8-letter words containing z, a, s
- haziness — characterized by the presence of haze; misty: hazy weather.
- islamize — to convert to Islam.
- izvestia — (formerly) the official newspaper of the Soviet government.
- jacuzzis — Plural form of jacuzzi.
- jazzfest — A festival of jazz music.
- jazziest — Superlative form of jazzy.
- kazatsky — kazachok.
- kiamusze — Jiamusi.
- konstanz — German name of Constance.
- lap-size — of a size to fit the lap: a lap-size chessboard.
- lazarist — Vincentian (def 1).
- laziness — lazy evaluation
- lazy sml — Lazy Standard ML
- matanzas — a seaport on the NW coast of Cuba.
- mazdaism — Zoroastrianism.
- mazdoors — Plural form of mazdoor.
- mazurkas — Plural form of mazurka.
- mesozoan — any member of the phylum Mesozoa.
- mestizas — Plural form of mestiza.
- mezuzahs — Plural form of mezuzah.
- nasalize — to pronounce as a nasal sound.
- ochozias — Ahaziah.
- palazzos — women's pants with wide legs that flare broadly at the ankle
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- quartzes — one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO 2 , having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony, jasper, etc.) or in crystals (as rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, etc.): the chief constituent of sand and sandstone, and an important constituent of many other rocks. It is piezoelectric and used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters.
- quetzals — Plural form of quetzal.
- salinize — to treat with salt or render saline.
- salzburg — a city in W Austria: the birthplace of Mozart.
- samizdat — a clandestine publishing system within the Soviet Union, by which forbidden or unpublishable literature was reproduced and circulated privately.
- sanitize — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- sarrazin — buckwheat (defs 1–3).
- satirize — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- schantze — a pile of stones heaped to shelter soldiers from gunfire
- schmaltz — Informal. exaggerated sentimentalism, as in music or soap operas.
- schwartz — Delmore [del-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈdɛl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1913–1966, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- scuzzbag — a despicable or unethical person
- seizable — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- shlimazl — schlimazel.
- shvartze — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- simazine — a colorless crystalline selective herbicide, C 7 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used for season-long weed control in corn and other crops.
- sitzmark — a sunken area in the snow marking a backward fall of a skier.
- sizeable — of considerable size; fairly large: He inherited a sizable fortune.
- sizeably — sizable.
- sleazoid — a sleazy person
- solarize — Photography. to reverse (an image) partially, as from negative to positive, by exposure to light during development.
- spaetzle — a dish consisting of lumps or threads made from a batter of flour, milk, eggs, and salt, usually poured through a coarse colander into boiling water, and then either drained and mixed in butter, lightly pan-fried, or added to sauces, stews, etc.
- spaz out — an awkward or clumsy person.
- spazzing — an awkward or clumsy person.
- spetsnaz — a Soviet intelligence force