8-letter words containing i, z, a
- kazooing — Present participle of kazoo.
- kiamusze — Jiamusi.
- kyanized — Simple past tense and past participle of kyanize.
- labilize — to cause to become labile.
- laicized — Simple past tense and past participle of laicize.
- lap-size — of a size to fit the lap: a lap-size chessboard.
- laterize — to develop into a laterite
- latinize — to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
- lazarist — Vincentian (def 1).
- laziness — lazy evaluation
- lazuline — having the color of lapis lazuli.
- lazulite — an azure-blue mineral, hydrous magnesium iron aluminum phosphate, (FeMg)Al 2 P 2 O 8 (OH) 2 .
- lazurite — a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate and sulfide, Na 5 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 S 3 , occurring in deep-blue crystals, used for ornamental purposes.
- legalize — to make legal; authorize.
- lezghian — a member of a people living mainly in the Dagestan Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation.
- localize — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- macarize — To congratulate.
- maderize — (wine) oxidize.
- magazine — a publication that is issued periodically, usually bound in a paper cover, and typically contains essays, stories, poems, etc., by many writers, and often photographs and drawings, frequently specializing in a particular subject or area, as hobbies, news, or sports.
- mahzorim — Plural form of mahzor.
- marenzio — Luca (ˈluːka). 1553–99, Italian composer of madrigals
- martinez — a town in W California.
- marzipan — a confection made of almonds reduced to a paste with sugar and often molded into various forms, usually diminutive fruits and vegetables.
- maximize — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- mazarine — a deep, rich blue.
- mazdaism — Zoroastrianism.
- mazelike — a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth.
- mechitza — a screen in a synagogue separating men and women
- mehitzah — a curtain or other divider that serves as a partition between the women's and the men's sections in Orthodox Jewish synagogues.
- melanize — To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.
- mestizas — Plural form of mestiza.
- metalize — to make metallic; give the characteristics of metal to.
- metazoic — Of, or relating to the metazoa.
- miyazaki — a city on SE Kyushu, in Japan.
- mizrachi — a Zionist movement, founded in 1902, chiefly devoted to furthering the integration of Zionism and religious orthodoxy.
- monazite — a reddish- or yellowish-brown mineral, a phosphate of cerium and lanthanum, (Ce,La)PO 4 : the principal ore of thorium.
- moralize — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- mutazila — a member of a medieval theological sect (Mutazila) that maintained that nothing but eternity could be asserted regarding Allah, that the eternal nature of the Koran was questionable, and that humans have free will.
- nasalize — to pronounce as a nasal sound.
- nazarite — (among the ancient Hebrews) a person who had taken certain strict religious vows, usually for a limited period.
- nazimova — Alla [ah-luh] /ˈɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1879–1945, Russian actress in the U.S.
- nazirite — (among the ancient Hebrews) a person who had taken certain strict religious vows, usually for a limited period.
- neo-nazi — a person who belongs to a political organization whose beliefs are inspired by or reminiscent of Nazism.
- nizamate — the position held or territory governed by a Nizam.
- nodalize — to make something nodal or concentrated at a point
- nomadize — to live in the manner of a nomad.
- notarize — to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- ochozias — Ahaziah.
- oltipraz — 4-methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-3-dithiolethione, a schistosomicide drug also used in tumour prevention.
- opalized — made into an opal