9-letter words containing z, i, t
- gigahertz — one billion hertz. Abbreviation: GHz.
- gothicize — to make gothic, as in style.
- granitize — to subject to granitization.
- hermitize — To isolate oneself; to become a hermit.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- hypnotize — to put in the hypnotic state.
- interzone — any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established: The decisions were formulated in a zone of uncertainty. The temperature lies outside the danger zone.
- italicize — to print in italic type.
- itemizing — Present participle of itemize.
- jesuitize — to make Jesuitic
- khuzistan — a province in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km). Capital: Ahwaz.
- kibbitzed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibbitz.
- kibbutzim — A communal settlement in Israel, typically a farm.
- kibitzers — Plural form of kibitzer.
- kibitzing — to act as a kibitzer.
- kilohertz — a unit of frequency, equal to 1000 cycles per second. Abbreviation: kHz.
- kitzbühel — a town in W Austria, in the Tirol: centre for winter sports. Pop: 8574 (2001)
- latinized — (nonstandard) Incorrect capitalisation of Latinize. Simple past tense and past participle of latinize.
- lazy list — A list which is built using a non-strict constructor. Any head or tail of the list may be an unevaluated closure. Also known as streams since they may be used to carry a sequence of values from the output of one function to an input of another. See also Lazy evaluation.
- leibovitz — Annie. born 1949, US photographer, known for her portraits of celebrities
- leibowitz — René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1913–1972, French conductor and composer, born in Poland.
- lemmatize — to sort (the words in a list or text) in order to determine the headword, under which other words are then listed.
- lemnitzer — Lyman Louis [lahy-muh n] /ˈlaɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1899–1988, U.S. army officer; chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff 1960–63; supreme allied commander NATO 1963–69.
- listerize — to treat (a patient, disease, etc.) using the methods of Joseph Lister.
- litz wire — a wire used as a conductor of alternating current, composed of a number of insulated strands woven together to reduce skin effect.
- luteinize — to produce corpora lutea in.
- magnetize — to make a magnet of or impart the properties of a magnet to.
- manzanita — any of several western North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Arctostaphylos, of the heath family, having leathery leaves and clusters of white to pink flowers.
- marketize — (economics, management) To convert to management by open-market principles.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- martyrize — to make a martyr of: The ancient Romans martyrized many Christians.
- matronize — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
- mechitzah — mehitzah.
- mediatize — to annex (a principality) to another state, while allowing certain rights to its former sovereign.
- mentalize — (usually, in passive) To make mental in nature, rather than physical.
- merozoite — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a schizont that parasitizes a red blood cell in the host.
- mestizoes — Plural form of mestizo.
- metallize — to make metallic; give the characteristics of metal to.
- methodize — to reduce (something) to a method.
- metricize — to express in terms of the metric system.
- mezzotint — a method of engraving on copper or steel by burnishing or scraping away a uniformly roughened surface.
- mizenmast — Alternative spelling of mizzenmast.
- mizzonite — a mineral that is a type of scapolite and that contains a high concentration of calcium
- monetized — Simple past tense and past participle of monetize.
- monzonite — any of a group of granular igneous rocks having approximately equal amounts of orthoclase and plagioclase feldspar, intermediate in composition between syenite and diorite.
- mortalize — (transitive) To make mortal.
- motorized — to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
- multisize — having more than one size
- multizone — Of or pertaining to more than one zone.
- mutualize — to make mutual.