9-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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apologize | 21 | acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | I apologized for being late |
recognize | 21 | express greetings upon meeting someone | - |
organized | 20 | being a member of or formed into a labor union | organized labor |
civilized | 24 | having a high state of culture and development both social and technological | terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world |
paralyzed | 24 | affected with paralysis | - |
criticize | 22 | find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | The paper criticized the new movie |
realizing | 19 | - | - |
amazingly | 24 | in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise | amazingly, he finished medical school in three years |
squeezing | 28 | the act of gripping and pressing firmly | - |
paparazzi | 31 | - | - |
memorized | 23 | - | - |
analyzing | 22 | - | - |
authorize | 21 | give or delegate power or authority to | She authorized her assistant to sign the papers |
craziness | 20 | foolish or senseless behavior | - |
emphasize | 25 | to stress, single out as important | Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet |
visualize | 21 | make visible | With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized |
stabilize | 20 | make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium | The drug stabilized her blood pressure |
appetizer | 22 | food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | - |
fantasize | 21 | indulge in fantasies | - |
hazardous | 22 | involving risk or danger | skydiving is a hazardous sport |
patronize | 20 | be a regular customer or client of | We patronize this store |
bulldozer | 21 | large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground | - |
socialize | 20 | take part in social activities; interact with others | He never socializes with his colleagues |
dizziness | 28 | a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall | - |
hypnotize | 26 | induce hypnosis in | - |
womanizer | 23 | a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them | - |
influenza | 21 | an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease | - |
agonizing | 20 | extremely painful | - |
amazement | 22 | the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising | - |
balthazar | 23 | (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus | - |
organizer | 19 | a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. | - |
serialize | 18 | arrange serially | - |
oversized | 22 | larger than normal for its kind | - |
byzantine | 23 | highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | - |
schnitzel | 23 | deep-fried breaded veal cutlets | - |
terrorize | 18 | coerce by violence or with threats | - |
vaporized | 24 | converted into a gas or vapor | - |
summarize | 22 | be a summary of | The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper |
finalized | 22 | - | - |
sterilize | 18 | make infertile | in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized |
symbolize | 25 | express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol | What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize? |
subsidize | 21 | secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces | - |
colonized | 21 | inhabited by colonists | - |
empathize | 25 | be understanding of | - |
embezzled | 32 | taken for your own use in violation of a trust | the banker absconded with embezzled funds |
fertilize | 21 | introduce semen into (a female) | - |
amazonian | 20 | - | - |
biohazard | 24 | any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare | - |
penalized | 21 | - | - |
lazybones | 23 | a lazy person | - |
legalized | 20 | - | - |
localized | 21 | made local or oriented locally | a decentralized and localized political authority |
utilizing | 19 | - | - |
unzipping | 23 | - | - |
mezzanine | 29 | intermediate floor just above the ground floor | - |
energized | 20 | - | - |
citizenry | 23 | the body of citizens of a state or country | - |
gazillion | 19 | a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) | - |
dramatize | 21 | put into dramatic form | - |
drizzling | 29 | (of rain) falling lightly in very small drops | - |
