Words starting with z

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

z means: the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet

z means: the ending of a series or sequence

z-axis means: the third axis in a 3-dimensional coordinate system

zaar means: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria

zabaglione means: light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled

zabrze means: an industrial city in southern Poland

zacharias means: an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zechariah which are concerned mainly with the renewal of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity

zacharias means: a Hebrew minor prophet of the late 6th century BC

zachary taylor means: 12th President of the United States; died in office (1784-1850)

zaftig means: (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

barbarian means: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

barbarian means: a member of an uncivilized people

barbarian means: without civilizing influences

barefooted means: without shoes

barefooted means: without shoes on

fishbowl means: a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept

fishbowl means: a state of affairs in which you have no privacy

genus flindersia means: small genus of Australian timber trees

genus hydrophyllum means: waterleaf

globalize means: make world-wide in scope or application

impertinent means: improperly forward or bold

impertinent means: not pertinent to the matter under consideration

impertinent means: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality

iridescence means: the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface

launcher means: a device that launches aircraft from a warship

launcher means: armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket

medulla means: the inner part of an organ or structure in plant or animal

medulla means: lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)

medulla means: a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers

niemann-pick disease means: a disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait