High School Vocabulary
353,744 words and 27,916 expressions at the high school level.
A weighted average where the value for each component is weighted by the square of its mass or volume.
plural of Z-bend
a fundamental particle, a gauge boson, that, together with the W-boson, mediates the weak nuclear force; it has a charge of 0
plural of Z-boson
A buffer for the purpose of tracking the relative depths of different objects in a scene and determining which are closer to the observer than others.
plural of z-buffer
The elimination of certain objects from the display that should not be rendered because they are behind objects that are closer to the viewer.
plural of Z-drug
Synonym of z-order.
plural of z-index
plural of z-index
Someone on a Z-list; one who is very far from stardom.
plural of Z-lister
plural of Z-list
A very low-budget motion picture, especially one with poor production values.
plural of Z-movie
The order in which objects should be drawn in order to display correctly.
plural of z-order
A kind of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it.
plural of Z-pinch
A versatile plastic surgery technique involving a Z-shaped incision that is used to improve the functional and cosmetic appearance of scars.
Alternative form of Z score.
plural of z-score
Shaped like the letter "Z" or its mirror image.
plural of z-test
A technique for intramuscular injection that uses a zigzag path.
A shape variant of a Han character, encoded for historical reasons.
plural of z-word
Alternative spelling of zaatar.
A Moroccan eggplant salad.
A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
Alternative form of zabaglione.
plural of zabaione
Alternative form of Sabianism.
Alternative form of zabaglione.
plural of zabajone
plural of Zabala
Alternative form of Zabbaleen.
plural of Zabaleen
A surname from Spanish.
A group of angels in Islam who are tasked to torture the sinners in hell.
Synonym of Zarma.
A surname.
plural of Zabawa
One of a minority religious community of Coptic Christians who work as Cairo's informal garbage collectors.
A Carduchian principality in southeastern Anatolia.
Alternative form of dhabihah.
A female given name from Armenian, equivalent to English Isabella.
Synonym of Zarma.
The misuse or abuse of military authority; bullying.
Alternative form of Sabianism.
plural of Zabian
plural of zabiba
Alternative form of dhabihah.
Alternative form of Sabianism.
A surname from Polish.
plural of Zabinski
A surname from Polish.
plural of Zablocki
A surname.
A surname from Czech.
A surname from Polish.
Alternative form of zaptieh.
plural of zabtieh
plural of zabtie
A Brazilian bass drum that performers wear and is tapped with both hands.
plural of zabumba
A Japanese cushion for sitting.
plural of zabuton
Alternative form of Zacateco
Alternative form of Zacateco
A state of Mexico.
A member of a Native American indigenous group who inhabited most of what is now the state of Zacatecas and the northeastern part of Durango.
plural of Zacateco
plural of Zacatec
An island of El Salvador.
Alternative spelling of sacaton.
plural of zacaton
the volcano rabbit
A male given name from Hebrew.
Misspelling of Zacchaeus.
plural of zaccho
Obsolete form of Zacchaeus.
A surname from Italian.
plural of Zaccone
A surname.
Alternative form of Zechariah.
Alternative form of Zechariah.
A male given name from Hebrew, English vernacular form of Zacharias, Zachariah and Zechariah.
A surname.
plural of Zacher
A surname.
plural of Zachery
A surname.
plural of Zachman
plural of Zachry
A male given name from Hebrew, of occasional usage, variant of Zachary.
A surname.
plural of Zackery
Alternative form of exactly.
A drug with anxiolytic and nootropic effects.
A vegetable spread popular in Romania, made with roasted eggplant, sautéed onions, tomato paste, and roasted red peppers.
Voluntary alms, or righteous acts.
Alternative form of Zadar.
Alternative form of tzaddik.
plural of zaddick
plural of zaddy
plural of zaddik
plural of zaddik
The archangel of freedom, benevolence and mercy, in Jewish and Christian angelology.
A surname from Armenian.
plural of Zadoian
Any of the Sons of Zadok, a family of priests descended from Zadok, the first high priest in Solomon's Temple.
plural of Zadokite
A colourless trigonal mineral containing barium, calcium, flourine, oxygen, phosphorus and silicon.
A surname from Armenian.
plural of Zadoyan
A social unit of rural community among the South Slavs, associated with family links and set customs.
plural of zadruga
plural of zadruga
Alternative form of zarthe.
A district of Sughd, Tajikistan.
plural of zaffer
Alternative form of zafrani.
Alternative form of zafrani.
Archaic form of zaffre.
plural of zaffre
Saffron.
Alternative spelling of zaftig.
plural of zagaie
A mineral of previously unknown structure containing aluminium, silicon, calcium, and oxygen.
plural of zagaye
A city in Lower Egypt, the capital of the governorate of Sharqia.
plural of zagger
present participle and gerund of zag
A Saharan tribe of Sudan and Chad.
A town in Tunisia.
plural of Zagora
A surname from Polish.
plural of Zagorski
Of, from or relating to Zagreb.
An obscure figure in Greek mythology who, according to Orphic tradition, was the son of Zeus and Persephone who was destroyed by the Titans but reborn through the intervention of Zeus as Dionysus.
plural of zaguan
plural of zaguan
plural of Zagury
A surname from Ukrainian.
Of or relating to Amotz Zahavi (1928–2017), Israeli evolutionary biologist.
A city in Iran, the seat of Zahedan County's Central District and the capital of Sistan and Baluchestan Province.
A mineral, a complex sulphate of aluminium, coloured white to blue-green.
plural of zaherite
Alternative form of Zahedan, Iran.
plural of Zahiri
The Sunni Islamic movement that promotes the apparent meaning of the Quran.
Zahiri
plural of Zahirist
A Muslim proponent of Zahirism.
plural of Zahirite
plural of Zahler
A native or inhabitant of Zahlé in Lebanon
plural of Zahliot
plural of Zahner
A surname from German.
plural of Zahniser
plural of zaibatsu
plural of zaideh.
plural of zaidy.
Synonym of Zaidi.
plural of Zaidite
plural of zaikai
A surname.
A native officer in charge of a zail.
plural of zaildar
plural of zaimet
A long-term Korean resident of Japan whose ancestry dates to Korea under Japanese rule.
plural of Zainichi
A surname from Polish.
A surname from Polish.
A person from Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo)
plural of Zairean
Zairean
Alternative spelling of Zairean.
plural of Zairian
A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, bismuth, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
Alternative form of zaisan.
plural of zaisang
plural of zaisan
Application of financial engineering techniques in Japanese financial markets since their deregulation in 1984.
A rare radioactive fluoride mineral.
plural of Zajdel
A surname from Czech.
plural of Zajicek
A surname from Polish.
A surname from Polish.
A surname from Armenian.
a revered nabi in Islam, equivalent to Zechariah.
Alternative form of Zakarian.
Alternative form of Zaqatala.
A tax collector in what is now Uzbekistan.
plural of zakatchi
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Заха́рий (Zaxárij).
Alternative spelling of Zakynthos.
Alternative spelling of zakuska.
plural of zakouska
plural of zakouska
A surname from Polish.
plural of Zakrocki
An assortment of hors d’oeuvres
plural of zakuska
plural of zakuska
An island of Greece, on the Ionian Sea; the third-largest Ionian island.
Alternative form of jalebi.
A form of jalebi, using made of eggs, flour, and milk, cooked in oil.
plural of zalabiya
A county-level city of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
A surname.
plural of Zalazar
A surname from Spanish.
plural of Zaldana
a particular antidiarrheal drug.
A surname from Basque.
plural of Zaldivar
plural of Zaldua
A surname from Polish.
plural of Zalenski
A sedative hypnotic drug of the pyrazolopyrimidine class, mainly used to treat insomnia, rare among such drugs in having been found not to cause an increase in road traffic accidents.
A surname from Polish.
plural of Zaleski
A surname from Polish.
plural of Zalewski
A city in Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine.
plural of Zalkin
Of or relating to Zalmoxis.
A divinity among the Getae, an ancient people of the lower Danube.
A particular drug, an H₂-receptor antagonist.
A proprietary brand of antiseptic ointment for applying to the skin.
A person who works illegally in abandoned mineshafts in order to retrieve metals or minerals.
An ancient colonial dance and music that originated in the Viceroyalty of Peru, taking its roots from African, Spanish, and Andean rhythms.
An affluent district of central Cairo, Egypt, encompassing the northern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile river.
plural of Zamalek
plural of zamang
plural of Zamani
sheepskin
plural of zamarra
A surname.
Alternative form of zamarra.
A surname from Spanish.
plural of Zamarron
plural of zamarro
A province of Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Iba. Largest city: Olongapo City.
plural of Zambal
Obsolete spelling of Zambezi.
A river in Southern Africa that has its source in Zambia and flows into the Indian Ocean.
A region of southern Africa inhabited by the Zambesi peoples.
Alternative spelling of Zambezian.
Alternative form of Zambezi
A river in Southern Africa, flowing south and west from Zambia through east Angola and Zambia and then east along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe into and through central Mozambique to the Indian Ocean.
