9-letter words containing r, a, z
- freezable — Capable of being frozen; especially capable of use after subsequent thawing.
- frenzical — (obsolete) frantic.
- frizzante — (of wine) semisparkling.
- garbanzos — Plural form of garbanzo.
- gargarize — (obsolete) To gargle; to rinse or wash, as the mouth and throat.
- gazetteer — a geographical dictionary.
- germanize — to adopt or cause to adopt German customs, speech, institutions, etc
- gigahertz — one billion hertz. Abbreviation: GHz.
- glamorize — to make glamorous.
- grandezza — Magnificent or stately appearance; grandeur.
- granitize — to subject to granitization.
- grazeable — (of land) Suitable for grazing animals.
- grudziadz — a city in N Poland, on the Vistula River.
- haphazard — characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
- haramzada — a male born of unmarried parents
- haramzadi — a female born of unmarried parents
- harmonize — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- hazarding — Present participle of hazard.
- hazardous — full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey.
- hazemeter — transmissometer.
- hernandez — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, Argentine poet.
- horizonal — relating to the horizon
- humanizer — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- hydrazide — (chemistry) any compound derived from an oxoacid by replacing the hydroxide group with -NHNH2 or derived forms -NRNR2.
- hydrazine — Also called diamine. a colorless, oily, fuming liquid, N 2 H 4 , that is a weak base in solution and forms a large number of salts resembling ammonium salts: used chiefly as a reducing agent and a jet-propulsion fuel.
- hydrazoic — noting or pertaining to hydrazoic acid; triazoic.
- hydrazone — any of a class of compounds containing the group >C=NNH 2 .
- hydrozoan — any freshwater or marine coelenterate of the class Hydrozoa, including free-swimming or attached types, as the hydra, in which one developmental stage, either the polyp or medusa, is absent, and colonial types, as the Portuguese man-of-war, in which both medusa and polyp stages are present in a single colony.
- idealizer — A person who idealizes.
- jargonize — to talk jargon or a jargon.
- jasperize — To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.
- jaz drive — (hardware, storage) Iomega Corporation's drive which takes removable one or two gigabyte disk cartridges which contain conventional hard disks. Internal and external drives are available claiming an average transfer rate of 330 megabytes per minute - though that is dependent on the SCSI adapter, the parallel port adapter is unlikely to reach anything like this speed. The Jaz drive was the successor to the company's more establistablished Zip Drive.
- jazz rock — a style of music that combines jazz and rock
- jazz-rock — music that combines elements of both jazz and rock and is usually performed on amplified electric instruments.
- kala-azar — a chronic, usually fatal disease occurring in tropical areas of Asia and the Western Hemisphere, characterized by irregular fever, enlargement of the spleen, anemia, and emaciation, caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani.
- khwarizmi — Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- kirghizia — a republic in central Asia, S of Kazakhstan and N of Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan). 76,460 sq. mi. (198,500 sq. km). Capital: Bishkek.
- kolozsvar — Hungarian name of Cluj-Napoca.
- kzyl-orda — a city in S Kazakhstan, on the Syr Darya.
- lanzarote — the most easterly of the Canary Islands; mountainous, with a volcanic landscape; tourism, fishing. Pop: 109 942 (2002 est). Area: 795 sq km (307 sq miles)
- lazarette — a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.
- lazaretto — a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.
- lazzarone — One of the poorer classes of Neapolitans; beggars.
- legalizer — That which makes legal.
- linearize — to make linear; give linear form to.
- localizer — (computing) A person who localizes.
- lorazepam — a benzodiazepine drug, C 15 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly in the management of acute anxiety and for insomnia.
- magaziner — Someone who writes for a magazine.
- marbleize — marble.
- marketize — (economics, management) To convert to management by open-market principles.