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708 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

zambo: bowlegged, bandy-legged; Zambo (one of mixed African and Native American ancestry)
zambo: Zambo
zamboangueño: of, from or relating to Zamboanga
zamboangueño: native or inhabitant of Zamboanga (usually male)
zamboangueño chavacano: Zamboanga Chavacano (language)
zambomba: zambomba
zambombazo: boom, bash, thud; popping, explosion
zambra: gypsy dance, zambra; uproar
zambullida: dive, plunge
zambullidor: grebe
zambullidor orejudo: black-necked grebe
zambullir: to plunge, to submerge suddenly; to dive, to plunge
zambullón: plunging into water
zamburiña: variegated scallop
zambutir: synonym of zambullir
zamorano: of, from or relating to the city of Zamora and surrounding province, Castile and León, Spain; the city of Zamora and surrounding canton, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador; the province of Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador; the city of Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico; or any of the municipalities named Zamora, in the states of Aragua, Falcón or Miranda, Venezuela
zamorano: native or inhabitant of the city of Zamora and surrounding province, Castile and León, Spain; the city of Zamora and surrounding canton, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador; the province of Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador; the city of Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico; or any of the municipalities named Zamora, in the states of Aragua, Falcón or Miranda, Venezuela (usually male)
zampabodigos: fool, idiot
zampabollos: glutton
zampar: to scarf; to wolf down (to eat or drink rapidly); to tuck or hide away
zampatortas: glutton
zampoña: pan flute
zampullín: grebe (waterbird)
zampullín cuellinegro: black-necked grebe
zampón: greedy; intrusive
zampón: greedyguts
zamuro: vulture
zamuro cuidando carne: fox in the henhouse
zanahoria: carrot (root vegetable, usually orange)
zanahoria blanca: parsnip; arracacha
zanahoria silvestre: wild carrot
zanamivir: zanamivir
zanate: grackle
zanate mexicano: great-tailed grackle.
zanate norteño: common grackle
zanca: leg of a bird; long, thin leg of a human
zancada: step; stride; pace
zancadilla: put a leg in a way as to cause someone else to misstep, stumble; trip; ruse; trick
zancadillear: to trip someone up; to hinder
zancajada: synonym of zancada
zancajear: to rush from one place to another
zancajo: heel (bone); heel (part of shoe)
zancliense: Zanclean (of the earliest geological period of the Pliocene)
zanco: stilt (a pole used for walking)
zancuda: wading bird (aves zancudas)
zancudo: long-legged
zancudo: mosquito
zanfona: hurdy-gurdy
zanfonía: hurdy-gurdy
zanganear: to drone; to loaf
zangarriana: mild, transient, frequently recurring disease (e.g. periodic migraine); displeasure, melancholy, sadness; dropsy; laziness, procrastination
zangolotear: to shake violently; to wander
zangolotino: childish; kidlike
zangolotino: man child
zanguí: Zengid
zanguí: Zengid
zanja: ditch; trench
zanjadora: trencher (digging machine)
zanjar: to resolve; to settle; to remove difficulties; to dig a trench
zanjear: to trench