8-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 |
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realized | 18 | successfully completed or brought to an end | the joy of a realized ambition overcame him |
magazine | 20 | a business firm that publishes magazines | he works for a magazine |
freezing | 21 | the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid | - |
organize | 18 | plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | - |
memorize | 21 | commit to memory; learn by heart | Have you memorized your lines for the play yet? |
baptized | 22 | having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism | - |
blizzard | 29 | a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences | a blizzard of lawsuits |
dazzling | 28 | shining intensely | dazzling snow |
analyzed | 21 | examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts | the analyzed data indicated surprising trends |
craziest | 19 | - | - |
wheezing | 24 | relating to breathing with a whistling sound | - |
sizzling | 27 | characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement | sizzling political issues |
kamikaze | 27 | a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II | - |
mobilize | 21 | cause to move around | - |
pizzeria | 28 | a shop where pizzas are made and sold | - |
minimize | 21 | cause to seem less serious; play down | - |
sneezing | 18 | a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose | - |
tweezers | 20 | - | - |
utilized | 18 | put to use | - |
finalize | 20 | make final; put the last touches on; put into final form | let's finalize the proposal |
puzzling | 29 | not clear to the understanding | - |
maximize | 28 | make as big or large as possible | - |
marzipan | 21 | almond paste and egg whites | - |
laziness | 17 | apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) | - |
paralyze | 22 | cause to be paralyzed and immobile | The poison paralyzed him |
legalize | 18 | make legal | Marijuana should be legalized |
capsized | 22 | - | - |
frenzied | 21 | excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion | a frenzied look in his eye |
spritzer | 19 | a mixed drink made of wine mixed with a sparkling water | - |
colonize | 19 | settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) | The British colonized the East Coast |
vaporize | 22 | decrease rapidly and disappear | all my stock assets have vaporized |
frazzled | 30 | - | - |
hazelnut | 20 | any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk | - |
sizeable | 19 | fairly large in size | - |
guzzling | 28 | the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly | - |
gazpacho | 25 | a soup made with chopped tomatoes and onions and cucumbers and peppers and herbs; served cold | - |
idolized | 19 | regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god) | an idolized wife |
agonized | 19 | expressing pain or agony | agonized screams |
wizardry | 24 | exceptional creative ability | - |
unfreeze | 20 | make (assets) available | - |
chutzpah | 27 | (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity | - |
whizzing | 33 | - | - |
bulldoze | 20 | flatten with or as if with a bulldozer | - |
ebenezer | 19 | - | - |
schmooze | 24 | talk idly or casually and in a friendly way | - |
schizoid | 23 | of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia | - |
embezzle | 30 | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family |
dizzying | 31 | - | - |
downsize | 21 | design or manufacture in a smaller size | the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive |
stylized | 21 | using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous | a stylized mode of theater production |
snoozing | 18 | - | - |
analyzer | 20 | an instrument that performs analyses | - |
civilize | 22 | teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | - |
unzipped | 22 | - | - |
theorize | 20 | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | - |
penalize | 19 | impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | The students were penalized for showing up late for class |
idealize | 18 | form ideals | Man has always idealized |
localize | 19 | restrict something to a particular area | - |
humanize | 22 | make more humane | The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city |
diazepam | 22 | a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning | - |
unionize | 17 | form or join a union | The auto workers decided to unionize |
energize | 18 | cause to be alert and energetic | - |
equalize | 26 | compensate; make the score equal | - |
unfrozen | 20 | not frozen | unfrozen ground |
sanitize | 17 | make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing | - |
sodomize | 20 | practice anal sex upon | - |
partizan | 19 | an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity | - |
brazenly | 22 | in a brazen manner | he spoke brazenly |
optimize | 21 | act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world | - |
demonize | 20 | make into a demon | Power had demonized him |
credenza | 20 | a kind of sideboard or buffet | - |
cruzeiro | 19 | - | - |
howitzer | 23 | a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range | - |
squeezer | 26 | a kitchen utensil for squeezing juice from fruit | - |
eulogize | 18 | praise formally and eloquently | The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral |
grizzled | 28 | having dark hairs mixed with grey or white | - |
digitize | 19 | put into digital form, as for use in a computer | he bought a device to digitize the data |
protozoa | 19 | in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers | - |
quizzing | 36 | - | - |
oversize | 20 | larger than normal for its kind | - |
oxidized | 26 | combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen | the oxidized form of iodine |
atomizer | 19 | a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | - |
atomized | 20 | - | - |
breezing | 20 | - | - |
garbanzo | 20 | large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried | - |
itemized | 20 | - | - |
moralize | 19 | interpret the moral meaning of | moralize a story |
coziness | 19 | a state of warm snug comfort | - |
deputize | 20 | act as a substitute | - |
rezoning | 18 | - | - |
oxidizer | 25 | a substance that oxidizes another substance | - |
exorcize | 26 | expel through adjuration or prayers | - |
hydrozoa | 24 | coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes | - |
kibitzer | 23 | (Yiddish) a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others | - |
canonize | 19 | declare (a dead person) to be a saint | After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized |
womanize | 22 | to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | - |
vocalize | 22 | sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel | - |
tweezing | 21 | - | - |
satirize | 17 | ridicule with satire | The writer satirized the politician's proposal |
polarize | 19 | cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | - |
quatorze | 26 | - | - |
bedazzle | 29 | to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light | - |
bouzouki | 23 | - | - |
mesozoic | 21 | from 230 million to 63 million years ago | - |
outsized | 18 | larger than normal for its kind | - |
wheezily | 26 | with a wheeze | he talked wheezily |
vitalize | 20 | make more lively or vigorous | The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man |
simonize | 19 | polish with wax | - |
sleazier | 17 | - | - |
solarize | 17 | become overexposed | The film solarized |
refreeze | 20 | - | - |
buzzword | 32 | stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition | - |
gadzooks | 23 | - | - |
nazified | 21 | - | - |
cenozoic | 21 | approximately the last 63 million years | - |
fuzzball | 31 | - | - |
unvizard | 21 | - | - |
unpuzzle | 28 | - | - |
unprized | 20 | - | - |
unseized | 18 | - | - |
urbanize | 19 | make more industrial or city-like | The area was urbanized after many people moved in |
valorize | 20 | - | - |
utilizer | 17 | someone who puts to good use | not all organisms are utilizers of oxygen |
utilizes | 17 | - | - |
upgazing | 21 | - | - |
upsizing | 20 | - | - |
wazzocks | 35 | - | - |
weazands | 21 | - | - |
weazened | 21 | - | - |
waltzers | 20 | - | - |
waltzing | 21 | - | - |
warzones | 20 | - | - |
whizbang | 26 | a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits | - |
whizzers | 32 | - | - |
whizzier | 32 | - | - |
whaizled | 24 | - | - |
whaizles | 23 | - | - |
wheezers | 23 | - | - |
wheezier | 23 | - | - |
wheezled | 24 | - | - |
wheezles | 23 | - | - |
wooziest | 20 | - | - |
wizardly | 24 | possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | wizardly powers |
wizening | 21 | - | - |
yahrzeit | 23 | - | - |
wurtzite | 20 | a brownish-black mineral consisting of zinc sulfide | - |
wuzzling | 30 | - | - |
yokozuna | 24 | - | - |
velarize | 20 | - | - |
volumize | 22 | - | - |
vizament | 22 | - | - |
vizarded | 22 | - | - |
vizcacha | 27 | - | - |
vizirate | 20 | - | - |
vizirial | 20 | - | - |
vizoring | 21 | - | - |
vuvuzela | 23 | - | - |
vowelize | 23 | pronounce as a vowel | between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized |
virilize | 20 | produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | - |
subzonal | 19 | - | - |
subzones | 19 | - | - |
stylizer | 20 | - | - |
stylizes | 20 | - | - |
subsizar | 19 | - | - |
suberize | 19 | - | - |
subitize | 19 | - | - |
suzerain | 17 | a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs | - |
swazzles | 29 | - | - |
surprize | 19 | - | - |
syzygial | 24 | - | - |
syzygies | 24 | - | - |
tailzies | 17 | - | - |
swozzles | 29 | - | - |
swizzing | 30 | - | - |
swizzled | 30 | - | - |
swizzler | 29 | - | - |
swizzles | 29 | - | - |
teazeled | 18 | - | - |
teazling | 18 | - | - |
thiazole | 20 | - | - |
thiazols | 20 | - | - |
thiazins | 20 | - | - |
thiazine | 20 | a compound made up of a ring of four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom and one nitrogen atom | - |
thiazide | 21 | any of a group of drugs commonly used as diuretics in the treatment of hypertension; they block the reabsorption of sodium in the kidneys | - |
terrazzo | 26 | - | - |
terzetta | 17 | - | - |
terzetti | 17 | - | - |
terzetto | 17 | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | - |
tetanize | 17 | - | - |
tizwases | 20 | - | - |
towziest | 20 | - | - |
trapezed | 20 | - | - |
trapezes | 19 | - | - |
trapezia | 19 | - | - |
trapezii | 19 | - | - |
topazine | 19 | - | - |
touziest | 17 | - | - |
touzling | 18 | - | - |
totalize | 17 | make into a total | Can we totalize these different ideas into one philosophy? |
tristeza | 17 | - | - |
trizonal | 17 | - | - |
trizones | 17 | - | - |
triazine | 17 | any of three isomeric compounds having three carbon and three nitrogen atoms in a six-membered ring | - |
triazins | 17 | - | - |
triazole | 17 | - | - |
tutorize | 17 | - | - |
twizzled | 30 | - | - |
twizzles | 29 | - | - |
tsaritza | 17 | - | - |
tuilzied | 18 | - | - |
tuilzies | 17 | - | - |
undazzle | 27 | - | - |
tzarisms | 19 | - | - |
tzarists | 17 | - | - |
tzaritza | 26 | - | - |
tzatziki | 30 | - | - |
tziganes | 18 | - | - |
tzitzith | 29 | - | - |
tzarinas | 17 | - | - |
tzarevna | 20 | - | - |
tzaddiks | 23 | - | - |
tzaddiqs | 28 | - | - |
tzardoms | 20 | - | - |
unamazed | 20 | - | - |
unitized | 18 | - | - |
unitizer | 17 | - | - |
unitizes | 17 | - | - |
unmuzzle | 28 | remove the muzzle from (a dog) | - |
ungazing | 19 | - | - |
ungrazed | 19 | - | - |
unglazed | 19 | not furnished with glass | windows were unglazed to admit as much light and air as possible |
spritzed | 20 | - | - |
spritzes | 19 | - | - |
spritzig | 20 | - | - |
spuilzie | 19 | - | - |
spulzied | 20 | - | - |
spulzies | 19 | - | - |
squizzes | 35 | - | - |
squeezed | 27 | - | - |
squeezes | 26 | - | - |
spreezed | 20 | - | - |
spreezes | 19 | - | - |
spreazed | 20 | - | - |
spreazes | 19 | - | - |
sporozoa | 19 | strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites | - |
stargaze | 18 | have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | - |
stanzaed | 18 | - | - |
stanzaic | 19 | - | - |
stanzoes | 17 | - | - |
rigidize | 19 | - | - |
rivalize | 20 | - | - |
ritziest | 17 | - | - |
rizzored | 27 | - | - |
rizzered | 27 | - | - |
rizzarts | 26 | - | - |
rizzared | 27 | - | - |
riotizes | 17 | - | - |
ribozyme | 24 | - | - |
rezeroed | 18 | - | - |
rezeroes | 17 | - | - |
rhizomic | 24 | - | - |
rhizopod | 23 | protozoa characterized by a pseudopod | - |
rhizopus | 22 | any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus | - |
rhizomes | 22 | - | - |
rhizoids | 21 | - | - |
rhizines | 20 | - | - |
rhizobia | 22 | - | - |
roziting | 18 | - | - |
rozeting | 18 | - | - |
royalize | 20 | - | - |
rozelles | 17 | - | - |
romanize | 19 | write in the Latin alphabet | - |
romanzas | 19 | - | - |
robotize | 19 | - | - |
salinize | 17 | - | - |
samizdat | 20 | a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature | - |
ruralize | 17 | - | - |
schanzes | 22 | - | - |
schizier | 22 | - | - |
schizont | 22 | - | - |
scherzos | 22 | - | - |
schmelze | 24 | - | - |
schmoozy | 27 | - | - |
schmalzy | 27 | effusively or insincerely emotional | - |
schantze | 22 | - | - |
sarrazin | 17 | - | - |
sazeracs | 19 | - | - |
scruzing | 20 | - | - |
scuzzier | 28 | - | - |
schnozes | 22 | - | - |
seltzers | 17 | - | - |
seizable | 19 | - | - |
seizings | 18 | - | - |
seizures | 17 | - | - |
shiatzus | 20 | - | - |
sforzati | 20 | - | - |
sforzato | 20 | - | - |
sierozem | 19 | - | - |
siamezes | 19 | - | - |
siamezed | 20 | - | - |
shvartze | 23 | - | - |
simazine | 19 | a herbicide used to control weeds (especially among crops) | - |
similize | 19 | - | - |
shmaltzy | 25 | - | - |
shmoozed | 23 | - | - |
shmoozes | 22 | - | - |
shkotzim | 26 | - | - |
sleazoid | 18 | - | - |
sleazily | 20 | - | - |
sleezier | 17 | - | - |
sironize | 17 | - | - |
sirenize | 17 | - | - |
sitzmark | 23 | - | - |
sinicize | 19 | - | - |
sizeably | 22 | - | - |
sizeisms | 19 | - | - |
sizeists | 17 | - | - |
siziness | 17 | - | - |
sizzlers | 26 | - | - |
smorzato | 19 | - | - |
snazzier | 26 | - | - |
snazzily | 29 | - | - |
sneezers | 17 | - | - |
sneezier | 17 | - | - |
solecize | 19 | - | - |
snoozers | 17 | - | - |
snoozier | 17 | - | - |
snoozled | 18 | - | - |
snoozles | 17 | - | - |
snuzzled | 27 | - | - |
snuzzles | 26 | - | - |
soberize | 19 | - | - |
spazzing | 29 | - | - |
spatzles | 19 | - | - |
speltzes | 19 | - | - |
sororize | 17 | - | - |
sozzlier | 26 | - | - |
sozzling | 27 | - | - |
sovkhozy | 30 | - | - |
spaetzle | 19 | - | - |
rendzina | 18 | - | - |
reprizes | 19 | - | - |
reprized | 20 | - | - |
reseized | 18 | - | - |
reseizes | 17 | - | - |
resizing | 18 | - | - |
resinize | 17 | - | - |
patinize | 19 | coat with a patina | - |
papalize | 21 | - | - |
parazoan | 19 | primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies | - |
parazoon | 19 | - | - |
peptized | 22 | - | - |
peptizer | 21 | - | - |
peptizes | 21 | - | - |
pazazzes | 37 | - | - |
pectizes | 21 | - | - |
pectized | 22 | - | - |
piazzian | 28 | - | - |
pezizoid | 29 | - | - |
phenazin | 22 | - | - |
pheezing | 23 | - | - |
pheazars | 22 | - | - |
petuntze | 19 | - | - |
pizazzes | 37 | - | - |
pizzazes | 37 | - | - |
pizzazzy | 49 | - | - |
pizzelle | 28 | - | - |
pirozhki | 26 | small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried | - |
pirozhok | 26 | - | - |
pintsize | 19 | - | - |
poetized | 20 | - | - |
poetizer | 19 | a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) | - |
poetizes | 19 | - | - |
podzolic | 22 | - | - |
polonize | 19 | - | - |
polemize | 21 | engage in a controversy | - |
plotzing | 20 | - | - |
pozzolan | 28 | - | - |
polyzoan | 22 | sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding | - |
polyzoic | 24 | - | - |
polyzoon | 22 | - | - |
prezzies | 28 | - | - |
pretzels | 19 | - | - |
prefroze | 22 | - | - |
ptyalize | 22 | expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth | - |
prizable | 21 | - | - |
prizeman | 21 | - | - |
prizemen | 21 | - | - |
puzzlers | 28 | - | - |
pyrazole | 22 | - | - |
pyritize | 22 | - | - |
quantize | 26 | apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor | - |
pyrolize | 22 | - | - |
pyrolyze | 25 | - | - |
racemize | 21 | - | - |
quetzals | 26 | - | - |
quezales | 26 | - | - |
quartzes | 26 | - | - |
quazzier | 35 | - | - |
queazier | 26 | - | - |
quizzers | 35 | - | - |
quizzery | 38 | - | - |
quizzify | 41 | - | - |
realizer | 17 | - | - |
realizes | 17 | - | - |
razeeing | 18 | - | - |
razoring | 18 | - | - |
refrozen | 20 | - | - |
regulize | 18 | - | - |
reglazed | 19 | - | - |
reglazes | 18 | - | - |
palazzos | 28 | - | - |
paganize | 20 | make pagan in character | The Church paganized Christianity |
overzeal | 20 | - | - |
oxazepam | 28 | a tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal | - |
oxazines | 24 | - | - |
oxidizes | 25 | - | - |
ozonized | 27 | - | - |
ozonizer | 26 | - | - |
ozonizes | 26 | - | - |
ozonises | 17 | - | - |
ozoniser | 17 | - | - |
ozonated | 18 | - | - |
ozonates | 17 | - | - |
ozonides | 18 | - | - |
ozonised | 18 | - | - |
analyzes | 20 | - | - |
amortize | 19 | liquidate gradually | - |
altezzas | 26 | - | - |
allozyme | 22 | - | - |
amazedly | 23 | - | - |
aphorize | 22 | speak or write in aphorisms | - |
aphetize | 22 | - | - |
apprizer | 21 | - | - |
apprizes | 21 | - | - |
apprized | 22 | - | - |
appetize | 21 | - | - |
annalize | 17 | - | - |
anodized | 19 | - | - |
anodizes | 18 | - | - |
anticize | 19 | - | - |
arrhizal | 20 | - | - |
assizers | 17 | - | - |
assizing | 18 | - | - |
archaize | 22 | give an archaic appearance of character to | archaized craftwork |
arabized | 20 | - | - |
arabizes | 19 | - | - |
arborize | 19 | branch out like trees | nerve fibers arborize |
armozeen | 19 | - | - |
armozine | 19 | - | - |
avianize | 20 | to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | - |
autolyze | 20 | - | - |
azimuths | 22 | - | - |
azotemia | 19 | accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine | - |
azotemic | 21 | of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency) | - |
azotised | 18 | - | - |
azotises | 17 | - | - |
azotized | 27 | - | - |
azotizes | 26 | - | - |
azoturia | 17 | excess of urea in the urine | - |
azulejos | 24 | - | - |
azurines | 17 | - | - |
azurites | 17 | - | - |
azygoses | 21 | - | - |
azymites | 22 | - | - |
athetize | 20 | - | - |
atheized | 21 | - | - |
atheizes | 20 | - | - |
atomizes | 19 | - | - |
atrazine | 17 | a synthetic compound derived from triazine that is widely used as an agricultural herbicide | atrazine is thought to cause cancer and is banned in some European countries |
atmolyze | 22 | - | - |
atticize | 19 | - | - |
banalize | 19 | - | - |
baptizer | 21 | - | - |
baptizes | 21 | - | - |
bazazzes | 37 | - | - |
bazookas | 23 | - | - |
bazoukis | 23 | - | - |
bedizens | 20 | - | - |
bedazing | 21 | - | - |
bartizan | 19 | - | - |
benzoins | 19 | - | - |
benzoles | 19 | - | - |
benzoyls | 22 | - | - |
benzylic | 24 | relating to benzyl | - |
benzoate | 19 | any salt or ester of benzoic acid | - |
bemuzzle | 30 | - | - |
benzenes | 19 | - | - |
benzidin | 20 | - | - |
benzines | 19 | - | - |
begazing | 21 | - | - |
bejeezus | 26 | - | - |
bitesize | 19 | - | - |
bizarres | 19 | - | - |
bizarros | 19 | - | - |
bizazzes | 37 | - | - |
bizcacha | 26 | - | - |
biznagas | 20 | - | - |
bezonian | 19 | - | - |
bezzants | 28 | - | - |