9-letter words containing c, i, z
- rhizocaul — a rootlike stem or stalk
- rhotacize — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- rusticize — to make rustic
- sacralize — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- saprozoic — (of animals or plants) feeding on dead organic matter
- scazontic — relating to or consisting of scazons
- scenarize — to make or create a scenario of something
- schizopod — any crustacean of the former order or division Schizopoda, now divided into the orders Mysidacea, comprising the opossum shrimps, and Euphausiacea, comprising krill.
- schnitzel — a cutlet, especially of veal.
- scientize — to apply or attempt to apply scientific principles to: to scientize art criticism.
- sectorize — to split or divide into sectors
- socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- sulcalize — to furrow, make a furrow in; predominantly, to make a furrow in (the tongue), make the surface of (the tongue) concave in order to produce certain phonemes
- synoecize — (in ancient Greece) to unite under one capital city
- tauchnitz — Karl Christoph Traugott [kahrl kris-tawf trou-gawt] /ˈkɑrl ˈkrɪs tɔf ˈtraʊ gɔt/ (Show IPA), 1761–1836, and his son, Karl Christian Philipp [kris-tee-ahn fee-lip,, fil-ip] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfi lɪp,, ˈfɪl ɪp/ (Show IPA) 1798–1884, German printers and publishers.
- tzarevich — czarevitch.
- tzaristic — czarist.
- vacuumize — to create a vacuum in.
- vectorize — (of computing graphics) to convert from a bitmap representation to a vector representation
- victimize — to make a victim of.
- volcanize — to affect or alter by volcanic heat or action.
- vulcanize — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- zachariah — the father of John the Baptist. Luke 1:5.
- zacharias — Douay Bible. Zechariah.
- zechariah — a Minor Prophet of the 6th century b.c.
- zeugmatic — the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to wage war and peace or On his fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold.
- zinc dust — zinc in powder form which is obtained by grinding or processing; used as a paint and deoxidizing agent
- 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.
- zirconite — (mineralogy) A light brown variety of zircon.
- zirconium — a metallic element found combined in zircon, baddeleyite, etc., resembling titanium chemically: used in steel metallurgy, as a scavenger, as a refractory, and as an opacifier in vitreous enamels. Symbol: Zr; atomic weight: 91.22; atomic number: 40; specific gravity: 6.49 at 20°C.
- znaniecki — Florian [flaw-ree-ahn] /flɔˈri ɑn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1958, Polish sociologist.
- zoetropic — of or relating to a zoetrope
- zoiatrics — the science of veterinary surgery
- zoobiotic — parasitic on or living in association with an animal
- zoochosis — Abnormal animal behaviour caused by time in captivity.
- zoocytium — the outer sheath or branched support of colonies of some social minute aquatic creatures
- zoomantic — of or relating to zoomancy
- zoophilic — Botany. adapted to pollination by animals, especially those other than insects.
- zoophoric — supporting or having a carved animal figure
- zooscopic — of or relating to zooscopy
- zoosporic — Having or pertaining to zoospores.
- zwiebacks — Plural form of zwieback.
- zygomatic — of, relating to, or situated near the zygoma.
- zymogenic — of or relating to a zymogen