9-letter words containing z
- apprizing — Present participle of apprize.
- arabicize — to make or become Arab
- arborized — Simple past tense and past participle of arborize.
- archaized — Simple past tense and past participle of archaize.
- archaizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archaize.
- arid zone — either of the zones of latitude 15–30° N and S characterized by very low rainfall and desert or semidesert terrain
- aromatize — to make aromatic
- ashkenazi — of or relating to the Jews of Germany and E Europe
- ashkenazy — Vladimir. born 1937, Soviet-born Icelandic pianist and conductor
- at hazard — at risk; in danger
- atomizers — Plural form of atomizer.
- atomizing — Present participle of atomize.
- aurangzeb — 1618–1707, Mogul emperor of Hindustan (1658–1707), whose reign marked both the height of Mogul prosperity and the decline of its power through the revolts of the Marathas
- aurungzeb — Aurangzeb
- auschwitz — an industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Pop: 40 686 (2007 est)
- authorize — If someone in a position of authority authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.
- automized — Simple past tense and past participle of automize.
- avizandum — a judge's or court's decision to consider a case privately before giving judgment
- azedarach — the astringent bark of the chinaberry tree, formerly used as an emetic and cathartic
- azederach — Alternative spelling of azedarach.
- azeotrope — a mixture of liquids that boils at a constant temperature, at a given pressure, without change of composition
- azeotropy — the existence of azeotropes
- azimuthal — Astronomy, Navigation. the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon.
- azine dye — any of various dyes derived from phenazine, used chiefly for dyeing wood, leather, and textiles.
- azo group — the bivalent group −N=N− united to two aromatic groups, as in azobenzene.
- azoic dye — any of a group of brilliant, long-lasting azo dyes, formed on the fiber by coupling diazotized materials, used chiefly for printing on cotton.
- azotizing — Present participle of azotize.
- aztreonam — A synthetic monobactam originally isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum, similar in action to penicillin.
- azureness — The quality of being azure in colour.
- b horizon — the layer of a soil profile immediately below the A horizon, containing deposits of leached material
- babelized — reduced to complete confusion or meaninglessness.
- bacterize — to subject to bacterial action
- balkanize — to divide (a territory) into small warring states
- balladize — to make (something) into a ballad; write a ballad about.
- balthazar — a wine bottle holding the equivalent of sixteen normal bottles (approximately 12 litres)
- balzarine — a light cotton and wool fabric used for dress-making
- bamboozle — To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
- banalized — to render or make banal; trivialize: Television has often been accused of banalizing even the most serious subjects.
- baptizand — A person about to submit to baptism.
- baptizing — Present participle of baptize.
- barbarize — to make or become barbarous
- bartizans — Plural form of bartizan.
- bazillion — a very large, indefinite number
- bedazzled — If you are bedazzled by someone or something, you are so amazed and impressed by them that you feel confused.
- bedazzles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedazzle.
- bedizened — Dressed up or decorated gaudily.
- beelzebub — a god of the Philistines (2 Kings 1:2)
- benzamine — eucaine.
- benzenoid — similar to benzene
- benzidine — a grey or reddish poisonous crystalline powder that is used mainly in the manufacture of dyes, esp Congo red. Formula: NH2(C6H4)2NH2