9-letter words containing z
- benzoline — unpurified benzene
- berezniki — a city in E Russia: chemical industries. Pop: 169 000 (2005 est)
- berzelius — Baron Jöns Jakob (ˈjœns ˈjɑːkɔp). 1779–1848, Swedish chemist, who invented the present system of chemical symbols and formulas, discovered several elements, and determined the atomic and molecular weight of many substances
- bezoardic — relating to bezoar
- bilharzia — schistosome
- biohazard — material of biological origin that is hazardous to humans
- bite-size — small enough to fit in the mouth or be consumed in one or two bites: bite-size candies.
- bizarrely — markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange; odd: bizarre clothing; bizarre behavior. Synonyms: weird, freakish, grotesque; fantastic; unusual, strange, odd.
- blazingly — in a blazing manner
- blitz can — Military. jerry can (def 1).
- blitz-can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
- blizzardy — characterized by blizzards, or resembling a blizzard
- boghazkoy — a village in N central Turkey: site of the ancient Hittite city of Hattusas.
- boltzmann — Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1844–1906, Austrian physicist. He established the principle of the equipartition of energy and developed the kinetic theory of gases with J. C. Maxwell
- bombazeen — a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.
- bombazine — a twilled fabric, esp one with a silk warp and worsted weft, formerly worn dyed black for mourning
- bonderize — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
- booze bus — a mobile police unit used to conduct drug and alcohol tests on drivers
- booze hag — a girl or woman who drinks to excess
- boozed-up — intoxicated; drunk
- botanizer — a person who botanizes
- brazeless — seamless
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- brazilein — a red crystalline solid obtained by the oxidation of brazilin and used as a dye. Formula: C16H12O5
- brazilian — Brazilian means belonging or relating to Brazil, or to its people or culture.
- breeze in — a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
- breezeway — a roofed passageway connecting two buildings, sometimes with the sides enclosed
- brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- bulldozer — A bulldozer is a large vehicle with a broad metal blade at the front, which is used for knocking down buildings or moving large amounts of earth.
- bumfuzzle — to confuse
- buthelezi — Mangosouthu Gatsha (ˌmæŋɡəʊˈsuːtuː ˈɡætʃə), known as Chief Buthelezi. born 1928, Zulu leader, chief minister of the KwaZulu territory of South Africa from 1970 until its abolition in 1994; founder of the Inkatha movement and advocate of Zulu autonomy; minister of home affairs (1994–2004)
- buzz bomb — a robot bomb, esp. as used against England by Germany in WWII
- buzz term — buzzword.
- buzz word — a word, often originating in a particular jargon, that becomes a vogue word in the community as a whole or among a particular group
- buzzingly — in a buzzing manner
- bydgoszcz — an industrial city and port in N Poland: under Prussian rule from 1772 to 1919. Pop: 579 000 (2005 est)
- byzantine — Byzantine means related to or connected with the Byzantine Empire.
- byzantium — an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus: founded about 660 bc; rebuilt by Constantine I in 330 ad and called Constantinople; present-day Istanbul
- c horizon — the layer of a soil profile immediately below the B horizon and above the bedrock, composed of weathered rock little affected by soil-forming processes
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- canalized — Simple past tense and past participle of canalize.
- canalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canalize.
- canonized — Made part of the canon, made official.
- canonizer — a person who canonizes
- canonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canonize.
- cantonize — to divide into cantons
- canzonets — Plural form of canzonet.
- caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
- capsizing — Present participle of capsize.
- capsulize — to state (information) in a highly condensed form