Of or relating to the Zambezi river.
A person from Zambia or of Zambian descent.
plural of Zambian
A surname from Italian.
plural of Zambito
Zamboanga City (a city in Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)
A Spanish friction drum, consisting of a ceramic pot with a skin and a pole in the middle. To play it, the stick is rubbed to make a deep sound
plural of zambomba
An ice resurfacing machine used to groom skating rinks, especially for professional use.
plural of Zamboni
A light swivelling gun, traditionally mounted on, and fired from, the back of a camel
Alternative form of zamboorak.
A surname.
plural of Zambrana
A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
plural of Zambrano
plural of zambra
Alternative spelling of zambuk.
plural of zambuck
Alternative form of sambuq.
plural of zambuco
plural of zambuk
plural of zambuq
Alternative form of sambuq.
plural of zambuquo
A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest, especially as mounted on the back of a camel.
plural of zamburak
A surname from Polish
A state of Nigeria in the North West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Gusau.
Alternative spelling of Zamyatin.
An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.
In British India, a system used to collect revenues from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land) indirectly through the zamindars, as opposed to ryotwari, where revenues were collected directly.
plural of zamindar
Alternative form of zamindari.
The elephant foot yam
plural of zamite
plural of Zammit
A surname from Polish. from Poland.
Of or pertaining to the city of Zamora, Spain.
A surname from Spanish.
plural of Zamorano
plural of Zamoran
The leader of the medieval kingdom of Kozhikode.
Alternative form of zamorin.
plural of zamorine
plural of zamorin
A commune of Suceava County, Romania.
A West African buffalo, Syncerus caffer brachyceros, with short horns and large ears.
plural of zamouse
A surname.
A surname from Italian.
plural of Zampella
A kind of Italian double-chantered bagpipe.
plural of zampogna
A deputy commander for political affairs in the Soviet Union.
plural of zampolit
In Italian cookery, stuffed pig's trotter with spicy ground pork, usually dried and cured, often served with lentils.
plural of zampone
Alternative form of zampogna.
The rock and roll scene and associated style that originated in Zambia during the 70s.
A small, endangered language family of Paraguay and Bolivia, consisting of the languages Ayoreo and Chamacoco.
A surname.
plural of Zamudio
A transliteration of the Russian surname Замятин (Zamjatin).
A city in Mongolia.
Dried through overcooking.
plural of Zamzow
A biblical race of giants.
An antiviral drug C₁₂H₂₀N₄O₇ that is a neuraminidase inhibitor taken by oral inhalation in the treatment and prophylaxis of Influenzavirus.
Alternative form of zenana.
plural of zananah
plural of zanana
A town in Oaxaca, Mexico.
hair that is loose and dishevelled and too short to be arranged into a chonmage
A geological subdivision, the earliest age of the Pliocene epoch.
Any of the fish family Zanclidae.
plural of zanclid
plural of Zander
The sand mole or coast rat (Bathyergus suillus)
Anolis oculatus, the Dominican anole or tree lizard.
plural of zandoli
A surname from West Frisian.
plural of Zandstra
Alternative form of sandunga.
plural of zandunga
A village, municipality, and beach resort in North Holland, The Netherlands.
An Italian wool or twill fabric.
plural of zanella
A surname from Italian.
plural of Zanetti
plural of zanfirico
A decorative glassblowing technique involving intricate patterns of coloured glass canes arranged and twisted to form a pattern within another glass cane.
In traditional Chinese medicine, a concept according to which the organs of the body are divided into pairs consisting of one organ with a yin nature and one with a yang nature.
A surname from Italian.
plural of Zangara
A surname from Italian.
plural of Zangari
A grey orthorhombic mineral containing silicon, titanium, and iron.
plural of zangee.
plural of Zanger
A township in Pishan, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Obsolete form of Zanzibar.
plural of Zanghi
plural of Zangid
South Tibet (a region including parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China and Arunachal Pradesh in India).
Obsolete form of Chiang Mai.
An endangered Tibetic language, mostly spoken in Zanskar.
An Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria.
superlative form of zany: most zany
The state or condition of being zany.
A female given name.
An official in charge of distributing water supplies in Latin America.
plural of zanjero
A particular drug that acts as a renin inhibitor.
An island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy, one of the Pontine Islands.
plural of Zanoni
A surname from Italian.
plural of Zanotti
plural of zansae
A tahsil in Kargil district, Ladakh, India.
The wood of the fustic tree.
An inhabitant of the Greek island of Zakynthos.
