9-letter words containing d, i, z, e, r
- prize day — a day when prizes are rewarded to pupils who have produced a very high standard of work
- radialize — to arrange in or form a radial pattern
- randomize — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
- reoxidize — to oxidize again
- rhodanize — to plate with rhodium
- ruggedize — to construct (electronic equipment, cameras, and other delicate instruments) so as to be resistant to shock, vibration, etc.
- satirized — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- tenderize — to make (meat) tender, as by pounding or by a chemical process or treatment.
- tragedize — to make tragic; imbue with the aspects of tragedy: a story tragedized by calamity and loss of hope.
- trapezoid — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- trebizond — a medieval empire in NE Asia Minor 1204–1461.
- undersize — undersized.
- urbanized — to make or cause to become urban, as a locality.
- varisized — of several or various sizes: varisized patterns on a fabric.
- velarized — pronounced with velar coarticulation.
- zemindary — zamindari.
- zip drive — (hardware, storage) A disk drive from Iomega Corporation which takes removable hard disks storig 100 to 750 megabytes. Both internal and external drives are manufactured, making the drive suitable for backup, mass storage or for moving files between computers. Software is included to help with file organisation. The internal SCSI model offers up to 60 MB / minute transfer rate. The Zip drive was awarded Byte's Readers' Hardware Choice Award 1996. It was superceded by the Jaz drive which takes one gigbyte disks.