8-letter words containing z, o, i
- cruzeiro — a former monetary unit of Brazil, replaced by the cruzeiro real
- cytozoic — a parasite, especially a protozoon, living within a cell.
- deionize — to remove ions from (water) by the use of cation and anion exchangers
- demonize — If people demonize someone, they convince themselves that that person is evil.
- diazinon — a type of strong insecticide
- diazoles — Plural form of diazole.
- dizygous — Dizygotic.
- douzaine — a bet in roulette on 12 numbers simultaneously so as to share in any that win.
- douzieme — (in Swiss watchmaking) the 12th part of a ligne, used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- downsize — company: make redundancies
- doziness — The state of being dozy.
- ebionize — to take up or follow the teachings and beliefs of the Ebionites
- ebonized — Simple past tense and past participle of ebonize.
- ectozoic — (of a parasitic animal) living on the surface of its host.
- embolize — To perform an embolization.
- endozoic — (of a plant) living within an animal
- entozoic — of or relating to an entozoon
- enzootic — (epidemiology) a disease which is consistently prevalent in a population of non-human animals in a limited region, season or climate.
- epizoite — an organism that lives on an animal but is not parasitic on it
- epizooty — an epizootic disease
- ergotize — to affect with ergot
- eulogize — Praise highly in speech or writing.
- exorcize — (transitive) To drive out supposed evil spirits from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.
- floozies — Plural form of floozie.
- focalize — Focus (something), in particular.
- foozling — Present participle of foozle.
- for size — If you try something on for size, you try it to see if it is suitable for you.
- foziness — the state or quality of being fozy
- frobnitz — /frob'nits/, plural "frobnitzem" /frob'nit-zm/ or "frobni" /frob'ni:/ (TMRC) An unspecified physical object, a widget. Also refers to electronic black boxes. This rare form is usually abbreviated to "frotz", or more commonly to frob. Also used are "frobnule" (/frob'n[y]ool/) and "frobule" (/frob'yool/). Starting perhaps in 1979, "frobozz" /fr*-boz'/ (plural: "frobbotzim" /fr*-bot'zm/) has also become very popular, largely through its exposure as a name via Zork. These variants can also be applied to nonphysical objects, such as data structures. Pete Samson, compiler of the original TMRC lexicon, adds,q "Under the TMRC (railway) layout were many storage boxes, managed (in 1958) by David R. Sawyer. Several had fanciful designations written on them, such as "Frobnitz Coil Oil". Perhaps DRS intended Frobnitz to be a proper name, but the name was quickly taken for the thing". This was almost certainly the origin of the term.
- frondizi — Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–1995, Argentine lawyer and political leader; president of Argentina 1958–62.
- frowzily — in a frowzy or unkempt manner
- genizoth — Plural form of genizah.
- goldsize — an adhesive used to fix gold leaf to a surface
- grazioso — graceful; flowing.
- hizzoner — a city mayor or a judge
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- holozoic — feeding on solid food particles in the manner of most animals.
- hominize — to make something characteristically human or suitable for humans
- horizons — Plural form of horizon.
- horovitz — Israel, born 1939, U.S. playwright.
- horowitz — Vladimir [vlad-uh-meer,, vla-dee-meer] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər,, vlæˈdi mɪər/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, U.S. pianist, born in Russia.
- howitzer — a cannon having a comparatively short barrel, used especially for firing shells at a high angle of elevation, as for reaching a target behind cover or in a trench.
- iarovize — to vernalize.
- iconized — Simple past tense and past participle of iconize.
- idiotize — to make a fool of; make idiotic.
- idolized — to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc.
- idolizer — One who idolizes.
- idolizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of idolize.
- iodizing — Present participle of iodize.
- ionizers — Plural form of ionizer.