11-letter words with Z in the middle
Delve into the fascinating world of words where the letter Z is nestled in the middle. This section highlights the unique placement of Z in various words, illustrating how it contributes to their sound and meaning. From everyday language to more unusual terms, discover how Z in the middle shapes the essence of these words.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example | 
|---|---|---|---|
| apologizing | 24 | - | - | 
| specialized | 25 | developed or designed for a special activity or function | a specialized tool | 
| citizenship | 27 | conduct as a citizen | award for good citizenship | 
| criticizing | 25 | - | - | 
| traumatized | 23 | - | - | 
| recognizing | 24 | - | - | 
| realization | 20 | something that is made real or concrete | the victory was the realization of a whole year's work | 
| patronizing | 23 | (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension | - | 
| fantasizing | 24 | - | - | 
| mesmerizing | 25 | attracting and holding interest as if by a spell | the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing | 
| stabilizing | 23 | causing to become stable | the family is one of the great stabilizing elements in society | 
| terrorizing | 21 | - | - | 
| socializing | 23 | the act of meeting for social purposes | - | 
| synthesizer | 26 | (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments | - | 
| synchronize | 28 | cause to indicate the same time or rate | synchronize your watches | 
| uncivilized | 26 | without civilizing influences | fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient | 
| neutralized | 21 | made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics | - | 
| materialize | 22 | come into being; become reality | Her dream really materialized | 
| rationalize | 20 | weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | - | 
| pressurized | 23 | - | - | 
| jeopardized | 31 | - | - | 
| moisturizer | 22 | - | - | 
| immobilized | 27 | - | - | 
| tantalizing | 21 | arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach | a tantalizing taste of success | 
| demoralized | 24 | made less hopeful or enthusiastic | desperate demoralized people looking for work | 
| destabilize | 23 | become unstable | The economy destabilized rapidly | 
| categorized | 24 | arranged into categories | - | 
| accessorize | 24 | - | - | 
| overzealous | 23 | marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea | - | 
| centralized | 23 | drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority | centralized control of emergency relief efforts | 
| familiarize | 25 | make familiar or conversant with | We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings | 
| hospitalize | 25 | admit into a hospital | Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high | 
| symbolizing | 28 | the act of representing something with a symbol | - | 
| vandalizing | 25 | - | - | 
| tranquilize | 29 | make calm or still | - | 
| visualizing | 24 | - | - | 
| capitalized | 25 | - | - | 
| synthesized | 27 | - | - | 
| anesthetize | 23 | administer an anesthetic drug to | The patient must be anesthetized before the operation | 
| naturalized | 21 | planted so as to give an effect of wild growth | drifts of naturalized daffodils | 
| personalize | 22 | make personal or more personal | personalized service | 
| reorganized | 22 | organized again | a reorganized business | 
| hypnotizing | 29 | - | - | 
