9-letter words containing z, a
- blitz-can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
- blizzardy — characterized by blizzards, or resembling a blizzard
- boghazkoy — a village in N central Turkey: site of the ancient Hittite city of Hattusas.
- boltzmann — Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1844–1906, Austrian physicist. He established the principle of the equipartition of energy and developed the kinetic theory of gases with J. C. Maxwell
- bombazeen — a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.
- bombazine — a twilled fabric, esp one with a silk warp and worsted weft, formerly worn dyed black for mourning
- booze hag — a girl or woman who drinks to excess
- botanizer — a person who botanizes
- brazeless — seamless
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- brazilein — a red crystalline solid obtained by the oxidation of brazilin and used as a dye. Formula: C16H12O5
- brazilian — Brazilian means belonging or relating to Brazil, or to its people or culture.
- breezeway — a roofed passageway connecting two buildings, sometimes with the sides enclosed
- brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- byzantine — Byzantine means related to or connected with the Byzantine Empire.
- byzantium — an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus: founded about 660 bc; rebuilt by Constantine I in 330 ad and called Constantinople; present-day Istanbul
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- canalized — Simple past tense and past participle of canalize.
- canalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canalize.
- canonized — Made part of the canon, made official.
- canonizer — a person who canonizes
- canonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canonize.
- cantonize — to divide into cantons
- canzonets — Plural form of canzonet.
- caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
- capsizing — Present participle of capsize.
- capsulize — to state (information) in a highly condensed form
- carbazole — a colourless insoluble solid obtained from coal tar and used in the production of some dyes. Formula: C12H9N
- carbolize — to treat or sterilize with phenol
- carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
- carburize — to increase the carbon content of (the surface of a low-carbon steel) so that the surface can be hardened by heat treatment
- carmelize — (US) Alternative form of caramelize.
- carnalize — to sensualise
- carstensz — Mount Djaja Peak
- cartelize — to form or be formed into a cartel
- casualize — If a business casualizes its employees or casualizes their labour, it replaces employees with permanent contracts and full rights with employees with temporary contracts and few rights.
- catalyzed — to act upon by catalysis.
- catalyzer — That which catalyzes.
- catalyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalyze.
- catanzaro — a city in S Italy, in Calabria. Pop: 95 251 (2001)
- catechize — to teach or examine by means of questions and answers
- catharize — to purify or make clean
- cauterize — If a doctor cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected.
- chabazite — a pink, white, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium, sodium, potassium, and aluminium in hexagonal crystalline form. Formula: Ca2Al2Si4O12.6H2O
- chalazion — a small cyst on the eyelid resulting from chronic inflammation of a meibomian gland
- chalutzim — halutz.
- changzhou — a city in E China, in S Jiangsu province, on the Grand Canal: also known as Wutsin until 1949, when the 7th-century name was officially readopted. Pop: 2 085 500 (2004 est)
- chardzhou — a city in E Turkmenistan, on the Amu Darya.
- chastized — Simple past tense and past participle of chastize.
- chiarezza — clarity