11-letter words containing s, z
- plaza lasso — Galo [gah-law] /ˈgɑ lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–87, Ecuadorian statesman and diplomat, born in the U.S.: president 1948–52.
- pocket-size — small enough to fit conveniently into one's pocket.
- polymerizes — to subject to polymerization.
- posturizing — to posture; pose.
- pressurized — brought to and maintained at an atmospheric pressure higher than that of the surroundings: cooking with pressurized steam.
- pro-zionist — a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel.
- proselytize — try to attract converts
- prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
- quizmasters — Plural form of quizmaster.
- quizzacious — (nonce, obsolete) Mocking or satirical.
- rasterizing — rasterising
- razor shell — any of various sand-burrowing bivalve molluscs of the genera Ensis and Solen, which have a long tubular shell
- razor-sharp — blade, etc.: dangerously sharp
- razzberries — raspberry (def 4).
- reemphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- resensitize — to render sensitive.
- resocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- restabilize — to stabilize again
- revisualize — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- 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.
- riesz space — a topological space in which sets containing one point are closed.
- rightsizing — to adjust to an appropriate size: Layoffs will be necessary to rightsize our workforce.
- 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.
- 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
- schillerize — to give a schiller to (a crystal) by developing microscopic inclusions along certain planes.
- 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.
- schizogenic — reproducing or formed by fission.
- schizogonic — relating to schizogony
- schizophyte — any of the Schizophyta, a group of organisms comprising the schizomycetes and the schizophyceous algae, characterized by a simple structure and reproduction by simple fission or spores.
- 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).
- sclerotized — (especially of the cuticle of an arthropod) hardened by the presence of substances other than chitin, as by scleroproteins, waxes, or calcium salts.
- scrutinized — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinizer — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scuzzbucket — Also called scuzzball [skuhz-bawl] /ˈskʌzˌbɔl/ (Show IPA), scuzzbucket [skuhz-buhk-it] /ˈskʌzˌbʌk ɪt/ (Show IPA). a dirty, grimy, sordid, or repulsive person or thing.
- 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.
- sermonizing — the act of talking as if delivering a sermon
- sheherazade — a legendary Persian queen who is a character in (and the storyteller of) 'One Thousand and One Nights'