9-letter words containing z, e, r
- rubberize — to coat or impregnate with rubber or some preparation of it.
- ruggedize — to construct (electronic equipment, cameras, and other delicate instruments) so as to be resistant to shock, vibration, etc.
- rusticize — to make rustic
- ruwenzori — a mountain group in central Africa between Lake Albert and Lake Edward: sometimes identified with Ptolemy's “Mountains of the Moon.” Highest peak, Mt. Ngaliema (Stanley), with two summits: Mt. Margherita, 16,795 feet (5119 meters), and Mt. Alexandra, 16,726 feet (5098 meters).
- sacralize — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments
- sanitizer — a substance or preparation for killing germs, designed for use especially on food-processing equipment.
- satirized — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- satirizes — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- scenarize — to make or create a scenario of something
- schmoozer — to chat idly; gossip.
- schnauzer — one of a German breed of sturdy medium-sized dogs having a tight, wiry, pepper-and-salt or pure black coat, bristly eyebrows and beardlike whiskers, and a docked tail, used originally as a ratter and a guard dog and later used in police work.
- schvartze — a term used by some Jewish people to refer to a black person.
- sectorize — to split or divide into sectors
- serialize — to publish in serial form.
- sermonize — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- shvartzer — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- silverize — to cover, plate, or treat with silver.
- sitzkrieg — slow-moving warfare marked by repeated stalemate.
- size zero — a very small size in women's clothes, originating in the US, equivalent to a UK size 4
- solutizer — any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its solubility or that of one or more of its components.
- sorbitize — to turn metal into a form containing sorbite
- st-tropez — commune and seaside resort in SE France, on the Mediterranean: pop. 5,000
- stargazer — a person who stargazes, as an astronomer or astrologer.
- sterilize — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- sulfurize — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- summarize — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- summerize — to prepare (a house, car, etc.) so as to counteract the hot weather of summer: to summerize a house by adding air conditioning.
- supersize — extra-large
- surf zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- surf-zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- swartzite — a hydrous carbonate of calcium, magnesium, and uranium, occurring in green crystals: an ore of uranium.
- synergize — to act as an agent of synergy
- tartarize — to impregnate, combine, or treat with tartar or potassium bitartrate.
- tellurize — to mix or cause to combine with tellurium.
- temporize — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- tenderize — to make (meat) tender, as by pounding or by a chemical process or treatment.
- terahertz — one trillion (10 12) hertz. Abbreviation: THz.
- terrorize — to fill or overcome with terror.
- tetrazene — either of two isomeric compounds with the formula N 4 H 4 , known only in the form of their derivatives.
- texturize — to give texture or a particular texture to: texturized yarn.
- therezina — former name of Teresina.
- thorazine — chlorpromazine
- torrenize — to register (property) under a Torrens law
- totalizer — a person or thing that totals.
- tragedize — to make tragic; imbue with the aspects of tragedy: a story tragedized by calamity and loss of hope.
- trapezial — Geometry. (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram. a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel. British. trapezoid (def 1a).
- trapezist — a trapeze artist
- trapezium — Geometry. (in Euclidean geometry) any rectilinear quadrilateral plane figure not a parallelogram. a quadrilateral plane figure of which no two sides are parallel. British. trapezoid (def 1a).
- trapezius — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the upper and back part of the neck, shoulders, and back, the action of which raises, or rotates, or draws back the shoulders, and pulls the head backward or to one side.