11-letter words containing s, z, a
- rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
- riesz space — a topological space in which sets containing one point are closed.
- rose quartz — a rose-red to pink variety of crystalline quartz usually found in massive form and used as a gem or ornamental stone.
- safety fuze — a long tube attached to a detonator or percussion cap and filled with a powder that burns slowly when ignited.
- safety zone — A safety zone is a place in the middle of a road crossing where you can wait before you cross the other half of the road.
- san lorenzo — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- sand lizard — a common lizard, Lacerta agilis, of Europe and central Asia.
- satellitize — to introduce satellite technology into (meteorology, broadcasting, etc)
- satirizable — able to be satirized or ridiculed
- schismatize — to take part in a schism.
- schizanthus — any of several plants of the genus Schizanthus, native to Chile, having numerous variously colored flowers resembling small orchids.
- schizopodal — pertaining to a split-foot or appendage
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- schwarzwald — a wooded mountain region in SW Germany. Highest peak, Feldberg, 4905 feet (1495 meters).
- sea of azov — a shallow arm of the Black Sea, to which it is connected by the Kerch Strait: almost entirely landlocked; fed chiefly by the River Don. Area: about 37 500 sq km (14 500 sq miles)
- secularized — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- sheherazade — a legendary Persian queen who is a character in (and the storyteller of) 'One Thousand and One Nights'
- singularize — to make singular.
- sluggardize — to make lazy or sluggish
- small-sized — small in size
- smoky topaz — smoky quartz used as a gemstone: not a true topaz.
- sneezeguard — a plastic or glass shield overhanging a salad bar, buffet, or the like to protect the food from contamination.
- socializing — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- solmization — the act, process, or system of using certain syllables, especially the sol-fa syllables, to represent the tones of the scale.
- somaticized — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- spallanzani — Lazzaro [lahd-dzah-raw] /ˈlɑd dzɑ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–99, Italian biologist.
- specialized — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- specializer — a person who specializes in something
- spermatozoa — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- sprezzatura — effortlessness or ease, esp. in art or literature; careless grace; nonchalance
- st. nazaire — a seaport in W France, on the Loire estuary.
- stabilizing — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- standardize — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- star-gazing — Star-gazing is the activity of studying the stars as an astronomer or astrologer.
- 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
- stigmatized — marked out or described (as something bad)
- strategized — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- stylization — to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.
- suburbanize — to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
- subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
- superbazaar — (in India) a large department store or supermarket, esp one set up as a cooperative store by the government
- switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
- sympathizer — a person who sympathizes.
- systematize — to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.
- szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
- szymanowski — Karol [kah-rawl] /ˈkɑ rɔl/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1937, Polish composer.
- unhazardous — not hazardous
- unsanitized — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- vascularize — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.