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Zeal

Definition: Zeal

Zeal

Noun

1. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal".

2. Excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end; "he had an absolute zeal for litigation".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "zeal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)


Specialty Definition: Zeal

DomainDefinition

Satire

ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl. When Zeal sought Gratitude for his reward He went away exclaiming: "O my Lord!" "What do you want?" the Lord asked, bending down. "An ointment for my cracked and bleeding crown." Jum Coople. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Bible

Zeal an earnest temper; may be enlightened (Num. 25:11-13; 2 Cor. 7:11; 9:2), or ignorant and misdirected (Rom. 10:2; Phil. 3:6). As a Christian grace, it must be grounded on right principles and directed to right ends (Gal. 4:18). It is sometimes ascribed to God (2 Kings 19:31; Isa. 9:7; 37:32; Ezek. 5:13). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

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Synonyms: Zeal

Synonyms: ardor (n), ardour (n), elan (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Zeal

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Activity

Eagerness, zeal, ardor, perfervidum aingenium, empressement, earnestness, intentness; abandon; vigor; (physical energy); devotion; (resolution); exertion.

Desire

Longing, hankering, inkling; solicitude, anxiety; yearning, coveting; aspiration, ambition, vaulting ambition; eagerness, zeal, ardor, empressement, breathless impatience, overanxiety; impetuosity,.

Feeling

Warmth, glow, unction, gusto, vehemence; fervor, fervency; heartiness, cordiality; earnestness, eagerness; empressement, gush, ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, verve, furore, fanaticism; excitation of feeling; fullness of the heart; (disposition); passion; (state of excitability); ecstasy; (pleasure).

Resolution

Noun: determination, will; iron will, unconquerable will; will of one's own, decision, resolution; backbone; clear grit, true grit, grit; sand, strength of mind, strength of will; resolve; (intent); firmness; (stability); energy, manliness, vigor; game, pluck; resoluteness; (courage); zeal; aplomb; desperation; devotion, devotedness.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Zeal

English words defined with "zeal": ArdencydevotionEleutheromania, EngagednessHalf-heartedidolatryOverzealPassionist, Politicalism, Propagandism, proselytismThird Crusade, To buckle tounrelaxedvenerationWith a willZealed, Zealful, Zealless. (references)
Specialty definitions using "zeal": Dying SayingsEthbaal, Eth-baalHarhaiahINTERREGNUMLion of GodMy Favourite Toy LanguageRabsheka. (references)
Etymologies containing "zeal": Zealous. (references)

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Modern Usage: Zeal

DomainUsage

Screenplays

His Holiness is old and lost his zeal! (The Pit and the Pendulum; writing credit: Dennis Paoli; Edgar Allan Poe)

Lyrics

We got a taste of the audience zeal (Flipper Twist; performing artist: Flipper)

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Commercial Usage: Zeal

DomainTitle

Books

  • Missionary Zeal and Institutional Control: Organizational Contradictions in the Basel Mission on the Gold Coast, 1828-1917 (Studies in the History of (reference)

  • Playing God: A Story of Misguided Zeal (reference)

  • The zeal of the convert (reference)

  • With Flaming Zeal (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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Photo Album: Zeal

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Familiar Quotations: Zeal

AuthorQuotation

Alexander Pope

For virtue's self may too much zeal be had; the worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

Buddha

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost.

Frederick W. Faber

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.

Hosea Ballou

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.

James Thompson

All true zeal for God is a zeal less for love, mercy and goodness.

John Tillotson

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

Owen Felltham

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.

Pasquier Quesnel

Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others.

