14-letter words containing a, z, o, p
- polar zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it at one of the poles
- polarizability — to cause polarization in.
- politicization — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- popularization — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- porphyrization — reduction to a powder, formerly done on a slab of porphyry.
- port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- pragmatization — the action of putting theory into practice, the process of rendering something more pragmatic
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- prioritization — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- projectization — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
- proletarianize — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
- pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.
- quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
- repolarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- scottish topaz — a form of yellow transparent quartz
- shopping plaza — a complex of stores, banks, movie theaters, etc.; shopping center.
- spatialization — the process of causing something to occupy space or assume some of the properties of space
- specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- temperate zone — the part of the earth's surface lying between the tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the Northern Hemisphere or between the tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere, and characterized by having a climate that is warm in the summer, cold in the winter, and moderate in the spring and fall.
- the palaeozoic — the Palaeozoic era
- topicalization — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- zeno's paradox — any of various versions of a paradox regarding the relation of the discrete to the continuous and requiring the concept of limit for its satisfactory explanation.
- zona pellucida — the transparent, noncellular layer surrounding the ovum of mammals, often having radial striations.
- zygosporangium — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.