10-letter words containing c, o, z
- ostracized — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracize.
- ostracizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ostracize.
- palaeozoic — of, denoting, or relating to an era of geological time that began 600 million years ago with the Cambrian period and lasted about 375 million years until the end of the Permian period
- polemicize — to practice the art of disputation; to engage in polemics or controversy.
- politicize — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.
- pozzolanic — (of a cement admixture) having properties similar to those of pozzolana.
- precognize — to know or cognize in advance; to have prior cognizance of (something)
- preconized — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- proctorize — to exercise the power of a proctor over
- razor clam — any of several rapidly burrowing clams (esp. family Solenidae) of sandy beaches, having elongated, narrow shells somewhat resembling a straight razor
- recognized — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognizee — the person to whom an obligation is owed in a recognizance.
- recognizes — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognizor — a person who enters into a recognizance.
- recolonize — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- rhizogenic — producing roots, as certain cells.
- rhotacized — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- schizocarp — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- schizogamy — reproduction characterized by division of the organism into sexual and asexual parts, as in certain polychaetes.
- schizogony — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) the multiple fission of a trophozoite or schizont into merozoites.
- schizoidal — relating to a person with a schizoid personality disorder
- schnozzola — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- sclerotize — to harden and darken (an insect's cuticle)
- scorzonera — a plant of the modern genus Scorzonera, esp S. Hispanica or black salsify, cultivated in Europe for its root which is used as a vegetable
- scyphozoan — any coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, comprising the true marine jellyfishes.
- sectionize — to form or divide into sections
- socialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socializer — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- solonetzic — characteristic of solonetz
- somaticize — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- topicalize — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
- uncanonize — to remove or reject (a writing) from the Scriptural canon, or from a body of works given authority in a church
- zelophobic — fearful of jealousy; displaying or affected with zelophobia
- ziguinchor — a seaport in SW Senegal.
- zinc oxide — a white insoluble powder used as a pigment in paints (zinc white or Chinese white), cosmetics, glass, and printing inks. It is an antiseptic and astringent and is used in making zinc ointment. Formula: ZnO
- zincograph — (formerly) a zinc plate produced by zincography.
- zonta club — one of an organization of service clubs composed of business and professional women, founded in 1919, and a member chapter of a worldwide organization (Zonta International) dedicated to promoting world peace and fellowship.
- zoochorous — (of a plant) having the spores or seeds dispersed by animals
- zooculture — the domestication of animals
- zoological — of or relating to zoology.
- zoomorphic — of or relating to a deity or other being conceived of as having the form of an animal.
- zooplastic — the transplantation of living tissue to the human body from an animal of another species.
- zoothecial — of or relating to the zoothecia
- zoothecium — one of the outer layers of certain protozoans
- zootrophic — of or relating to zootrophy
- zucchettos — Plural form of zucchetto.
- zygobranch — a creature belonging to the Zygobranchia genus, which includes molluscs with paired gills
- zygocactus — Any cactus in the genus Schlumbergera (previously Zygocactus).