8-letter words containing o, z
- solonetz — a type of intrazonal soil with a high saline content characterized by leaching
- sororize — to socialize in a sisterly way
- spaz out — an awkward or clumsy person.
- sporozoa — the protist phylum (or animal class) comprising the sporozoans.
- stoozing — the practice of borrowing money at low interest for investment in a high-interest account
- sub-zero — indicating or recording lower than zero on some scale, especially on the Fahrenheit scale: a week of sub-zero temperatures.
- subzonal — located under a zona, esp under the zona of an ovum
- taizhong — Taichung.
- tea cozy — cozy (def 5).
- terrazzo — a mosaic flooring or paving composed of chips of broken stone, usually marble, and cement, polished when in place.
- terzetto — a trio, esp a vocal one
- theorize — to form a theory or theories.
- thiazole — a colorless, slightly water-miscible liquid, C 3 H 3 NS, having a disagreeable odor.
- tongzhou — former name of Nantong.
- topazine — like topaz
- totalize — to make total; combine into a total.
- triazoic — hydrazoic.
- triazole — any of a group of four compounds containing three nitrogen and two carbon atoms arranged in a five-membered ring and having the formula C 2 H 3 N 3 .
- trizonal — formed or arranged in three layers or zones
- tutorize — to tutor or instruct (a person)
- unionize — to form into a union.
- valorize — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- vaporize — to cause to change into vapor.
- vizcaino — Sebastián [Spanish se-vahs-tyahn] /Spanish ˌsɛ vɑsˈtyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1550?–1628? Spanish explorer in the Americas.
- vocalize — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- volumize — to include in a volume
- volzhsky — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, near Volgograd on the Volga River.
- voronezh — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe.
- vowelize — to provide (a Hebrew, Arabic, etc., text) with vowel points; vocalize.
- war zone — (during wartime) a combat area in which the rights of neutrals are suspended, as such an area on the high seas, where ships flying a neutral flag are subject to attack.
- wazzocks — Plural form of wazzock.
- womanize — to make effeminate.
- yangzhou — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- yarovize — to vernalize.
- yokozuna — A grand champion sumo wrestler.
- z bosons — one of three particles, called intermediate vector bosons, that are believed to transmit the weak force. Symbol: Z 0.
- zambomba — a drum-like musical instrument used in flamenco music
- zamenhof — Lazarus Ludwig (laˈzarus ˈludvik). 1859–1917, Polish oculist; invented Esperanto
- zampogna — an Italian bagpipe used in Christmas music
- zampolit — (historical) A deputy commander for political affairs in the Soviet Union.
- zaragoza — Spanish name of Saragossa.
- zealotic — In the manner of a zealot; zealous; fanatic.
- zealotry — undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism.
- zecchino — sequin (defs 2–4).
- zelkovas — Plural form of zelkova.
- zemstvos — Plural form of zemstvo.
- zeolitic — Of, pertaining to, containing, or produced using a zeolite.
- zero-sum — of or denoting a system in which the sum of the gains equals the sum of the losses: a zero-sum economy.
- zeroized — Simple past tense and past participle of zeroize.
- zettaton — A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many sextillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.