9-letter words containing zo
- kalamazoo — a city in SW Michigan.
- letrozole — an anti-oestrogen drug used in the treatment of breast cancer in post-menopausal women
- life zone — a geographic region characterized by a distinct set of animals and plants.
- mazopathy — mazopathia.
- merozoite — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a schizont that parasitizes a red blood cell in the host.
- mestizoes — Plural form of mestizo.
- metazoans — Plural form of metazoan.
- mezzotint — a method of engraving on copper or steel by burnishing or scraping away a uniformly roughened surface.
- microzoon — a microscopic animal, especially a protozoan.
- midazolam — (medicine) A benzodiazepine drug that has anxiolytic, amnestic, hypnotic and anticonvulsant activity.
- mizoguchi — Kenji (ˈkɛndʒɪ). 1898–1956, Japanese film director. His films include A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring (1925), Woman of Osaka (1940), and Ugetsu Monogatari (1952)
- mizzonite — a mineral that is a type of scapolite and that contains a high concentration of calcium
- monzonite — any of a group of granular igneous rocks having approximately equal amounts of orthoclase and plagioclase feldspar, intermediate in composition between syenite and diorite.
- multizone — Of or pertaining to more than one zone.
- o horizon — the layer of loose leaves and organic debris at the surface of soil.
- ozocerite — a waxlike mineral resin; mineral wax.
- ozonation — the act or instance of ozonating
- ozostomia — bad breath; halitosis.
- paleozoic — noting or pertaining to an era occurring between 570 million and 230 million years ago, characterized by the advent of fish, insects, and reptiles.
- panzootic — a disease that affects all the animals in a geographical area
- paparazzo — a freelance photographer, especially one who takes candid pictures of celebrities for publication.
- pavonazzo — a type of veined (usually red) Italian marble
- podzolize — to make into or form a podzol
- polyzoary — a colony of bryozoan animals
- polyzonal — having many zones
- polyzooid — composed of a colony of zooids
- pozzolana — a porous variety of volcanic tuff or ash used in making hydraulic cement.
- protozoal — relating to protozoans
- protozoan — any of a diverse group of eukaryotes, of the kingdom Protista, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.
- protozoic — containing remains of the Earth's earliest life forms
- protozoon — protozoan.
- puzzolana — pozzolana.
- quartzose — one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO 2 , having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony, jasper, etc.) or in crystals (as rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, etc.): the chief constituent of sand and sandstone, and an important constituent of many other rocks. It is piezoelectric and used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters.
- r horizon — bedrock immediately underlying layers of soil.
- razor cut — a fluffy hairstyle, usually tapering at the neck, trimmed by a razor
- razorable — able to be shaved
- razorback — a finback or rorqual.
- razorbill — a common auk, Alca torda, of the North Atlantic, having a thick laterally compressed bill with white markings
- razorclam — type of mollusc with a long, narrow shell
- razorfish — any of several wrasses of the genus Hemipteronatus having a compressed, sharp-edged head, as H. novacula (pearly razorfish) of the West Indies and the Mediterranean Sea.
- rhizobial — of or relating to rhizobium
- rhizobium — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, found as symbiotic nitrogen fixers in nodules on the roots of the bean, clover, etc.
- rhizocarp — a plant that fruits underground or whose root remains intact while the leaves die off annually
- rhizocaul — a rootlike stem or stalk
- rhizopods — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
- rhizotomy — the surgical section or cutting of the spinal nerve roots, usually posterior or sensory roots, to eliminate pain.
- rift zone — a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.
- ruwenzori — a mountain group in central Africa between Lake Albert and Lake Edward: sometimes identified with Ptolemy's “Mountains of the Moon.” Highest peak, Mt. Ngaliema (Stanley), with two summits: Mt. Margherita, 16,795 feet (5119 meters), and Mt. Alexandra, 16,726 feet (5098 meters).
- saprozoic — (of animals or plants) feeding on dead organic matter
- scazontic — relating to or consisting of scazons