9-letter words containing z, o, i
- podzolize — to make into or form a podzol
- poeticize — to make (thoughts, feelings, etc.) poetic; express in poetry.
- polarized — of or relating to a medium that exhibits polarization.
- polarizer — a person or thing that polarizes.
- pollinize — pollinate.
- polyzooid — composed of a colony of zooids
- posterize — to humiliate (a sporting opponent) by performing a dramatic feat against them
- posturize — to posture; pose.
- potentize — to make more potent, esp. a drug
- powellize — to preserve (wood) by boiling it in a sugar solution, as done first by W Powell of Liverpool; also, to preserve (wood) by treating it with arsenic, as marketed by N. S. W. Powell Wood Process Ltd.
- preconize — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- prologize — to perform or introduce by means of a prologue
- promazine — a compound, C 17 H 20 N 2 S, used as a tranquilizer.
- protozoic — containing remains of the Earth's earliest life forms
- prozymite — a person using leavened bread for the Eucharist
- qiongzhou — former name of Qiongshan.
- r horizon — bedrock immediately underlying layers of soil.
- randomize — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
- razorbill — a common auk, Alca torda, of the North Atlantic, having a thick laterally compressed bill with white markings
- razorfish — any of several wrasses of the genus Hemipteronatus having a compressed, sharp-edged head, as H. novacula (pearly razorfish) of the West Indies and the Mediterranean Sea.
- recognize — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reoxidize — to oxidize again
- reznikoff — Charles, 1894–1976, U.S. poet.
- rhetorize — to make use of rhetoric
- rhizobial — of or relating to rhizobium
- rhizobium — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, found as symbiotic nitrogen fixers in nodules on the roots of the bean, clover, etc.
- rhizocarp — a plant that fruits underground or whose root remains intact while the leaves die off annually
- rhizocaul — a rootlike stem or stalk
- rhizopods — 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.
- rhizotomy — the surgical section or cutting of the spinal nerve roots, usually posterior or sensory roots, to eliminate pain.
- rhodanize — to plate with rhodium
- rhotacize — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- ribozymal — of or relating to ribozymes
- rift zone — a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.
- rodzinski — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1958, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- routinize — to develop into a regular procedure.
- ruwenzori — a mountain group in central Africa between Lake Albert and Lake Edward: sometimes identified with Ptolemy's “Mountains of the Moon.” Highest peak, Mt. Ngaliema (Stanley), with two summits: Mt. Margherita, 16,795 feet (5119 meters), and Mt. Alexandra, 16,726 feet (5098 meters).
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments
- saprozoic — (of animals or plants) feeding on dead organic matter
- scazontic — relating to or consisting of scazons
- schizopod — any crustacean of the former order or division Schizopoda, now divided into the orders Mysidacea, comprising the opossum shrimps, and Euphausiacea, comprising krill.
- sectorize — to split or divide into sectors
- sermonize — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
- shoe size — standard footwear measurement
- showbizzy — characteristic of showbiz
- size zero — a very small size in women's clothes, originating in the US, equivalent to a UK size 4
- skip zone — a region surrounding a broadcasting station that cannot receive transmissions either directly or by reflection off the ionosphere
- slivovitz — a dry, usually colorless, slightly bitter plum brandy from E Europe.
- sloganize — to make a slogan of; express as a slogan: to sloganize one's opinions.
- socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.