8-letter words containing z, o, i
- oxidized — to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
- oxidizer — oxidant.
- oz-email — (company) An Internet access provider. Address: Sydney, Australia.
- ozonizer — an apparatus for converting oxygen into ozone.
- paolozzi — Sir Eduardo (Luigi). 1924–2005, British sculptor and designer, noted esp for his semiabstract metal figures
- pelorize — to affect with peloria.
- pezizoid — having the same shape or characteristics of the cup-like fungi that belong to the genus Peziza
- pirozhki — small triangular pastries filled with meat, vegetables, etc
- poetizer — a person who composes verses, usually of an inferior nature
- polarize — to cause polarization in.
- polemize — polemicize.
- polonize — to make Polish; cause or force to take on ways, customs, viewpoints, etc., that are characteristically Polish.
- polyzoic — (of a bryozoan colony) composed of many zooids.
- pop quiz — impromptu test
- pozzuoli — a seaport in SW Italy, near Naples: Roman ruins.
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- pyrolize — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- rhizopod — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- ribozyme — a segment of RNA that can act as a catalyst.
- rio azul — an archaeological site in the jungles of northern Guatemala, where a 1500-year-old painted Mayan tomb was discovered intact in 1984.
- robotize — to turn (someone) into a robot.
- romanize — to make Roman Catholic.
- royalize — make royal
- schizoid — Psychology. of or relating to a personality disorder marked by dissociation, passivity, withdrawal, inability to form warm social relationships, and indifference to praise or criticism.
- 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.
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- shkotzim — a term used especially by a Jew to refer to a boy or man who is not Jewish.
- show biz — show business.
- sierozem — any of a group of calcareous, brownish gray soils based in a carbonate or hardpan layer, found in arid climates.
- simonize — to shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax: to simonize an automobile.
- sironize — to treat (a woollen fabric) chemically to prevent it wrinkling after being washed
- sleazoid — a sleazy person
- soberize — to make sober.
- sodomize — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- solarize — Photography. to reverse (an image) partially, as from negative to positive, by exposure to light during development.
- solecize — to commit a solecism
- sororize — to socialize in a sisterly way
- stoozing — the practice of borrowing money at low interest for investment in a high-interest account
- taizhong — Taichung.
- theorize — to form a theory or theories.
- thiazole — a colorless, slightly water-miscible liquid, C 3 H 3 NS, having a disagreeable odor.
- topazine — like topaz
- totalize — to make total; combine into a total.
- triazoic — hydrazoic.
- triazole — any of a group of four compounds containing three nitrogen and two carbon atoms arranged in a five-membered ring and having the formula C 2 H 3 N 3 .
- trizonal — formed or arranged in three layers or zones
- tutorize — to tutor or instruct (a person)
- unionize — to form into a union.