8-letter words that end in ze
- kamikaze — (during World War II) a member of a special corps in the Japanese air force charged with the suicidal mission of crashing an aircraft laden with explosives into an enemy target, especially a warship.
- katalyze — catalyze.
- kiamusze — Jiamusi.
- labilize — to cause to become labile.
- lap-size — of a size to fit the lap: a lap-size chessboard.
- laterize — to develop into a laterite
- latinize — to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
- legalize — to make legal; authorize.
- localize — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- logicize — to make logical; give logical form to: to logicize a sequence of events.
- lyricize — to write lyrics.
- macarize — To congratulate.
- 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).
- outblaze — to blaze more than or hotter than
- 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
- paralyze — to affect with paralysis.
- 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.