9-letter words containing i, s, o, z
- rhizopods — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
- rodzinski — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1958, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments
- saprozoic — (of animals or plants) feeding on dead organic matter
- scazontic — relating to or consisting of scazons
- schizopod — any crustacean of the former order or division Schizopoda, now divided into the orders Mysidacea, comprising the opossum shrimps, and Euphausiacea, comprising krill.
- sectorize — to split or divide into sectors
- sermonize — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- shoe size — standard footwear measurement
- showbizzy — characteristic of showbiz
- size zero — a very small size in women's clothes, originating in the US, equivalent to a UK size 4
- skip zone — a region surrounding a broadcasting station that cannot receive transmissions either directly or by reflection off the ionosphere
- slivovitz — a dry, usually colorless, slightly bitter plum brandy from E Europe.
- sloganize — to make a slogan of; express as a slogan: to sloganize one's opinions.
- socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- sodomized — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- sodomizes — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- solemnize — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solutizer — any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its solubility or that of one or more of its components.
- sonnetize — to write sonnets.
- sorbitize — to turn metal into a form containing sorbite
- sovietize — (sometimes lowercase) to bring under the influence or domination of the Soviet Union.
- spinozism — the philosophical system of Spinoza, which defines God as the unique substance, as an impersonal deity, and as possessing an infinite number of attributes, of which we know only thought and extension, and an infinite number of modes, each modifying all of the attributes, these attributes and modes being regarded both as proceeding necessarily from the nature of God and as constituents of God.
- stylopize — (of a stylops) to parasitize (a host)
- syllogize — to reason or infer by using syllogisms
- symbolize — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
- synoecize — (in ancient Greece) to unite under one capital city
- synopsize — to make a synopsis of; summarize.
- syntonize — to render syntonic; tune to the same frequency.
- venizelos — Eleutherios [e-lef-the-ryaws] /ˌɛ lɛfˈθɛ ryɔs/ (Show IPA), 1864–1936, prime minister of Greece 1910–15, 1917–20, 1928–33.
- winsorize — (statistics) To transform statistics of a batch or sample by transforming extreme values.
- womanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of womanize.
- wooziness — stupidly confused; muddled: woozy from a blow on the head.
- yousafzai — Malala (məˈlælə) born 1997, Pakistani women's rights campaigner; survived an attack by a Taliban gunman (2012); Nobel Peace Prize (2014)
- zákinthos — one of the southernmost islands of the Ionian Islands, Greece: 155 sq mi (401 sq km)
- zoiatrics — the science of veterinary surgery
- zonetimes — Plural form of zonetime.
- zoochosis — Abnormal animal behaviour caused by time in captivity.
- zoologies — Plural form of zoology.
- zoologist — a specialist in zoology.
- zoonomist — an expert in zoonomy
- zooperist — a person who practises zoopery
- zooscopic — of or relating to zooscopy
- zoosporic — Having or pertaining to zoospores.
- zoot suit — a man's suit with baggy, tight-cuffed, sometimes high-waisted trousers and an oversized jacket with exaggeratedly broad, padded shoulders and wide lapels, often worn with suspenders and a long watch chain and first popularized in the early 1940s.
- zootheism — the worship of animals as gods
- zootoxins — Plural form of zootoxin.
- zsigmondy — Richard [rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1865–1929, German chemist, born in Austria: Nobel prize 1925.
- zymolysis — the digestive and fermentative action of enzymes.