8-letter words containing ize
- realized — to grasp or understand clearly.
- regulize — to separate (ore) into regulus and pure metal
- resinize — to apply resin to
- rigidize — to make rigid, as through special processing or the addition of chemicals, plastics, etc.: rigidized aluminum.
- rivalize — to become a rival
- robotize — to turn (someone) into a robot.
- romanize — to make Roman Catholic.
- royalize — make royal
- ruralize — to make rural.
- salinize — to treat with salt or render saline.
- sanitize — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- satirize — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- seize on — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- seize up — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- similize — to liken or compare
- simonize — to shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax: to simonize an automobile.
- sinicize — to make Chinese in character or bring under Chinese influence.
- sirenize — to allure, esp by melodious singing
- sironize — to treat (a woollen fabric) chemically to prevent it wrinkling after being washed
- sizeable — of considerable size; fairly large: He inherited a sizable fortune.
- sizeably — sizable.
- soberize — to make sober.
- sodomize — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- solarize — Photography. to reverse (an image) partially, as from negative to positive, by exposure to light during development.
- solecize — to commit a solecism
- sororize — to socialize in a sisterly way
- stylized — to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.
- suberize — to convert into cork tissue.
- subitize — to perceive at a glance the number of items presented, the limit for humans being about seven.
- tetanize — to induce tetanus in (a muscle).
- theorize — to form a theory or theories.
- totalize — to make total; combine into a total.
- tutorize — to tutor or instruct (a person)
- uni-size — made to fit all sizes, types, weights, etc., within the ordinary range: unisize swimming trunks.
- unionize — to form into a union.
- unitizer — a person or thing that arranges units into batches
- unprized — not treasured or valued
- unseized — not seized
- urbanize — to make or cause to become urban, as a locality.
- utilizer — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- utilizes — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- valorize — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- vaporize — to cause to change into vapor.
- velarize — to pronounce with velar articulation.
- virilize — (of medicines, drugs, etc) to cause male characteristics such as a deep voice and facial hair to appear in (a female); to masculinize
- vitalize — to give life to; make vital.
- vocalize — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- volumize — to include in a volume
- vowelize — to provide (a Hebrew, Arabic, etc., text) with vowel points; vocalize.
- wizening — Present participle of wizen.