8-letter words containing z, a
- glaziers — Plural form of glazier.
- glaziery — the work of a glazier; glasswork.
- glazunov — Alexander Konstantinovitch [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-,, kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-,, ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, Russian composer.
- gonzales — Richard Alonzo ("Pancho") 1928–1995, U.S. tennis player.
- gonzález — Julio (ˈxuljo). 1876–1942, Spanish sculptor: one of the first to create abstract geometric forms with soldered iron
- graecize — to impart Greek characteristics to.
- grazable — Suitable for grazing by animals.
- graziers — Plural form of grazier.
- grazioso — graceful; flowing.
- gyandzha — city in NC Azerbaijan, in Transcaucasia: pop. 282,000
- halazone — a white crystalline powder, C 7 H 5 Cl 2 NO 4 S, having a strong chlorinelike odor, used to disinfect water.
- halutzim — a person who immigrates to Israel to establish or join a settlement for accomplishing tasks, as clearing the land or planting trees, that are necessary to future development of the country.
- hangzhou — a province in E China, on the East China Sea. 39,768 sq. mi. (102,999 sq. km). Capital: Hangzhou.
- hazarded — Simple past tense and past participle of hazard.
- hazarder — a person who plays a gambling game with two dice
- hazardry — the taking of risks
- hazelhen — a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.
- hazelnut — the nut of the hazel; filbert.
- haziness — characterized by the presence of haze; misty: hazy weather.
- hazlenut — Misspelling of hazelnut.
- hazleton — a city in E Pennsylvania.
- hebraize — to use expressions or constructions distinctive of the Hebrew language.
- hepatize — to transform into a liver-like substance
- hepzibah — a female given name.
- hezekiah — a king of Judah of the 7th and 8th centuries b.c. II Kings 18.
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- hot jazz — jazz which is extremely emotionally intense and features a lot of improvisation
- huizinga — Johan, 1872–1945, Dutch historian.
- humanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- huzzaing — Present participle of huzza.
- hydrozoa — (biology) a large group of marine animals, of the class Hydrozoa, whose life cycles contain a sexual and asexual stage.
- iarovize — to vernalize.
- ibn-ezra — Abraham Ben Meir. 1093–1167, Jewish poet, scholar, and traveller, born in Spain
- idealize — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- imblazed — Simple past tense and past participle of imblaze.
- infamize — to make infamous
- islamize — to convert to Islam.
- izvestia — (formerly) the official newspaper of the Soviet government.
- jacuzzis — Plural form of jacuzzi.
- jahrzeit — the anniversary of the death of a parent, sibling, child, or spouse, observed by lighting a memorial lamp or candle the night before and reciting the Kaddish at the evening service of the day before and at the morning and afternoon services of the day itself.
- jalfrezi — A style of curry made with onion, tomato and capsicum given added heat by the addition of green chillis.
- janizary — (often initial capital letter) a member of an elite military unit of the Turkish army organized in the 14th century and abolished in 1826 after it revolted against the Sultan.
- japanize — to make Japanese or Japaneselike, as in design, culture, or usability; imbue with Japanese characteristics: working on a project to Japanize an American software program.
- jarovize — to vernalize.
- jazerant — a coat of armour composed of metal plates sewn onto cloth
- jazz age — the period that in the U.S. extended roughly from the Armistice of 1918 to the stock-market crash of 1929 and was notable for increased prosperity, liberated or hedonistic social behavior, Prohibition and the concomitant rise in production and consumption of bootleg liquor, and the development and dissemination of jazz and ragtime and associated ballroom dances.
- jazz mag — a pornographic magazine
- jazzfest — A festival of jazz music.
- jazziest — Superlative form of jazzy.
- jazzlike — (music) Resembling jazz.