8-letter words containing z, i, n
- nizamate — the position held or territory governed by a Nizam.
- nodalize — to make something nodal or concentrated at a point
- nomadize — to live in the manner of a nomad.
- notarize — to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- novelize — to put into the form of a novel: He tried to novelize one of Shakespeare's plays.
- nuzzling — Present participle of nuzzle.
- one-size — available in one size only that is designed to fit most people
- opsonize — to increase the susceptibility of (bacteria) to ingestion by phagocytes.
- organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- ozonizer — an apparatus for converting oxygen into ozone.
- paganize — to make pagan.
- partizan — partisan2 .
- patinize — to coat with a patina
- penalize — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- pfitzner — Hans Erich [hahns ey-rikh] /ˈhɑns ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1869–1949, German composer and conductor.
- piacenza — a city in N Italy, on the Po River.
- piazzian — (in poems by Keats) of or referring to a piazza
- polonize — to make Polish; cause or force to take on ways, customs, viewpoints, etc., that are characteristically Polish.
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- prizeman — a man who wins a prize
- puzzling — confusing or baffling: a puzzling answer.
- quantize — Mathematics, Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
- quizzing — an informal test or examination of a student or class.
- rendzina — a dark, rich soil containing limestone or chalk, above a softer, pale, calcareous layer, developed in grassland areas of high to moderate humidity.
- resinize — to apply resin to
- romanize — to make Roman Catholic.
- salinize — to treat with salt or render saline.
- sanitize — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- sarrazin — buckwheat (defs 1–3).
- schizont — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.
- seize on — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- selznick — David O(liver) 1902–65, U.S. motion-picture producer.
- simazine — a colorless crystalline selective herbicide, C 7 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used for season-long weed control in corn and other crops.
- simonize — to shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax: to simonize an automobile.
- sinicize — to make Chinese in character or bring under Chinese influence.
- sirenize — to allure, esp by melodious singing
- sironize — to treat (a woollen fabric) chemically to prevent it wrinkling after being washed
- siziness — (of blood) the state of being sizy
- sizzling — to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning.
- spazzing — an awkward or clumsy person.
- stanzaic — an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
- steinitz — William (Wilhelm Steinitz) 1836–1900, U.S. chess player, born in Austria-Hungary.
- stoozing — the practice of borrowing money at low interest for investment in a high-interest account
- suzerain — a sovereign or a state exercising political control over a dependent state.
- szczecin — a seaport in NW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- taizhong — Taichung.
- tanizaki — Junichiro [joo-nee-chee-raw] /ˈdʒu niˈtʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1965, Japanese novelist.
- tanzania — a republic in E Africa formed in 1964 by the merger of the republic of Tanganyika and the former island sultanate of Zanzibar (including Pemba and adjacent small islands). 364,881 sq. mi. (945,037 sq. km). Capital: Dodoma.
- tetanize — to induce tetanus in (a muscle).
- thiazine — any of a class of compounds containing a ring composed of one atom each of sulfur and nitrogen and four atoms of carbon.