10-letter words containing z
- belshazzar — 6th century bc, the son of Nabonidus, coregent of Babylon with his father for eight years: referred to as king and son of Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament (Daniel 5:1, 17; 8:1); described as having received a divine message of doom written on a wall at a banquet (Belshazzar's Feast)
- benzedrine — amphetamine
- benzocaine — a white crystalline ester used as a local anaesthetic; ethyl para-aminobenzoate. Formula: C9H11NO2
- benzofuran — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C8H6O
- benzoylate — to introduce the benzoyl group into (an organic compound).
- berzerkley — Berzerkeley
- bestialize — to make bestial or brutal
- bez antler — bay antler
- bilharzial — relating to bilharzia
- bipolarize — to make bipolar
- bite-sized — Bite-sized pieces of food are small enough to fit easily in your mouth.
- bituminize — to treat with or convert into bitumen
- bizarrerie — the quality of being bizarre
- blaze away — to fire a gun rapidly a number of times
- blazonings — heraldic adornments
- blitzkrieg — A blitzkrieg is a fast and intense military attack that takes the enemy by surprise and is intended to achieve a very quick victory.
- blitzstein — Marc, 1905–64, U.S. composer.
- bolshevize — to bring into line with Communist ideology
- boozehound — a person who drinks excessive amounts of alcohol regularly
- boswellize — to write an account of in the detailed manner of Boswell.
- bowdlerize — To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it.
- brand nazi — a person who insists on buying one particular brand of clothing or other commodity
- brazen out — If you have done something wrong and you brazen it out, you behave confidently in order not to appear ashamed, even though you probably do feel ashamed.
- brazenness — shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
- brazil nut — a tropical South American tree, Bertholletia excelsa, producing large globular capsules, each containing several closely packed triangular nuts: family Lecythidaceae
- brazilwood — a hard, reddish wood obtained from several tropical American trees (genera Caesalpinia and Haematoxylon) of the caesalpinia family: it yields a red or blue dye and is also used in making cabinets and violin bows
- breezeless — without a breeze; windless
- bridezilla — a woman whose behaviour in planning the details of her wedding is regarded as intolerable
- bronze age — The Bronze Age was a period of time which began when people started making things from bronze about 4,000–6,000 years ago.
- buitenzorg — former Dutch name of Bogor.
- bumfreezer — any of various similar styles of short jacket worn by men
- burglarize — If a building is burglarized, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
- burnettize — to preserve (timber) with a solution of zinc chloride
- buzz about — to scurry about
- buzz along — a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
- canal zone — a former administrative region of the US, on the Isthmus of Panama around the Panama Canal: bordered on each side by the Republic of Panama, into which it was incorporated in 1979
- canalizing — Present participle of canalize.
- cannizzaro — Stanislao [stah-neez-lah-aw] /ˌstɑ nizˈlɑ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1826–1910, Italian chemist.
- canonizing — Present participle of canonize.
- cantonized — canton (def 7).
- canzonetta — a short cheerful or lively song, typically of the 16th to 18th centuries
- capitalize — If you capitalize on a situation, you use it to gain some advantage for yourself.
- caponizing — Present participle of caponize.
- capsizable — able to be capsized
- capsulized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulize.
- capsulizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capsulize.
- caramelize — If sugar caramelizes, it turns to caramel as a result of being heated.
- carbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of carbolize.
- carbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of carbonize.
- carbonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carbonize.