11-letter words containing z
- razor-edged — having an extremely sharp edge or blade
- razor-sharp — blade, etc.: dangerously sharp
- razzamatazz — Razzamatazz is the same as razzmatazz.
- razzberries — raspberry (def 4).
- re-energize — to give energy to; rouse into activity: to energize the spirit with brave words.
- realization — the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.
- reauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- recarburize — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
- recognizing — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reemphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- reflexivize — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
- regionalize — to divide or organize into regions for administrative purposes
- rehypnotize — to hypnotize again
- rejuvenized — to rejuvenate.
- religionize — to be devoted to or bring under the influence of religion
- renormalize — to normalize again, to cause to conform to norms or a normal state again
- reorganizer — a person who reorganizes
- repatronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- reprivatize — to restore to private control; remove from governmental jurisdiction.
- resensitize — to render sensitive.
- resocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- restabilize — to stabilize again
- revisualize — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- revitalized — restored; active again
- rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.
- rhizoctonia — any of various soil-inhabiting fungi of the genus Rhizoctonia, some species of which are destructive to cultivated plants, causing damping off of seedlings, foliage blight, root and stem cankers, and rot of storage organs.
- rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
- rhizosphere — the area of soil that surrounds the roots of a plant and is altered by the plant's root growth, nutrients, respiration, etc.
- riesz space — a topological space in which sets containing one point are closed.
- rightsizing — to adjust to an appropriate size: Layoffs will be necessary to rightsize our workforce.
- roentgenize — to subject to the action of x-rays.
- romanticize — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- rose quartz — a rose-red to pink variety of crystalline quartz usually found in massive form and used as a gem or ornamental stone.
- rostovtzeff — Michael Ivanovich [mahy-kuh l i-vah-nuh-vich] /ˈmaɪ kəl ɪˈvɑ nə vɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1870–1952, U.S. historian, born in Russia.
- safety fuze — a long tube attached to a detonator or percussion cap and filled with a powder that burns slowly when ignited.
- safety zone — A safety zone is a place in the middle of a road crossing where you can wait before you cross the other half of the road.
- san lorenzo — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- sand lizard — a common lizard, Lacerta agilis, of Europe and central Asia.
- satellitize — to introduce satellite technology into (meteorology, broadcasting, etc)
- satirizable — able to be satirized or ridiculed
- schillerize — to give a schiller to (a crystal) by developing microscopic inclusions along certain planes.
- schismatize — to take part in a schism.
- schizanthus — any of several plants of the genus Schizanthus, native to Chile, having numerous variously colored flowers resembling small orchids.
- schizogenic — reproducing or formed by fission.
- schizogonic — relating to schizogony
- schizophyte — any of the Schizophyta, a group of organisms comprising the schizomycetes and the schizophyceous algae, characterized by a simple structure and reproduction by simple fission or spores.
- schizopodal — pertaining to a split-foot or appendage
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- schwarzwald — a wooded mountain region in SW Germany. Highest peak, Feldberg, 4905 feet (1495 meters).