9-letter words containing a, z, o
- scazontic — relating to or consisting of scazons
- sforzando — to be played with strong initial attack
- sloganize — to make a slogan of; express as a slogan: to sloganize one's opinions.
- smorzando — fading away; dying out (a musical direction).
- socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- spazz out — an awkward or clumsy person.
- sporozoal — belonging or relating to Sporozoa
- sporozoan — any parasitic spore-forming protozoan of the phylum (or class) Sporozoa, several species of which, as plasmodia, cause malaria.
- stramazon — a downward fencing stroke
- thorazine — chlorpromazine
- totalizer — a person or thing that totals.
- trapezoid — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- trazodone — a white crystalline powder, C 19 H 22 ClN 5 O, used in the treatment of major depression disorders.
- unrazored — unshaven
- unzealous — full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm. Antonyms: apathetic; lackadaisical.
- vaporizer — a person or thing that vaporizes.
- verrazano — Giovanni da [jaw-vahn-nee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), c1480–1527? Italian navigator and explorer.
- volcanize — to affect or alter by volcanic heat or action.
- wantonize — to make (something) wanton
- waterzooi — A type of Flemish stew, traditionally made with fish.
- wayzgoose — A holiday or party for the benefit of printers, traditionally held in August.
- weaponize — to supply or equip with a weapon or weapons: to weaponize trucks and helicopters.
- womanized — to make effeminate.
- womanizer — a philanderer.
- womanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of womanize.
- xuan zong — 685–762 ad, Chinese emperor (712–56) of the Tang dynasty
- year zero — the beginning (1975) of the period during which Cambodia was under the control of the Khmer Rouge
- yousafzai — Malala (məˈlælə) born 1997, Pakistani women's rights campaigner; survived an attack by a Taliban gunman (2012); Nobel Peace Prize (2014)
- zákinthos — one of the southernmost islands of the Ionian Islands, Greece: 155 sq mi (401 sq km)
- zakynthos — Greek name of Zante.
- zamboanga — a seaport on SW Mindanao, in the S Philippines.
- zamboorak — a small swivelling cannon mounted on a camel's back, from where it is fired
- zantewood — Fustic (tree).
- zapateado — a Spanish dance for a solo performer, marked by rhythmic tapping of the heels.
- zapotecan — a group of Amerindian languages spoken mainly in Oaxaca, Mexico
- zealously — full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm. Antonyms: apathetic; lackadaisical.
- zebrawood — any of several trees, especially Connarus guianensis, of tropical America, yielding a striped, hard wood used for making furniture.
- zelotypia — (formal) jealousy.
- zero-base — Also, zero-based. without reference to a base figure or to previous practice; according to present needs only, as opposed to a percentage increase or decrease of previous figures: zero-base planning; zero-base inventory.
- zero-rate — to exempt (merchandise or services) from value-added tax.
- zhangzhou — a city in S Fujian province, in SE China.
- zircalloy — an alloy of zirconium containing small amounts of tin, chromium, and nickel. It is used in pressurized-water reactors
- zirconian — (mineralogy) Describing minerals containing zirconium.
- zoiatrics — the science of veterinary surgery
- zola budd — a minibus taxi
- zona gale — Zona [zoh-nuh] /ˈzoʊ nə/ (Show IPA), 1874–1938, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and poet.
- zoogamete — planogamete.
- zoogamous — of or relating to zoogamy
- zoography — the branch of zoology dealing with the description of animals.
- zoomantic — of or relating to zoomancy