10-letter words starting with z
- zonal soil — soil having a profile determined mainly by the local climate and vegetation
- zone plate — a plate or screen with alternating opaque and transparent concentric rings that focus light by diffraction.
- zonta club — one of an organization of service clubs composed of business and professional women, founded in 1919, and a member chapter of a worldwide organization (Zonta International) dedicated to promoting world peace and fellowship.
- zoo keeper — a person who looks after the animals in a zoo
- zoochorous — (of a plant) having the spores or seeds dispersed by animals
- zooculture — the domestication of animals
- zoogloeoid — like or resembling a zoogloea
- zookeepers — Plural form of zookeeper.
- zoological — of or relating to zoology.
- zoologists — Plural form of zoologist.
- zoom in on — to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound: cars zooming by on the freeway.
- zoomorphic — of or relating to a deity or other being conceived of as having the form of an animal.
- zoophagous — carnivorous.
- zoophilism — An affection for non-human animals.
- zoophilist — A lover of animals.
- zoophilous — Botany. adapted to pollination by animals, especially those other than insects.
- zoophytoid — resembling or relating to a zoophyte
- zooplastic — the transplantation of living tissue to the human body from an animal of another species.
- zoothapsis — (archaic, nonce) premature burial.
- zoothecial — of or relating to the zoothecia
- zoothecium — one of the outer layers of certain protozoans
- zootherapy — the use of therapeutic drugs derived from animals
- zootrophic — of or relating to zootrophy
- zu elkadah — Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda.
- zucchettos — Plural form of zucchetto.
- zuckerberg — Mark (Elliot). born 1984, US internet entrepreneur; co-founder (2004) of social networking website Facebook
- zuider zee — a former shallow inlet of the North Sea in central Netherlands. Compare IJsselmeer.
- zurbriggen — Pirmin, born 1963, Swiss Alpine skier.
- zuyder zee — Zuider Zee.
- zwitterion — an ion with both a positive and a negative charge.
- zygobranch — a creature belonging to the Zygobranchia genus, which includes molluscs with paired gills
- zygocactus — Any cactus in the genus Schlumbergera (previously Zygocactus).
- zygodactyl — Also, zygodactylous. (of a bird) having the toes of each foot arranged in pairs, with two toes in front and two behind.
- zygomorphy — The quality of being zygomorphic.
- zygomycete — any of a wide variety of common fungi constituting the phylum Zygomycota of the kingdom Fungi (or the class Zygomycetes of the kingdom Plantae), in which sexual reproduction is by the formation of zygospores.
- zygomycota — the zygomycetes considered as belonging to the phylum Zygomycota of the kingdom Fungi.
- zygopteran — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Zygoptera, comprising the damselflies.
- zygosphene — a linking part of the vertebrae of snakes and lizards which fits into a zygantrum
- zygospores — Plural form of zygospore.
- zymometers — Plural form of zymometer.
- zymoscopes — Plural form of zymoscope.
- zynet ltd. — (company) A UK Internet service provider offering full Internet Protocol connection by any reasonable means for any number of computers from individual dial-ups to leased line connections to entire networks. Zynet is a sister company of Minerva Software and thus claim a better than average understanding of the needs and idiosyncracies of Acorn systems and will be offering special services for education. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +44 (1392) 426 160. Fax: +44 (1392) 421 762. Address: Minerva House, Baring Crescent, Exeter EX1 1TL, UK.
- zythepsary — (rare) A brewery.