ZmiivkaA village in Beryslav urban hromada, Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1804 but incorporating an older settlement (Verbivka) founded in 1782.
zmijovkaA traditional Czech knitted wool cap with no bill, topped by a small pom-pom, and encircled with a cuff into which a pattern is knitted in which smaller zig-zags are predominated by a large central zig-zag, whose angularity evokes the pattern on the back of the adder (Vipera berus), from which it takes its name.
ZmiyevkaA settlement in Vysokinsky selsoviet, Bashmakovsky Raion, Penza Oblast, Volga Federal District, Russia, founded as a khutor during the time of the Stolypin agrarian reforms (1906–1914).
ZmiyovkaAn urban-type settlement and urban settlement, the administrative centre of Sverdlovsky Raion, Oryol Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1868.
zoanthroprosopometamorphopsiaA rare neurological condition, a variant of prosopometamorphopsia, where a person perceives human faces as transforming into animal faces.
zoanthropyThe belief that one has transformed into an animal.
zodiA unit of zodiacal dust, equal to the amount of interplanetary dust in the inner solar system, which absorbs light and re-radiates it with a luminosity about 10⁻⁷ that of the sun.
zodiacThe belt-like region of the celestial sphere, approximately eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, which includes the apparent path of the sun, moon, and visible planets.
zoetropeAn optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved.
zoetropicOf, pertaining to, or reminiscent of a zoetrope.
ZoeyA female given name from Ancient Greek, a phonetic spelling of Zoë.
zofenoprilAn angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor with cardioprotective properties, indicated for the treatment of hypertension.
zofenoprilatAn angiotensin-inhibitor converting enzyme, the active free sulfhydryl form of zofenopril.
ZognaldNickname for Donald Trump (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025).
zogoAn oracle or priest among the Torres Strait Islanders.
ZografA surname. Famously born by a saint (George the Zograf, an icon in Zograf Monastery) and used as the pen name of a number of Bulgarian iconographers and painters.
zograscopeA device used for viewing perspective prints, consisting of a lens and a slanting mirror on a stand.
zogslopSynonym of goyslop (“low-quality food, seen in antisemitic circles as being promoted by Jews”).
ZoharA 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.