9-letter words that end in ze
- peptonize — to subject (food) to an artificial, partial digestion by pepsin or pancreatic extract in order to aid digestion.
- periodize — to divide (a portion of time) into periods
- photolyze — to break down molecules with light.
- picturize — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pidginize — to develop (a language) into a pidgin.
- pillorize — to pillory (someone or something)
- pint-size — comparatively small in size: a pint-size typewriter.
- platinize — to coat or plate with metallic platinum.
- platonize — to follow or adopt the doctrines of Plato.
- pluralize — to express in the plural form; make plural: to pluralize a noun.
- plus size — an extra-large size category of clothing, especially for women.
- plus-size — an extra-large size category of clothing, especially for women.
- podsolize — to make into podsol.
- podzolize — to make into or form a podzol
- poeticize — to make (thoughts, feelings, etc.) poetic; express in poetry.
- pollinize — pollinate.
- posterize — to humiliate (a sporting opponent) by performing a dramatic feat against them
- posturize — to posture; pose.
- potentize — to make more potent, esp. a drug
- powellize — to preserve (wood) by boiling it in a sugar solution, as done first by W Powell of Liverpool; also, to preserve (wood) by treating it with arsenic, as marketed by N. S. W. Powell Wood Process Ltd.
- preconize — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- prefreeze — to freeze beforehand
- prelatize — to advocate or bring under the authority of prelacy
- privatize — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- prologize — to perform or introduce by means of a prologue
- publicize — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- puh-leeze — a humorous spelling of the emphatic pronunciation of please, suggesting the speaker's exasperation
- pulverize — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- racialize — to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.
- radialize — to arrange in or form a radial pattern
- randomize — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.
- rapturize — to go into ecstasies or raptures
- rasterize — to convert into pixels for screen output; convert into a raster image
- rebaptize — to baptize again
- recognize — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reoxidize — to oxidize again
- reutilize — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- rhetorize — to make use of rhetoric
- rhodanize — to plate with rhodium
- rhotacize — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- rhythmize — to make rhythmic, to add rhythm to something
- rightsize — to adjust to an appropriate size: Layoffs will be necessary to rightsize our workforce.
- ritualize — to practice ritualism.
- routinize — to develop into a regular procedure.
- rubberize — to coat or impregnate with rubber or some preparation of it.
- ruggedize — to construct (electronic equipment, cameras, and other delicate instruments) so as to be resistant to shock, vibration, etc.
- rusticize — to make rustic
- sabbatize — to keep the Sabbath.
- sacralize — to make sacred; imbue with sacred character, especially through ritualized devotion: a society that sacralized science.
- saltglaze — having a salt glaze.