5 Letter Words That Start With Z

zesty

Adjective : Having a piquant or pungent taste; spicy.

Adjective : Zestful.

Adjective : (informal, LGBTQ, of a man) Effeminately or flamboyantly gay.

zilch

Noun : (uncountable, informal) Nothing, zero.

Adjective : (informal, chiefly US) No, zero, non-existent.

Verb : (informal, US sports) To cause to score nothing, to thoroughly defeat.

zebra

Noun : Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: Equus grevyi, Equus quagga, or Equus zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.

Noun : (sports, slang) A referee.

Noun : (medicine, slang) An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment.

zazen

Noun : (Buddhism) A form of seated meditation in Zen Buddhism.

zorro

Noun : A South American canid of the species Lycalopex culpaeus, visually similar to (and sometimes referred to as) a fox but more closely related to a wolf.

Noun : A fictional character, a daring and mysterious avenger, created in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley.

Noun : Any daring and mysterious avenger.

zeroa

Noun : (Judaism) The bone of a lamb shank, laid on a platter as one of five symbolic foods at Passover.

zeale

Noun : Archaic spelling of zeal. [The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.]

zerda

Noun : (archaic) The fennec (Vulpes zerda).

zelig

Noun : An ordinary person who can change their appearance or behavior to suit their surroundings, especially one who is unexpectedly associated with important events or people.

Noun : An unimportant person who appears at multiple important events.

zoism

Noun : (dated) A former doctrine claiming that the phenomena of life are due to a peculiar vital principle; the theory of vital force.

Noun : (dated) A reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among primitive groups.

zippy

Adjective : (informal) Energetic and lively.

Adjective : (informal) Quick, speedy.

zendo

Noun : A hall at a Zen buddhist monastery where formal seated meditation (zazen) is practiced.

zaddy

Noun : (originally African-American Vernacular, slang) A handsome, fashionable man, especially an older man.

zoink

Verb : (slang) Alternative form of zonk (“to make sleepy or delirious”). [(transitive, slang) To hit hard .]

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zumbi

Noun : The famous leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares, located in Brazil, South America.

Noun : (rare) Nonstandard spelling of zombie. [(voodoo, horror) A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own.]

Noun : Alternative form of jumbie (“a ghost or spirit”). [(chiefly Caribbean) A ghost or evil spirit.]

zonal

Adjective : Related to, associated with, or similar to zones.

Adjective : Divided into zones.

Adjective : (of air or ocean currents) roughly longitudinal (east to west, or west to east)

zooid

Noun : (zoology) One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Bryozoa; — sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.

Noun : (zoology) An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.

Noun : (biology) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.

zamia

Noun : Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia

zaire

Noun : (historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997.

Noun : (chiefly historical) Synonym of Congo (major river in Central Africa)

Noun : A province of Angola, named after the river

zippo

Adjective : (slang) Zero; none whatsoever.

Noun : (informal, emphatic) Zero. Typically used for emphasis, as when the listener might expect a positive quantity.

Verb : (slang) To light on fire.

zombi

Noun : Uncommon spelling of zombie. [(voodoo, horror) A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own.]

zohar

Noun : (Judaism) A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century AD. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century.

zoril

Noun : Alternative spelling of zorille. [Ictonyx striatus, a small, carnivorous, nocturnal African mammal resembling a skunk.]

zarqa

Noun : A city and governorate in northern Jordan.

Noun : Alternative form of zarka. [A cantillation mark found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of the Hebrew Bible.]

zebec

Noun : A Balkan surname from Serbo-Croatian.

Noun : Alternative spelling of xebec. [A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern.]

zowie

Noun : Zoe Bridey Fleury, better known by her stage name Zowie, is a singer-songwriter and drummer from New Zealand.

zuche

zenik

Noun : (archaic) The meerkat or suricate.

zocle

Noun : (architecture) Alternative form of socle. [(architecture) A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.]

zumba

Noun : A fitness program that combines Latin and international music with dance.

zonda

Noun : A hot, dry wind of the Andes.

zaidi

Noun : A surname from Arabic.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a particular branch of Shi'a Islam.

Noun : A Zaidi Muslim.

zhang

Noun : A traditional Chinese unit of length, 10 Chinese feet or ¹/₁₅₀ Chinese mile.

Noun : A surname from Chinese.

Noun : A river in Shanxi, Henan and Hebei, China.

zatar

Noun : Alternative spelling of zaatar. [A particular herb, similar in flavor to thyme or oregano, used in Middle Eastern cuisine (Origanum syriacum).]

zings

Noun : (uncountable) Zest or vitality.

Noun : A short high-pitched humming sound, such as that made by a bullet or vibrating string.

Noun : (slang) A witty insult or derogatory remark.

zomby

Noun : (rare) Nonstandard spelling of zombie. [(voodoo, horror) A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own.]

zonks

Noun : (slang) The feeling of a drug taking hold.

Verb : (intransitive, slang, usually followed by “out”) To become exhausted, sleepy or delirious.

Verb : (transitive, slang) To make (someone) sleepy or delirious, to put into a stupor .

zingo

Noun : a Swedish soft drink, with a carbonated orange flavor.

zizzy

Adjective : (informal) Zazzy; flashy; eye-catching.