baptizing | 23 | - | - |
publicize | 24 | call attention to | - |
pulverize | 23 | destroy completely | - |
bizarrely | 23 | - | - |
motorized | 21 | equipped with a motor or motors | a motorized wheelchair |
notarized | 19 | - | - |
modernize | 21 | make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | - |
paparazzo | 31 | a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities trying to take candid photographs of them to sell to newspapers or magazines | - |
sanitized | 19 | made sanitary | - |
idealized | 20 | exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence | - |
polarized | 21 | - | - |
economize | 22 | spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | The less fortunate will have to economize now |
bamboozle | 24 | conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end | He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well |
vandalize | 22 | destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism | vandalize the park |
lorazepam | 22 | tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia | - |
customize | 22 | make according to requirements | customize a car |
digitized | 21 | - | - |
energizer | 19 | a device that supplies electrical energy | - |
stargazer | 19 | someone indifferent to the busy world | - |
harmonize | 23 | go together | The colors don't harmonize |
equalizer | 27 | electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion | - |
cauterize | 20 | burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | The surgeon cauterized the wart |
mesmerize | 22 | induce hypnosis in | - |
cognizant | 21 | (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception | - |
haphazard | 27 | without care; in a slapdash manner | the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard |
vaporizer | 23 | a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation) | - |
privatize | 23 | change from governmental to private control or ownership | The oil industry was privatized |
cruzeiros | 20 | - | - |
equalized | 28 | - | - |
schnauzer | 23 | old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or police dogs | - |
schmaltzy | 28 | effusively or insincerely emotional | a schmaltzy song |
idolizing | 20 | - | - |
bulldozed | 22 | - | - |
minimized | 23 | reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree | - |
trapezoid | 21 | the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones | - |
unionized | 19 | being a member of or formed into a labor union | unionized workers |
verbalize | 23 | articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise | - |
victimize | 25 | make a victim of | I was victimized by this con-man |
localizer | 20 | - | - |
demonized | 22 | - | - |
sanitizer | 18 | - | - |
tenderize | 19 | make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer | tenderize meat |
supersize | 20 | - | - |
manzanita | 20 | evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning | - |
formalize | 23 | make formal or official | We formalized the appointment and gave him a title |
bazillion | 20 | a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) | - |
canonized | 21 | accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | - |
catalyzer | 23 | - | - |
amortized | 21 | - | - |
normalize | 20 | become normal or return to its normal state | Let us hope that relations with this country will normalize soon |
quartzite | 27 | hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals | - |
magnetize | 21 | attract strongly, as if with a magnet | She magnetized the audience with her tricks |
embezzler | 31 | someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use | - |
brutalize | 20 | become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | - |
tyrannize | 21 | rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner | her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her |
quizzical | 38 | perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know) | he had a quizzical expression |
razorback | 26 | a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States | - |
immunized | 23 | having been rendered unsusceptible to a disease | - |
deputized | 22 | - | - |
exorcized | 28 | - | - |
vulgarize | 22 | act in a vulgar manner | The drunkard tends to vulgarize |