Thomas Fuller

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Zeal

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

They seldom, it would appear, partook of the religious zeal that brought other emigrants across the Atlantic.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Excess of zeal kills peach and apricot trees.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Zeal without prudence is like a ship adrift.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Zeal

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Mongolia

Between 1932 and 1945, their excess zeal, intolerance, and inexperience led to anti-communist uprisings. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea attributes lapses to excessive zeal on the part of local authorities and promises better control and sensitization. (references)

Gabon

Various factors have so far stymied more diversification (small market of 1 million people, dependence on French imports, inability to capitalize on regional markets, lack of entrepreneurial zeal among the Gabonese, and the fairly regular stream of oil "rent"). (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

INTERREGNUM, n. The period during which a monarchical country is governed by a warm spot on the cushion of the throne. The experiment of letting the spot grow cold has commonly been attended by most unhappy results from the zeal of many worthy persons to make it warm again.

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Speeches: Zeal

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797In the arrangement to which the possibility of a similar contingency will naturally draw your attention it ought not to be forgotten that the militia laws have exhibited such striking defects as could not have been supplied by the zeal of our citizens.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809Freeman, though conducted with a zeal and prudence meriting entire approbation, has not been equally successful.

James Madison

1809-1817This patriotic zeal, which it was necessary rather to limit than excite, has embodied an ample force from the States of Kentucky and Ohio and from parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia.

James Monroe

1817-1825On the contrary, as the blessings which we enjoy are great, proportionably great should be our vigilance, zeal, and activity to preserve them.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Zeal

"Zeal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Zeal" is used about 335 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%33515,680

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Derived & Related Names: Zeal

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "zeal".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
CanaN/ABiblical

Zeal

ElkanahN/ABiblical

The zeal of God

ElkanN/AJewish

The zeal of God

ElkeN/AJewish

The zeal of God

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Zeal

Expressions using "zeal": competitive zeal full of zeal religious zeal stimulate smb.'s zeal. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "zeal": Zeal-of-the-land.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Zeal

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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Modern Translation: Zeal

Language Translations for "zeal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

zell (alacrity, diligence, flame, industry, promptitude, strenuousness), përkushtim (consecration, service). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حمية (ardor, ardour, diet, enthusiasm, flush, regimen), ‏حماسة (abandonment, ardor, ardour, eagerness, ebullience, elan, enthusiasm, fervency, fervor, fervour, fire, glow, heartiness, impetus, intense interest, keenness, mettle, rage, responsiveness, warmth), ‏تحمس (be keen on, carry away, enthuse, get a kick out of, get excited, warm), ‏تعصب (extremism, fanaticism, intolerance, lose one's mind, narrow mindedness, prejudice). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

стремеж (aim, appetite, drift, hankering, intent, intention, search, seeking, striving, yen), усърдие (alacrity, ardour, assiduity, assiduousness, diligence, hardness, impressment, industry, mettle, pains, painstaking, sedulity), увлечение (abandon, abandonment, fire, flame, gusto, mustard, penchant, relish, transport, vehemence, zest). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

热忱 (Dedicated, Zealous), 熱心 (ardent, enthusiasm, enthusiastic, warmhearted, zealous, zest), 積極性 (activity, enthusiasm, initiative). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zápal (enthusiasm, fervor, fervour, heat, verve), nadšení (Ardor, ardour, enthusiasm, high spirits, passion, thrill, zest), horlivost (alacrity, assiduity, eagerness, heat, painstaking, solicitude). (various references)

   

Danish

  

iver (fervor, fervour). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vuur (fervor, fervour, fire, flame, glow, heat, impetus, passion, verve, vivacity), ambitie (ambition, fervor, fervour). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

fervoro (fervor, fervour). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

íðin (diligent, full of zeal, hardworking, industrious, zealous). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

متعصب (Bigot, Dogmatic, Intolerant, Rabid), گرمی (Ardor, Glow, Heat, Mettle, Rut, Stew, Warmth, Zing), حمیت , غیور (Jealous, Spunky, Warm, Zealot, Zealous), غیرت (Ardor, Enthusiasm, Mettle, Zealotry), حرارت (Ardor, Fire, Ginger, Heat, Impetuosity, Vehemence, Verve, Warmth), تعصب (Bias, Bigotry, Intolerance, Preconception, Prejudice, Prepossession, Zealotry), ذوق (Goo, Gusto, Penchant, Relish, Taste, Verve), خیرخواهی (Benevolence, Generosity), جانفشانی , شوق (Ardor, Craze, Delight). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

into (ardour, eagerness, enthusiasm, fervour, keenness). (various references)

