10-letter words that end in ize
- pasteurize — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- patrialize — to give a legal right to enter and stay in a country
- penelopize — to act or behave like Penelope, the wife of Odysseus
- peroxidize — to (cause to) become a peroxide
- phantasize — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- pilgrimize — to go on a pilgrimage
- plagiarize — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plasticize — to make or become plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- polemicize — to practice the art of disputation; to engage in polemics or controversy.
- politicize — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.
- polygamize — to practise polygamy
- polymerize — to subject to polymerization.
- popularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- porphyrize — to subject to porphyrization.
- pragmatize — to act or view matters pragmatically
- precognize — to know or cognize in advance; to have prior cognizance of (something)
- pressurize — to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level: to pressurize an astronaut's spacesuit before a walk in space.
- prioritize — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- proctorize — to exercise the power of a proctor over
- prologuize — to compose or deliver a prologue.
- psalmodize — to sing psalms
- puritanize — to (cause to) behave like a puritan
- queen-size — (of a bed) larger than a double bed, but smaller than king-size, usually 60 inches (152 cm) wide and 80 inches (203 cm) long.
- radicalize — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
- re-baptize — to baptize (someone) again
- recanalize — to provide (an area, etc) with a canal or canals again
- recolonize — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- regularize — to make regular.
- rehumanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- rejuvenize — to rejuvenate.
- relativize — to regard as or make relative.
- rememorize — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- remobilize — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- remonetize — to restore to use as legal tender: to remonetize silver.
- remoralize — to instil with morals again; make moral again
- reorganize — arrange differently
- repolarize — to polarize again or become polarized again
- revalorize — to change the valuation of (assets)
- revitalize — to give new life to.
- rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
- russianize — to make Russian; impart Russian characteristics to.
- saccharize — to convert into sugar; saccharify.
- scandalize — to shock or horrify by something considered immoral or improper.
- schematize — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
- sclerotize — to harden and darken (an insect's cuticle)
- scrutinize — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- sectionize — to form or divide into sections
- secularize — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- securitize — to reduce the risk of (a loan) by the use of such securities as eurobonds
- segmentize — to segmentalize.