12-letter words containing a, t, o, z
- maximization — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- melanization — the process of melanizing, or the state of being melanized
- memorization — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- metabolizing — Present participle of metabolize.
- metamorphize — (transitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
- minimization — to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- mobilization — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- monetization — to legalize as money.
- montezuma ii — c1470–1520, last Aztec emperor of Mexico 1502–20.
- moralization — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- motorization — to furnish with a motor, as a vehicle.
- mount kazbek — an extinct volcano in N Georgia in the central Caucasus Mountains. Height: 5047 m (16 558 ft)
- nasalization — (phonetics, uncountable) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth.
- nationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of nationalize.
- nationalizer — One who, or that which, nationalizes.
- nationalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nationalize.
- nazification — to place under Nazi control or influence.
- nebulization — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- neutral zone — the area of a rink between the two blue lines. Compare end zone (def 2).
- nomadization — the process of becoming like a nomad, or making nomadic in character
- nonenzymatic — relating to a process not produced by enzymes
- notarization — the act of notarizing (a document) or a record thereof; certification
- novelization — The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization.
- ooze leather — leather prepared from calfskin or other skin and having a soft, velvety finish on the flesh side.
- opsonization — to increase the susceptibility of (bacteria) to ingestion by phagocytes.
- optimization — The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
- organization — the act or process of organizing.
- paralyzation — to affect with paralysis.
- penalization — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
- photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
- pictorialize — to make pictorial; illustrate or represent with or as if with pictures.
- play it cozy — to act cautiously so as to avoid risk
- polarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
- politicalize — to cause to be political; color with politics.
- polythiazide — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 3 ClF 3 N 3 O 4 S 3 , used as a diuretic in the management of edema and hypertension.
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
- quantization — (uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values.
- quartz clock — an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of the timepiece (quartz clock or quartz watch)
- quetzalcoatl — the feathered serpent god of the Aztec and Toltec cultures.
- racemization — the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- recategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- robotization — the introduction of robots to carry out industrial tasks
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- ruralization — to make rural.