   

French

  

ferveur, zèle. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

ambysje (ambition, fervour). (various references)

   

German

  

Eifer (alacrity, Ardor, ardour, assiduousness, assiduousnesses, eagerness, enthusiasm, fervour, heat, intentness, keenness, mettle, studiousness, zealotry, zealousness). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ζέση (ardency, ardour, eagle, ebullience, fervency, gusto, zest), ζήλοσ (ardour, eagerness, elan, fervency, keenness, zealotry). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"ט (ardour, blaze, fervency, fervor, flame, glow, heat, incandescence, verve), ק אות (bigotry, fanaticism, zealotry), חשק (delight, desire, eagerness, gusto, longing, lust, penchant, relish, zest), "תל"בות (eagerness, elan, enthusiasm, excitement, fervor, gusto, incandescence, inspiration, verve, zest). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hév (ardor, ardour, elan, fire, heat, pathos, stingo, vehemence, verve, warmth). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

semangat (courage, elan, esprit, flush, genie, gusto, mercury, pep, spirit, verve, zest), kegiatan (activity, ardor, drive, energy, enterprise, liveliness). (various references)

   

Italian

  

zelo (Ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, goodwill, jealousy, zealousness), ardore (Ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, glow, heat, hotness, mettle, passion). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

熱血 (ardor, fervor, hot blood), 熱意 (enthusiasm), 熱心 (enthusiasm), 熱中 (enthusiasm, mania, nuts!), 情熱 (enthusiasm, passion). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ねつい (enthusiasm), ねっし" (enthusiasm), ねっけつ (ardor, fervor, hot blood), ねっちゅう (enthusiasm, mania, nuts!), じょうねつ (enthusiasm, passion). (various references)

   

Manx

  

jeeanid (ardour, assiduity, avidity, eagerness, earnestness, enthusiasm, fervour, intenseness, proneness, vehemence). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

iver (eagerness). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

fervor (fervour). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ealzay

   

Polish

  

zapał, gorliwość. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

zelo (assiduity, care, fervor, fervour, forwardness, warmth), fervor (ardor, ardour, fervency, fervor, fervour, mettle, mettlesomeness, unction, vehemence, warmth), ardor (ardor, ardour, caloric, fervency, fervor, fervour, fire, flame, glow, heat, lust, mettle, mettlesomeness, passion, tingle, vehemence, warmth). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

zel (Ardor, ardour, devoutness, eagerness, earnestness, fervour, forwardness, gumption, metal, mettle, readiness, solicitude, vim, warmth), stãruinţã (assiduity, constancy, diligence, hardness, insistence, patience, perseverance, persistence, solicitation, steadfastness, steadiness, tenacity), silinţã (application, diligence, effort, endeavor, endeavour, labor, labour, sedulousness), râvnã (application, Ardor, ardour, diligence, eagerness, fervour, metal, mettle, warmth), fanatism (fanaticism, partisanship), cãldurã (Ardor, ardour, caloric, fervidness, fervour, fever, fire, fondness, heat, richness, temperature, warmth), ardoare (Ardor, ardour, earnestness, fervour, fierceness, fire, heat, intensity, warmth, zest), însufleţire (animation, briskness, enthusiasm, fervour, life, liveliness, soar). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