weaponize | 23 | make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon | Will modern physicists weaponize String Theory? |
tantalize | 18 | harass with persistent criticism or carping | - |
trapezius | 20 | either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms | - |
trazodone | 19 | oral antidepressant (trade name Desyrel) that is a nontricyclic drug used as a sedative | - |
pizzicato | 31 | a note or passage that is played pizzicato | - |
pluralize | 20 | mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural | How do speakers pluralize nouns in Japanese? |
galvanize | 22 | stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock | - |
epitomize | 22 | embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of | - |
enzymatic | 25 | of or relating to or produced by an enzyme | - |
anatomize | 20 | dissect in order to analyze | anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease |
narcotize | 20 | administer narcotics to | - |
ostracize | 20 | avoid speaking to or dealing with | Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me |
maximized | 30 | - | - |
schmoozer | 25 | someone skilled at conversation | - |
schnozzle | 32 | informal terms for the nose | - |
humanized | 24 | - | - |
feminized | 24 | - | - |
fetishize | 24 | make a fetish of | - |
catalyzed | 24 | - | - |
atomizing | 21 | - | - |
misprized | 23 | - | - |
misprizer | 22 | - | - |
misprizes | 22 | - | - |
mizenmast | 22 | third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy | - |
mizzliest | 29 | - | - |
mizzlings | 30 | - | - |
mizzonite | 29 | - | - |
mobilized | 23 | - | - |
mobilizer | 22 | - | - |
mobilizes | 22 | - | - |
mirandize | 21 | - | - |
monzonite | 20 | - | - |
mortalize | 20 | - | - |
moralized | 21 | - | - |
moralizer | 20 | - | - |
moralizes | 20 | - | - |
molochize | 25 | - | - |
monazites | 20 | - | - |
monetized | 21 | - | - |
monetizes | 20 | - | - |
multisize | 20 | - | - |
mycorhiza | 28 | - | - |
mutualize | 20 | - | - |
muzziness | 29 | - | - |
motorizes | 20 | - | - |
mozzettas | 29 | - | - |
neologize | 19 | - | - |
necrotize | 20 | - | - |
neoterize | 18 | - | - |
mythizing | 27 | - | - |
mythicize | 28 | interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology | mythicize the ancient stories |
nazifying | 25 | - | - |
nebulizes | 20 | - | - |
nebulizer | 20 | a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | - |
nebulized | 21 | - | - |
nasalized | 19 | - | - |
nasalizes | 18 | - | - |
nomadized | 22 | - | - |
nomadizes | 21 | - | - |
nonfrozen | 21 | - | - |
nonglazed | 20 | - | - |
nickelize | 24 | - | - |
nizamates | 20 | - | - |
nodalized | 20 | - | - |
nodalizes | 19 | - | - |
obelizing | 21 | - | - |
novelized | 22 | - | - |
novelizer | 21 | - | - |
novelizes | 21 | - | - |
notarizes | 18 | - | - |
optimized | 23 | - | - |
optimizer | 22 | - | - |
opsonized | 21 | - | - |
opsonizes | 20 | - | - |
optimizes | 22 | - | - |
operatize | 20 | - | - |
odorizing | 20 | - | - |
outdazzle | 28 | - | - |
outblazes | 20 | - | - |
outblazed | 21 | - | - |
outbrazen | 20 | - | - |
outgazing | 20 | - | - |
organzine | 19 | - | - |
organizes | 19 | - | - |
overglaze | 22 | - | - |
outprized | 21 | - | - |
outprizes | 20 | - | - |
ozonisers | 18 | - | - |
ozonising | 19 | - | - |
ozonizers | 27 | - | - |
ozonizing | 28 | - | - |
ozonation | 18 | - | - |
ozonating | 19 | - | - |
ozocerite | 20 | a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles | - |
ozokerite | 22 | a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles | - |
overzeals | 21 | - | - |
oxygenize | 29 | change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) | - |
oxazepams | 29 | - | - |
oxidizers | 26 | - | - |
oxidizing | 27 | - | - |
overgraze | 22 | - | - |
oversizes | 21 | - | - |
overprize | 23 | - | - |
papalized | 23 | - | - |
papalizes | 22 | - | - |
panzootic | 22 | - | - |
paralyzes | 23 | - | - |
paralyzer | 23 | - | - |
paleozoic | 22 | from 544 million to about 230 million years ago | - |
palletize | 20 | - | - |
paganized | 22 | - | - |
paganizer | 21 | - | - |
paganizes | 21 | - | - |
panelized | 21 | - | - |
pauperize | 22 | reduce to beggary | - |
patinized | 21 | - | - |
patinizes | 20 | - | - |
pectizing | 23 | - | - |
pedantize | 21 | - | - |
pavonazzo | 32 | - | - |
pazzazzes | 47 | - | - |
pearlized | 21 | - | - |
parazoans | 20 | - | - |
partizans | 20 | - | - |
memorizer | 22 | a person who learns by rote | - |
memorizes | 22 | - | - |
melanized | 21 | - | - |
melanizes | 20 | - | - |
melodized | 22 | - | - |
melodizer | 21 | - | - |
melodizes | 21 | - | - |
merozoite | 20 | a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle | - |
mercerize | 22 | treat to strengthen and improve the luster | mercerize cotton |
mercurize | 22 | - | - |
mazaedium | 23 | - | - |
mazarines | 20 | - | - |
mazedness | 21 | - | - |
mazements | 22 | - | - |
mazourkas | 24 | - | - |
mechanize | 25 | make mechanical | mechanize the procedure |
mechitzas | 25 | - | - |
mechitzot | 25 | - | - |
meclizine | 22 | an antihistamine (trade name Antivert) used to treat or prevent motion sickness | - |
matronize | 20 | - | - |
maximizer | 29 | - | - |
maximizes | 29 | - | - |
mediatize | 21 | - | - |
minimizer | 22 | - | - |
minimizes | 22 | - | - |
metazoans | 20 | - | - |
methodize | 24 | - | - |
mesozoans | 20 | - | - |
mesprizes | 22 | - | - |
mestizoes | 20 | - | - |
metalized | 21 | - | - |
metalizes | 20 | - | - |
metallize | 20 | coat with metal | - |
micronize | 22 | - | - |
metricize | 22 | express in the metric system | - |
metrazols | 20 | - | - |
mezcaline | 22 | - | - |
mezereons | 20 | - | - |
mezereums | 22 | - | - |
mezquites | 29 | - | - |
mezzaluna | 29 | - | - |
mezzotint | 29 | print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade | - |
winterize | 21 | prepare for winter | winterize cars |
womanized | 24 | - | - |
womanizes | 23 | - | - |
whizbangs | 27 | - | - |
whizzbang | 36 | a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits | - |
whizziest | 33 | - | - |
whizzings | 34 | - | - |
yahrzeits | 24 | - | - |
wurtzites | 21 | - | - |
yokozunas | 25 | - | - |
wooziness | 21 | - | - |
volumized | 24 | - | - |
volumizes | 23 | - | - |
vocalized | 24 | - | - |
vizzieing | 31 | - | - |
vizaments | 23 | - | - |
vizarding | 23 | - | - |
vizcachas | 28 | - | - |
vizierate | 21 | - | - |
vizierial | 21 | - | - |
vizirates | 21 | - | - |
vizirship | 26 | - | - |
vizorless | 21 | - | - |
vocalizer | 23 | a person who sings | - |
vocalizes | 23 | - | - |
volcanize | 23 | - | - |
vowelizes | 24 | - | - |
vowelized | 25 | - | - |
vulcanize | 23 | subject to vulcanization | vulcanized rubber |
vuvuzelas | 24 | - | - |
vitalizes | 21 | - | - |
vitalizer | 21 | someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people | - |
vitalized | 22 | - | - |
virilized | 22 | - | - |
virilizes | 21 | - | - |
weazening | 22 | - | - |
wayzgoose | 25 | - | - |
wheezling | 25 | - | - |
wheezings | 25 | - | - |
wheeziest | 24 | - | - |
whaizling | 25 | - | - |
wantonize | 21 | - | - |
waltzings | 22 | - | - |
waltzlike | 25 | - | - |
waterzooi | 21 | - | - |
satirizes | 18 | - | - |
satirizer | 18 | - | - |
satirized | 19 | - | - |
sarrazins | 18 | - | - |
samizdats | 21 | - | - |
salinizes | 18 | - | - |
salinized | 19 | - | - |
saprozoic | 22 | (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter | - |
sanitizes | 18 | - | - |
schantzes | 23 | - | - |
scenarize | 20 | - | - |
schizonts | 23 | - | - |
schizopod | 26 | - | - |
schizzier | 32 | - | - |
schizoids | 24 | - | - |
schiziest | 23 | - | - |
scazontes | 20 | - | - |
scazontic | 22 | - | - |
schvartze | 26 | - | - |
scientize | 20 | - | - |
schwartze | 26 | - | - |
schmoozed | 26 | - | - |
schmoozes | 25 | - | - |
schmelzes | 25 | - | - |
schmalzes | 25 | - | - |
schnozzes | 32 | - | - |
sectorize | 20 | - | - |
scuzzball | 31 | - | - |
scuzziest | 29 | - | - |
sexualize | 25 | make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to | The god was sexualized and married to another god |
sforzandi | 22 | - | - |
sforzando | 22 | an accented chord | - |
sforzatos | 21 | - | - |
sequelize | 27 | - | - |
sensitize | 18 | cause to sense; make sensitive | She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society |
sermonize | 20 | speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | This man always sermonizes |
showbizzy | 38 | - | - |
sierozems | 20 | - | - |
siamezing | 21 | - | - |
shvartzes | 24 | - | - |
shemozzle | 32 | (Yiddish) a confused situation or affair; a mess | - |
shimozzle | 32 | - | - |
shmaltzes | 23 | - | - |
shmoozing | 24 | - | - |
shlimazel | 23 | (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything | - |
sironized | 19 | - | - |
sironizes | 18 | - | - |
sirenized | 19 | - | - |
sirenizes | 18 | - | - |
sizarship | 23 | - | - |
sizzlings | 28 | - | - |
sitzkrieg | 23 | - | - |
sitzmarks | 24 | - | - |
signalize | 19 | point out carefully and clearly | - |
sinicized | 21 | - | - |
sinicizes | 20 | - | - |
similizes | 20 | - | - |
similized | 21 | - | - |
silverize | 21 | - | - |
simazines | 20 | - | - |
simonized | 21 | - | - |
simonizes | 20 | - | - |
smorzando | 21 | - | - |
sneeziest | 18 | - | - |
sneezings | 19 | - | - |
snazziest | 27 | - | - |
sleeziest | 18 | - | - |
sleazebag | 21 | - | - |
sleaziest | 18 | - | - |
sleazoids | 19 | - | - |
sloganize | 19 | - | - |
sonnetize | 18 | - | - |
sovietize | 21 | model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union | Castro sovietized Cuba |
sororized | 19 | - | - |
sororizes | 18 | - | - |
sorbitize | 20 | - | - |
snuzzling | 28 | - | - |
soberizes | 20 | - | - |
soberized | 21 | - | - |
snooziest | 18 | - | - |
snoozling | 19 | - | - |
solarizes | 18 | - | - |
solarized | 19 | - | - |
solecized | 21 | - | - |
solecizes | 20 | - | - |
solemnize | 20 | observe or perform with dignity or gravity | The King solemnized this day of morning |
sodomized | 22 | - | - |
sodomizes | 21 | - | - |
sovkhozes | 28 | - | - |
sozzliest | 27 | - | - |
spaetzles | 20 | - | - |
squeezers | 27 | - | - |
squeezier | 27 | - | - |
staretzes | 18 | - | - |
stargazed | 20 | - | - |
stargazes | 19 | - | - |
spreezing | 21 | - | - |
spreazing | 21 | - | - |
spritzers | 20 | - | - |
sporozoal | 20 | - | - |
sporozoan | 20 | parasitic spore-forming protozoan | - |
sporozoic | 22 | - | - |
sporozoon | 20 | - | - |
spritzigs | 21 | - | - |
spuilzies | 20 | - | - |
spuilzied | 21 | - | - |
spritzing | 21 | - | - |
stylopize | 23 | - | - |
stylizing | 22 | - | - |
stylizers | 21 | - | - |
suberizes | 20 | - | - |
suberized | 21 | - | - |
stramazon | 20 | - | - |
strelitzi | 18 | - | - |
rightsize | 22 | - | - |
rigidized | 21 | - | - |
rigidizes | 20 | - | - |
robotized | 21 | - | - |
robotizes | 20 | - | - |
rivalizes | 21 | - | - |
ritualize | 18 | make or evolve into a ritual | The growing up of children has become ritualized in many cultures |
ritziness | 18 | - | - |
rivalized | 22 | - | - |
rizzoring | 28 | - | - |
rizzering | 28 | - | - |
rizzaring | 28 | - | - |
rezeroing | 19 | - | - |
rhythmize | 29 | - | - |
rhotacize | 23 | - | - |
ribozymal | 25 | - | - |
ribozymes | 25 | - | - |
rhizobial | 23 | - | - |
rhetorize | 21 | - | - |
rhizobium | 25 | the type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric oxygen | - |
rhizocarp | 25 | - | - |
rhizocaul | 23 | - | - |
rhodanize | 22 | - | - |
rhizoidal | 22 | of or relating to a rhizoid | - |
rhizomata | 23 | - | - |
rhizopods | 24 | - | - |
rhizotomy | 26 | surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms | - |
ruralized | 19 | - | - |
ruralizes | 18 | - | - |
rusticize | 20 | - | - |
ruggedize | 21 | produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage | Detroit ruggedized the family car |
sabbatize | 22 | - | - |
sacralize | 20 | - | - |
romanized | 21 | - | - |
romanizes | 20 | - | - |
royalized | 22 | - | - |
royalizes | 21 | - | - |
routinize | 18 | - | - |
rubberize | 22 | coat or impregnate with rubber | rubberize fabric for rain coats |
tanalized | 19 | - | - |
syllabize | 23 | divide into syllables | - |
syllogize | 22 | reason by syllogisms | - |
synopsize | 23 | - | - |
syntonize | 21 | - | - |
systemize | 23 | arrange according to a system or reduce to a system | - |
syzygetic | 27 | - | - |
syphilize | 26 | - | - |
synergize | 22 | - | - |
synoecize | 23 | - | - |
synizeses | 21 | - | - |
synizesis | 21 | the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis | - |
temazepam | 24 | a frequently prescribed benzodiazepine (trade name Restoril); takes effect slowly and lasts long enough to help those people who wake up frequently during the night | - |
tellurize | 18 | - | - |
temporize | 22 | draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time | The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote |