9-letter words containing z, o, r
- sorbitize — to turn metal into a form containing sorbite
- sporozoal — belonging or relating to Sporozoa
- sporozoan — any parasitic spore-forming protozoan of the phylum (or class) Sporozoa, several species of which, as plasmodia, cause malaria.
- st-tropez — commune and seaside resort in SE France, on the Mediterranean: pop. 5,000
- stramazon — a downward fencing stroke
- surf zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- surf-zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- temporize — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- terrorize — to fill or overcome with terror.
- thorazine — chlorpromazine
- torrenize — to register (property) under a Torrens law
- totalizer — a person or thing that totals.
- trapezoid — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
- trazodone — a white crystalline powder, C 19 H 22 ClN 5 O, used in the treatment of major depression disorders.
- trebizond — a medieval empire in NE Asia Minor 1204–1461.
- unionizer — someone who organizes workers into a trade union or trade unions
- unrazored — unshaven
- vaporizer — a person or thing that vaporizes.
- vectorize — (of computing graphics) to convert from a bitmap representation to a vector representation
- verrazano — Giovanni da [jaw-vahn-nee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), c1480–1527? Italian navigator and explorer.
- volumizer — a product that gives extra body to the hair
- waterzooi — A type of Flemish stew, traditionally made with fish.
- winsorize — (statistics) To transform statistics of a batch or sample by transforming extreme values.
- womanizer — a philanderer.
- year zero — the beginning (1975) of the period during which Cambodia was under the control of the Khmer Rouge
- zamboorak — a small swivelling cannon mounted on a camel's back, from where it is fired
- zebrawood — any of several trees, especially Connarus guianensis, of tropical America, yielding a striped, hard wood used for making furniture.
- zephyrous — of, relating to, or like a zephyr; full of or containing light breezes.
- zero hour — the time set for the beginning of a military attack or operation.
- zero-base — Also, zero-based. without reference to a base figure or to previous practice; according to present needs only, as opposed to a percentage increase or decrease of previous figures: zero-base planning; zero-base inventory.
- zero-rate — to exempt (merchandise or services) from value-added tax.
- zero-zero — (of atmospheric conditions) having or characterized by zero visibility in both horizontal and vertical directions.
- zircalloy — an alloy of zirconium containing small amounts of tin, chromium, and nickel. It is used in pressurized-water reactors
- zirconian — (mineralogy) Describing minerals containing zirconium.
- zirconite — (mineralogy) A light brown variety of zircon.
- zirconium — a metallic element found combined in zircon, baddeleyite, etc., resembling titanium chemically: used in steel metallurgy, as a scavenger, as a refractory, and as an opacifier in vitreous enamels. Symbol: Zr; atomic weight: 91.22; atomic number: 40; specific gravity: 6.49 at 20°C.
- zoetropic — of or relating to a zoetrope
- zoiatrics — the science of veterinary surgery
- zoography — the branch of zoology dealing with the description of animals.
- zookeeper — a person who feeds and tends animals in a zoo.
- zoomorphy — the state of being zoomorphic
- zooperist — a person who practises zoopery
- zoophoric — supporting or having a carved animal figure
- zoophorus — zophorus.
- zoospores — Plural form of zoospore.
- zoosporic — Having or pertaining to zoospores.
- zoosterol — (biochemistry) Any sterol found in animal tissue.
- zootrophy — the nourishment of animals
- zorbonaut — a person who engages in the activity of zorbing
- zoroaster — flourished 6th century b.c, Persian religious teacher.