9-letter words containing z, a, n, i
- panzootic — a disease that affects all the animals in a geographical area
- patronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pedantize — to act as a pedant; to make pedantic comments
- phenazine — a yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 1 2 H 8 N 2 , used in organic synthesis chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.
- platinize — to coat or plate with metallic platinum.
- platonize — to follow or adopt the doctrines of Plato.
- promazine — a compound, C 17 H 20 N 2 S, used as a tranquilizer.
- quantized — Mathematics, Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
- quantizer — An electronic device that samples a varying quantity (e.g. a waveform) and generates a digital response.
- quantizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quantize.
- randomize — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
- realizing — to grasp or understand clearly.
- rhodanize — to plate with rhodium
- salinized — to treat with salt or render saline.
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments
- sanitized — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- sanitizer — a substance or preparation for killing germs, designed for use especially on food-processing equipment.
- scazontic — relating to or consisting of scazons
- scenarize — to make or create a scenario of something
- signalize — to make notable or conspicuous.
- sloganize — to make a slogan of; express as a slogan: to sloganize one's opinions.
- stelazine — a synthetic drug, C21H24F3N3S·2HCl, used as a tranquilizer in treating certain mental disorders
- 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
- 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.
- tanalized — having been treated with the trademarked timber preservative Tanalith
- tantalize — to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
- tanzanian — a republic in E Africa formed in 1964 by the merger of the republic of Tanganyika and the former island sultanate of Zanzibar (including Pemba and adjacent small islands). 364,881 sq. mi. (945,037 sq. km). Capital: Dodoma.
- tanzanite — Mineralogy. a variety of zoisite valued as a gem for its purplish-blue color and strong pleochroism.
- tauchnitz — Karl Christoph Traugott [kahrl kris-tawf trou-gawt] /ˈkɑrl ˈkrɪs tɔf ˈtraʊ gɔt/ (Show IPA), 1761–1836, and his son, Karl Christian Philipp [kris-tee-ahn fee-lip,, fil-ip] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfi lɪp,, ˈfɪl ɪp/ (Show IPA) 1798–1884, German printers and publishers.
- therezina — former name of Teresina.
- thorazine — chlorpromazine
- tyrannize — to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
- unbaptize — to remove the effects of baptism
- unrealize — to make unreal
- urbanized — to make or cause to become urban, as a locality.
- vandalize — to destroy or deface by vandalism: Someone vandalized the museum during the night.
- vernalize — to shorten the growth period of (a plant) by chilling or other special treatment of it, its seeds, or its bulbs.
- volcanize — to affect or alter by volcanic heat or action.
- vulcanize — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- wantonize — to make (something) wanton
- weaponize — to supply or equip with a weapon or weapons: to weaponize trucks and helicopters.
- whiz-bang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
- whizzbang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
- wizarding — Present participle of wizard.
- womanized — to make effeminate.
- womanizer — a philanderer.
- womanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of womanize.
- zabernism — (obsolete) The misuse or abuse of military authority; bullying.
- zákinthos — one of the southernmost islands of the Ionian Islands, Greece: 155 sq mi (401 sq km)
- zambezian — a river in S Africa, flowing S and W from Zambia through E Angola and Zambia and then E along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe into and through central Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. 1650 miles (2657 km) long.