8-letter words containing z, r
- nazarite — (among the ancient Hebrews) a person who had taken certain strict religious vows, usually for a limited period.
- nazirite — (among the ancient Hebrews) a person who had taken certain strict religious vows, usually for a limited period.
- negroize — to cause to include black people or to have the qualities or characteristics of black people: efforts to Negroize the team.
- neronize — to characterize (a person) as resembling Nero.
- notarize — to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- odorizer — A device to add odor to a gas.
- oltipraz — 4-methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-3-dithiolethione, a schistosomicide drug also used in tumour prevention.
- organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- otherize — other (def 13).
- outprize — to prize more highly than or beyond the proper value of
- oversize — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
- overzeal — an excess of zeal
- oxidizer — oxidant.
- ozonizer — an apparatus for converting oxygen into ozone.
- paralyze — to affect with paralysis.
- parazoan — any member of a group of invertebrates comprising the phylum Porifera, the sponges.
- parazoon — an animal parasite
- partizan — partisan2 .
- parzival — Percival.
- pelorize — to affect with peloria.
- pfitzner — Hans Erich [hahns ey-rikh] /ˈhɑns ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1869–1949, German composer and conductor.
- pirozhki — small triangular pastries filled with meat, vegetables, etc
- pizzeria — a restaurant, bakery, or the like, where pizzas are made and sold.
- poetizer — a person who composes verses, usually of an inferior nature
- polarize — to cause polarization in.
- prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- prizable — of worth
- prizeman — a man who wins a prize
- protozoa — a major grouping or superphylum of the kingdom Protista, comprising the protozoans.
- przemysl — a city in SE Poland: occupied by the Russians 1915.
- pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- pyrazole — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and two double bonds in the ring.
- pyritize — to convert into pyrites
- pyrolize — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- quartzes — one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO 2 , having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony, jasper, etc.) or in crystals (as rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, etc.): the chief constituent of sand and sandstone, and an important constituent of many other rocks. It is piezoelectric and used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters.
- quatorze — a set of four cards of the same denomination, aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens, scoring 14 points.
- quizzery — mockery; derision
- racemize — to change or cause to change into a racemic mixture
- radetzky — Count Joseph [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1766–1858, Austrian field marshal.
- realized — to grasp or understand clearly.
- red zone — (networking) An environment located between internal and external firewalls where software and hardware are deployed to enable access to extranet applications. Compare De-Militarised Zone.
- reduzate — a sediment that has not undergone oxidation, as of coal, oil, sulfur, and sulfides.
- refreeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
- regulize — to separate (ore) into regulus and pure metal
- rendzina — a dark, rich soil containing limestone or chalk, above a softer, pale, calcareous layer, developed in grassland areas of high to moderate humidity.
- resinize — to apply resin to
- rezaiyeh — a city in NW Iran.
- 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.