9-letter words containing n, e, z
- patronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pedantize — to act as a pedant; to make pedantic comments
- peptonize — to subject (food) to an artificial, partial digestion by pepsin or pancreatic extract in order to aid digestion.
- phenazine — a yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 1 2 H 8 N 2 , used in organic synthesis chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.
- pidginize — to develop (a language) into a pidgin.
- pince-nez — a pair of glasses held on the face by a spring that grips the nose.
- pint-size — comparatively small in size: a pint-size typewriter.
- platinize — to coat or plate with metallic platinum.
- platonize — to follow or adopt the doctrines of Plato.
- pollinize — pollinate.
- potentize — to make more potent, esp. a drug
- preconize — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- proenzyme — any of a group of proteins that are converted to active enzymes by partial breakdown, as by the action of an acid or other enzyme.
- promazine — a compound, C 17 H 20 N 2 S, used as a tranquilizer.
- quantized — Mathematics, Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
- quantizer — An electronic device that samples a varying quantity (e.g. a waveform) and generates a digital response.
- quantizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quantize.
- 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.
- ranzelman — a type of police officer responsible for investigating minor crimes
- realizing — to grasp or understand clearly.
- rebbetzin — the wife of a rabbi.
- recognize — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reznikoff — Charles, 1894–1976, U.S. poet.
- rhodanize — to plate with rhodium
- rift zone — a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.
- ritziness — swanky; elegant; posh: a ritzy neighborhood; a ritzy hotel.
- routinize — to develop into a regular procedure.
- ruwenzori — a mountain group in central Africa between Lake Albert and Lake Edward: sometimes identified with Ptolemy's “Mountains of the Moon.” Highest peak, Mt. Ngaliema (Stanley), with two summits: Mt. Margherita, 16,795 feet (5119 meters), and Mt. Alexandra, 16,726 feet (5098 meters).
- salinized — to treat with salt or render saline.
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments
- sanitized — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- sanitizer — a substance or preparation for killing germs, designed for use especially on food-processing equipment.
- scenarize — to make or create a scenario of something
- schnauzer — one of a German breed of sturdy medium-sized dogs having a tight, wiry, pepper-and-salt or pure black coat, bristly eyebrows and beardlike whiskers, and a docked tail, used originally as a ratter and a guard dog and later used in police work.
- schnitzel — a cutlet, especially of veal.
- schnozzle — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- scientize — to apply or attempt to apply scientific principles to: to scientize art criticism.
- sensitize — to render sensitive.
- sermonize — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- signalize — to make notable or conspicuous.
- skip zone — a region surrounding a broadcasting station that cannot receive transmissions either directly or by reflection off the ionosphere
- sloganize — to make a slogan of; express as a slogan: to sloganize one's opinions.
- sneeze at — to emit air or breath suddenly, forcibly, and audibly through the nose and mouth by involuntary, spasmodic action.
- solemnize — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- sonnetize — to write sonnets.
- steinmetz — Charles Proteus [proh-tee-uh s] /ˈproʊ ti əs/ (Show IPA), 1865–1923, U.S. electrical engineer, born in Germany.
- stelazine — a synthetic drug, C21H24F3N3S·2HCl, used as a tranquilizer in treating certain mental disorders
- surf zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- surf-zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- synergize — to act as an agent of synergy