11-letter words containing r, o, s, z
- resocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.
- rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
- rhizosphere — the area of soil that surrounds the roots of a plant and is altered by the plant's root growth, nutrients, respiration, etc.
- rose quartz — a rose-red to pink variety of crystalline quartz usually found in massive form and used as a gem or ornamental stone.
- rostovtzeff — Michael Ivanovich [mahy-kuh l i-vah-nuh-vich] /ˈmaɪ kəl ɪˈvɑ nə vɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1952, U.S. historian, born in Russia.
- san lorenzo — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- sclerotized — (especially of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.
- sermonizing — the act of talking as if delivering a sermon
- smokerlyzer — a device for estimating the amount of carbon monoxide in the breath: used in testing whether or not people, esp schoolchildren, have been smoking
- southernize — to make or become southern
- spermatozoa — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- spheroidize — to turn or be turned into spheroids
- status zero — the condition of young people who are out of school but not in further education or training, permanently or regularly out of work, and dropping out of the mainstream of society
- strike zone — the area above home plate extending from the batter's knees to his or her shoulders.
- synchronize — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- unhazardous — not hazardous
- zinciferous — yielding or containing zinc.
- zincographs — Plural form of zincograph.
- ziprasidone — An antipsychotic drug used in the treatment of schizophrenia etc.
- zoomorphism — zoomorphic representation, as in ornament.
- zooparasite — any parasitic animal or protozoan.
- zoosanitary — Pertaining to the cleanliness of animals or animal products.
- zoot suiter — a person who wears a zoot suit.
- zoroastrian — of or relating to Zoroaster or to Zoroastrianism.
- zwitterions — Plural form of zwitterion.
- zymosimeter — a device for measuring the rate or degree of fermentation