8-letter words containing z
- aryanize — (in Nazi ideology) to purge (politics and society) of all non-Aryan elements or people; make characteristically Aryan
- ashkenaz — a son of Gomer and grandson of Japheth. Gen 10:1–3; I Chron. 1:6.
- athetize — to reject as not genuine
- atomized — Simple past tense and past participle of atomize.
- atomizer — a device for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, such as the nozzle used to feed oil into a furnace or an enclosed bottle with a fine outlet used to spray perfumes or medicines
- atomizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of atomize.
- atrazine — a white crystalline compound widely used as a weedkiller. Formula: C8H14N5Cl
- atticize — to conform or adapt to the Attic Greek style of expression, habits, and beliefs
- autolyze — to affect with or undergo autolysis
- automize — To automate or automatize.
- autozero — Autozeroing.
- avenzoar — 1091?–1162, Arab physician and writer in Spain: founder of Almohad dynasty.
- avianize — to modify microorganisms by repeated culturing in chicken embryos
- awfulize — (psychotherapy) To react dramatically or catastrophically to distressing events.
- az-zarqa — Zarqa.
- azimuths — Plural form of azimuth.
- azoimide — hydrazoic acid.
- azotemia — the accumulation of nitrogenous substances in the blood, resulting from failure of the kidneys to remove them
- azotemic — the accumulation of abnormally large amounts of nitrogenous waste products in the blood, as in uremic poisoning.
- azotized — Simple past tense and past participle of azotize.
- azoturia — the condition of having excess nitrogen in the urine
- azureous — (zoology) of a fine blue color; azure.
- babelize — to make a confusion of (customs, languages, usages, etc.); cause to be mixed or unintelligible; confound.
- banalize — to make banal
- baptized — Simple past tense and past participle of baptize.
- baptizer — someone who baptises
- baptizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptize.
- barometz — a type of Asian fern, Cibotium barometz, the woolly rhizoma of which is thought to resemble a lamb
- baronize — to make or create (someone) a baron; confer the rank of baron upon.
- bartizan — a small turret projecting from a wall, parapet, or tower
- baziotes — William, 1912–63, U.S. painter.
- bazookas — Plural form of bazooka.
- bedazzle — to dazzle or confuse, as with brilliance
- bedizens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedizen.
- belizean — of or relating to Belize or its inhabitants
- bemuzzle — to put a muzzle on
- benghazi — a port in N Libya, on the Gulf of Sidra: centre of Italian colonization (1911–42); scene of much fighting in World War II. Pop: 1 080 500 (2002 est)
- benzoate — any salt or ester of benzoic acid, containing the group C6H5COO– or the ion C6H5COO–
- benzylic — relating to benzyl
- berezina — a river in Belarus, rising in the north and flowing south to the River Dnieper: linked with the River Dvina and the Baltic Sea by the Berezina Canal. Length: 563 km (350 miles)
- betazole — a substance, C 5 H 9 N 3 , used in medicine to stimulate gastric secretion.
- bezaleel — the chief architect of the tabernacle. Ex. 31:1–11.
- bezonian — a knave or rascal
- biarritz — a town in SW France, on the Bay of Biscay: famous resort, patronized by Napoleon III and by Queen Victoria and Edward VII of Great Britain and Ireland. Pop: 27 398 (2006)
- blazoned — to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim: The pickets blazoned their grievances on placards.
- blazonry — the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form
- blitzing — Military. an overwhelming all-out attack, especially a swift ground attack using armored units and air support. an intensive aerial bombing.
- blizzard — A blizzard is a very heavy snowstorm with strong winds.
- bodanzky — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1877–1939, Austrian opera director and orchestra conductor: in the U.S. after 1915.
- boğazköy — a village in central Asia Minor: site of the ancient Hittite capital