7-letter words starting with ZY

7-letter words 14

• zygotes(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
• zymosisa process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
• zymurgythe branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling)
• zygoticof or relating to a zygote
• zyzzyva
• zydecosmusic of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues
• zygomasthe slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
• zygoses
• zygosis
• zymasesa complex of enzymes that cause glycolysis; originally found in yeast but also present in higher organisms
• zymogenany of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active
• zymosan
• zymoses
• zymoticof or relating to or causing fermentation