9-letter words containing s, z, a
- serialize — to publish in serial form.
- sexualize — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
- sforzando — to be played with strong initial attack
- shimazaki — Tōson [taw-sawn] /ˈtɔ sɔn/ (Show IPA), (Haruki Shimazaki) 1872–1943, Japanese author.
- shlimazel — an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.
- shvartzer — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- signalize — to make notable or conspicuous.
- sitz bath — a chairlike bathtub in which the thighs and hips are immersed in warm water, usually as part of a therapeutic treatment.
- sitz-bath — a chairlike bathtub in which the thighs and hips are immersed in warm water, usually as part of a therapeutic treatment.
- sleazebag — a sleazy person; sleaze.
- sloganize — to make a slogan of; express as a slogan: to sloganize one's opinions.
- smorzando — fading away; dying out (a musical direction).
- sneeze at — to emit air or breath suddenly, forcibly, and audibly through the nose and mouth by involuntary, spasmodic action.
- socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- spazz out — an awkward or clumsy person.
- sporozoal — belonging or relating to Sporozoa
- sporozoan — any parasitic spore-forming protozoan of the phylum (or class) Sporozoa, several species of which, as plasmodia, cause malaria.
- stabilize — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- stargazer — a person who stargazes, as an astronomer or astrologer.
- stelazine — a synthetic drug, C21H24F3N3S·2HCl, used as a tranquilizer in treating certain mental disorders
- stramazon — a downward fencing stroke
- sulcalize — to furrow, make a furrow in; predominantly, to make a furrow in (the tongue), make the surface of (the tongue) concave in order to produce certain phonemes
- sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- summarize — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- sungazing — the practice of staring directly at the sun at sunset or sunrise, esp in the belief that doing so allows one to survive without eating food
- swartzite — a hydrous carbonate of calcium, magnesium, and uranium, occurring in green crystals: an ore of uranium.
- swaziland — a kingdom in SE Africa between S Mozambique and the E Republic of South Africa: formerly a British protectorate. 6704 sq. mi. (17,363 sq. km). Capital: Mbabane.
- syllabize — to syllabify.
- the swanz — the women's international soccer team of New Zealand
- trapezist — a trapeze artist
- trapezius — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the upper and back part of the neck, shoulders, and back, the action of which raises, or rotates, or draws back the shoulders, and pulls the head backward or to one side.
- tzaristic — czarist.
- unzealous — full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm. Antonyms: apathetic; lackadaisical.
- varisized — of several or various sizes: varisized patterns on a fabric.
- vassalize — to make a vassal of
- visualize — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- wayzgoose — A holiday or party for the benefit of printers, traditionally held in August.
- womanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of womanize.
- yousafzai — Malala (məˈlælə) born 1997, Pakistani women's rights campaigner; survived an attack by a Taliban gunman (2012); Nobel Peace Prize (2014)
- zabernism — (obsolete) The misuse or abuse of military authority; bullying.
- zacatecas — a state in central Mexico. 28,125 sq. mi. (72,845 sq. km).
- zacharias — Douay Bible. Zechariah.
- zacynthus — Latin name of Zante.
- zákinthos — one of the southernmost islands of the Ionian Islands, Greece: 155 sq mi (401 sq km)
- zakynthos — Greek name of Zante.
- zamindars — Plural form of zamindar.
- zarzuelas — Plural form of zarzuela.
- zealously — full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm. Antonyms: apathetic; lackadaisical.
- zebrafish — a small, slender freshwater fish, Brachydanio rerio, having luminous bluish-black and silvery-gold horizontal stripes: popular in home aquariums.
- zero-base — Also, zero-based. without reference to a base figure or to previous practice; according to present needs only, as opposed to a percentage increase or decrease of previous figures: zero-base planning; zero-base inventory.