9-letter words containing a, z, t
- chabazite — a pink, white, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium, sodium, potassium, and aluminium in hexagonal crystalline form. Formula: Ca2Al2Si4O12.6H2O
- chalutzim — halutz.
- chastized — Simple past tense and past participle of chastize.
- cicatrize — (of a wound or defect in tissue) to close or be closed by scar formation; heal
- climatize — to acclimate to a new environment.
- cognizant — If someone is cognizant of something, they are aware of it or understand it.
- courtezan — Alternative spelling of courtesan.
- crazy top — a disease of cotton, corn, etc., characterized by abnormal branching and small, misshapen leaves in the upper part of the plant, caused by water shortage, organic deficiencies in the soil, or unknown causes.
- cruz alta — a city in S Brazil.
- dentalize — to change into or pronounce as a dental sound.
- dialyzate — the remaining, or colloidal, portion of a solution.
- diazeutic — Alternative form of diazeuctic.
- diazotize — to cause (an aryl amine) to react with nitrous acid to produce a diazonium salt
- diazotype — a print produced by the diazo process.
- diltiazem — a white to whitish crystalline powder, C 22 H 26 N 2 O 4 S, used as a calcium blocker in the treatment of angina pectoris.
- dogmatize — to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.
- dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dziggetai — chigetai.
- ecstasize — to make or become ecstatic
- elizabeth — a city in NE New Jersey, on Newark Bay. Pop: 123 215 (2003 est)
- empathize — Understand and share the feelings of another.
- enzymatic — Of, relating to, or caused by enzymes.
- estazolam — A benzodiazepine drug used to treat insomnia.
- esterházy — a noble Hungarian family that produced many soldiers, diplomats, and patrons of the arts. Prince Miklós József Esterházy (1714–90) rebuilt the family castle of Esterháza and employed Haydn as his musical director (1766–90)
- euthanize — Put (a living being, especially a dog or cat ) to death humanely.
- factorize — Mathematics. to resolve into factors.
- fantasize — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- fitzrovia — the district north of Oxford Street, London, around Fitzroy Square and its pubs, noted in the 1930s and 40s as a haunt of poets
- fizzwater — effervescent water; soda water.
- fortaleza — a seaport in NE Brazil.
- frizzante — (of wine) semisparkling.
- gazetteer — a geographical dictionary.
- gazetting — a newspaper (now used chiefly in the names of newspapers): The Phoenix Gazette.
- gaziantep — a city in S Turkey in Asia.
- gigahertz — one billion hertz. Abbreviation: GHz.
- glazement — a waterproof glaze for a masonry wall.
- granitize — to subject to granitization.
- hazelnuts — Plural form of hazelnut.
- hazemeter — transmissometer.
- heat haze — a phenomenon that occurs in hot weather in which distant objects are indistinct or appear to shimmer because slight differences in air temperature affect the transmission of light
- hematozoa — Plural form of hematozoon.
- italicize — to print in italic type.
- jazzfests — Plural form of jazzfest.
- kazatskes — a lively, Slavic folk dance for a solo male dancer, marked especially by the prisiadka.
- khuzistan — a province in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km). Capital: Ahwaz.
- lanzarote — the most easterly of the Canary Islands; mountainous, with a volcanic landscape; tourism, fishing. Pop: 109 942 (2002 est). Area: 795 sq km (307 sq miles)
- latinized — (nonstandard) Incorrect capitalisation of Latinize. Simple past tense and past participle of latinize.
- lazarette — a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.
- lazaretto — a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.
- lazy list — A list which is built using a non-strict constructor. Any head or tail of the list may be an unevaluated closure. Also known as streams since they may be used to carry a sequence of values from the output of one function to an input of another. See also Lazy evaluation.