8-letter words containing s, i, z
- sarrazin — buckwheat (defs 1–3).
- satirize — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- schizoid — Psychology. of or relating to a personality disorder marked by dissociation, passivity, withdrawal, inability to form warm social relationships, and indifference to praise or criticism.
- schizont — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.
- seizable — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- seize on — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- seize up — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- selznick — David O(liver) 1902–65, U.S. motion-picture producer.
- shih tzu — one of a Tibetan breed of toy dogs having a long luxurious coat of any color, formerly bred in imperial China as a pet of the nobility.
- shih-tzu — one of a Tibetan breed of toy dogs having a long luxurious coat of any color, formerly bred in imperial China as a pet of the nobility.
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- shkotzim — a term used especially by a Jew to refer to a boy or man who is not Jewish.
- shlimazl — schlimazel.
- show biz — show business.
- sierozem — any of a group of calcareous, brownish gray soils based in a carbonate or hardpan layer, found in arid climates.
- simazine — a colorless crystalline selective herbicide, C 7 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used for season-long weed control in corn and other crops.
- similize — to liken or compare
- simonize — to shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax: to simonize an automobile.
- sinicize — to make Chinese in character or bring under Chinese influence.
- sirenize — to allure, esp by melodious singing
- sironize — to treat (a woollen fabric) chemically to prevent it wrinkling after being washed
- sitzmark — a sunken area in the snow marking a backward fall of a skier.
- sizeable — of considerable size; fairly large: He inherited a sizable fortune.
- sizeably — sizable.
- siziness — (of blood) the state of being sizy
- sizzlers — to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning.
- sizzling — to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning.
- sleazoid — a sleazy person
- soberize — to make sober.
- sodomize — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- solarize — Photography. to reverse (an image) partially, as from negative to positive, by exposure to light during development.
- solecize — to commit a solecism
- sororize — to socialize in a sisterly way
- spazzing — an awkward or clumsy person.
- spritzer — a tall drink made with chilled wine and soda.
- spritzig — (of wine) sparkling
- stanzaic — an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
- steinitz — William (Wilhelm Steinitz) 1836–1900, U.S. chess player, born in Austria-Hungary.
- stoozing — the practice of borrowing money at low interest for investment in a high-interest account
- strelitz — a Russian soldier armed with firearms in the 16th and 17th centuries
- stylized — to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.
- suberize — to convert into cork tissue.
- subitize — to perceive at a glance the number of items presented, the limit for humans being about seven.
- subsizar — formerly, an undergraduate at the University of Cambridge who did not have to pay tuition fees but who instead helped in the kitchen or household of their college
- suzerain — a sovereign or a state exercising political control over a dependent state.
- svizzera — Italian name of Switzerland.
- swizzled — a tall drink, originating in Barbados, composed of full-flavored West Indian rum, lime juice, crushed ice, and sugar: typically served with a swizzle stick.
- swizzler — a drunkard; a cheat
- szczecin — a seaport in NW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- tristeza — a disease of certain citrus trees, characterized by yellowed leaves, wilting, and root destruction, caused by a virus.