| immortalize | 24 | make famous forever | This melody immortalized its composer | 
| sympathizer | 30 | a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | - | 
| cannibalize | 24 | use parts of something to repair something else | - | 
| romanticize | 24 | interpret romantically | Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work! | 
| fertilizing | 24 | - | - | 
| plagiarized | 24 | copied and passed off as your own | used plagiarized data in his thesis | 
| harmonizing | 26 | - | - | 
| burglarized | 24 | - | - | 
| westernized | 24 | - | - | 
| antagonized | 22 | - | - | 
| politicized | 25 | - | - | 
| stigmatized | 24 | - | - | 
| internalize | 20 | incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal | internalize a belief | 
| unorganized | 22 | not affiliated in a trade union | the workers in the plant were unorganized | 
| caramelized | 25 | - | - | 
| demagnetize | 24 | make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | demagnetize the iron shavings | 
| criminalize | 24 | declare illegal; outlaw | Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S. | 
| revitalized | 24 | restored to new life and vigor | a revitalized economy | 
| sterilizing | 21 | - | - | 
| incognizant | 23 | (often followed by `of') not aware | - | 
| generalized | 22 | not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment | the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal | 
| trailblazer | 22 | someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art | - | 
| dramatizing | 24 | - | - | 
| emphasizing | 28 | the act of giving special importance or significance to something | - | 
| nationalize | 20 | put under state control or ownership | Mitterand nationalized the banks | 
| scandalized | 24 | - | - | 
| spermatozoa | 24 | - | - | 
| legitimized | 24 | - | - | 
| tenderizing | 22 | - | - | 
| victimizing | 28 | - | - | 
| alphabetize | 27 | arrange in alphabetical order | - | 
| pasteurized | 23 | having been subjected to pasteurization in order to halt fermentation | - | 
| militarized | 23 | issued military arms | - | 
| pulverizing | 26 | - | - | 
| standardize | 22 | cause to conform to standard or norm | The weights and measures were standardized | 
| haphazardly | 32 | without care; in a slapdash manner | - | 
| homogenized | 27 | formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance | - | 
| demobilized | 26 | - | - | 
| digitalized | 23 | - | - | 
| externalize | 27 | make external or objective, or give reality to | language externalizes our thoughts | 
| crystallize | 25 | make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | - | 
| overanalyze | 26 | - | - | 
| hypothesize | 31 | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | - | 
| marginalize | 23 | relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people | We must not marginalize the poor in our society | 
| stylization | 23 | the act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style | - | 
| cauterizing | 23 | - | - | 
| democratize | 25 | introduce democratic reforms; of nations | - | 
| desensitize | 21 | make insensitive | His military training desensitized him | 
| fraternized | 24 | - | - | 
| modernizing | 24 | - | - | 
| memorialize | 24 | address in a memorial | The President memorialized the heroes of the battle | 
| publicizing | 27 | the business of drawing public attention to goods and services | - | 
