10-letter words containing t, z
- stir-crazy — Informal. restless or frantic because of confinement, routine, etc.: I was stir-crazy after just two months of keeping house.
- strategize — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- strelitzia — any southern African perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Strelitzia, cultivated for its showy flowers: includes the bird-of-paradise flower: family Strelitziaceae
- suzerainty — the position or authority of a suzerain.
- symmetrize — to reduce to symmetry; make symmetrical.
- sympathize — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- symptomize — to be a symptom or sign of.
- syncretize — to combine or attempt to combine the characteristic teachings, beliefs, or practices of (differing systems of religion or philosophy)
- synthesize — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- systemized — systematize.
- tabularize — to tabulate.
- taffetized — resembling taffeta
- talibanize — to make (an organization) resemble the Taliban or portray (an organization) as being like the Taliban, in that it is seen to restrict personal freedom and punish opposition ruthlessly
- tamburitza — one of a family of mandolinlike stringed instruments of southern Slavic regions.
- tantalized — to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
- tappan zee — a widening section of the Hudson River in SE New York, between Tarrytown and Nyack: bridged 1955. About 3 miles (5 km) wide.
- tartrazine — Yellow No. 5.
- technicize — to make (something) technical
- tenderizer — to make (meat) tender, as by pounding or by a chemical process or treatment.
- terza rima — an Italian form of iambic verse consisting of eleven-syllable lines arranged in tercets, the middle line of each tercet rhyming with the first and last lines of the following tercet.
- tetrazzini — Luisa [loo-ee-zah] /luˈi zɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1940, Italian operatic soprano.
- texturized — that has been given a particular texture; specif., designating a synthetic fabric, as polyester, whose filaments have been processed to give them added bulk and resilience
- the azores — three groups of volcanic islands in the N Atlantic, since 1976 an autonomous region of Portugal. Capital: Ponta Delgada (on São Miguel). Pop: 241 762 (2001). Area: 2335 sq km (901 sq miles)
- the dozens — a form of verbal play in which the participants exchange witty, ribald taunts and insults, often specif. about each other's mother
- the lizard — a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain
- the yakuza — a Japanese criminal organization involved in illegal gambling, extortion, gun-running, etc
- theologize — to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects.
- thermalize — to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which neutrons lose energy in a moderator and become thermal neutrons
- tin lizzie — a small, cheap automobile in run-down condition, especially a Model T Ford.
- tokorozawa — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a suburb of Tokyo.
- toll plaza — A toll plaza is the entrance to a toll road or toll bridge.
- topazolite — a greenish yellow variety of andradite garnet.
- topicalize — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
- totalizing — to make total; combine into a total.
- trailblaze — to blaze a trail through (a forest, wilderness, or the like) for others to follow.
- traumatize — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- trichinize — to infect with trichinae.
- trivialize — to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.
- trubetzkoy — N(ikolai) S(ergeievich) [nyi-kuh-lahy syir-gye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.
- tyrannized — to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
- tzarevitch — czarevitch
- tzetze fly — tsetse fly.
- unbaptized — not baptized
- unitemized — to state by items; give the particulars of; list the individual units or parts of: to itemize an account.
- unutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- utilizable — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- utopianize — to idealize; to make utopian
- uzbekistan — a republic in S central Asia. 172,741 sq. mi. (447,400 sq. km). Capital: Tashkent.
- victimized — to make a victim of.
- victimizer — to make a victim of.