10-letter words containing n, a, z
- polarizing — to cause polarization in.
- pozzolanic — (of a cement admixture) having properties similar to those of pozzolana.
- pozzuolana — a porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement.
- prizewoman — a female prize winner
- puritanize — to (cause to) behave like a puritan
- pyrazoline — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and one double bond in the ring.
- pyrazolone — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing the pyrazoline ring in which one carbon atom is doubly linked to an oxygen atom not in the ring.
- quatorzain — a verse of fourteen lines
- rabinowitz — Solomon, Aleichem, Sholom.
- razor burn — soreness on the face caused by shaving
- razor-thin — A razor-thin majority or profit is a very small one.
- re-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- recanalize — to provide (an area, etc) with a canal or canals again
- rehumanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- reorganize — arrange differently
- rhizoplane — the part of the root of a plant that is near the soil surface
- russianize — to make Russian; impart Russian characteristics to.
- salmanazar — a wine bottle holding from 10 to 12 quarts (9.5 to 11.4 liters).
- sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process
- sanitizing — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- santa cruz — a city on the coast of California.
- satirizing — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- scandalize — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- schnozzola — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- 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.
- sensualize — to render sensual.
- shear zone — Geology. a zone of closely spaced, approximately parallel faults or dispersed displacements.
- spaniolize — to cause to become Spanish
- spirantize — to change into or pronounce as a spirant.
- st-nazaire — seaport in NW France, at the mouth of the Loire: pop. 65,000
- stargazing — to gaze at or observe the stars.
- suez canal — a canal in NE Egypt, cutting across the Isthmus of Suez and connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. 107 miles (172 km) long.
- suzerainty — the position or authority of a suzerain.
- talibanize — to make (an organization) resemble the Taliban or portray (an organization) as being like the Taliban, in that it is seen to restrict personal freedom and punish opposition ruthlessly
- tantalized — to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
- tappan zee — a widening section of the Hudson River in SE New York, between Tarrytown and Nyack: bridged 1955. About 3 miles (5 km) wide.
- tartrazine — Yellow No. 5.
- tetrazzini — Luisa [loo-ee-zah] /luˈi zɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1940, Italian operatic soprano.
- totalizing — to make total; combine into a total.
- tyrannized — to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
- unbaptized — not baptized
- uncanonize — to remove or reject (a writing) from the Scriptural canon, or from a body of works given authority in a church
- underglaze — (of a color or decoration) applied to a piece before the piece is glazed.
- unfrazzled — worn-out; fatigued: a party that left us frazzled.
- unhazarded — not hazarded
- unhumanize — to render inhuman
- unprizable — not worthy to be prized; of little worth.
- unrealized — not made real or actual; not resulting in accomplishment, as a task or aim: unrealized ambitions.