10-letter words containing a, z, o, s
- schizogamy — reproduction characterized by division of the organism into sexual and asexual parts, as in certain polychaetes.
- schizoidal — relating to a person with a schizoid personality disorder
- schnozzola — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- scorzonera — a plant of the modern genus Scorzonera, esp S. Hispanica or black salsify, cultivated in Europe for its root which is used as a vegetable
- scyphozoan — any coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, comprising the true marine jellyfishes.
- shear zone — Geology. a zone of closely spaced, approximately parallel faults or dispersed displacements.
- shosholoza — a popular Zulu choral song
- sobhuza ii — 1899–1982, king of Swaziland 1921–82.
- socialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socializer — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- solidarize — to unite or come together; become solidified.
- somaticize — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- spaniolize — to cause to become Spanish
- spaza shop — South African slang for a small shop in a township
- szymborska — Wislawa [vis-lah-vah] /vɪsˈlɑ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2012, Polish poet: Nobel prize 1996.
- the azores — three groups of volcanic islands in the N Atlantic, since 1976 an autonomous region of Portugal. Capital: Ponta Delgada (on São Miguel). Pop: 241 762 (2001). Area: 2335 sq km (901 sq miles)
- womanizers — Plural form of womanizer.
- zapateados — Plural form of zapateado.
- zb station — (in New Zealand) a radio station of a commercial network
- zebrawoods — Plural form of zebrawood.
- zero stage — a solid-propellant rocket attached to a liquid-propellant rocket to provide greater thrust at liftoff
- zeta-jones — Catherine, original name Catherine Jones. born 1969, Welsh actress, who made her name in the TV series The Darling Buds of May (1991–93) before starring in the films Traffic (2000), Chicago (2002), and Smoke and Mirrors (2004)
- zonal soil — soil having a profile determined mainly by the local climate and vegetation
- zoophagous — carnivorous.
- zooplastic — the transplantation of living tissue to the human body from an animal of another species.
- zoothapsis — (archaic, nonce) premature burial.
- zygocactus — Any cactus in the genus Schlumbergera (previously Zygocactus).