| ZABRA | • zabra n. A small sailing vessel used off the coasts of Spain and Portugal. • ZABRA n. (Spanish) a small vessel used off the Spanish coast. |
| ZACKS | • zacks n. Plural of zack. • ZACK n. (Australian slang) sixpence, now a five-cent piece. |
| ZAIDA | • ZAIDA n. (Yiddish) a grandfather, also ZAIDEH, ZAIDY, ZEDA. |
| ZAIDY | • ZAIDY n. (Yiddish) a grandfather, also ZAIDA, ZAIDEH, ZEDA. |
| ZAIRE | • zaire n. (Historical) The unit of currency of Zaire. • Zaire prop.n. (Historical) A former country (1971-1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. • zaïre n. The former currency of Zaïre. |
| ZAKAT | • zakat n. (Islam) Almsgiving, one of the five pillars of Islam. • ZAKAT n. (Persian) in Islam, a tax payable on certain types of property. |
| ZAMAN | • zaman n. Albizia saman, a large tropical tree in the pea family. • ZAMAN n. (Caribbean) the rain-tree, a member of the mimosa family, also SAMAAN, SAMAN, ZAMANG. |
| ZAMIA | • zamia n. Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia. • Zamia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Zamiaceae – deciduous palm-like cycads. • ZAMIA n. a genus of cycads. |
| ZANJA | • zanja n. An irrigation canal in Latin America. • ZANJA n. (Spanish) an irrigation canal in Latin America. |
| ZANTE | • zante n. Alternative form of zantewood. • Zante prop.n. Zakynthos (an island in Greece). • ZANTE n. the wood of the European smoke-tree. |
| ZANZA | • zanza n. (Music) A kind of thumb piano from Africa. • ZANZA n. (Arabic) an African musical instrument, also SANSA, ZANZE. |
| ZANZE | • zanze n. Alternative form of zanza (musical instrument). • ZANZE n. (Arabic) an African musical instrument, also SANSA, ZANZA. |
| ZAPPY | • zappy adj. (Informal) Lively or energetic. • ZAPPY adj. (slang) full of verve. |
| ZARFS | • zarfs n. Plural of zarf. • ZARF n. (Arabic) an ornamental metal holder for a handleless coffee cup, also ZURF. |
| ZARIS | • ZARI n. (Urdu) a type of thread made of fine gold or silver wire used in traditional Indian and Pakistani garments. |
| ZATIS | • zatis n. Plural of zati. • ZATI n. the bonnet-monkey. |
| ZAXES | • zaxes n. Plural of zax. • z-axes n. Plural of z-axis. • ZAX n. a chopper for trimming slate, also SAX, ZEX. |
| ZAYIN | • zayin n. The seventh letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). • ZAYIN n. (Hebrew) a Hebrew letter. |
| ZAZEN | • zazen n. (Buddhism) A form of seated meditation in Zen Buddhism. • ZAZEN n. (Japanese) Zen meditation. |