усердие (assiduity, assiduousness, sedulity), рвение (alacrity, ardour, eagerness, fervency, fervour, zealousness). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

eud (jealousy), dealas. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

usrdnost (kindness), revnost (ardor, ardour, strenuousness, thoroughness), pregalaštvo, žar (ardor, ardour, embers, glow, live coals). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

celo (fervor, fervour, heat, rut, unction). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

nit (Ardor, ardour, blank, rivet, zealotry), iver (alacrity, ambition, anxiety, application, Ardor, ardour, avidity, eagerness, excitement, fervency, fervor, fervour, forwardness, heat, urgency, willingness, zest), arbetslust. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

gayret (Ardor, ardour, assiduity, conation, effort, endeavor, endeavour, energy, enthusiasm, exertion, fervency, fervor, fervour, go, hastiness, industry, intentness, keenness, nerve, pep, push, sedulity, slog, snap, spurt, strenuousness, struggle, studiousness, tug, vim, zip). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

yhlas, hцwes (desire (for), interest). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

странність, запал (eagerness, fervor, fervour, fuse, fusee, fuze, ignition, lighter, mettle, passion, primer, squib, zest), ентузіазм (ardency, ardour, ebullience, ebulliency, enthusiasm, warmth). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

nhiệt tâm (ardour, warm-hearted, zealousness), nhiệt huyết, lòng sốt sắng, lòng hăng hái (animation, verdure). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

se+l (seal), eiddigedd (jealousy), eiddgarwch (ardor), awyddfryd (vehement desire), aidd (ardor, zest). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Zeal

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

zelos. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

calore, calorem, devotio, devotione, ezeli, studia, studiis, studio, studiorum, studium, zeli, zelo, zelum, zelus. (various references)

Late Latin300-700

zelus. (various references)

Old English450-1100

ellenwodnis. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Zeal

LanguageDateSourceRomans Chapter 10, Verse 2
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintMarturw gar autoiV oti zhlon qeou ecousin all ou kat epignwsin
Latin405VulgateTestimonium enim perhibeo illis quod aemulationem Dei habent sed non secundum scientiam
Old English990West SaxonForþy ic mæg gewitenessan ymb him þæt hi sind ellenwode for Gode ac hiera ellenwodnes nis gegrundod on gewitnesse.
Middle English1395WyclifBut Y bere witnessyng to hem, that thei han loue of God, but not aftir kunnyng.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleFor I beare them recorde that they have a fervet mynde to God warde but not accordinge to knowledge.
Jacobean English1611King JamesFor I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Victorian English1833WebsterFor I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Basic English1964OgdenFor I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Zeal

LanguageRomans Chapter 10, Verse 2
CebuanoKay saksi ako nila nga sila adunay kasibut alang sa Dios, apan kini maoy kasibut nga wala duyogi sa kahibalo.
Chinese我 可 以 證 明 他 們 向   神 有 熱 心 、 但 不 是 按 著 真 知 識 .
CroatianSvjedoèim doista za njih: imaju revnosti Božje, ali ne u pravom razumijevanju.
DanishThi jeg giver dem det Vidnesbyrd, at de have Nidkærhed for Gud, men ikke med Forstand;
DutchWant ik geef hun getuigenis, dat zij een ijver tot God hebben, maar niet met verstand.
FinnishSillä minä todistan heistä, että heillä on kiivaus Jumalan puolesta, mutta ei taidon mukaan;
FrenchJe leur rends le témoignage qu`ils ont du zèle pour Dieu, mais sans intelligence:
GermanDenn ich gebe ihnen das Zeugnis, daß sie eifern um Gott, aber mit Unverstand.
Haitian CreolePaske, m'ap kanpe di sa pou yo: yo devwe anpil pou sèvis Bondye a, men yo manke konprann.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSaya berani mengatakan bahwa mereka bersemangat sekali mengabdi kepada Allah. Tetapi semangat mereka itu tidak berdasarkan pengetahuan yang dari Allah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaKarena aku menyaksikan bagi mereka itu, bahwa mereka itu ada suatu usaha kepada Allah, tetapi tiada dengan berpengetahuan.
ItalianRendo infatti loro testimonianza che hanno zelo per Dio, ma non secondo una retta conoscenza;
MaoriE whakaae ana hoki ahau ki a ratou, he ngakau nui to ratou ki te Atua, otiia ehara i te mea mohio.
NorwegianFor jeg gir dem det vidnesbyrd at de har nidkjærhet for Gud, men ikke med skjønnsomhet;
PortuguesePorque lhes dou testemunho de que têm zelo por Deus, mas não com entendimento.   
RumanianLe mqrturisesc cq ei au rkvnq pentru Dumnezeu, dar fqrq pricepere:
ShuarMaa, uwempratniun nékachiatan Yúsan shiir awajsatniun ti wakeruiniawai.
SpanishPorque yo les doy testimonio de que tienen celo por Dios, pero no de acuerdo con un conocimiento pleno.
SwahiliMaana naweza kuthibitisha kwa niaba yao kwamba wanayo bidii ya kumtafuta Mungu; lakini bidii hiyo haikujengwa juu ya ujuzi wa kweli.
SwedishTy det vittnesbördet giver jag dem, att de nitälska för Gud. Dock göra de detta icke med rätt insikt.
UmaMantata' mpu'u pepue' -ra hi Alata'ala-- kusabii' moto toe-e. Aga uma ra'incai ohea to makono hilou hi Alata'ala.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Zeal

