8-letter words containing o, z
- palazzos — women's pants with wide legs that flare broadly at the ankle
- paolozzi — Sir Eduardo (Luigi). 1924–2005, British sculptor and designer, noted esp for his semiabstract metal figures
- parazoan — any member of a group of invertebrates comprising the phylum Porifera, the sponges.
- parazoon — an animal parasite
- pay zone — A pay zone is a reservoir or part of a reservoir that contains hydrocarbons that can be extracted economically.
- pelorize — to affect with peloria.
- pezizoid — having the same shape or characteristics of the cup-like fungi that belong to the genus Peziza
- pirozhki — small triangular pastries filled with meat, vegetables, etc
- poetizer — a person who composes verses, usually of an inferior nature
- polarize — to cause polarization in.
- polemize — polemicize.
- polonize — to make Polish; cause or force to take on ways, customs, viewpoints, etc., that are characteristically Polish.
- polyzoan — bryozoan
- polyzoic — (of a bryozoan colony) composed of many zooids.
- polyzoon — an individual zooid within a polyzoan
- pop quiz — impromptu test
- pozzolan — a porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement.
- pozzuoli — a seaport in SW Italy, near Naples: Roman ruins.
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- protozoa — a major grouping or superphylum of the kingdom Protista, comprising the protozoans.
- puzzolan — pozzolana.
- pyrazole — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and two double bonds in the ring.
- pyrolize — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- quanzhou — a seaport in SE Fujian province, in SE China, on Taiwan Strait.
- quatorze — a set of four cards of the same denomination, aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens, scoring 14 points.
- red zone — (networking) An environment located between internal and external firewalls where software and hardware are deployed to enable access to extranet applications. Compare De-Militarised Zone.
- rhizopod — 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.
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- ribozyme — a segment of RNA that can act as a catalyst.
- rio azul — an archaeological site in the jungles of northern Guatemala, where a 1500-year-old painted Mayan tomb was discovered intact in 1984.
- robotize — to turn (someone) into a robot.
- romanize — to make Roman Catholic.
- royalize — make royal
- schizoid — Psychology. of or relating to a personality disorder marked by dissociation, passivity, withdrawal, inability to form warm social relationships, and indifference to praise or criticism.
- schizont — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.
- schmooze — to chat idly; gossip.
- schmoozy — of or relating to schmoozing
- seize on — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- shenzhou — any of a series of manned Chinese spacecraft
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- shkotzim — a term used especially by a Jew to refer to a boy or man who is not Jewish.
- show biz — show business.
- sierozem — any of a group of calcareous, brownish gray soils based in a carbonate or hardpan layer, found in arid climates.
- simonize — to shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax: to simonize an automobile.
- sironize — to treat (a woollen fabric) chemically to prevent it wrinkling after being washed
- sleazoid — a sleazy person
- soberize — to make sober.
- sodomize — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- solarize — Photography. to reverse (an image) partially, as from negative to positive, by exposure to light during development.
- solecize — to commit a solecism