9-letter words containing z
- carbazole — a colourless insoluble solid obtained from coal tar and used in the production of some dyes. Formula: C12H9N
- carbolize — to treat or sterilize with phenol
- carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
- carburize — to increase the carbon content of (the surface of a low-carbon steel) so that the surface can be hardened by heat treatment
- carmelize — (US) Alternative form of caramelize.
- carnalize — to sensualise
- carstensz — Mount Djaja Peak
- cartelize — to form or be formed into a cartel
- casualize — If a business casualizes its employees or casualizes their labour, it replaces employees with permanent contracts and full rights with employees with temporary contracts and few rights.
- catalyzed — to act upon by catalysis.
- catalyzer — That which catalyzes.
- catalyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalyze.
- catanzaro — a city in S Italy, in Calabria. Pop: 95 251 (2001)
- catechize — to teach or examine by means of questions and answers
- catharize — to purify or make clean
- cauterize — If a doctor cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected.
- chabazite — a pink, white, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium, sodium, potassium, and aluminium in hexagonal crystalline form. Formula: Ca2Al2Si4O12.6H2O
- chalazion — a small cyst on the eyelid resulting from chronic inflammation of a meibomian gland
- chalutzim — halutz.
- changzhou — a city in E China, in S Jiangsu province, on the Grand Canal: also known as Wutsin until 1949, when the 7th-century name was officially readopted. Pop: 2 085 500 (2004 est)
- chardzhou — a city in E Turkmenistan, on the Amu Darya.
- chastized — Simple past tense and past participle of chastize.
- chernozem — a black soil, rich in humus and carbonates, in cool or temperate semiarid regions, as the grasslands of Russia
- chiarezza — clarity
- chorizont — a person who challenges the authorship of a work
- cicatrize — (of a wound or defect in tissue) to close or be closed by scar formation; heal
- citizenly — Pertaining to citizens.
- citizenry — The people living in a country, state, or city can be referred to as the citizenry.
- civilized — If you describe a society as civilized, you mean that it is advanced and has sensible laws and customs.
- civilizer — to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state; make civil; elevate in social and private life; enlighten; refine: Rome civilized the barbarians.
- civilizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of civilize.
- climatize — to acclimate to a new environment.
- cliticize — to pronounce as part of a following or preceding word
- clozapine — a sedative used to treat schizophrenia
- cocainize — to anaesthetize with cocaine
- cocozelle — a variety of squash
- coenzymes — Plural form of coenzyme.
- cognizant — If someone is cognizant of something, they are aware of it or understand it.
- cognizing — Present participle of cognize.
- colonized — (of a territory) settled as a colony
- colonizer — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- colorized — A colorized film is an old black and white film which has had colour added to it using a special technique.
- colorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of colorize.
- colourize — to add colour electronically to (an old black-and-white film)
- colza oil — the oil obtained from the seeds of the rape plant and used in making lubricants and synthetic rubber
- commonize — To make similar or common.
- communize — to make (property) public; nationalize
- compazine — a tranquilizing drug, C28H32ClN3O8S, used to control serious nausea or vomiting and to reduce anxiety
- comprized — comprise.
- confuzzle — (neologism, cute, childish) The state of confusion and/or being puzzled.