9-letter words containing o, z
- bydgoszcz — an industrial city and port in N Poland: under Prussian rule from 1772 to 1919. Pop: 579 000 (2005 est)
- c horizon — the layer of a soil profile immediately below the B horizon and above the bedrock, composed of weathered rock little affected by soil-forming processes
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- canonized — Made part of the canon, made official.
- canonizer — a person who canonizes
- canonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canonize.
- cantonize — to divide into cantons
- canzonets — Plural form of canzonet.
- caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
- carbazole — a colourless insoluble solid obtained from coal tar and used in the production of some dyes. Formula: C12H9N
- carbolize — to treat or sterilize with phenol
- carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
- catanzaro — a city in S Italy, in Calabria. Pop: 95 251 (2001)
- chalazion — a small cyst on the eyelid resulting from chronic inflammation of a meibomian gland
- changzhou — a city in E China, in S Jiangsu province, on the Grand Canal: also known as Wutsin until 1949, when the 7th-century name was officially readopted. Pop: 2 085 500 (2004 est)
- chardzhou — a city in E Turkmenistan, on the Amu Darya.
- chernozem — a black soil, rich in humus and carbonates, in cool or temperate semiarid regions, as the grasslands of Russia
- chorizont — a person who challenges the authorship of a work
- clozapine — a sedative used to treat schizophrenia
- cocainize — to anaesthetize with cocaine
- cocozelle — a variety of squash
- coenzymes — Plural form of coenzyme.
- cognizant — If someone is cognizant of something, they are aware of it or understand it.
- cognizing — Present participle of cognize.
- colonized — (of a territory) settled as a colony
- colonizer — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- colorized — A colorized film is an old black and white film which has had colour added to it using a special technique.
- colorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colorize.
- colourize — to add colour electronically to (an old black-and-white film)
- colza oil — the oil obtained from the seeds of the rape plant and used in making lubricants and synthetic rubber
- commonize — To make similar or common.
- communize — to make (property) public; nationalize
- compazine — a tranquilizing drug, C28H32ClN3O8S, used to control serious nausea or vomiting and to reduce anxiety
- comprized — comprise.
- confuzzle — (neologism, cute, childish) The state of confusion and/or being puzzled.
- cool jazz — a restrained, fluid modern-jazz style of the 1950s, marked by intricate harmonic structures, de-emphasized dynamics, and carefully controlled phrasing and ensemble playing, often with a slight lagging behind the beat. Also called West Coast jazz. Compare bop1 , hard bop, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- coprozoic — (of animals) living in dung
- cosmetize — to cosmeticize.
- courtezan — Alternative spelling of courtesan.
- cozenages — Plural form of cozenage.
- crazy top — a disease of cotton, corn, etc., characterized by abnormal branching and small, misshapen leaves in the upper part of the plant, caused by water shortage, organic deficiencies in the soil, or unknown causes.
- creolized — (of a language) incorporating a considerable range of features from one or more unrelated languages, as the result of contact between language communities
- customize — If you customize something, you change its appearance or features to suit your tastes or needs.
- d-horizon — a stratum, as of rock, sometimes underlying the C-horizon
- daemonize — Demonize.
- de-ionize — to remove ions from (water, etc), esp by ion exchange
- dead zone — an area of water that cannot support marine life, being virtually devoid of oxygen due to the presence of nitrates that stimulate algae growth
- deionized — to remove ions from.
- deionizer — A device that deionizes something.
- deionizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deionize.