11-letter words containing az
- hydralazine — a white crystalline powder, C 8 H 8 N 4 , that dilates blood vessels and is used in the treatment of hypertension.
- jazz ballet — ballet danced to jazz music
- jazz singer — a singer whose vocal technique is similar to that of a musical instrument, and whose singing has a strong jazz feeling, chiefly imparted through phrasing, melodic improvisation, and rhythmic subtlety.
- jazz-fusion — jazz-rock.
- kazantzakis — Nikos [nee-kaws] /ˈni kɔs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1957, Greek poet and novelist.
- lazar house — (formerly) a hospital for persons with infectious diseases, esp leprosy
- laze around — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
- like blazes — with furious energy, speed, etc.
- mebendazole — an anthelmintic substance, C 1 6 H 1 3 N 3 O 3 , used for treating parasitic worm infestations.
- methimazole — a white crystalline substance, C 4 H 6 N 2 S, that inhibits thyroxin synthesis, used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism.
- mirtazapine — (medicine) A tetracyclic antidepressant drug.
- modern jazz — any of various styles of jazz that have evolved since the early 1940s and are marked generally by harmonic and rhythmic complexity, emphasis on chord progressions rather than melody, a tendency to draw on classical forms and styles, and eclectic, allusive melodic tags in improvisation. Also called progressive jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, hard bop.
- naphazoline — 2-(1-naphthylmethyl)-2-imidazoline hydrochloride, a sympathomimetic agent used as a vasoconstrictor.
- nazca plate — a tectonic division of the earth's crust, coincident with the suboceanic Peru Basin, and bounded on the north by the Cocos Plate, separated from the South American Plate by the Peru-Chile Trench, from the Pacific Plate by the East Pacific Rise, and from the Antarctic Plate by the Chile Rise.
- nyiregyhaza — a city in NE Hungary.
- outdazzling — Present participle of outdazzles.
- overgrazing — to graze (land) to excess.
- pentazocine — a synthetic narcotic analgesic, C 1 9 H 2 7 NO, used chiefly for the relief of moderate to severe pain.
- plaza lasso — Galo [gah-law] /ˈgɑ lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–87, Ecuadorian statesman and diplomat, born in the U.S.: president 1948–52.
- public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
- quinazoline — a colorless, crystalline, heterocyclic compound, C 8 H 6 N 2 .
- razor blade — a sharp-edged metal blade for use in a razor.
- razor shell — any of various sand-burrowing bivalve molluscs of the genera Ensis and Solen, which have a long tubular shell
- 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).
- sea of azov — a shallow arm of the Black Sea, to which it is connected by the Kerch Strait: almost entirely landlocked; fed chiefly by the River Don. Area: about 37 500 sq km (14 500 sq miles)
- sheherazade — a legendary Persian queen who is a character in (and the storyteller of) 'One Thousand and One Nights'
- smoky topaz — smoky quartz used as a gemstone: not a true topaz.
- st. nazaire — a seaport in W France, on the Loire estuary.
- star-gazing — Star-gazing is the activity of studying the stars as an astronomer or astrologer.
- superbazaar — (in India) a large department store or supermarket, esp one set up as a cooperative store by the government
- tetrazolium — a derivative of an acidic chemical compound
- trail-blaze — to blaze a trail through (a forest, wilderness, or the like) for others to follow.
- trailblazed — to blaze a trail through (a forest, wilderness, or the like) for others to follow.
- trailblazer — a person who blazes a trail for others to follow through unsettled country or wilderness; pathfinder.
- unhazardous — not hazardous
- uto-aztecan — an American Indian language family, widespread from Idaho to Central America and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific: this family includes Hopi, Ute, Shoshone, Comanche, Nahuatl, Papago, Pima, and other languages.
- vladikavkaz — an autonomous republic in S European Russia, in the N Caucasus. 3100 sq. mi. (8029 sq. km) Capital: Vladikavkaz.
- witch hazel — a shrub, Hamamelis virginiana, of eastern North America, having toothed, egg-shaped leaves and small, yellow flowers. Compare witch hazel family.