11-letter words containing t, z
- quizmasters — Plural form of quizmaster.
- rasterizing — rasterising
- rationalize — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- razzamatazz — Razzamatazz is the same as razzmatazz.
- realization — the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.
- reauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- rehypnotize — to hypnotize again
- repatronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- reprivatize — to restore to private control; remove from governmental jurisdiction.
- resensitize — to render sensitive.
- restabilize — to stabilize again
- revitalized — restored; active again
- rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.
- rhizoctonia — any of various soil-inhabiting fungi of the genus Rhizoctonia, some species of which are destructive to cultivated plants, causing damping off of seedlings, foliage blight, root and stem cankers, and rot of storage organs.
- rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
- rightsizing — to adjust to an appropriate size: Layoffs will be necessary to rightsize our workforce.
- roentgenize — to subject to the action of x-rays.
- romanticize — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- 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.
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- skeletonize — to reduce to a skeleton, outline, or framework.
- smoky topaz — smoky quartz used as a gemstone: not a true topaz.
- 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.
- southernize — to make or become southern
- soviet zone — that part of Germany occupied by Soviet forces in 1945–49: transformed into the German Democratic Republic in 1949–50
- spermatozoa — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- spitzbergen — a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- sprezzatura — effortlessness or ease, esp. in art or literature; careless grace; nonchalance
- squeeze out — extract
- 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.