5 Letter Words Starting with Z

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1. zabraScrabble 16 · WWF 17

   noun. A small, fast sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean, especially by pirates.

2. zabtiScrabble 16 · WWF 17

   noun. A member of the Turkish gendarmerie or police force in the Ottoman Empire.

3. zaireScrabble 14 · WWF 14

   n.. a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960

4. zakahScrabble 21 · WWF 20

   noun. In Islam, obligatory almsgiving; one of the Five Pillars.

5. zakatScrabble 18 · WWF 18

   n.. the fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship; "the zakat is earmarked for the poor and disabled"

6. zamanScrabble 16 · WWF 18

   n.. large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle

7. zamboScrabble 18 · WWF 20

   n.. The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.

8. zamiaScrabble 16 · WWF 17

   n.. A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.

9. zanteScrabble 14 · WWF 15

   n.. See Zantewood.

10. zanzaScrabble 23 · WWF 24

    noun. A musical instrument consisting of a row of metal or bamboo strips plucked with the thumbs.

11. zanzeScrabble 23 · WWF 24

    noun. Alternative form of zanza; a thumb piano.

12. zapasScrabble 16 · WWF 17

    noun. Plural of zapa; (obsolete) shoes or boots.

13. zapusScrabble 16 · WWF 18

    n.. type genus of the Zapodidae

14. zaqueScrabble 23 · WWF 24

    noun. A title of a ruler among the Muisca people of Colombia.

15. zarfsScrabble 17 · WWF 17

    noun. Plural of zarf, a holder for a hot coffee cup.

16. zaxesScrabble 21 · WWF 21

    noun. Plural of zax, a tool for cutting roofing slate.

17. zayatScrabble 17 · WWF 16

    n.. A public shed, or portico, for travelers, worshipers, etc.

18. zayinScrabble 17 · WWF 17

    n.. the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

19. zazenScrabble 23 · WWF 24

    noun. A form of seated meditation in Zen Buddhism.

20. zealsScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    noun. Plural of zeal; great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause.

21. zebecScrabble 18 · WWF 20

    n.. See Xebec.

22. zebraScrabble 16 · WWF 17

    n.. Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.

23. zebubScrabble 18 · WWF 21

    n.. A large noxious fly of Abyssinia, which like the tsetse fly, is destructive to cattle.

24. zebusScrabble 16 · WWF 18

    noun. Plural of zebu; humped cattle of the species Bos indicus, native to South Asia.

25. zeinsScrabble 14 · WWF 15

    noun. Plural of zein; a class of prolamine proteins found in corn.

26. zeismScrabble 16 · WWF 17

    noun. A condition caused by excessive consumption of maize (corn), leading to nutritional deficiency.

27. zemmiScrabble 18 · WWF 20

    noun. A variant spelling of zemi; a Taino spirit or idol.

28. zemniScrabble 16 · WWF 18

    n.. The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows.

29. zendoScrabble 15 · WWF 16

    noun. A meditation hall in Zen Buddhism.

30. zerdaScrabble 15 · WWF 15

    n.. The fennec.

31. zermaScrabble 16 · WWF 17

    noun. A type of millet or grain.

32. zerosScrabble 14 · WWF 14

    pl.. of Zero

33. zestsScrabble 14 · WWF 14

    noun. Plural of zest; also third-person singular present of zest.

34. zestyScrabble 17 · WWF 16

    a.. marked by spirited enjoyment

35. zetasScrabble 14 · WWF 14

    noun. Plural of zeta; the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet.

36. zhmudScrabble 20 · WWF 21

    Lithuanian ethnic group. Samogitians are the inhabitants of Samogitia, an ethnographic region of Lithuania.

37. ziaraScrabble 14 · WWF 14

    noun. A pilgrimage or visit to a holy place, especially in Islam.

38. zibetScrabble 16 · WWF 17

    n.. Alt. of Zibeth

39. ziegaScrabble 15 · WWF 16

    n.. Curd produced from milk by adding acetic acid, after rennet has ceased to cause coagulation.

40. ziffsScrabble 20 · WWF 20

    noun. Plural of ziff; beards or tufts of hair.

41. ziganScrabble 15 · WWF 17

    noun. A Gypsy or Roma person.

42. ziharScrabble 17 · WWF 16

    noun. In Islamic law, a form of divorce by which a husband declares his wife like his mother's back, requiring expiation.

43. zilchScrabble 19 · WWF 20

    n.. a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

44. zillaScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    n.. A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in water, and eaten, by the Arabs.

45. zillsScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    noun. Plural of zill; small metallic cymbals used in belly dancing.

46. zimbiScrabble 18 · WWF 20

    noun. A small shell used as currency in parts of West Africa.

47. zimmiScrabble 18 · WWF 20

    noun. A non-Muslim subject of an Islamic state, historically granted protection.

48. zimmyScrabble 21 · WWF 22

    noun. A variant of zimbi, a shell used as currency.

49. zincoScrabble 16 · WWF 18

    A combining form from zinc; in chemistry, designating zinc as an element of certain double compounds. Also used adjectively.

50. zincsScrabble 16 · WWF 18

    noun. Plural of zinc; multiple forms or pieces of the metal zinc.