| proselytize | 25 | convert to another faith or religion | - | 
| reemphasize | 27 | - | - | 
| bastardized | 24 | deriving from more than one source or style | - | 
| channelized | 26 | - | - | 
| computerize | 26 | provide with computers | Our office is fully computerized now | 
| alcoholized | 26 | - | - | 
| agonizingly | 25 | in a very painful manner | the progress was agonizingly slow | 
| economizing | 25 | - | - | 
| mythologize | 29 | make into a myth | - | 
| necrotizing | 23 | - | - | 
| miniaturize | 22 | design or construct on a smaller scale | - | 
| prizewinner | 25 | - | - | 
| literalized | 21 | - | - | 
| galvanizing | 25 | affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling | - | 
| glamorizing | 24 | - | - | 
| subfreezing | 26 | - | - | 
| summarizing | 25 | - | - | 
| utilization | 20 | the act of using | skilled in the utilization of computers | 
| apologizers | 23 | - | - | 
| apostatized | 23 | - | - | 
| apostatizes | 22 | - | - | 
| apostolized | 23 | - | - | 
| apostolizes | 22 | - | - | 
| apotheosize | 25 | deify or glorify | - | 
| anthologize | 24 | compile an anthology | - | 
| anodization | 21 | - | - | 
| antagonizes | 21 | - | - | 
| anonymizing | 26 | - | - | 
| antherozoid | 24 | a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm | - | 
| antiozonant | 20 | - | - | 
| antiseizure | 20 | - | - | 
| antifreezes | 23 | - | - | 
| asepticized | 25 | - | - | 
| aspheterize | 25 | - | - | 
| asepticizes | 24 | - | - | 
| astronomize | 22 | - | - | 
| atomization | 22 | annihilation by reducing something to atoms | - | 
| arabization | 22 | - | - | 
| arabicizing | 25 | - | - | 
| aromatizing | 23 | - | - | 
| arterialize | 20 | change venous blood into arterial blood | - | 
| bacterizing | 25 | - | - | 
| barbarizing | 25 | - | - | 
| balkanizing | 27 | - | - | 
| bamboozlers | 26 | - | - | 
| bamboozling | 27 | - | - | 
| authorizers | 23 | - | - | 
| authorizing | 24 | - | - | 
| automatized | 23 | - | - | 
| automatizes | 22 | - | - | 
| autolyzates | 23 | - | - | 
| axiomatized | 30 | - | - | 
| axiomatizes | 29 | - | - | 
| azeotropies | 22 | - | - | 
| azimuthally | 28 | - | - | 
| azobenzenes | 31 | - | - | 
| azoospermia | 24 | - | - | 
| azoospermic | 26 | - | - | 
| azotobacter | 24 | - | - | 
| azygospores | 26 | - | - | 
| autotomized | 23 | - | - | 
| autotomizes | 22 | - | - | 
| benzocaines | 24 | - | - | 
| benzofurans | 25 | - | - | 
| benzpyrenes | 27 | - | - | 
| benzylidine | 26 | - | - | 
| belshazzars | 34 | - | - | 
| bestialized | 23 | - | - | 
| bestializes | 22 | - | - | 
| bathmitzvah | 33 | - | - | 
| bathmizvahs | 33 | - | - | 
| basmitzvahs | 30 | - | - | 
| bastardizes | 23 | - | - | 
| batmitzvahs | 30 | - | - | 
| barmitzvahs | 30 | - | - | 
| bashibazouk | 31 | - | - | 
| bedizenment | 25 | - | - | 
| blitzkriegs | 27 | - | - | 
| bolshevized | 29 | - | - | 
| bolshevizes | 28 | - | - | 
| biographize | 28 | - | - | 
| bipolarized | 25 | - | - | 
| bipolarizes | 24 | - | - | 
| bizarreness | 22 | strikingly out of the ordinary | - | 
| bizarreries | 22 | - | - | 
| bituminizes | 24 | - | - | 
| bituminized | 25 | - | - | 
| brutalizing | 23 | - | - | 
| bronzifying | 29 | - | - | 
| bumfreezers | 27 | - | - | 
| bumfuzzling | 37 | - | - | 
| burnettized | 23 | - | - | 
| burnettizes | 22 | - | - | 
| burglarizes | 23 | - | - | 
| bowdlerized | 27 | - | - | 
| bowdlerizer | 26 | a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages | - | 
