10-letter words containing z, c
- lexicalize — to convert (an affix, a phrase, etc.) into a lexical item, as in using the suffix -ism as the noun ism.
- like crazy — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- localizers — Plural form of localizer.
- localizing — Present participle of localize.
- macadamize — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
- macrozamia — a member of a this genus of fern-like trees that grow in Australia
- mankiewicz — Joseph L(eo) 1909–1993, U.S. motion-picture director, producer, and writer.
- markiewicz — Constance, Countess, original name Constance Gore-Booth. 1868–1927, Irish nationalist, married to a Polish count. She fought in the Easter Rising (1916) and was sentenced to death but reprieved. The first woman elected to the British parliament (1918), she refused to take her seat
- mechanized — to make mechanical.
- mechanizer — A person who, or machine that mechanizes.
- mechanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mechanize.
- medicalize — to handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment.
- mercerized — Simple past tense and past participle of mercerize.
- mercerizer — a person who, or a machine that, mercerizes
- metricized — Simple past tense and past participle of metricize.
- mezza voce — (in singing) softly; quietly
- michelozzo — full name Michelozzo di Bartolommeo. 1396–1472, Italian architect and sculptor. His most important design was the Palazzo Riccardo for the Medici family in Florence (1444–59)
- mickiewicz — Adam [ah-dahm] /ˈɑ dɑm/ (Show IPA), 1798–1855, Polish poet.
- micronized — Simple past tense and past participle of micronize.
- microsized — Greatly reduced in size.
- monarchize — to carry out the duties or functions of a monarch
- mozambican — a native or inhabitant of the territory or city of Mozambique.
- musicalize — to write or produce a musical version of (a book, play, etc.): an attempt to musicalize one of Shakespeare's comedies.
- mycetozoan — myxomycete
- mycorrhiza — a symbiotic association of the mycelium of a fungus, especially a basidiomycete, with the roots of certain plants, in which the hyphae form a closely woven mass around the rootlets or penetrate the cells of the root.
- mythicized — Simple past tense and past participle of mythicize.
- mythicizer — One who mythicizes.
- mythicizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mythicize.
- narcotized — to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
- narcotizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of narcotize.
- necrotized — to undergo necrosis.
- nicotinize — to drug or impregnate with nicotine.
- noncitizen — a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection (distinguished from alien).
- nuclearize — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
- ostracized — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracize.
- ostracizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ostracize.
- palaeozoic — of, denoting, or relating to an era of geological time that began 600 million years ago with the Cambrian period and lasted about 375 million years until the end of the Permian period
- plasticize — to make or become plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- polemicize — to practice the art of disputation; to engage in polemics or controversy.
- politicize — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.
- pozzolanic — (of a cement admixture) having properties similar to those of pozzolana.
- precognize — to know or cognize in advance; to have prior cognizance of (something)
- preconized — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- proctorize — to exercise the power of a proctor over
- publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- quartzitic — Of, relating to, or containing quartzite.
- racialized — Simple past tense and past participle of racialize.
- radicalize — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
- razor clam — any of several rapidly burrowing clams (esp. family Solenidae) of sandy beaches, having elongated, narrow shells somewhat resembling a straight razor
- recanalize — to provide (an area, etc) with a canal or canals again