9-letter words containing z, e, a
- hazelnuts — Plural form of hazelnut.
- hazelwood — a town in E Missouri.
- hazemeter — transmissometer.
- heat haze — a phenomenon that occurs in hot weather in which distant objects are indistinct or appear to shimmer because slight differences in air temperature affect the transmission of light
- heliozoan — a protozoan of the order Heliozoa, having a spherical body and radiating pseudopods.
- hematozoa — Plural form of hematozoon.
- hephzibah — the wife of Hezekiah and the mother of Manasseh. II Kings 21:1.
- hernandez — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, Argentine poet.
- hezbollah — a radical Shiʿite Muslim organization in Lebanon engaged in guerrilla warfare against Israel.
- humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanizer — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humanize.
- hyalinize — to become hyaline.
- hydrazide — (chemistry) any compound derived from an oxoacid by replacing the hydroxide group with -NHNH2 or derived forms -NRNR2.
- hydrazine — Also called diamine. a colorless, oily, fuming liquid, N 2 H 4 , that is a weak base in solution and forms a large number of salts resembling ammonium salts: used chiefly as a reducing agent and a jet-propulsion fuel.
- hydrazone — any of a class of compounds containing the group >C=NNH 2 .
- idealized — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- idealizer — A person who idealizes.
- idealizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of idealize.
- imidazole — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, heterocyclic compound, C 3 H 4 N 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- influenza — Pathology. an acute, commonly epidemic disease, occurring in several forms, caused by numerous rapidly mutating viral strains and characterized by respiratory symptoms and general prostration. Compare flu.
- ionizable — to separate or change into ions.
- isoxazole — (organic compound) the isomer of oxazole 1,2-oxazole many of whose derivatives have pharmacological activity.
- italicize — to print in italic type.
- jargonize — to talk jargon or a jargon.
- jasperize — To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper.
- jaz drive — (hardware, storage) Iomega Corporation's drive which takes removable one or two gigabyte disk cartridges which contain conventional hard disks. Internal and external drives are available claiming an average transfer rate of 330 megabytes per minute - though that is dependent on the SCSI adapter, the parallel port adapter is unlikely to reach anything like this speed. The Jaz drive was the successor to the company's more establistablished Zip Drive.
- jazz shoe — a man's plain, close-fitting, low-heeled oxford made of soft leather or other material and having a thin, flexible sole, worn for jazz dancing.
- jazzed up — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
- jazzed-up — made more exciting and more modern
- jazzfests — Plural form of jazzfest.
- jazziness — The state, quality or property of being jazzy.
- jazzwomen — Plural form of jazzwoman.
- kamikazes — Plural form of kamikaze.
- kaolinize — to convert (minerals containing kaolinite) into kaolin by weathering.
- kazatskes — a lively, Slavic folk dance for a solo male dancer, marked especially by the prisiadka.
- la spezia — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Ligurian Sea: naval base.
- labialize — to give a labial character to (a sound), for example, to round (a vowel).
- lanzarote — the most easterly of the Canary Islands; mountainous, with a volcanic landscape; tourism, fishing. Pop: 109 942 (2002 est). Area: 795 sq km (307 sq miles)
- latinized — (nonstandard) Incorrect capitalisation of Latinize. Simple past tense and past participle of latinize.
- laymanize — to simplify (technical information) into a form that can be understood by ordinary people
- lazarette — a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.
- lazaretto — a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.
- lazybones — a lazy person.
- lazzarone — One of the poorer classes of Neapolitans; beggars.
- legalized — Simple past tense and past participle of legalize.
- legalizer — That which makes legal.
- legalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of legalize.
- lemmatize — to sort (the words in a list or text) in order to determine the headword, under which other words are then listed.
- lespedeza — any shrub or herb belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and lavender flowers, grown for forage, soil improvement, etc.