8-letter words that end in ize
- maderize — (wine) oxidize.
- maximize — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- melanize — To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.
- melodize — to make melodious.
- memorize — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- metalize — to make metallic; give the characteristics of metal to.
- mid-size — (of an automobile) being between a compact and a large car in size and having a combined passenger and luggage volume of 110–120 cu. ft. (3.1–3.4 m 3).
- minimize — to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- misprize — to despise; undervalue; slight; scorn.
- mobilize — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- modelize — (obsolete) To model.
- monetize — to legalize as money.
- moralize — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- motorize — to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
- nasalize — to pronounce as a nasal sound.
- nebulize — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- negroize — to cause to include black people or to have the qualities or characteristics of black people: efforts to Negroize the team.
- neronize — to characterize (a person) as resembling Nero.
- nodalize — to make something nodal or concentrated at a point
- nomadize — to live in the manner of a nomad.
- notarize — to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- novelize — to put into the form of a novel: He tried to novelize one of Shakespeare's plays.
- one-size — available in one size only that is designed to fit most people
- opsonize — to increase the susceptibility of (bacteria) to ingestion by phagocytes.
- optimize — to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
- organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- otherize — other (def 13).
- outprize — to prize more highly than or beyond the proper value of
- oversize — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
- paganize — to make pagan.
- papalize — to make papal or render Roman Catholic
- patinize — to coat with a patina
- pelorize — to affect with peloria.
- penalize — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- polarize — to cause polarization in.
- polemize — polemicize.
- polonize — to make Polish; cause or force to take on ways, customs, viewpoints, etc., that are characteristically Polish.
- ptyalize — to induce the flow of saliva
- pyritize — to convert into pyrites
- pyrolize — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- quantize — Mathematics, Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
- racemize — to change or cause to change into a racemic mixture
- regulize — to separate (ore) into regulus and pure metal
- resinize — to apply resin to
- rigidize — to make rigid, as through special processing or the addition of chemicals, plastics, etc.: rigidized aluminum.
- rivalize — to become a rival
- robotize — to turn (someone) into a robot.
- romanize — to make Roman Catholic.
- royalize — make royal
- ruralize — to make rural.