9-letter words containing z, e, t, i
- subtilize — to elevate in character; sublimate.
- sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- swartzite — a hydrous carbonate of calcium, magnesium, and uranium, occurring in green crystals: an ore of uranium.
- syntonize — to render syntonic; tune to the same frequency.
- systemize — systematize.
- tanalized — having been treated with the trademarked timber preservative Tanalith
- tantalize — to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
- tanzanite — Mineralogy. a variety of zoisite valued as a gem for its purplish-blue color and strong pleochroism.
- 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.
- terrorize — to fill or overcome with terror.
- teutonize — to make or become German or Germanic; Germanize
- texturize — to give texture or a particular texture to: texturized yarn.
- the blitz — the systematic night-time bombing of Britain in 1940–41 by the German Luftwaffe
- therezina — former name of Teresina.
- thorazine — chlorpromazine
- time zone — one of the 24 regions or divisions of the globe approximately coinciding with meridians at successive hours from the observatory at Greenwich, England.
- 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.
- trapezoid — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- trebizond — a medieval empire in NE Asia Minor 1204–1461.
- trez-tine — royal antler.
- trim size — the final size of a product after its unnecessary parts have been cut off or removed: The trim size of the book in 6½ inches by 9 inches.
- twin-size — (of a bed) approximately 39 inches (99 cm) wide and between 75 and 76 inches (191 and 193 cm) long; single.
- tyrannize — to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
- tzarevich — czarevitch.
- unbaptize — to remove the effects of baptism
- uralitize — to turn into uralite
- vectorize — (of computing graphics) to convert from a bitmap representation to a vector representation
- victimize — to make a victim of.
- vizierate — (formerly) a high official in certain Muslim countries and caliphates, especially a minister of state. Compare grand vizier.
- wantonize — to make (something) wanton
- waterzooi — A type of Flemish stew, traditionally made with fish.
- winterize — to prepare (an automobile, house, etc.) for cold weather by (in automobiles) adding antifreeze and changing oil or (in houses) adding insulation, heating units, etc.
- zeitgeber — an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock.
- zeitgeist — The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.
- zelotypia — (formal) jealousy.
- zeugmatic — the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to wage war and peace or On his fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold.
- zinkenite — a steel-gray mineral with metallic luster, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 6 Sb 14 S 27 .
- zirconite — (mineralogy) A light brown variety of zircon.
- zitherist — Someone who plays the zither.
- zoetropic — of or relating to a zoetrope
- zone time — standard time as applied at sea, reckoned according to the system of time zones.