11-letter words containing z, e, b
- razzberries — raspberry (def 4).
- recarburize — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
- restabilize — to stabilize again
- satirizable — able to be satirized or ridiculed
- scuzzbucket — Also called scuzzball [skuhz-bawl] /ˈskʌzˌbɔl/ (Show IPA), scuzzbucket [skuhz-buhk-it] /ˈskʌzˌbʌk ɪt/ (Show IPA). a dirty, grimy, sordid, or repulsive person or thing.
- spitzbergen — a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- squeeze-box — a concertina or accordion.
- subfreezing — below the freezing point.
- suboptimize — to use in a way that is less than optimal
- suburbanize — to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
- subvocalize — to form (words) silently by moving the lips or other vocal organs without vocalization
- superbazaar — (in India) a large department store or supermarket, esp one set up as a cooperative store by the government
- suzie cobol — /soo'zee koh'bol/ 1. (IBM, probably from Frank Zappa's "Suzy Creamcheese") A coder straight out of training school who knows everything except the value of comments in plain English. Also (fashionable among personkind wishing to avoid accusations of sexism) "Sammy Cobol" or (in some non-IBM circles) "Cobol Charlie". 2. (proposed) Meta-name for any code grinder, analogous to J. Random Hacker.
- szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
- tabularized — to tabulate.
- trail-blaze — to blaze a trail through (a forest, wilderness, or the like) for others to follow.
- trailblazed — to blaze a trail through (a forest, wilderness, or the like) for others to follow.
- trailblazer — a person who blazes a trail for others to follow through unsettled country or wilderness; pathfinder.
- troubetzkoy — N(ikolai) S(ergeievich) [nyi-kuh-lahy syir-gye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.
- tuberculize — to infect or become infected with tuberculosis
- unbedizened — to dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner.
- unurbanized — to make or cause to become urban, as a locality.
- vagabondize — to behave like a vagabond
- zebra finch — a small Australian waxbill, Poephila guttata, that has black-and-white barred plumage and a chestnut ear patch: popular as a cage bird.
- zebra label — a label with a coded series of short, black lines affixed to each book in a library and to each borrower's card for purposes of identification and prevention of theft.
- zebra plant — any of several plants having conspicuously striped or veined foliage, as Calathea zebrina, of Brazil.
- zenith tube — a telescope mounted to point only at the zenith, used at some observatories for measuring time by the stars.
- zinc blende — sphalerite.
- zombie bank — a bank that has liabilities exceeding its assets but continues to operate through government support: These zombie banks are unable or unwilling to lend out money.