15-letter words containing a, r, t, i, z
- glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
- governmentalize — (US) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize.
- granulitization — the process whereby metamorphism acts on a rock and reduces it to crystalline grains
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- hibernicization — the process or act of making Irish
- historicization — Act or process of historicizing.
- horizontal well — A horizontal well is a well which has sections that have been drilled at more than 80 degrees from the vertical in order to penetrate a greater length of the reservoir.
- immaterializing — Present participle of immaterialize.
- immortalization — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- industrializing — Present participle of industrialize.
- interiorization — Act or process of interiorizing.
- internalization — to incorporate (the cultural values, mores, motives, etc., of another or of a group), as through learning, socialization, or identification.
- intrazonal soil — a soil that has a well-developed profile determined by relief, parent material, age, etc
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
- marginalization — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- materialization — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- memorialization — to commemorate.
- metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
- metropolitanize — to make metropolitan.
- miniaturization — to make in extremely small size in order to keep volume or weight to a minimum: to miniaturize electronic equipment.
- mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- mischaracterize — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- multilateralize — to open to participation by several nations, organizations, etc.: to multilateralize trade agreements.
- nonstandardized — Unstandardized.
- oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
- operationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalize.
- overcapitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of overcapitalize.
- overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
- overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
- overutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- ozark mountains — an eroded plateau in S Missouri, N Arkansas, and NE Oklahoma. Area: about 130 000 sq km (50 000 sq miles)
- parametrization — a parametric representation; the act of representing as or defining parameters
- pastoralization — to make pastoral or rural.
- personalization — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- pre-elizabethan — (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.
- preequalization — preemphasis.
- presbyterianize — to convert or be converted into Presbyterianism
- proletarianized — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
- proletarization — to proletarianize.
- propylitization — the alteration of igneous rock to propylite
- radiosensitizer — a substance, as a drug, that enhances the sensitivity of tissues or cells to radiation therapy.
- rationalization — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- reauthorization — the act or process of reauthorizing something
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconceptualize — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- recontextualize — to contextualize (something) again
- reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
- regionalization — the process or tendency of dividing a country into administrative regions
- reindustrialize — to subject to reindustrialization.