| bowdlerizes | 26 | - | - | 
| boozinesses | 22 | - | - | 
| brazilwoods | 26 | - | - | 
| breathalyze | 28 | test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyzer | - | 
| capitalizes | 24 | - | - | 
| capsulizing | 25 | - | - | 
| canzonettas | 22 | - | - | 
| cantonizing | 23 | - | - | 
| carburizing | 25 | - | - | 
| carbimazole | 26 | - | - | 
| carbolizing | 25 | - | - | 
| caramelizes | 24 | - | - | 
| carbonizers | 24 | - | - | 
| carbonizing | 25 | - | - | 
| calendarize | 23 | - | - | 
| canisterize | 22 | - | - | 
| centralizer | 22 | - | - | 
| centralizes | 22 | - | - | 
| chalazogamy | 31 | - | - | 
| casualizing | 23 | - | - | 
| catabolized | 25 | - | - | 
| catabolizes | 24 | - | - | 
| carnalizing | 23 | - | - | 
| cartelizing | 23 | - | - | 
| catharizing | 26 | - | - | 
| categorizes | 23 | - | - | 
| catechizers | 27 | - | - | 
| catechizing | 28 | - | - | 
| catheterize | 25 | insert a catheter into (a body part) | catheterize the patient's bladder | 
| catholicize | 27 | cause to adopt Catholicism | - | 
| catalogized | 24 | - | - | 
| catalogizes | 23 | - | - | 
| cataloguize | 23 | - | - | 
| chorization | 25 | - | - | 
| chloridized | 27 | - | - | 
| chloridizes | 26 | - | - | 
| chlorinizes | 25 | - | - | 
| chlorinized | 26 | - | - | 
| cicatrizant | 24 | - | - | 
| cicatrizers | 24 | - | - | 
| cicatrizing | 25 | - | - | 
| channelizes | 25 | - | - | 
| chaptalized | 28 | - | - | 
| chaptalizes | 27 | - | - | 
| chimpanzees | 29 | - | - | 
| chernozemic | 29 | - | - | 
| cocainizing | 25 | - | - | 
| cognizances | 25 | - | - | 
| coenzymatic | 29 | - | - | 
| citizenised | 23 | - | - | 
| citizenises | 22 | - | - | 
| citizenized | 32 | - | - | 
| citizenizes | 31 | - | - | 
| citizenries | 22 | - | - | 
| civilianize | 25 | - | - | 
| civilizable | 27 | - | - | 
| cinematized | 25 | - | - | 
| cinematizes | 24 | - | - | 
| cinnarizine | 22 | - | - | 
| cinchonized | 28 | - | - | 
| cinchonizes | 27 | - | - | 
| circularize | 24 | cause to become widely known | - | 
| climatizing | 25 | - | - | 
| clonazepams | 26 | - | - | 
| cliticizing | 25 | - | - | 
| classicized | 25 | - | - | 
| classicizes | 24 | - | - | 
| communizing | 27 | - | - | 
| concertized | 25 | - | - | 
| concertizes | 24 | - | - | 
| colonialize | 22 | - | - | 
| colloquized | 32 | - | - | 
| colloquizes | 31 | - | - | 
| colonizable | 24 | - | - | 
| colourizing | 23 | - | - | 
| coleorhizae | 25 | - | - | 
| coleorhizas | 25 | - | - | 
| coleorrhiza | 25 | - | - | 
| communalize | 26 | make something the property of the commune or community | - | 
| commoditize | 27 | - | - | 
| concretized | 25 | - | - | 
| concretizes | 24 | - | - | 
| albuminized | 25 | - | - | 
| albuminizes | 24 | - | - | 
| albumenizes | 24 | - | - | 
| albumenized | 25 | - | - | 
| alchemizing | 28 | - | - | 
| alcoholizes | 25 | - | - | 
| allegorized | 22 | - | - | 
| allegorizer | 21 | someone who communicates in allegories | - | 
| alkalinized | 25 | - | - | 
| alkalinizes | 24 | - | - | 
| alkalizable | 26 | - | - | 
| allegorizes | 21 | - | - | 
| aerobicizes | 24 | - | - | 
| aerobicized | 25 | - | - | 
| aerosolizes | 20 | - | - | 
| aerosolized | 21 | in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | - | 
| adulterized | 22 | - | - | 
| adulterizes | 21 | - | - | 
| advertizers | 24 | - | - | 
| advertizing | 25 | a public promotion of some product or service | - | 