Derivations

Words beginning with "zeal": zealot, zealotries, zealotry, zealots, zealous, zealously, zealousness, zealousnesses, zeals. (additional references)

Words ending with "zeal": overzeal. (additional references)

Words containing "zeal": overzealous, overzealously, overzealousness, overzealousnesses, overzeals. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Zeal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: azael, eza, ezad, ezal, ezel, ezil, Gzhel, izeal, Mzwai, zaa, zae, zaen, Zagalo, Zahl, zail, zal, zale, Zalm, zals, zaq, ze, zeab, zeac, zead, zeaf, zeag, zeah, zeak, zeale, zeall, zealr, zeals, zealt, zealu, zealy, zeam, zean, zeap, zear, zeas, zeat, zeaw, Zecar, zeda, zedl, zeeb, zeec, zeef, zeeg, zeel, zeels, zeeq, zeew, zefa, zei, zeil, Zeila, zeip, zeit, Zekai, zel, zeld, zele, Zelen, zelo, zenal, Zenale, zeol, zeral, zerl, zeu, zeul, Zeya, zia, ziag, zial, zias, Ziehl, Zihl, zil, zila, zinal, zinl, zitl, zoal, zoeal, zoil, zol, zoul, Zusanli. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Zeal"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "zeal" (pronounced zē"l)
2-ē" labele, anneal, appeal, conceal, congeal, corneal, creel, deal, diel, eel, feel, genteel, heal, heel, ideal, keel, kneel, Leal, meal, ordeal, peal, Peel, puerile, real, reel, repeal, reseal, reveal, riel, seal, Seel, Shiel, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, surreal, teal, teel, unreal, unseal, veal, wheel.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Zeal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: laze.

Words within the letters "a-e-l-z"

-1 letter: ale, lea, lez.

-2 letters: ae, al, el, la.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-l-z"
 

+1 letter: azole, blaze, glaze, hazel, lazed, lazes, zeals, zoeal.

 

+2 letters: ablaze, azalea, azoles, benzal, blazed, blazer, blazes, dazzle, glazed, glazer, glazes, hazels, jezail, lazied, lazier, lazies, mezcal, quezal, sleaze, sleazo, sleazy, teazel, teazle, zealot.

 

+3 letters: analyze, azaleas, blazers, calzone, damozel, dazedly, dazzled, dazzler, dazzles, deglaze, dialyze, diazole, dualize, emblaze, frazzle, gazelle, glazers, glazier, hazelly, imblaze, jezails, laicize, lazaret, laziest, mazedly, mezcals, quetzal, quezals, realize, reglaze, sizable, sleazes, spatzle, teazels, teazled, teazles, waltzed, waltzer, waltzes, zealots, zealous, zelkova, zonulae, zooglea.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Derived from
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Bible Trace
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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