University Vocabulary
367,698 words and 113,531 expressions at the university level.
plural of z-average
The use of a z-buffer.
The direction aligned with the z-axis of a coordinate system.
A phenomenon in three-dimensional rendering where two or more primitives have similar values in the z-buffer, causing flickering as one is displayed varyingly behind or in front of the other.
A point at which a line crosses the z-axis of a Cartesian grid.
plural of z-intercept
plural of Z-plasty
A transform that converts a discrete time-domain signal into a complex frequency-domain representation.
plural of Z-transform
plural of z-variant
A custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine.
plural of zabaglione
plural of Zabbaleen
An unincorporated community in Bell County, Texas.
A drug of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor class.
An antihypertensive drug.
plural of zabillion
A surname from Polish.
plural of Zaborowski
plural of Zabriskie
The natural mineral form of lithium carbonate, forming colourless vitreous monoclinic crystals.
A town in La Paz department, El Salvador.
plural of zacatuche
A basic zinc and aluminium carbonate
A grey tetragonal mineral containing rhodium, nickel, and astatine.
Misspelling of zardaverine.
an Achaemenid city in Hyrcania
A leukotriene antagonist C₃₁H₃₃N₃O₆S that is administered orally to inhibit bronchoconstriction in the treatment of asthma.
An antidepressant drug, developed in the 1970s but never marketed.
Alternative form of Zaghlulist.
plural of Zaghloulist
Political support for the Egyptian statesman Saad Zaghlul.
A supporter of the Egyptian statesman Saad Zaghlul.
plural of Zaghlulist
A facility for storing and processing grain in certain rural locations in Soviet Russia.
plural of zagotzerno
Synonym of Zagreb (“county of Croatia”).
plural of Zagrebian
A large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual.
Alternative form of Zaireanization.
Characteristic of or similar to a zajal.
plural of Zajkowski
Alternative spelling of Zakarpattia: an oblast in western Ukraine.
Alternative form of Zakarpattia: an oblast in western Ukraine.
An oblast in western Ukraine.
Alternative spelling of Zakarpattia: an oblast in western Ukraine.
Alternative form of Zakarpattia: an oblast in western Ukraine.
A silicate mineral of sodium and manganese, yellow in colour with a pearly lustre.
A surname from Polish.
plural of Zakrzewski
A Zantiot.
plural of Zakynthiot
A city in Hungary.
Having molar teeth with two ridges that meet at an angle, forming the letter lambda.
plural of zalambdodont
A drug C₉H₁₃N₃O₃ which inhibits the replication of HIV and is formerly used in the treatment of AIDS, especially in combination with zidovudine. It is a synthetic analog of a pyrimidine nucleoside, acting as a reverse transcriptase inhibitor.
A city in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.
A piperazine antidepressant, abandoned because of its side effects.
A city in Gelderland, Netherlands.
A particular nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
A human monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of cancer of the head and neck.
plural of zama-zama
plural of zamacueca
The plant Hesperaloe funifera.
plural of Zamarripa
plural of Zambesian
plural of Zambezian
Quality of being Zambian.
Of or relating to Zamboanga.
plural of Zamboangan
A municipality of Negros Oriental, Philippines.
A discredited mineral species, a mixture of fluorite and sellaite.
plural of zamboorak
plural of zambooruk
of or pertaining to L. L. Zamenhof (1859-1917), creator of Esperanto (often with respect to Esperanto usage)
Of or relating to the family Zamiaceae.
a particular antimuscarinic drug.
plural of zamination
plural of zamindary
plural of zamindari
A female zamindar.
plural of zamindarni
The position or office of zamindar.
plural of zamindarship
An emerald palm (Zamioculcas zamiifolia (Araceae)), native to east Africa, grown as a houseplant.
A village in Vologda Oblast, Russia.
A particular marine macrolide lactone
Of or relating to Yevgeny Zamyatin (Евге́ний Замя́тин, 1884–1937), Russian author of science fiction and political satire.
A complex phosphate with the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)(Mg,Fe,Mn,Al)₄Be₄(OH)₄(PO₄)₆·6H₂O, having a pale to dark olive-green colour.
Any extinct reptile in the family Zanclodontidae.
plural of zanclodontid
An unincorporated community in Zanesville Township, Montgomery County, Illinois, United States.
Of or relating to Israel Zangwill (1864–1926), British humorist and writer.
A humanized monoclonal antibody used for the treatment of HER2-positive biliary tract cancer.
plural of zaniness
A human monoclonal antibody and immunosuppressive drug.
A particular drug, a steroidal androgen receptor antagonist.
Any of the genus Zantedeschia of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa.
plural of zantedeschia
An amorphous cadmium sulfide, of which greenockite is the crystalline form.
Alternative form of xanthophyll.
plural of zanthophyll
Any of the genus Zanthoxylum of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family.
plural of zanthoxylum
An anticancer medication used for the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma.
Alternative form of sanjakbey.
plural of zanziacbeg
Of or relating to Zanzibar.
plural of Zanzibarian
plural of Zanzibari
A tetragonal light blue mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
plural of zapateado
plural of Zapatista
Any member of the Zaphrentidae.
plural of zaphrentid
A member of the taxonomic family Zaphrentidae, a prehistoric hexacoral.
plural of zaphrentoid
A Polish fast food consisting of a baguette with mushrooms, cheese, and ketchup; may also contain vegetables and meat.
plural of zapiekanka
plural of zapiekanka
Alternative spelling of Zaporizhzhia.
Of, from or relating to the city or oblast of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
plural of Zaporizhian
An industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River.
Of or relating to Zaporizhzhia (a city and oblast in Ukraine).
Alternative spelling of Zaporizhzhia.
Alternative form of Zaporozhian.
plural of Zaporogian
plural of Zaporogue
One of the Cossacks who lived downstream of the rapids of the Dnieper/Dnipro River, in present-day Ukraine.
plural of Zaporozhian
Alternative form of Zaporozhye.
An industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River.
A linguist who specialises in studying Zapotecan languages.
plural of Zapotecanist
plural of Zapotecan
plural of zapotilla
Reminiscent of the style of Frank Zappa (1940–1993), American composer, performer, and film director.
simple past and past participle of Zapruder
meticulous; obsessed
present participle and gerund of Zapruder
plural of Zaqistani
plural of zarabanda
plural of Zaragozan
Alternative form of Zarathustra.
Synonym of Zoroaster.
Alternative form of Zarathustrian.
plural of Zarathustran
Relating to or characteristic of Zarathustrianism (also known as Zoroastrianism).
Zarathustrian
Archaic form of Zoroastrianism.
plural of Zardaryan
A drug that acts as a phosphodiesterase inhibitor.
plural of Zardushti
plural of Zarmanian
plural of Zartarian
plural of Zarvanite
plural of zaspopathy
An autosomal-dominant form of muscular dystrophy.
A particular bradycardic drug.
plural of zatherian
A hash code technique used in some punch card systems.
An anxiolytic drug that acts as an antagonist at the 5-HT₃ receptor.
Any of the extinct amphibian-like tetrapods in the family Zatracheidae.
plural of zatracheid
Any member of the Zatrachydidae.
plural of zatrachydid
Epilobium canum, a North American willowherb.
plural of zauschneria
A colourless monoclinic mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, and iron.
A soft bismuth-oxygen-fluorine mineral.
A calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist used as a medication to treat migraine.
A surname from Polish.
plural of Zawistowski
plural of Zbikowski
A particular carotenoid.
plural of Zealander
Of or pertaining to Zealandia.
Zealotic.
plural of zealotism
plural of zealotist
plural of zealotry
superlative form of zealous: most zealous
plural of zealousness
A potent estrogenic metabolite produced by some Fusarium (syn. Gibberella) fungi.
plural of zearalenone
Misspelling of zearalenone.
A yellow crystalline carotenoid alcohol that occurs widely with lutein, with which it is isomeric, and is the chief pigment of maize
Alternative form of zeaxanthin.
plural of zeaxanthin
A carotenol, dihydroxy-β-carotene.
Alternative form of zebra finch.
plural of zebrafinch
plural of zebrafish
plural of zebrawood
plural of zebrinny
plural of Zebrowski
An inhibitor of DNA methylation that is used as an anticancer drug
Alternative form of Zebulunite.
plural of Zebulonite
A descendant of Zebulun, tenth son of Jacob.
plural of Zebulunite
plural of Zeelander
A surname.
plural of zeibekiko
A carotenoid found in certain algae, plants and gastropods, C₄₀H₅₆O
plural of zeitgeber
plural of zeitgeist
plural of zeitgeist
comparative form of zeitgeisty: more zeitgeisty
superlative form of zeitgeisty: most zeitgeisty — trendiest, most modern, most contemporary
In a manner befitting the times.
plural of Zeitgeist
An unfinished pyramid planned to consist of 120 solid concrete blocks. One block is placed every 10 years. The first block was placed in 1993 and the final block will be placed in 3183.
Alternative form of zajalesque.
A mineral of agpaitic granites.
plural of zelatrice
plural of zelatrix
Resembling or characteristic of American novelist, painter, playwright, and socialite Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948).
Reminiscent of the Legend of Zelda series of fantasy action adventure video games.
A city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
A town on the Karelian Isthmus in Kurortny district, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
A city in Russia.
plural of Zelenskyy
Having an extremely flexible, inconsistent or polymorphic character.
Of a person: appearing at a surprisingly wide variety of historic events or with a diverse group of historic figures.
A cyclic peptide antibiotic isolated from a species of Streptomyces
A male given name from Hebrew.
plural of Zeltinger
plural of Zemaitis
plural of Zemankova
The occurrence or discovery of events described as unlucky, unpleasant or expected.
plural of Zemeckis
The zone of jurisdiction of a zemindar.
plural of zemindarate
plural of zemindary
plural of zemindari
Alternative form of zamindarni.
plural of zemindarni
The position or office of zemindar.
plural of zemindarship
A male given name from the Slavic languages.
plural of zemlyanka
An aldose reductase inhibitor.
An opioid analgesic of the benzomorphan family.
18th/19th-century misnomer for the Avesta, related to the confusion surrounding 'Zend'.
Alternative form of Zend-Avesta.
An organoplatinum compound used in cancer treatment.
In terms of or by means of the zenith.
Facing or moving toward the zenith.
Alternative form of zenithward.
Having Jupiter at the center.
A monoclonal antibody used to treat non-small cell lung cancer or pancreatic cancer.
Measured with reference to the surface of the planet Jupiter.
Alternative form of zenographic.
The study of the planet Jupiter.
Misspelling of xenophobia.
Synonym of apogeotropism.
The fourth power of a number; the biquadrate.
plural of zenzizenzic
Having the form of a zeolite.
simple past and past participle of zeolitise
third-person singular simple present indicative of zeolitise
present participle and gerund of zeolitise
The process of zeolitizing.
simple past and past participle of zeolitize
third-person singular simple present indicative of zeolitize
present participle and gerund of zeolitize
A white pearly mineral from hydrothermal alteration of basalt.
A zephyr lily, of the genus Zephyranthes
plural of zephyranth
A type of light, crisp cracker, used primarily for some hors d'oeuvres.
plural of zephyrette
Without a zephyr.
Like a zephyr; gently breezy.
Alternative spelling of zeptoampere.
plural of zepto-ampere
Alternative form of zeptojoule.
plural of zeptoampere
plural of zeptobarn
Alternative spelling of zeptogram.
plural of zeptogramme
plural of zeptogram
An SI unit of energy equal to 10⁻²¹ joules. Symbol: zJ
An SI unit of volume equal to 10⁻²¹ liters. Symbol: z
plural of zeptoliter
Alternative spelling of zeptoliter.
plural of zeptolitre
US spelling of zeptometre.
plural of zeptometer
An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻²¹ metres. Symbol: zm
plural of zeptometre
Having a concentration of one zeptomole per litre. This is only about 600 particles per liter.
plural of zeptomole
An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻²¹ seconds. Symbol: zs
plural of zeptosecond
plural of zermahbub
Of a budget or budgeting system: such that every expense needs to be approved every year, without the possibility of automatically accepting something because of its prior existence.
A form of exploit that can take effect without the need for the victim to interact by clicking.
Alternative spelling of zero derive.
simple past and past participle of zero-derive
third-person singular simple present indicative of zero-derive
present participle and gerund of zero-derive
Subclass of vehicle pertaining to the class of zero-emission vehicles.
Of a swimming pool: entered by a gradual slope rather than stairs or a ladder.
In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterized by the absence of the basic ablauting vowel phonemes */e/ and */o/.
plural of zero-grade
Alternative form of zero gravity.
Kept in enclosures and never let out to graze.
Relating to a zero-hour contract or employment.
Being or relating to a method whereby jet fighters and attack aircraft could be near-vertically launched using rocket motors to rapidly gain speed and altitude.
simple past and past participle of zero-life
third-person singular simple present indicative of zero-life
present participle and gerund of zero-life
Tending to have no grammatical marks on either the dependents or modifiers or the heads or nuclei showing the relationship between different constituents of a phrase.
associated with zero on any scale, but particularly with a temperature of absolute zero
Nonalcoholic, alcohol-free.
Subject to no value-added tax when sold (but in which the supplier can still recover VAT attributable to it).
third-person singular simple present indicative of zero-rate
present participle and gerund of zero-rate
plural of zero-turn
Adding no additional width to a line of text.
Single; unmarried or celibate.
plural of zerograph.
A hypothetical polyhedron with no faces.
plural of zerohedron
The act or process of zeroizing.
plural of Zerounian
Having a valency of zero
Alternative form of Sarpanit.
A form of psychological warfare used by the Stasi.
a governor of the Persian Province of Judah, who led the first group of Jews returned from the Babylonian Captivity.
A particular membrane ion channel peptide
plural of Zervanite
plural of Zerzanite
State or condition of being zestful or enthusiastic.
plural of zestfulness
In a zestless way.
The state or condition of being zestless; lack of passion or enthusiasm.
In reverse alphabetical order.
Relating to zetametry
Alternative form of zeta potential.
In a zetetic way; by means of investigation.
A form of skeptical investigation into the pseudoscientific and paranormal, championed by Marcello Truzzi.
An antipsychotic drug.
plural of Zetlander
Alternative spelling of zettaampere.
plural of zetta-ampere
An SI unit measure of electrical current, equivalent to 10²¹ amperes (a sextillion amperes). 'ZA' is the SI unit symbol for the zettaampere.
plural of zettaampere
plural of zettabyte
plural of zettaflop
plural of zettagramme
plural of zettagram
An SI unit of frequency equal to 10²¹ hertz.
US spelling of zettametre.
plural of zettameter
An SI unit of length equal to 10²¹ metres. Symbol: Zm
plural of zettametre
Alternative spelling of zettaampere.
plural of zettampere
An astronomical unit of distance equal to 10²¹ parsecs.
plural of zettaparsec
An SI unit of time equal to 10²¹ seconds. Symbol: Zs. (= trillions of years, a hypothetical time span that is meaningless except in speculative contexts such as theoretical physics, philosophy, religion, and humorous hyperbole)
plural of zettasecond
system of small items of information stored on paper slips or cards, used for organizing knowledge and taking notes
plural of Zettelkasten
plural of zeuglodon
Any of the family †Basilosauridae of extinct cetaceans, formerly under the taxonomically invalid name †Zeuglodontidae.
zeuglodont (attributive)
plural of zeuglodont
zeugmatic
In a zeugmatic manner.
A zeugmatographic image
plural of zeugmatogram
Relating to a zeugopod
plural of zeugopodium
Relating to a zeugopodium
The part of a limb corresponding to either a forearm or lower leg.
plural of zeunerite
A singing Tesla coil
plural of zeusaphone
The fear of Zeus.
An antimicrobial triterpenoid found in Maytenus blepharodes.
A golden-yellow mineral containing predominantly copper and zinc but also iron, chromium, and aluminium.
A Hui autonomous county in Tianshui, Gansu, China.
A county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
A town in Xiangzhou district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
Former name of the Jiulong: a river in southern Fujian, China.
The Hokkien dialect of Zhangzhou
An ancient culture and kingdom in western Tibet.
plural of zhanmadao
A hydroxy fluoride mineral of aluminium that forms colourless, transparent crystals.
Of or relating to Andrei Zhdanov (1896–1948), Soviet politician and propagandist who formulated the Zhdanov Doctrine.
The political and cultural doctrine of Andrei Zhdanov.
A supporter of Zhdanovism.
plural of Zhdanovist
Of, from, or pertaining to the province of Zhejiang.
plural of zhelestid
A closed town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
A city, the administrative centre of the Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan.
A surname.
An area and building in Xicheng district, Beijing, China, which houses the government leaders of the People's Republic of China.
A county-level city of Jingmen, Hubei, China.
A district of the city of Taipei, Taiwan.
superlative form of zhooshy: most zhooshy
An area of Fangshan district, Beijing, China.
A county of Pingliang, Gansu, China.
Someone who was ranked first class in the palace examination, the highest level of the Chinese imperial examination.
Of or relating to the Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi.
A town in Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, China.
Synonym of Mount Everest: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Alternative form of Dzungaria.
A subdistrict of Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
plural of zibelline
An endothelin receptor antagonist under investigation as an anticancer drug.
A village in Hungary.
A surname from German.
plural of Zickefoose
Alternative form of ziconotide.
An analgesic drug used for the amelioration of severe and chronic pain.
In the footballing style of Zinedine Zidane.
A diuretic drug.
The antibiotic [(2S,5R)-7-oxo-2-[[[(3R)-piperidine-3-carbonyl]amino]carbamoyl]-1,6-diazabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-6-yl] hydrogen sulfate
A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
A nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor C₁₀H₁₃N₅O₄, a type of antiretroviral drug that inhibits replication of some retroviruses (such as HIV) and was first approved for the treatment of AIDS.
plural of zidovudine
A village in Niederurnen, Glarus canton, and Schänis, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.
A surname from German.
plural of Ziegenfuss
plural of Zielinski
A mineral wax resembling ozocerite.
plural of zietrisikite
A particular ACE inhibitor.
An anticancer medication used to treat acute myeloid leukemia.
simple past and past participle of zig-zag
present participle and gerund of zig-zag
plural of zigamorph
Of or relating to a ziggurat.
Of or relating to a ziggurat.
A region of Senegal.
In a zigzagged manner.
The state or quality of being zigzagged or alternating directions sharply.
plural of zigzaggery
plural of zigzagger
The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.
The quality of being zigzaggy.
present participle and gerund of zigzag
In a zigzagging way.
plural of zigzagging
Alternative spelling of zigzagginess.
With a zigzagging shape or motion.
A surname from Yiddish
A surname from Yiddish
Synonym of zilizopendwa (“African music genre”).
A genre of urban East African music recorded in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
A person born on the cusp of, or during the latter years of Generation Y/Millennials and early years of Generation Z.
plural of Zillennial
plural of zillionaire
By a factor of a zillion.
plural of zillionth
A particular beta-adrenergic agonist used to increase size and feed efficiency in beef cattle.
A particular monoclonal antibody
A medication for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis.
A person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent.
plural of Zimbabwean
A yellow-brown mineral with chemical formula (Na,K)₂PbAs₄(Nb,Ta,Ti)₄O₁₈, generally classed as an arsenite.
plural of Zimbalist
plural of zimbaloon
plural of Zimbelman
A pyridylallylamine, the first selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant to be marketed, developed in the early 1980s and later banned due to serious neuropathy and hypersensitivity reactions.
A surname from German.
A surname.
A village in Bern canton, Switzerland.
Of or from Zimmerwald
A set of anti-war political beliefs that emerged in 1915 in Siberia amongst political exiles in Irkutsk.
A proponent of Zimmerwaldism.
Misspelling of zymographic.
Misspelling of zymography.
Alternative spelling of Zinacantán.
A municipality (municipio) in Chiapas, Mexico, more fully San Lorenzo Zinacantán.
plural of zinalsite
Alternative form of zincbearing.
A hexagonal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.
plural of zincation
zinciferous
sphalerite
plural of zincblende
Containing or producing zinc.
The act or process of zincifying.
present participle and gerund of zincify
A sulfosalt mineral containing lead and antimony.
Alternative spelling of zinciferous.
A mineral with chemical formula (Ca,Zn)CO₃.
A mineral, the zinc analogue of chromite.
An engraved zinc plate used in zincography.
a practitioner of zincography
plural of zincographer