10-letter words containing n, z, e
- vulcanizer — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- warrantize — to guarantee the security of (land) to a person
- weaponized — Made into, or to serve as, a weapon.
- westernize — to influence with ideas, customs, practices, etc., characteristic of the Occident or of the western U.S.
- wheeziness — The state of being wheezy.
- wheezingly — With a wheezing sound.
- winsorized — Simple past tense and past participle of winsorize.
- winterized — Simple past tense and past participle of winterize.
- womanizers — Plural form of womanizer.
- zabaglione — a foamy, custardlike mixture of egg yolks, sugar, and Marsala wine, usually served hot or chilled as a dessert.
- zanesville — a city in SE Ohio.
- zeaxanthin — A carotenoid present in the retina of the eye and in many plants, used as a food additive and supplement.
- zebulunite — a member of the tribe of Zebulun. Num. 26:27.
- zelenograd — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow.
- zephyrinus — Saint, pope a.d. 198?–217.
- zero in on — the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- zero point — the point on a scale that denotes zero and from which positive and negative readings can be made
- zeta-jones — Catherine, original name Catherine Jones. born 1969, Welsh actress, who made her name in the TV series The Darling Buds of May (1991–93) before starring in the films Traffic (2000), Chicago (2002), and Smoke and Mirrors (2004)
- zeuglodont — any of a group of extinct carnivorous whales known as Phocodontia or Zeuglodonta
- zhou enlai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist leader: premier 1949–76.
- zidovudine — the international generic term for azidothymidine.
- zimbabwean — Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km). Capital: Harare.
- zinc green — cobalt green (def 2).
- zinc oxide — a white insoluble powder used as a pigment in paints (zinc white or Chinese white), cosmetics, glass, and printing inks. It is an antiseptic and astringent and is used in making zinc ointment. Formula: ZnO
- zinc white — a white or yellowish-white, amorphous, odorless, water-insoluble powder, ZnO, used chiefly as a paint pigment, in cosmetics, dental cements, matches, white printing inks, and opaque glass, and in medicine in the treatment of skin conditions.
- zincblende — The mineral sphalerite.
- zinckenite — a steel-gray mineral with metallic luster, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 6 Sb 14 S 27 .
- zinovievsk — a former name of Kirovograd.
- zinzendorf — Count Nikolaus Ludwig von [nee-koh-lous loot-vikh fuh n,, lood-] /ˈni koʊˌlaʊs ˈlut vɪx fən,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1700–60, German religious leader: reformer and organizer of the Moravian Church.
- zollverein — (in the 19th century) a union of German states for the maintenance of a uniform tariff on imports from other countries, and of free trading among themselves.
- zone plate — a plate or screen with alternating opaque and transparent concentric rings that focus light by diffraction.
- zurbriggen — Pirmin, born 1963, Swiss Alpine skier.
- zwitterion — an ion with both a positive and a negative charge.
- zygopteran — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Zygoptera, comprising the damselflies.
- zygosphene — a linking part of the vertebrae of snakes and lizards which fits into a zygantrum
- zynet ltd. — (company) A UK Internet service provider offering full Internet Protocol connection by any reasonable means for any number of computers from individual dial-ups to leased line connections to entire networks. Zynet is a sister company of Minerva Software and thus claim a better than average understanding of the needs and idiosyncracies of Acorn systems and will be offering special services for education. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +44 (1392) 426 160. Fax: +44 (1392) 421 762. Address: Minerva House, Baring Crescent, Exeter EX1 1TL, UK.