10-letter words containing t, z
- brazen out — If you have done something wrong and you brazen it out, you behave confidently in order not to appear ashamed, even though you probably do feel ashamed.
- brazil nut — a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
- buitenzorg — former Dutch name of Bogor.
- burnettize — to preserve (timber) with a solution of zinc chloride
- buzz about — to scurry about
- cantonized — canton (def 7).
- canzonetta — a short cheerful or lively song, typically of the 16th to 18th centuries
- capitalize — If you capitalize on a situation, you use it to gain some advantage for yourself.
- cartelized — Simple past tense and past participle of cartelize.
- catabolize — to subject to catabolism
- catalogize — to make a list of or catalogue
- catalyzing — Present participle of catalyze.
- catechized — Simple past tense and past participle of catechize.
- catechizer — One who catechizes.
- catechizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catechize.
- categorize — If you categorize people or things, you divide them into sets or you say which set they belong to.
- cauterized — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterize.
- cauterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cauterize.
- centralize — To centralize a country, state, or organization means to create a system in which one central group of people gives instructions to regional groups.
- chaptalize — to add sugar to (a fermenting wine) to increase the alcohol content
- chuang-tzu — Also, Chwang-tse. (Chuang Chow) flourished 4th century b.c, Chinese mystic and philosopher.
- cicatrized — Simple past tense and past participle of cicatrize.
- cicatrizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cicatrize.
- cinematize — to adapt (a novel or play) for cinema
- citizeness — a woman citizen
- citizenish — Of the nature of citizens.
- citizenize — to cause to become a citizen
- clausewitz — Karl von (karl fɔn). 1780–1831, Prussian general, noted for his works on military strategy, esp Vom Kriege (1833)
- climatized — to acclimate to a new environment.
- cloze test — test of the ability to understand text
- coasterize — to ruin (a CD), esp while attempting to burn music, etc on to it, thus rendering it useful only as a drinks coaster
- concertize — (esp of a soloist or conductor) to give concerts
- concretize — to render concrete; make real or specific; give tangible form to
- cosmetized — to cosmeticize.
- cozy up to — to try to ingratiate oneself, or make friends, with
- criticized — to censure or find fault with.
- criticizer — to censure or find fault with.
- criticizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criticize.
- cryptozoic — of or relating to that part of geological time represented by rocks in which the evidence of life is slight and the life forms are primitive; pre-Phanerozoic
- cryptozoon — an extinct genus of algae from Precambrian and Cambrian times, forming irregularly hemispherical fossil colonies composed of layers of limy precipitate.
- crystalize — (rare) alternative spelling of crystallize.
- customized — modified according to a customer's individual requirements
- customizer — a person who customizes
- customizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of customize.
- czarevitch — the eldest son of a czar of Russia
- czernowitz — German name of Cernăuţi.
- dastardize — To make cowardly; to intimidate or dispirit.
- dazzlement — the action of dazzling
- definitize — to make (something) definitive, specific, or clear
- demonetize — to deprive (a metal) of its capacity as a monetary standard