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Words that Start with Z

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Interesting notes about the letter Z:

• The letter Z is the twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet.
• It is a consonant.
• It normally makes one main sound \z\ as in zebra and dizzy.
• The Phoenicians used what looked like a horizontal capital H for their sound zayin, which might have stood for sword or another type of weapon.
• The Greeks then used it for their letter zeta (Z).
• The Romans took it for their last letter of the alphabet Z.

The following are a couple of examples of words starting with Z.

Animals that start with Z

• Zebra:  any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines
  • My favorite wild animal is the striped zebra because it looks like a horse.
• Zebu: domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia
  • Most zebu have two tones of color on their fur. 

Places that start with Z

• Zodiac:  a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes
  • The most well-known constellation of the zodiac is the Big Dipper, which is part of Ursa Major or the Great Bear.
• Zoo: the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
  • Our class went on a field to the zoo today, and we saw lions, tigers, and bears. Oh, my!

Words that describe people

• Zealous: marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  • My parents are sometimes too zealous when they attend my basketball games.
• Zappy: (informal) lively or energetic.
  • It was hard to keep up with the zappy kindergartners. 

Words that describe an idea

• Zillion: very large indeterminate number
  • She had a zillion ideas on how to decorate the holiday cards. 
• Zany: ludicrous, foolish
  • It was a zany idea to try to keep the toddlers clean while they ate ice cream. 

Words that describe a place/event

• Zenithal: relating to or located at or near the zenith
  • All the people below him seemed like small ants from his zenithal spot on the 95th floor. 
• zonate: (biology) Having different colors, textures, or other patterns form a pattern of rings, bands, or stripes.
  • The zonate walls inside the buidling reminded me of the stripes on a clownfish.
    

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