Alternative form of Zantiot.
plural of Zantiote
plural of Zantiot
Abbreviation of Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (political party in Zimbabwe).
present participle and gerund of zany
Somewhat zany.
clownishness; buffoonery
plural of zanyism
Obsolete spelling of sanjak.
plural of zanzack
An island region of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean.
A native or inhabitant of Zanzibar.
an en rural township Miaoli County, Taiwan
plural of zaouia
Alternative form of zawiya.
A county-level city of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
A rural settlement, the administrative centre of Zaozerne selrada, Eupatoria Raion, the Crimea, Ukraine, founded in 1861.
A prefecture-level city of Shandong, China.
A surname from Czech.
plural of Zapalac
A surname from Tagalog.
plural of Zapanta
An endangered language family of Peru and Ecuador.
A Mexican dance of Spanish-Indo origin characterized by a lively rhythm punctuated by the striking of the dancer's shoes.
A competitive stamping dance with percussive footwork, historically popular among the gauchos of South America.
plural of zapateo
A cured olive which has spoiled or is on the verge of decomposition.
plural of zapatera
Alternative form of Zapatismo.
The political beliefs of the Zapatistas.
Alternative form of Zapatista.
Of or relating to Zapatismo.
plural of Zapatist
Alternative form of zaffre.
plural of Zapien
A drug, the pyridodiazepine analogue of triazolam.
Of or relating to the family Zapodidae
plural of zapodid
A city and municipality of Jalisco, Mexico.
A Zaporozhian Cossack.
Alternative form of Zaporozhye.
plural of zapota
A member of an indigenous people of Mexico, concentrated in the state of Oaxaca and spread into some neighbouring states.
Of or pertaining to the Zapotec.
Alternative form of Zapotec (“language”).
plural of Zapotec
A natural product, the tetranortriterpenoid (1R,2R,4S,7S,8S,10S,11R,12R,18R)-7-(furan-3-yl)-10-hydroxy-1,8,12,17,17-pentamethyl-3,6,16-trioxapentacyclo[9.9.0.0^(2,4).0^(2,8).0^(12,18)]icos-13-ene-5,15,20-trione
plural of zapote
Alternative form of sapodilla.
A flavone isolated from white sapote.
Capable of being zapped (in various senses).
A surname from Italian.
plural of Zappala
plural of zappee
plural of zapper
plural of Zappia
comparative form of zappy: more zappy
superlative form of zappy: most zappy
In a zappy way.
The quality of being zappy.
present participle and gerund of zap
In a zapping manner.
plural of zapping
A surname from Italian.
plural of Zappone
Synonym of kasuyu (“traditional African weapon”).
plural of zappozap
A city in Croatia.
A drug acting as a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, unsuccessful in clinical trials.
Any of the family Zaproridae of prowfish.
plural of zaprorid
To mesmerize; to fascinate.
third-person singular simple present indicative of Zapruder
A village, the administrative centre of Zaprudka starostynskyi okruh, Ivankiv settlement hromada, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Alternative form of zaptieh.
plural of zaptiah
A Turkish policeman.
plural of zaptieh
Alternative spelling of zaptieh.
plural of zaptieth
plural of zaptié
A city and district of Azerbaijan.
A self-proclaimed micronation (full name: the Republic of Zaqistan) located in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.
Of or pertaining to the micronation of Zaqistan.
Alternative form of tzaraath
Alternative form of sarabande.
plural of Zarabi
A surname from Spanish.
plural of Zaragosa
A city, the regional capital of Aragon, Spain.
Saragossan; of, from or relating to the city of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.
plural of zarape
A city and municipality of Utena County, Lithuania.
In Arabic folklore, an extremely large (sea) turtle, the shell of which resembles an island.
plural of zaratan
plural of Zarate
a hydrous basic nickel carbonate occurring in emerald-green incrustations or compact masses
plural of zaratite
A surname from Russian.
plural of Zaraysky
A surname.
plural of Zarazua
Alternative form of zerbaft.
Synonym of Zarma.
A player of the zarb or tombak
plural of zarbist
A surname from Italian.
plural of Zarcone
A surname from Armenian.
A kind of embroidery using gold or silver thread.
Zoroastrian
simple past and past participle of zareba
present participle and gerund of zareba
plural of zareba
Alternative spelling of zeriba.
plural of zareeba
A surname from Polish.
plural of Zaremba
A surname.
plural of Zaretsky
Of or relating to Andrew Plotkin ("Zarf", born 1970), a writer and critic of interactive fiction.
a secret language and sociolect based on Persian used by goldsmiths and some minorities of Iran, including Persian Jews