10-Letter Words Matching A_____Z___

There are 13 10-letter words that match A_____Z___. 4 are common words, such as ALKALIZING and AMORTIZING. A rarer one is AVIANIZING. 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 13

alkalizingamortizingappetizersappetizingactinozoanaphorizingarchaizingazobenzeneactivizingarborizingautolyzateautolyzingavianizing

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Words
13 (4 common words)
Common example
alkalizing
Rare example
avianizing
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
1

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching a_____z___ are there?

13. 4 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALKALIZING is among the common words in this set.