9-letter words containing a, z, r
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- marmalize — to beat soundly or defeat utterly; thrash
- marmarize — to turn (limestone) into marble
- martyrize — to make a martyr of: The ancient Romans martyrized many Christians.
- matronize — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
- maximizer — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- megahertz — a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles per second. Abbreviation: MHz.
- mirandize — (sometimes lowercase) Informal. to advise (a person being arrested) of his or her rights under the Miranda ruling.
- moralized — Simple past tense and past participle of moralize.
- moralizer — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moralize.
- mortalize — (transitive) To make mortal.
- mozarabic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mozarabs: Mozarabic culture.
- narcotize — to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
- nectarize — to mix or saturate with nectar.
- normalize — to make normal.
- normanize — to make or become Norman in character, style, customs, etc
- notarized — Simple past tense and past participle of notarize.
- notarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of notarize.
- operatize — to turn (a play, novel, etc) into an opera
- organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
- organizer — a person who organizes, especially one who forms and organizes a group.
- organizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of organize.
- organzine — silk that has been additionally twisted in opposite directions, used warpwise in weaving silk fabrics.
- ostracize — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- ostrasize — Misspelling of ostracize.
- outbrazen — to be more brazen or impudent than
- overglaze — a color or glaze applied to an existing glaze.
- overgraze — to graze (land) to excess.
- paparazzi — a freelance photographer, especially one who takes candid pictures of celebrities for publication.
- paparazzo — a freelance photographer, especially one who takes candid pictures of celebrities for publication.
- paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- patronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pauperize — to make a pauper of: His extravagance pauperized him.
- pearlized — resembling or made to resemble mother-of-pearl; iridescent: pearlized buttons.
- petahertz — one quadrillion (10 15) hertz. Abbreviation: PHz.
- pluralize — to express in the plural form; make plural: to pluralize a noun.
- polarized — of or relating to a medium that exhibits polarization.
- polarizer — a person or thing that polarizes.
- polyzoary — a colony of bryozoan animals
- prelatize — to advocate or bring under the authority of prelacy
- privatize — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- prize day — a day when prizes are rewarded to pupils who have produced a very high standard of work
- promazine — a compound, C 17 H 20 N 2 S, used as a tranquilizer.
- protozoal — relating to protozoans
- protozoan — any of a diverse group of eukaryotes, of the kingdom Protista, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.
- quantizer — An electronic device that samples a varying quantity (e.g. a waveform) and generates a digital response.
- quartzite — a granular metamorphic rock consisting essentially of quartz in interlocking grains.
- quartzose — one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO 2 , having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony, jasper, etc.) or in crystals (as rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, etc.): the chief constituent of sand and sandstone, and an important constituent of many other rocks. It is piezoelectric and used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters.
- racialize — to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.