| aggrandized | 24 | - | - | 
| aggrandizer | 23 | - | - | 
| aggrandizes | 23 | - | - | 
| anastrozole | 20 | - | - | 
| anatomizers | 22 | - | - | 
| anatomizing | 23 | - | - | 
| analogizing | 22 | - | - | 
| anarchizing | 26 | - | - | 
| analyzation | 23 | - | - | 
| animalizing | 23 | - | - | 
| annualizing | 21 | - | - | 
| angledozers | 22 | - | - | 
| anglicizing | 24 | - | - | 
| amazonstone | 22 | - | - | 
| altazimuths | 25 | - | - | 
| aluminizing | 23 | - | - | 
| anabaptized | 25 | - | - | 
| anabaptizes | 24 | - | - | 
| amortizable | 24 | - | - | 
| achromatize | 27 | remove color from | achromatize the lenses | 
| adrenalized | 22 | - | - | 
| actualizing | 23 | - | - | 
| absolutizes | 22 | - | - | 
| absolutized | 23 | - | - | 
| acclimatize | 26 | get used to a certain climate | They never acclimatized in Egypt | 
| laymanizing | 26 | - | - | 
| informatize | 25 | - | - | 
| memorizings | 25 | - | - | 
| marketizing | 27 | - | - | 
| marzipanned | 25 | - | - | 
| euthanazing | 24 | - | - | 
| epimerizing | 25 | - | - | 
| fandabidozi | 27 | - | - | 
| exoticizing | 30 | - | - | 
| dethronizes | 24 | - | - | 
| downsizings | 25 | - | - | 
| hackerazzis | 38 | - | - | 
| haemolyzing | 29 | - | - | 
| razorfishes | 26 | - | - | 
| readvertize | 24 | - | - | 
| posterizing | 23 | - | - | 
| pretzelling | 23 | - | - | 
| organizings | 22 | - | - | 
| moralizings | 23 | - | - | 
| periodizing | 24 | - | - | 
| pizzazziest | 49 | - | - | 
| packetizing | 29 | - | - | 
| panzerottos | 22 | - | - | 
| colourizers | 22 | - | - | 
| citizenlier | 22 | - | - | 
| dethronized | 25 | - | - | 
| dentalizing | 22 | - | - | 
| decommunize | 27 | - | - | 
| decasualize | 23 | - | - | 
| decartelize | 23 | - | - | 
| actinozoans | 22 | - | - | 
| annuitizing | 21 | - | - | 
| bridezillas | 23 | - | - | 
| buzzkillers | 35 | - | - | 
| boozehounds | 26 | - | - | 
| blizzarding | 33 | - | - | 
| blizzardier | 32 | - | - | 
| unglitziest | 21 | - | - | 
| unfreezings | 24 | - | - | 
| wizardliest | 24 | - | - | 
| warrantizes | 23 | - | - | 
| warrantized | 24 | - | - | 
| vajazzlings | 40 | - | - | 
| spiralizers | 22 | - | - | 
| showbizzier | 37 | - | - | 
| therapizing | 26 | - | - | 
| thematizing | 26 | - | - | 
| deemphasize | 28 | - | - | 
| degenderize | 23 | - | - | 
| demobilizer | 25 | - | - | 
| cetirizines | 22 | - | - | 
| chintziness | 25 | - | - | 
| estheticize | 25 | - | - | 
| fluconazole | 25 | - | - | 
| empathizers | 27 | - | - | 
| audibilizes | 23 | - | - | 
| audibilized | 24 | - | - | 
| alprazolams | 24 | - | - | 
| anonymizers | 25 | - | - | 
| benzopyrene | 27 | - | - | 
| physicalize | 30 | - | - | 
| omeprazoles | 24 | - | - | 
| schizotypes | 30 | - | - | 
| schnozzolas | 34 | - | - | 
| stalkerazzi | 33 | - | - | 
| stalkerazzo | 33 | - | - | 
| spatialized | 23 | - | - | 
| spatializes | 22 | - | - | 
| rasterizers | 20 | - | - | 
| prophesized | 28 | - | - | 
| prophesizes | 27 | - | - | 
| reharmonize | 25 | provide with a different harmony | reharmonize the melody | 
| retheorizes | 23 | - | - | 
| revictimize | 27 | - | - | 
| revisualize | 23 | - | - | 
| retheorized | 24 | - | - | 
| retexturize | 27 | - | - | 
| krummholzes | 31 | - | - | 
| gazillionth | 24 | - | - | 
| geezerhoods | 25 | - | - | 
| heparinizes | 25 | - | - | 
| miconazoles | 24 | - | - | 
| monetizable | 24 | - | - | 
| unionizable | 22 | - | - | 
| westernizer | 23 | - | - | 
