(archaic, now nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative spelling of advertise
alizarate
alternize
alternize
verb
To alternate or take turns.
amortized
amortized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amortize
amortizes
amortizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amortize
aphrizite
appetizer
appetizer
noun
A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal
Something that creates or increases excitement for what is to follow.
arcticize
arcticize
verb
(transitive) To prepare for Arctic weather; to winterize.
arizonite
arizonite
noun
(historical mineralogy, obsolete) A kind of iron-laden silver ore discovered during Arizona's silver rush in the 1870s.
(mineralogy) A titanate of iron, Fe₂Ti₃O₉.
aromatize
aromatize
verb
(transitive) To make aromatic, fragrant, or spicy.
(transitive, chemistry) To convert into an aromatic compound by means of a chemical reaction.
arzrunite
arzrunite
noun
(mineralogy) A biaxial orthorhombic sulfate chloride mineral.
astatizer
atomizers
atomizers
noun
plural of atomizer
atrazines
atrazines
noun
plural of atrazine
authorize
authorize
verb
(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
(transitive) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).
azoturias
azoturias
noun
plural of azoturia
bacterize
bacterize
verb
To treat with bacteria.
baptizers
baptizers
noun
plural of baptizer
bartizans
bartizans
noun
plural of bartizan
berkowitz
bizardite
botanizer
botanizer
noun
An amateur botanist, especially one who enjoys finding plants in nature and identifying them.
brazilite
breeziest
breeziest
adj
superlative form of breezy: most breezy
britzskas
britzskas
noun
plural of britzska
bronziest
bronziest
adj
superlative form of bronzy: most bronzy
brutalize
brutalize
verb
Alternative spelling of brutalise
burnetize
burtonize
caprizant
caprizant
adj
(pathology, of a pulse, obsolete, rare) Having irregular, leaping beats.
cartelize
cartelize
verb
To have an industry become controlled by a cartel.
catharize
catharize
verb
To clean or purify thoroughly.
cauterize
cauterize
verb
(American spelling, Canadian spelling, Oxford British English) To burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron, electric current or a caustic agent.
chastizer
chintzier
chintzier
adj
comparative form of chintzy: more chintzy
chorizont
chorizont
noun
(UK) One who challenges a widely held assumption of authorship for a major work, especially one who believes that the Iliad and the Odyssey were not written by Homer.
cicatrize
cicatrize
verb
(transitive) To treat or heal (a wound) by causing a scar or cicatrix to form.
citizenry
citizenry
Noun
The group of all citizens.
citronize
cretinize
cretinize
verb
(transitive) To cause to be or act like a cretin.
criticize
criticize
verb
To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.
To find fault (with something).
culturize
culturize
verb
(transitive) To adapt to the rules or norms of a culture; to make cultural.
czaristic
czaristic
adj
Alternative spelling of tsaristic
czaritzas
czaritzas
noun
plural of czaritza
czarowitz
czarowitz
noun
Archaic form of tsarevich.
decatizer
decatizer
noun
That which decatizes; a machine for decatizing (steaming) cloth.
denitrize
deratized
deratized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deratize
digitizer
digitizer
noun
A device that digitizes.
doctorize
dramatize
dramatize
verb
to adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television
to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner
electrize
electrize
verb
To electrify
erethizon
ergotized
ergotized
adj
Affected by the ergot fungus.
eroticize
eroticize
verb
(transitive) To make erotic.
erotizing
erotizing
verb
present participle of erotize
esoterize
esoterize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become esoteric.
eternized
eternized
adj
(obsolete) Immortalized.
eternizes
eternizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eternize
etherized
etherized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of etherize
etherizer
etherizer
noun
One who etherizes a patient.
etherizes
etherizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etherize
expertize
expertize
verb
(intransitive) To act as an expert.
(transitive) To give an expert opinion on; to assess.
externize
extraquiz
factorize
factorize
verb
(US, transitive) To attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third party.
(US, transitive) To warn not to pay or give up goods.
(mathematics, transitive) To create a list of the factors of.
(mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.
fertilize
fertilize
verb
(figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive.
To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.
To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
fizzwater
fortunize
fortunize
verb
(rare, obsolete, transitive) To make fortunate or wealthy.
fritzsche
frizettes
frizettes
noun
plural of frizette
frizzante
frizzante
adj
(of wines) Lightly sparkling.
noun
A lightly sparkling wine.
frizziest
frizziest
adj
superlative form of frizzy: most frizzy
frouziest
frouziest
adj
superlative form of frouzy: most frouzy
frowziest
frowziest
adj
superlative form of frowzy: most frowzy
gigahertz
gigahertz
noun
One billion hertz, 10⁹ Hz.
granitize
granitize
verb
(intransitive) Of sedimentary rock, to become granite through remelting and recooling.
gutierrez
gutterize
gutturize
gutturize
verb
(transitive) To make (a sound) in the throat; to gutturalize.
hermitize
hermitize
verb
(mathematics) to cause to become Hermitian
to isolate oneself; to become a hermit
historize
historize
verb
To chronicle.
To historicize.
