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 : (countable, informal, archaic) A nobody: a person who is worthless in importance or character.

Noun : (uncountable, informal) Nothing, zero.

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

zebra

Noun : Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. 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) Reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among primitive groups.

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

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

Noun : (uncommon) Alternative form 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.]

zonal

Adjective : Divided into zones.

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

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

zooid

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

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

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.

zamia

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

zaire

Noun : (historical) A former country (1971–1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Noun : (historical) The unit of currency of Zaire.

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 : Alternative 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 : The capital of Zarqa Governorate in 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

Noun : (obsolete) A stump of a tree.

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

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

Noun : A Zaidi Muslim.

Noun : A surname from Arabic.

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

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

Noun : (uncountable) Zest or vitality.

zomby

Noun : Rare 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) An unfavorable card or token, or undesirable or worthless item used as a prize in a contest or game show (such as Let's Make a Deal).

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

Noun : (slang) A cigarette hand-rolled from tobacco and cannabis.

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 : (childish) That goes zoom!

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

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

zangi

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.

Adjective : Synonym of Zangid

Noun : Synonym of Zangid

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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) Very fatigued; zonked.

Adjective : (slang) Weird, odd, eccentric.

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 : (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 : (geography, now rare) Each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles).

Noun : Any given region or area of the world.

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

zakat

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

zante

Noun : Zakynthos (an island in Greece)

Noun : Alternative form of zantewood [fustic (tree)]

zambo

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

Noun : Alternative spelling of Sambo [(derogatory) A black person, especially one who is accommodating or servile towards whites; an Uncle Tom.]

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

zaria

Noun : A large city in Kaduna State, Nigeria.

zomba

Noun : a city in southern malawi; was the capital until 197

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 : (German for "twig" or "branch") a German and Yiddish surname.

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 : Time along the prime meridian; UTC; Zulu time.

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

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 spalacid subfamily Myospalacinae, related to the mole rats.

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zelda

Noun : A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Noun : (video games) Short for 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 (Z), ζ (z)) preceded by epsilon (Ε (E), ε (e)) and followed by eta, (Η (I), η (i)); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ (W), ϝ (w))

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

Noun : (historical) medieval state roughly equivalent to modern Montenegro.

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zayat

Noun : A building in Burma 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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