English words from Ancient Greek
- zealousyZeal; zealotry.
- zeno-Relating to Jupiter
- ZenonicPertaining to any of various people named Zeno, or to their philosophies.
- ZenonismThe philosophy of Zeno of Citium; stoicism.
- zepto-In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻²¹ (short scale sextillionth or long scale trilliardth).
- zeteticProceeding by inquiry or investigation.
- ZethusThe husband of the nymph Thebe
- zeugitaeA class of citizens in ancient Athens having property or an estate above a certain value.
- zeuglodonA basilosaurus.
- zeusophobiaThe fear of Zeus.
- zeuxiteA form of green tourmaline.
- zoamylinThe amorphous amylaceous matter contained in the vertebrate and invertebrate foetal tissues.
- ZoëA female given name from Ancient Greek.
- ZoechromeA subtractive tricolor motion picture film process.
- -zoicRelating to some specified form of animal existence
- zoismA reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among primitive groups.
- zonureAny one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonurus (now Smaug), common in rocky environments.
- zoo-animal
- zoophagaAn artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.
- zoothapsispremature burial
- zoothomeA number of coral polyps on a branch of coral.
- zooticrelating to animals or obtained from animal substances
- zooxanthellaAny of the yellow pigmentary particles, or minute corpuscles of yellow coloring matter, found in certain radiolarians.
- zothecaIn ancient Rome, a small living room, as distinguished from a room for sleeping: an alcove.
- zyg-union
- zygapophysisOne of the articular processes of a vertebra, of which there are usually four, two superior and two inferior.
- zygo-union
- zygodactylousHaving two toes pointing forward, and two toes pointing backward.
- zygokrotaphicOf a caecilian: Having a skull with an open temporal region.
- zygomaThe cheekbone.
- zygonicOf or relating to the theory that imitation is the ultimate organising force in music.
- zymo-Fermentation; fermentational.
- zymometerAn instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.
- zymosimeterAn instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.
- zymoticOf or causing fermentation.