10-letter words containing z, s
- clausewitz — Karl von (karl fɔn). 1780–1831, Prussian general, noted for his works on military strategy, esp Vom Kriege (1833)
- cloze test — test of the ability to understand text
- coasterize — to ruin (a CD), esp while attempting to burn music, etc on to it, thus rendering it useful only as a drinks coaster
- colonizers — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- communizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communize.
- cosmetized — to cosmeticize.
- criticizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criticize.
- crush zone — The crush zone is the part of a vehicle's bodywork that is designed to absorb the energy in a crash, reducing the amount that is felt by passengers inside the vehicle.
- crystalize — (rare) alternative spelling of crystallize.
- customized — modified according to a customer's individual requirements
- customizer — a person who customizes
- customizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of customize.
- dastardize — To make cowardly; to intimidate or dispirit.
- denasalize — to diminish the nasal resonance of (speech or a speech sound).
- denazifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denazify.
- deoxidizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deoxidize.
- desalinize — desalt.
- discretize — Represent or approximate (a quantity or series) using a discrete quantity or quantities.
- dobzhansky — Theodosius (Grigorievich) [gri-gawr-ee-uh-vich,, -gohr-] /grɪˈgɔr i ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈgoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1900–75, U.S. geneticist, born in Russia.
- dogmatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dogmatize.
- downsizing — to design or manufacture a smaller version or type of: The automotive industry downsized its cars for improved fuel economy.
- dramatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dramatize.
- dumbsizing — Present participle of dumbsize.
- dzerzhinsk — a city in the central Russian Federation in Europe, W of Nizhni Novgorod.
- easternize — (usually initial capital letter) to influence with ideas, customs, etc., characteristic of eastern Asia.
- economizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of economize.
- eczematous — an inflammatory condition of the skin attended with itching and the exudation of serous matter.
- egas moniz — Antonio Caetanio de Abreu Freire. 1874–1955, Portuguese neurologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1949) with Walter Hess for their development of prefrontal leucotomy
- elasticize — (US) To make with elastic, by attaching elastic bands, so it adjust in size and remains snug. Usually done to clothing.
- emberizids — Plural form of emberizid.
- embezzlers — Plural form of embezzler.
- empathizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empathize.
- emphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of emphasize.
- emphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emphasize.
- episcopize — to make, rule as, or perform the duties of a bishop
- epistolize — To write epistles.
- epitomizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of epitomize.
- epizootics — Plural form of epizootic.
- equalizers — Plural form of equalizer.
- euphemizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of euphemize.
- euthanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of euthanize.
- exoenzymes — Plural form of exoenzyme.
- factorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factorize.
- fair-sized — quite big
- fantasized — Simple past tense and past participle of fantasize.
- fantasizer — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- fantasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fantasize.
- fascistize — to make fascist; convert to fascism or a fascist philosophy or methods.
- fertilizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fertilize.
- fetishized — Simple past tense and past participle of fetishize.