| villainizes | 23 | - | - | 
| villainized | 24 | - | - | 
| textualized | 28 | - | - | 
| textualizes | 27 | - | - | 
| decolonized | 24 | - | - | 
| decolourize | 23 | remove color from | - | 
| decolorizes | 23 | - | - | 
| decolorizer | 23 | - | - | 
| decolonizes | 23 | - | - | 
| decolorized | 24 | - | - | 
| decarbonize | 25 | remove carbon from (an engine) | - | 
| decerebrize | 25 | - | - | 
| decarburize | 25 | remove carbon from (an engine) | - | 
| decivilized | 27 | - | - | 
| decivilizes | 26 | - | - | 
| decimalizes | 25 | - | - | 
| decimalized | 26 | - | - | 
| defeudalize | 25 | - | - | 
| defeminizes | 26 | - | - | 
| defeminized | 27 | - | - | 
| defibrinize | 26 | - | - | 
| definitized | 25 | - | - | 
| definitizes | 24 | - | - | 
| deepfreezes | 26 | - | - | 
| dedramatize | 24 | - | - | 
| czareviches | 30 | - | - | 
| daminozides | 24 | - | - | 
| cyclazocine | 29 | - | - | 
| cyclization | 27 | - | - | 
| deaminizing | 24 | - | - | 
| dazednesses | 22 | - | - | 
| dazzlements | 32 | - | - | 
| denizations | 21 | - | - | 
| denizenship | 26 | - | - | 
| deodorizers | 22 | - | - | 
| deodorizing | 23 | - | - | 
| deoxidizers | 29 | - | - | 
| demutualize | 23 | - | - | 
| demoralizer | 23 | - | - | 
| demoralizes | 23 | - | - | 
| denaturized | 22 | changed in nature or natural quality | - | 
| denaturizes | 21 | - | - | 
| denazifying | 28 | - | - | 
| derecognize | 24 | cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People's Republic of China | 
| deracialize | 23 | - | - | 
| deoxidizing | 30 | - | - | 
| depauperize | 25 | - | - | 
| deoxygenize | 32 | - | - | 
| depolarized | 24 | - | - | 
| depolarizer | 23 | - | - | 
| depolarizes | 23 | - | - | 
| dehypnotize | 29 | - | - | 
| dehumanizes | 26 | - | - | 
| dehumanized | 27 | divested of human qualities or attributes | - | 
| deformalize | 26 | - | - | 
| deglamorize | 24 | - | - | 
| demobilizes | 25 | - | - | 
| demonetizes | 23 | - | - | 
| demonetized | 24 | - | - | 
| delocalized | 24 | - | - | 
| delocalizes | 23 | - | - | 
| diagonalize | 22 | transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix | - | 
| dialogizing | 23 | - | - | 
| dialyzation | 24 | - | - | 
| devitalized | 25 | - | - | 
| devitalizes | 24 | - | - | 
| devocalized | 27 | - | - | 
| devocalizes | 26 | - | - | 
| diabolizing | 24 | - | - | 
| dieselizing | 22 | - | - | 
| digitalizes | 22 | - | - | 
| diazotizing | 31 | - | - | 
| diazotising | 22 | - | - | 
| dichotomize | 28 | divide into two opposing groups or kinds | - | 
| desexualize | 28 | make infertile | - | 
| desilverize | 24 | - | - | 
| desacralize | 23 | transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control | - | 
| derivatized | 25 | - | - | 
| derivatizes | 24 | - | - | 
| desalinized | 22 | - | - | 
| desalinizes | 21 | - | - | 
| devalorized | 25 | - | - | 
| detribalize | 23 | cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity | - | 
| devalorizes | 24 | - | - | 
| desulfurize | 24 | remove sulfur from | - | 
| diplomatize | 25 | - | - | 
| ditzinesses | 21 | - | - | 
| disthronize | 24 | - | - | 
| dogmatizing | 25 | - | - | 
| dogmatizers | 24 | - | - | 
| domesticize | 25 | overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | - | 
| dollarizing | 22 | - | - | 
| dolomitized | 24 | - | - | 
| dolomitizes | 23 | - | - | 
| dizzinesses | 30 | - | - | 
| dockization | 27 | - | - | 
| disorganize | 22 | remove the organization from | - |