9-letter words containing e, r, t, z
- rhythmize — to make rhythmic, to add rhythm to something
- rift zone — a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.
- rightsize — to adjust to an appropriate size: Layoffs will be necessary to rightsize our workforce.
- ritualize — to practice ritualism.
- ritziness — swanky; elegant; posh: a ritzy neighborhood; a ritzy hotel.
- routinize — to develop into a regular procedure.
- rusticize — to make rustic
- sanitizer — a substance or preparation for killing germs, designed for use especially on food-processing equipment.
- satirized — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- satirizes — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- schvartze — a term used by some Jewish people to refer to a black person.
- sectorize — to split or divide into sectors
- shvartzer — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- sitzkrieg — slow-moving warfare marked by repeated stalemate.
- solutizer — any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its solubility or that of one or more of its components.
- sorbitize — to turn metal into a form containing sorbite
- st-tropez — commune and seaside resort in SE France, on the Mediterranean: pop. 5,000
- stargazer — a person who stargazes, as an astronomer or astrologer.
- sterilize — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- swartzite — a hydrous carbonate of calcium, magnesium, and uranium, occurring in green crystals: an ore of uranium.
- tartarize — to impregnate, combine, or treat with tartar or potassium bitartrate.
- tellurize — to mix or cause to combine with tellurium.
- temporize — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- tenderize — to make (meat) tender, as by pounding or by a chemical process or treatment.
- terahertz — one trillion (10 12) hertz. Abbreviation: THz.
- terrorize — to fill or overcome with terror.
- tetrazene — either of two isomeric compounds with the formula N 4 H 4 , known only in the form of their derivatives.
- texturize — to give texture or a particular texture to: texturized yarn.
- therezina — former name of Teresina.
- thorazine — chlorpromazine
- torrenize — to register (property) under a Torrens law
- totalizer — a person or thing that totals.
- tragedize — to make tragic; imbue with the aspects of tragedy: a story tragedized by calamity and loss of hope.
- trapezial — Geometry. (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram. a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel. British. trapezoid (def 1a).
- trapezist — a trapeze artist
- trapezium — Geometry. (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram. a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel. British. trapezoid (def 1a).
- trapezius — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the upper and back part of the neck, shoulders, and back, the action of which raises, or rotates, or draws back the shoulders, and pulls the head backward or to one side.
- trapezoid — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- trazodone — a white crystalline powder, C 19 H 22 ClN 5 O, used in the treatment of major depression disorders.
- trebizond — a medieval empire in NE Asia Minor 1204–1461.
- trez-tine — royal antler.
- trim size — the final size of a product after its unnecessary parts have been cut off or removed: The trim size of the book in 6½ inches by 9 inches.
- tyrannize — to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
- tzarevich — czarevitch.
- uralitize — to turn into uralite
- vectorize — (of computing graphics) to convert from a bitmap representation to a vector representation
- vizierate — (formerly) a high official in certain Muslim countries and caliphates, especially a minister of state. Compare grand vizier.
- waterzooi — A type of Flemish stew, traditionally made with fish.
- winterize — to prepare (an automobile, house, etc.) for cold weather by (in automobiles) adding antifreeze and changing oil or (in houses) adding insulation, heating units, etc.
- zeitgeber — an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock.