10-letter words containing z, o, s
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- schizocarp — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- schizogamy — reproduction characterized by division of the organism into sexual and asexual parts, as in certain polychaetes.
- schizogony — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) the multiple fission of a trophozoite or schizont into merozoites.
- schizoidal — relating to a person with a schizoid personality disorder
- schnozzola — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- sclerotize — to harden and darken (an insect's cuticle)
- scorzonera — a plant of the modern genus Scorzonera, esp S. Hispanica or black salsify, cultivated in Europe for its root which is used as a vegetable
- scyphozoan — any coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, comprising the true marine jellyfishes.
- sectionize — to form or divide into sections
- seltzogene — a device from the late Victorian times for making carbonated water
- shear zone — Geology. a zone of closely spaced, approximately parallel faults or dispersed displacements.
- shosholoza — a popular Zulu choral song
- sneezewood — a tree, Ptaeroxylon utile, native to southern Africa: family Ptaeroxylaceae
- sneezewort — a composite plant, Achillea ptarmica, of Europe, the powdered leaves of which cause sneezing.
- sobhuza ii — 1899–1982, king of Swaziland 1921–82.
- socialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- socializer — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- solemnizer — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solidarize — to unite or come together; become solidified.
- solonetzic — characteristic of solonetz
- solubilize — to make soluble, or to increase solubility.
- somaticize — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- spaniolize — to cause to become Spanish
- spaza shop — South African slang for a small shop in a township
- speed zone — an area where a different, usually reduced, speed limit is in effect
- sporozoite — one of the minute, active bodies into which the spore of certain Sporozoa divides, each developing into an adult individual.
- squeezebox — a concertina or accordion.
- st. moritz — a resort town in SE Switzerland: a popular center for winter sports. 6037 feet (1840 meters) high.
- symbolizer — a person or thing that symbolizes something else
- symbolizes — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
- symphonize — to play or sound together harmoniously.
- symptomize — to be a symptom or sign of.
- synonymize — to give synonyms for (a word, name, etc.); furnish with synonyms.
- szymborska — Wislawa [vis-lah-vah] /vɪsˈlɑ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2012, Polish poet: Nobel prize 1996.
- the azores — three groups of volcanic islands in the N Atlantic, since 1976 an autonomous region of Portugal. Capital: Ponta Delgada (on São Miguel). Pop: 241 762 (2001). Area: 2335 sq km (901 sq miles)
- the dozens — a form of verbal play in which the participants exchange witty, ribald taunts and insults, often specif. about each other's mother
- winsorized — Simple past tense and past participle of winsorize.
- womanizers — Plural form of womanizer.
- zapateados — Plural form of zapateado.
- zb station — (in New Zealand) a radio station of a commercial network
- zebrawoods — Plural form of zebrawood.
- zero stage — a solid-propellant rocket attached to a liquid-propellant rocket to provide greater thrust at liftoff
- zeta-jones — Catherine, original name Catherine Jones. born 1969, Welsh actress, who made her name in the TV series The Darling Buds of May (1991–93) before starring in the films Traffic (2000), Chicago (2002), and Smoke and Mirrors (2004)
- zinovievsk — a former name of Kirovograd.
- zonal soil — soil having a profile determined mainly by the local climate and vegetation
- zoochorous — (of a plant) having the spores or seeds dispersed by animals
- zookeepers — Plural form of zookeeper.
- zoologists — Plural form of zoologist.