10-letter words containing r, a, z
- strelitzia — any southern African perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Strelitzia, cultivated for its showy flowers: includes the bird-of-paradise flower: family Strelitziaceae
- summarizer — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- suzerainty — the position or authority of a suzerain.
- szymborska — Wislawa [vis-lah-vah] /vɪsˈlɑ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2012, Polish poet: Nobel prize 1996.
- tabularize — to tabulate.
- tamburitza — one of a family of mandolinlike stringed instruments of southern Slavic regions.
- tartrazine — Yellow No. 5.
- terza rima — an Italian form of iambic verse consisting of eleven-syllable lines arranged in tercets, the middle line of each tercet rhyming with the first and last lines of the following tercet.
- tetrazzini — Luisa [loo-ee-zah] /luˈi zɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1940, Italian operatic soprano.
- the azores — three groups of volcanic islands in the N Atlantic, since 1976 an autonomous region of Portugal. Capital: Ponta Delgada (on São Miguel). Pop: 241 762 (2001). Area: 2335 sq km (901 sq miles)
- the lizard — a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain
- thermalize — to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which neutrons lose energy in a moderator and become thermal neutrons
- tokorozawa — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a suburb of Tokyo.
- trailblaze — to blaze a trail through (a forest, wilderness, or the like) for others to follow.
- traumatize — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- trivialize — to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.
- tyrannized — to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
- tzarevitch — czarevitch
- underglaze — (of a color or decoration) applied to a piece before the piece is glazed.
- unfrazzled — worn-out; fatigued: a party that left us frazzled.
- unhazarded — not hazarded
- unprizable — not worthy to be prized; of little worth.
- unrealized — not made real or actual; not resulting in accomplishment, as a task or aim: unrealized ambitions.
- virtualize — to create a virtual version of (a computer, operating system, data storage device, etc.), which is not itself an independent device but both works and appears to the user as a single, physical entity: A virtualized computer server can boost processing power and reduce costs.
- visualizer — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- 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
- waziristan — a mountainous region in NW Pakistan.
- weatherize — to make (a house or other building) secure against cold or stormy weather, as by adding insulation, siding, and storm windows.
- weizsacker — Carl Friedrich von [kahrl free-drikh fuh n] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1912–2007, German physicist and cosmologist.
- wire gauze — a gauzelike fabric woven of very fine wires.
- wizardlike — Resembling a wizard or some aspect of one.
- womanizers — Plural form of womanizer.
- yottahertz — one septillion (10 24) hertz. Abbreviation: YHz.
- z particle — one of three particles, called intermediate vector bosons, that are believed to transmit the weak force. Symbol: Z 0.
- zamindaris — Plural form of zamindari.
- zaporozhye — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
- zardeh kuh — a mountain in W Iran: the highest peak of the Zagros Mountains, 14,921 feet (4550 meters).
- zebra fish — any of various fishes with barred, zebralike markings; often, specif., a danio (Danio rerio) that is kept in aquariums and used in genetic research
- zebrawoods — Plural form of zebrawood.
- zelenograd — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow.
- zero stage — a solid-propellant rocket attached to a liquid-propellant rocket to provide greater thrust at liftoff
- zero-rated — to exempt (merchandise or services) from value-added tax.
- zerubbabel — a leader of the Jews on their return to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity. Ezra 2:1, 2; 3:2–13.
- zettahertz — one sextillion (10 21) hertz. Abbreviation: ZHz.
- zigzaggery — the quality or state of being zigzag
- zika virus — a chiefly mosquito-borne virus of the genus Flavivirus that causes Zika, a mild illness.
- zincograph — (formerly) a zinc plate produced by zincography.
- zoanthropy — a mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal.
- zootherapy — the use of therapeutic drugs derived from animals