To relate as history.
howitzers
howitzers
noun
plural of howitzer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of howitzer
intermaze
intermaze
adj
Between different mazes (in the context of animal experiments).
interzone
interzone
adj
Between zones; interzonal.
noun
A position between neighbouring zones
itemizers
itemizers
noun
plural of itemizer
kibitzers
kibitzers
noun
plural of kibitzer
kilohertz
kilohertz
noun
A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz
krantzite
kreitzman
latinizer
lazurites
lazurites
noun
plural of lazurite
lemnitzer
listerize
listerize
Verb
To make antiseptic.
liturgize
liturgize
verb
(rare) to celebrate liturgically
markowitz
martyrize
martyrize
verb
(transitive) To make a martyr of (someone).
matronize
matronize
verb
(transitive) To act the part of a matron toward; to superintend or chaperone.
(transitive) To make a matron of; to make matron-like.
(transitive, sometimes derogatory) Of a woman: to patronize or be condescending towards.
(transitive, sometimes derogatory) To criticize from a feminist perspective.
merozoite
merozoite
noun
(biology) A protozoan cell, produced by a sporozoan by merogony, that may become either a meront or a gamont
meteorize
meteorize
verb
(poetic, archaic) To ascend in vapours; to take the form of a meteor.
To weather
metricize
metricize
verb
(poetry) To use poetic meter
To introduce metrics into (a process)
To make metric
To represent or measure by a metric
metrizing
metrizing
verb
present participle of metrize
mithraize
mortalize
mortalize
verb
(transitive) To make mortal.
mortarize
motorized
motorized
adj
Equipped with a motor.
Supplied with motor vehicles.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of motorize
motorizes
motorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of motorize
mozartian
mozartian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1756-1791), prolific and influential composer of classical music.
mysterize
mysterize
verb
(transitive) To make mysterious; to make a mystery of.
narcotize
narcotize
verb
(transitive) To dull the senses of (a person, place etc.).
(transitive) To make into a narcotic.
(transitive) To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to anesthetize, to drug.
nazaritic
nazaritic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to a Nazarite or Nazarites.
naziritic
necrotize
necrotize
verb
To undergo, or to cause necrosis; to become or to make necrotic
nectarize
nectarize
verb
(obsolete) To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten.
negritize
neoterize
neoterize
verb
(intransitive) to modernize.
(intransitive) to neologize, to coin as a new word.
nitridize
notarized
notarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of notarize
notarizes
notarizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of notarize
operatize
operatize
verb
(transitive) To convert into operatic form.
optimizer
optimizer
noun
(computing) A compiler or assembler that produces optimized code.
(computing) A program that uses linear programming to optimize a process.
A person in a large business whose task is to maximize profits and make the business more efficient.
oratorize
oratorize
verb
(humorous or derogatory) To play the orator.
orientize
ostracize
ostracize
verb
(by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
(transitive, Ancient Greece, historical) To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
ozocerite
ozocerite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark waxy mineral, found associated with petroleum in some sandstones, used to make polishes.
ozokerite
ozokerite
noun
Alternative form of ozocerite
parrotize
parrotize
verb
(transitive) To cause to behave like a parrot.
To parrot; to repeat what one has been told.
partizans
partizans
noun
plural of partizan
pastorize
pastorize
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To perform the religious duties of a pastor.
patrizate
patrizius
patronize
patronize
verb
(transitive) To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
(transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
(transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
(transitive, obsolete) To blame, to reproach.
peptizers
peptizers
noun
plural of peptizer
petrinize
petrinize
Verb
To cause to conform with the writings or doctrines of
petrolize
petrolize
verb
(transitive) To treat (water) with kerosene in order to exterminate mosquitoes.
To convert into a petroleum-based economy.
picturize
picturize
verb
(transitive, rare) To adorn with pictures; to illustrate.
(transitive, rare) To represent in a picture or a motion picture; to depict.
poetizers
poetizers
noun
plural of poetizer
posterize
posterize
verb
(basketball, slang) To score a slam dunk by leaping over another player.
To reduce the number of colors in an image, changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones, with abrupt changes from one tone to another.
posturize
posturize
verb
(intransitive) To posture.
preiotize
prelatize
prelatize
verb
(intransitive) To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions.
(transitive) To bring under the influence of prelacy.
privatize
privatize
verb
(computing, transitive) To make (a variable, etc.) private in scope.
(economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.
protozoic
protozoic
adj
Of or relating to the protozoa.
prozymite
prozymite
noun
(Roman Catholicism, historical, derogatory) One who administers the Eucharist with leavened bread, in particular a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
prytanize
quantizer
quantizer
noun
An electronic device that samples a varying quantity (e.g. a waveform) and generates a digital response
quartzite
quartzite
noun
(mineralogy) A metamorphic rock from sandstone, consisting of interlocking grains of quartz.
quartzoid
quartzoid
noun
(mineralogy) A form of crystal resembling quartz, having two six-sided pyramids, base to base.
rapturize
rapturize
verb
(intransitive) To enter a state of rapture.
(transitive) To put in a state of rapture.
rebaptize
rebaptize
verb
(transitive) To baptize again.
reitemize
reitemize
verb
(transitive) To itemize again.
reutilize
reutilize
verb
To use or utilize something again, or for another purpose
rhetorize
rhetorize
verb
(intransitive) To use rhetorical devices; to rhetoricate.
(transitive) To represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification.