7-letter words containing ize
- kyanize — to treat (wood) against decay with a solution of mercuric chloride.
- laicize — to remove the clerical character or nature of; secularize: to laicize a school; to laicize the office of headmaster.
- lairize — to show off or act like a lair
- lionize — to treat (a person) as a celebrity: to lionize the visiting poet.
- metrize — to find a metric for (a topological space for which the metric topology is the given topology).
- midsize — Of an average size; intermediate in size between large and small.
- netizen — (sometimes initial capital letter) a user of the Internet, often one who is actively engaged in uncensored online discussions of political and social issues: Chinese netizens who post their messages using pseudonyms.
- obelize — to mark (a word or passage) with an obelus.
- odorize — to make odorous; add scent to: to odorize natural gas to make leaks detectable.
- opalize — To convert into a form of opal or chalcedony, especially to convert wood into such a fossilized form.
- outsize — an uncommon or irregular size, especially one larger than average.
- ovalize — Of a circle, to become stretched out in one direction, thereby becoming an oval.
- oxidize — to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
- ozonize — to impregnate or treat with ozone.
- pectize — to change into a jelly; gel
- peptize — to disperse (a substance) into colloidal form, usually in a liquid.
- poetize — to write poetry.
- realize — to grasp or understand clearly.
- reseize — to seize or take hold of again
- size up — the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything: the size of a farm; the size of the fish you caught.
- size-up — an appraisal or estimation, especially as the result of sizing up: asking for a size-up of the new office equipment.
- sizeism — discrimination on the basis of a person's size, esp against people considered to be overweight
- sizeist — discriminating on the basis of a person's size, esp against people considered to be overweight
- stylize — to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize.
- uberize — to subject (an industry) to a business model in which services are offered on demand through direct contact between a customer and a supplier, usually via mobile technology
- unisize — made to fit all sizes, types, weights, etc., within the ordinary range: unisize swimming trunks.
- unitize — to form or combine into one unit, as by welding parts together: a car with a unitized body.
- unsized — having size as specified (often used in combination): middle-sized.
- utilize — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- wizened — wizened.
- zeroize — (nonstandard) To set, reset or initialize something (especially a variable or parameter) to zero.