8-letter words containing z, i, m
- mazdaism — Zoroastrianism.
- mazelike — a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth.
- mckenzie — Robert Tait [teyt] /teɪt/ (Show IPA), 1867–1938, Canadian physician, educator, and sculptor.
- mechitza — a screen in a synagogue separating men and women
- mehitzah — a curtain or other divider that serves as a partition between the women's and the men's sections in Orthodox Jewish synagogues.
- melanize — To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.
- melodize — to make melodious.
- memorize — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- mesozoic — noting or pertaining to an era occurring between 230 and 65 million years ago, characterized by the appearance of flowering plants and by the appearance and extinction of dinosaurs.
- mestizas — Plural form of mestiza.
- mestizos — Plural form of mestizo.
- metalize — to make metallic; give the characteristics of metal to.
- metazoic — Of, or relating to the metazoa.
- mézières — Forest of, a wooded plateau region in W Europe, in NE France, SE Belgium, and Luxembourg: World War I battle 1914; World War II battle 1944–45.
- mid-size — (of an automobile) being between a compact and a large car in size and having a combined passenger and luggage volume of 110–120 cu. ft. (3.1–3.4 m 3).
- midsized — Of medium size, not particularly large or small.
- minimize — to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- misprize — to despise; undervalue; slight; scorn.
- mitzvoth — any of the collection of 613 commandments or precepts in the Bible and additional ones of rabbinic origin that relate chiefly to the religious and moral conduct of Jews.
- miyazaki — a city on SE Kyushu, in Japan.
- mizrachi — a Zionist movement, founded in 1902, chiefly devoted to furthering the integration of Zionism and religious orthodoxy.
- mizzling — Present participle of mizzle.
- mobilize — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- modelize — (obsolete) To model.
- monazite — a reddish- or yellowish-brown mineral, a phosphate of cerium and lanthanum, (Ce,La)PO 4 : the principal ore of thorium.
- monetize — to legalize as money.
- moralize — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- motorize — to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
- muezzins — Plural form of muezzin.
- mutazila — a member of a medieval theological sect (Mutazila) that maintained that nothing but eternity could be asserted regarding Allah, that the eternal nature of the Koran was questionable, and that humans have free will.
- muzzling — the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
- nazimova — Alla [ah-luh] /ˈɑ lə/ (Show IPA), 1879–1945, Russian actress in the U.S.
- nizamate — the position held or territory governed by a Nizam.
- nomadize — to live in the manner of a nomad.
- optimize — to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
- oz-email — (company) An Internet access provider. Address: Sydney, Australia.
- polemize — polemicize.
- prizeman — a man who wins a prize
- racemize — to change or cause to change into a racemic mixture
- ribozyme — a segment of RNA that can act as a catalyst.
- romanize — to make Roman Catholic.
- samizdat — a clandestine publishing system within the Soviet Union, by which forbidden or unpublishable literature was reproduced and circulated privately.
- shkotzim — a term used especially by a Jew to refer to a boy or man who is not Jewish.
- shlimazl — schlimazel.
- sierozem — any of a group of calcareous, brownish gray soils based in a carbonate or hardpan layer, found in arid climates.
- simazine — a colorless crystalline selective herbicide, C 7 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used for season-long weed control in corn and other crops.
- similize — to liken or compare
- simonize — to shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax: to simonize an automobile.
- sitzmark — a sunken area in the snow marking a backward fall of a skier.
- sodomize — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.