Adjective : (informal) Tingling.

zoeal

Adjective : Of or pertaining to zoeae.

zoomy

Adjective : (slang) Stylish, as a zoomy car, or as someone who looks like they would drive a zoomy car

Adjective : (mechanics, informal) sleek, speedy, streamlined

Adjective : (childish) That goes zoom!

zangi

Adjective : Synonym of Zangid.

Noun : Synonym of Zangid.

Noun : ʿImād ad-Dīn Zangī (d. 541/1146), Turkmen founder of the Zangid dynasty which ruled northern Iraq and Syria between the 12th and 13th centuries.

zomax

zamak

Noun : Any of a family of alloys with a zinc base and alloying elements of aluminium, magnesium, and copper.

zimmi

Noun : Alternative form of dhimmi. [(Islam, chiefly historical) A protected and specially taxed non-Muslim subject of a state governed under dhimma, a form of social contract, in accordance with sharia law.]

zonky

Adjective : (slang) Weird, odd, eccentric.

Adjective : (slang) Very fatigued; zonked.

zoppo

Adjective : (music) Alternately with and without syncopation.

zedek

zaisu

Noun : A traditional Japanese chair with no legs but a normal back.

zerde

Noun : A Turkish dessert resembling rice pudding, coloured yellow with saffron.

zhush

Verb : Alternative form of zhoosh. [(transitive, originally Polari, UK and Australia, slang) To tweak, finesse or improve (something); to make more appealing or exciting. Usually with up.]

zibar

Noun : A dune with no slip face, formed from coarse sand, having a hard surface.

zingg

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zosma

Noun : Delta Leonis, a star in the zodiac constellation of Leo.

zoned

Adjective : Included in a zone.

Adjective : (slang) Synonym of zoned out (“intoxicated by drugs”).

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zetta

zeros

Noun : The decade of the 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, etc. The noughties. The 2000s.

zloty

Noun : The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.

zayin

Noun : The seventh letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

zepto

zip up

Verb : To close with a zip fastener.

Verb : (idiomatic, transitive or intransitive) To close as if with a zip fastener, especially one's mouth; to stop talking.

Verb : To convert a computer file into a smaller package.

zones

Noun : Any given region or area of the world.

Noun : A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.

Noun : (by extension) A restricted category or virtual place.

zakat

Noun : (Islam) Almsgiving, usually in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes; the third of the five pillars of Islam.

zante

Noun : Zakynthos (an island of Greece).

Noun : Alternative form of zantewood. [The wood of the fustic tree.]

zambo

Noun : A person with African and Native American/indigenous heritage; Afro-Indian.

Noun : (Philippines) Clipping of Zamboanga [Zamboanga City (a city in Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)]

Noun : (Philippines) Clipping of Zamboanga City [An independent city statistically grouped in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.]

zaria

Noun : A large city in Kaduna State, Nigeria.

zomba

Noun : Zomba (the former capital city of Malawi)

zilla

Noun : (India) A subdivision of a province or state

zinco

Noun : (informal, dated) A line or half-tone block etched on zinc plate, used in zincography.

zweig

Noun : A surname from German or Yiddish.

zaman

Noun : Albizia saman, a large tropical tree in the pea family.

zappy

Adjective : (informal) Lively or energetic.

zulus

Noun : A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa.

Noun : The language of these people, a Bantu language; isiZulu.

Adjective : Pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language.

zibet

Noun : (archaic) The large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha).

zingy

Adjective : (informal) Full of zest.

zymic

Adjective : (chemistry) Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation.

z-dna

Noun : (uncountable) A configuration of DNA in cells, left-hand twisting double helix, that takes up a zigzagging form due to the natural right-hand twisting tendency of DNA.

Noun : (countable) A DNA helix in such a configuration.

zapus

Noun : a genus of North American jumping mouse.

zocor

Noun : an oral lipid-lowering medicine (trade name zocor) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after heart attack

zooms

Noun : Zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry, commonly referred to by the abbreviation ZooMS, is a scientific method that identifies animal species by means of characteristic peptide sequences in the protein collagen.

zineb

Noun : An organic fungicide and insecticide sprayed on cereal grasses, fruit trees, etc.

zinky

Adjective : Alternative form of zincy. [Containing zinc.]

zygo-

zebub

Noun : (archaic) Synonym of zimb.

zeppo

Noun : united states comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979

zizel

Noun : The suslik.

zokor

Noun : Any Asiatic burrowing rodent native to Central Asia, in the genera Myospalax and Eospalax.

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zelda

Noun : A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Noun : (video games) Ellipsis of The Legend of Zelda.

zemni

Noun : (archaic) The Podolsk mole-rat (Spalax zemni)

zygal

Adjective : shaped like a yoke, or like the letter H

zeiss

Noun : A surname.

zetas

Noun : The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded by epsilon (Ε, ε) and followed by eta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ, ϝ)

Noun : (mathematics) A mathematical function, formally known as the Riemann zeta function.

Noun : A member of Los Zetas, a Mexican criminal syndicate.

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zayat

Noun : A building in Myanmar used for meetings and religious assemblies and to give shelter to travellers.

zero g

Noun : zero gravity

Noun : Alternative form of zero G. [zero gravity]

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