9-letter words containing z, a
- magazines — A periodical publication containing articles and illustrations, typically covering a particular subject or area of interest.
- magnetize — to make a magnet of or impart the properties of a magnet to.
- makizushi — Rolled sushi.
- mammonize — To render mammonic, to cause to pursue great wealth.
- man-sized — large; big; generous: a man-sized sandwich.
- manizales — a city in W Colombia.
- manualize — (transitive) To make manual.
- manzanita — any of several western North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Arctostaphylos, of the heath family, having leathery leaves and clusters of white to pink flowers.
- marbleize — marble.
- marketize — (economics, management) To convert to management by open-market principles.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- marmalize — to beat soundly or defeat utterly; thrash
- marmarize — to turn (limestone) into marble
- martyrize — to make a martyr of: The ancient Romans martyrized many Christians.
- matronize — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
- maximized — Simple past tense and past participle of maximize.
- maximizer — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- maximizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maximize.
- mazaedium — a fruiting body of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota in which there is a powdery mass of spores.
- mazedness — (obsolete) The condition of being mazed; confusion; astonishment.
- mazel tov — an expression of congratulations and best wishes, used chiefly by Jews: A chorus of mazel tovs greeted the newlyweds as they circulated from table to table.
- mazopathy — mazopathia.
- mechanize — to make mechanical.
- mechitzah — mehitzah.
- medialize — To become more medial.
- mediatize — to annex (a principality) to another state, while allowing certain rights to its former sovereign.
- megahertz — a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles per second. Abbreviation: MHz.
- mentalize — (usually, in passive) To make mental in nature, rather than physical.
- metallize — to make metallic; give the characteristics of metal to.
- metazoans — Plural form of metazoan.
- mezzaluna — a crescent-shaped, single- or double-bladed chopping knife, with a handle on each end or a connecting handle.
- mezzanine — the lowest balcony or forward part of such a balcony in a theater.
- midazolam — (medicine) A benzodiazepine drug that has anxiolytic, amnestic, hypnotic and anticonvulsant activity.
- mirandize — (sometimes lowercase) Informal. to advise (a person being arrested) of his or her rights under the Miranda ruling.
- mizenmast — Alternative spelling of mizzenmast.
- moctezuma — Montezuma II.
- mondayize — to move (a statutory holiday, such as the Queen's birthday) to the nearest Monday in order to secure a long weekend
- montezuma — c1470–1520, last Aztec emperor of Mexico 1502–20.
- moralized — Simple past tense and past participle of moralize.
- moralizer — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- moralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moralize.
- mortalize — (transitive) To make mortal.
- mozarabic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mozarabs: Mozarabic culture.
- mutualize — to make mutual.
- muztagata — a mountain in W China, in the Kunlun Range. 24,757 feet (7546 meters).
- narcotize — to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
- nasalized — Simple past tense and past participle of nasalize.
- nectarize — to mix or saturate with nectar.
- newmanize — to adopt or follow Newmanism.
- niuzhuang — former name of Yingkou.