| razzing | (noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | Synonyms: bird, boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, snort |
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| seizing | (noun) the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) | Synonyms: grasping, prehension, taking hold |
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| (noun) small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together | - |
| sensitizing | (noun) rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections | Synonyms: sensitisation, sensitising, sensitization |
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| shoegazing | (noun) A subgenre of alternative rock typified by significant use of guitar distortion, feedback, obscured vocals and the blurring of component musical parts into indistinguishable "walls of sound" | - |
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| simazine | (noun) a herbicide used to control weeds (especially among crops) | - |
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| sizing | (noun) any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics | Synonyms: size |
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| sleaziness | (noun) a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing | Synonyms: manginess, seediness, shabbiness |
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| (noun) morally dishonorable | - |
| sneezing | (noun) a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose | Synonyms: sneeze, sternutation |
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| socializing | (noun) the act of meeting for social purposes | Synonyms: socialisation, socialising, socialization |
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| squeezing | (noun) the act of gripping and pressing firmly | Synonyms: squeeze |
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| stargazing | (noun) observation of the stars | - |
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| sulfadiazine | (noun) a sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections | - |
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| sulfamethazine | (noun) a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: sulfamezathine |
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| symbolizing | (noun) the act of representing something with a symbol | Synonyms: symbolising |
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| synchronizing | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronization |
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| (noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization |
| (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchrony |
| thiazide | (noun) any of a group of drugs commonly used as diuretics in the treatment of hypertension; they block the reabsorption of sodium in the kidneys | - |
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| thiazine | (noun) a compound made up of a ring of four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom and one nitrogen atom | - |
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| thioridazine | (noun) a tranquilizer (trade name Mellaril) used to treat schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders | Synonyms: Mellaril |
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| trapezium | (noun) the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals | Synonyms: os trapezium, trapezium bone |
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| (noun) a quadrilateral with no parallel sides | - |
| trapezius | (noun) either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms | Synonyms: cowl muscle, musculus trapezius, trapezius muscle |
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| triazine | (noun) any of three isomeric compounds having three carbon and three nitrogen atoms in a six-membered ring | - |
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| trichlormethiazide | (noun) diuretic drug (trade name Naqua) used to treat hypertension | Synonyms: Naqua |
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| unappetizingness | (noun) the property of spoiling the appetite | Synonyms: unappetisingness |
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| urochezia | (noun) passage of urine from the anus | Synonyms: urochesia |
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| vizier | (noun) a high official in a Muslim government (especially in the Ottoman Empire) | - |
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| viziership | (noun) the position of vizier | - |
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| vocalizing | (noun) the act of singing vocal music | Synonyms: singing |
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| wheeziness | (noun) presence of abnormal high-pitched sound heard with a stethoscope when an airway is blocked (as in asthma or chronic bronchitis) | - |
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| wurtzite | (noun) a brownish-black mineral consisting of zinc sulfide | - |
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| zidovudine | (noun) an antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow | Synonyms: AZT, Retrovir, ZDV |
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| zig | (noun) an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions | Synonyms: zag, zigzag |
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| zigadene | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous | Synonyms: death camas |
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| ziggurat | (noun) a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians | Synonyms: zikkurat, zikurat |
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| zigzag | (noun) an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions | Synonyms: zag, zig |
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| zigzaggedness | (noun) The state or quality of being zigzagged or alternating directions sharply. | - |
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| zikkurat | (noun) a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians | Synonyms: ziggurat, zikurat |
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| zikurat | (noun) a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians | Synonyms: ziggurat, zikkurat |
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| zilch | (noun) a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zip, zippo |
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| zill | (noun) one of a pair of small metallic cymbals worn on the thumb and middle finger; used in belly dancing in rhythm with the dance | - |
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| zillion | (noun) a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) | Synonyms: bazillion, billion, gazillion, jillion, million, trillion |
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| zinc | (noun) a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende | Synonyms: atomic number 30, Zn |
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| zinfandel | (noun) dry fruity red wine from California | - |
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| zing | (noun) the activeness of an energetic personality | Synonyms: dynamism, oomph, pizzaz, pizzazz |
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| (noun) a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound | - |
| zinger | (noun) a striking or amusing or caustic remark | - |
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| zinkenite | (noun) a steel grey metallic mineral (a sulphide of lead and antimony) | - |
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| zinnia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads | Synonyms: old maid, old maid flower |
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| zinnwaldite | (noun) a mica containing iron and lithium | - |
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| zip | (noun) a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab | Synonyms: slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper |
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| (noun) forceful exertion | Synonyms: energy, vigor, vigour |
| (noun) a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zippo |
| zipper | (noun) a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab | Synonyms: slide fastener, zip, zip fastener |
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| zippo | (noun) a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip |
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| zircon | (noun) a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent | Synonyms: zirconium silicate |
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| zirconia | (noun) a white crystalline oxide; used in refractories and in insulation and abrasives and enamels and glazes | Synonyms: zirconium dioxide, zirconium oxide |
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| zirconium | (noun) a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon | Synonyms: atomic number 40, Zr |
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| zit | (noun) a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne | Synonyms: hickey, pimple |
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| zither | (noun) a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers | Synonyms: cither, zithern |
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| zithern | (noun) a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers | Synonyms: cither, zither |
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| ziti | (noun) medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces | - |
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| zizz | (noun) a nap | - |
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| (noun) a buzzing or whizzing sound | - |