Words that Begin with Z

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element (4)
  2. 3. Of or relating to or causing fermentation (7)
  3. 4. An asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella (8)
  4. 5. A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic (6)
  5. 7. To regulate housing in (5)
  6. 8. Animal constituent of plankton (11)
  7. 9. Marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small (8)
  8. 10. A dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force (6)
  9. 11. The slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the ___ (6)

Down

  1. 1. The diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (6)
  2. 2. The facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition (3)
  3. 3. A lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium (9)
  4. 5. The point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against (6)
  5. 6. Any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude (4)
  6. 9. A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab (6)
  7. 10. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions (6)