Spanish dance for a solo performer, marked by rhythmic tapping of the heels.	Zapateado	0%
A Cuban dance in three-quarter time emphasizing staccato stamping footwork.	Zapateo	0%
A Turkish police officer.	Zaptiah	0%
A mineral, hydrated basic nickel carbonate, occurring in the form of emerald-green incrustations on chromite and magnetite.	Zaratite	0%
Ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.	Zastruga	0%
A cytokinin occurring in corn, spinach, and peas.	Zeatin	0%
a small, three-masted vessel of the Mediterranean, formerly much used by corsairs, now employed to some extent in commerce.	Zebec	0%
Resembling a zebra.	Zebroid	0%
An East Indian drug consisting of the rhizome of either of two species of curcuma, Curcuma zedoaria or C. aromatica, used as a stimulant.	Zedoary	0%
An environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock.	Zeitgeber	0%
Traditional religious songs that are sung by Jews during the evening meal on Friday and the afternoon meal on Saturday.	Zemiroth	0%
The meditation room of a Zen monastery.	Zendo	0%
Any of a group of hydrated silicates of aluminum with alkali metals, commonly occurring as secondary minerals in cavities in basic volcanic rocks: used for their molecular sieve properties because they undergo dehydration with little or no change in crystal structure.	Zeolite	0%
A clumsy, stupid person.	Zhlub	0%
Of or relating to the sable.	Zibeline	0%
A civet, Viverra zibetha, of India, the Malay Peninsula, and other parts of Asia.	Zibet	0%
The international generic term for azidothymidine.	Zidovudine	0%
A cassock with a small cape attached.	Zimarra	0%
A complex zither played especially in Hungary.	Zimbalon	0%
A salt derived from H2ZnO2, the acid form of amphoteric zinc hydroxide.	Zincate	0%
The art or process of producing a printing surface on a zinc plate, especially of producing one in relief by etching away unprotected parts with acid.	Zincography	0%
A light tan, water-insoluble compound, C4H6N2S4Zn, used as a fungicide for fruits and vegetables.	Zineb	0%
A female member of the Roma, a traditionally nomadic ethnic group.	Zingara	0%
A white crystalline powder, C6H12N2S4Zn, almost insoluble in water, soluble in acetone and chloroform: used as a fungicide and rubber accelerator.	Ziram	0%
The fringes or tassels formerly worn at the corners of the outer garment and now worn at the four corners of the tallith and the arba kanfoth.	Zizith	0%
A mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal.	Zoanthropy	0%
A collection of distinct, individual zooids that make up a compound or colonial organism.	Zoarium	0%
A public square or plaza, especially in the center of a city or town.	Zocalo	0%
A device for giving an illusion of motion, consisting of a slitted drum that, when whirled, shows a succession of images placed opposite the slits within the drum as one moving image.	Zoetrope	0%
A sedative hypnotic drug, (C19H21N3O)2·C4H6O6, closely related in effect to the benzodiazepines, used in the treatment of insomnia.	Zolpidem	0%
A body segment of a diplopod.	Zonite	0%
A little zone, belt, band, or the like.	Zonule	0%
A plant whose structure adapts it for dispersion by animals.	Zoochore	0%
A motile gamete.	Zoogamete	0%
Produced or caused by animals.	Zoogenic	0%
A jellylike mass of microorganisms.	Zooglea	0%
The branch of zoology dealing with the description of animals.	Zoography	0%
The worship of or excessive attention to animals.	Zoolatry	0%
The transplantation of living tissue to the human body from an animal of another species.	Zooplasty	0%
An asexual spore produced by certain algae and some fungi, capable of moving about by means of flagella.	Zoospore	0%
The breeding and domestication of animals; the technology of animal husbandry.	Zootechnics	0%
A frieze having representations of people or animals.	Zophorus	0%
Shingles	Zoster	0%
A style of dance music that originated in Guadeloupe and Martinique, featuring Caribbean rhythms over a disco beat and played with electric guitars and synthesizers.	Zouk	0%
A small, round skullcap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics, a priest's being black, a bishop's violet, a cardinal's red, and the pope's white; calotte.	Zucchetto	0%
A special egg bread made into rusks.	Zwieback	0%
an instrument for measuring the degree of fermentation.	Zygophore	0%
Belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.	Zygophyllaceous	0%
The complex of enzymes obtained from yeast, also occurring in bacteria and other organisms, that acts in alcoholic fermentation and other forms of glycolysis.	Zymase	0%
Any of various enzyme precursor molecules that may change into an enzyme as a result of catalytic change.	Zymogen	0%
An instrument for measuring the degree of fermentation.	Zymometer	0%