8-letter words containing a, z, o
- totalize — to make total; combine into a total.
- triazoic — hydrazoic.
- triazole — any of a group of four compounds containing three nitrogen and two carbon atoms arranged in a five-membered ring and having the formula C 2 H 3 N 3 .
- trizonal — formed or arranged in three layers or zones
- valorize — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- vaporize — to cause to change into vapor.
- vizcaino — Sebastián [Spanish se-vahs-tyahn] /Spanish ˌsɛ vɑsˈtyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1550?–1628? Spanish explorer in the Americas.
- vocalize — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- war zone — (during wartime) a combat area in which the rights of neutrals are suspended, as such an area on the high seas, where ships flying a neutral flag are subject to attack.
- wazzocks — Plural form of wazzock.
- womanize — to make effeminate.
- yangzhou — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- yarovize — to vernalize.
- yokozuna — A grand champion sumo wrestler.
- zambomba — a drum-like musical instrument used in flamenco music
- zamenhof — Lazarus Ludwig (laˈzarus ˈludvik). 1859–1917, Polish oculist; invented Esperanto
- zampogna — an Italian bagpipe used in Christmas music
- zampolit — (historical) A deputy commander for political affairs in the Soviet Union.
- zaragoza — Spanish name of Saragossa.
- zealotic — In the manner of a zealot; zealous; fanatic.
- zealotry — undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism.
- zelkovas — Plural form of zelkova.
- zettaton — A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many sextillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
- ziggaboo — (ethnic slur, derogatory, African American Vernacular English) A nigger, negro.
- zimbalon — a complex zither played especially in Hungary.
- zipporah — the daughter of Jethro and the wife of Moses. Ex. 2:21.
- zircaloy — any of various alloys containing about 98% zirconium, 1.5% tin, etc., that are resistant to corrosion and high temperatures and are used to contain fuel in nuclear reactors, etc.
- zirconia — Chemistry. a white, heavy, amorphous, odorless and tasteless, infusible, water-insoluble powder, ZrO 2 , used chiefly as a pigment for paints, an abrasive, and in the manufacture of refractory crucibles.
- zlatoust — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, in the Ural Mountains.
- zodiacal — an imaginary belt of the heavens, extending about 8° on each side of the ecliptic, within which are the apparent paths of the sun, moon, and principal planets. It contains twelve constellations and hence twelve divisions called signs of the zodiac. Each division, however, because of the precession of the equinoxes, now contains the constellation west of the one from which it took its name. Compare sign of the zodiac.
- zoiatria — veterinary surgery
- zonation — the state or condition of being zonate.
- zooblast — an animal cell
- zoogloea — a jellylike mass of microorganisms.
- zoograft — animal tissue grafted to a human body, as in transplants, etc
- zoolatry — the worship of or excessive attention to animals.
- zoomancy — foreseeing the future through observing the actions of animals
- zoomania — An excessive or abnormal love of animals.
- zoopathy — the science of animal diseases
- zooperal — of or relating to zoopery
- zoophagy — the feeding on animals by other animals
- zorillas — Plural form of zorilla.
- zymogram — a band of electrophoretic medium showing a pattern of enzymes following electrophoresis