8-letter words containing z
- defreeze — the process of unfreezing
- defrozen — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
- deglazed — Simple past tense and past participle of deglaze.
- deionize — to remove ions from (water) by the use of cation and anion exchangers
- demonize — If people demonize someone, they convince themselves that that person is evil.
- denazify — to free or declare (people, institutions, etc) freed from Nazi influence or ideology
- denizens — Plural form of denizen.
- deputize — If you deputize for someone, you do something on their behalf, for example attend a meeting.
- deratize — to carry out the deratization of.
- deutzias — Plural form of deutzia.
- devilize — (transitive) To represent as a devil.
- dialyzed — to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
- dialyzer — an apparatus for dialyzing, esp. one used as an artificial kidney
- dialyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dialyze.
- diarized — Simple past tense and past participle of diarize.
- diazepam — a chemical compound used as a minor tranquillizer and muscle relaxant and to treat acute epilepsy. Formula: C16H13ClN2O
- diazines — Plural form of diazine.
- diazinon — a type of strong insecticide
- diazoles — Plural form of diazole.
- digitize — to convert (data) to digital form for use in a computer.
- dimerize — Combine with a similar molecule to form a dimer.
- disprize — to hold in small esteem; disdain.
- disseize — to deprive (a person) of seizin, or of the possession, of a freehold interest in land, especially wrongfully or by force; oust.
- ditziest — Superlative form of ditzy.
- divinize — to make divine; deify.
- dizening — Present participle of dizen.
- dizygous — Dizygotic.
- dizzards — Plural form of dizzard.
- dizziest — Superlative form of dizzy.
- dizzying — having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.
- douzaine — a bet in roulette on 12 numbers simultaneously so as to share in any that win.
- douzeper — a member of the douzepers
- douzieme — (in Swiss watchmaking) the 12th part of a ligne, used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- downsize — company: make redundancies
- downzone — to change the zoning designation on (property) to restrict high-density development.
- doze off — to sleep lightly or fitfully.
- doziness — The state of being dozy.
- drizzled — Simple past tense and past participle of drizzle.
- drizzles — Plural form of drizzle.
- dropzone — The location at which troops or supplies are dropped, usually by parachute.
- dumbsize — (informal) To reduce the number of employees in a business without regard to organizational efficiency, such that its operations become unprofitable or inefficient.
- dynamize — Give power or energy to; make dynamic.
- dzhambul — a city in S Kazakhstan, NE of Chimkent.
- ebenezer — a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “stone of help.”.
- ebionize — to take up or follow the teachings and beliefs of the Ebionites
- ebonized — Simple past tense and past participle of ebonize.
- ectozoan — ectozoon.
- ectozoic — (of a parasitic animal) living on the surface of its host.
- ectozoon — any animal parasite, as the louse, that lives on the surface of its host (opposed to entozoon).
- elegized — Simple past tense and past participle of elegize.