15-letter words containing a, z, o
- oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
- on a razor edge — in an extremely precarious state
- operationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalize.
- organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
- organized crime — illegal activities co-ordinated by groups
- organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
- overcapitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of overcapitalize.
- overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
- overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
- overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
- overutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- overzealousness — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- oxidizing agent — a substance that oxidizes another substance, being itself reduced in the process. Common oxidizing agents are oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, and ferric salts
- oxyphenbutazone — an anti-inflammatory treatment for arthritis or bursitis
- ozark mountains — an eroded plateau in S Missouri, N Arkansas, and NE Oklahoma. Area: about 130 000 sq km (50 000 sq miles)
- panzer division — an armored division of the German army, especially in World War II, consisting chiefly of tanks and organized for making rapid attacks.
- 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.
- phenazopyridine — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used as a lower urinary tract analgesic.
- phonemicization — a grouping of phonemes
- phoneticization — the representation of speech in writing using a system in which individual symbols reflect speech sounds in a regular manner
- photoionization — the phenomenon in which the absorption of electromagnetic radiation by an atom in a gas induces the atom to emit a bound electron and thereby become ionized.
- physicalization — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- powder magazine — a compartment for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
- preequalization — preemphasis.
- professionalize — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
- 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
- quartz movement — 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)
- quezon y molina — Manuel Luis [mah-nwel lwees] /mɑˈnwɛl lwis/ (Show IPA), 1878–1944, Philippine political leader; 1st president of the Philippine Commonwealth 1933–44.
- 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.
- realized losses — Realized losses are losses which have occurred upon the sale of an asset.
- 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
- renormalization — the action or process of normalizing or causing to conform to a norm or normal state again
- reprivatization — the action or process of reprivatizing, or an instance thereof
- resensitization — the state or process of being sensitized.
- resocialization — the process of learning new attitudes and norms required for a new social role.
- restabilization — the act or process of stabilizing or the state of being stabilized.
- revisualization — the act of visualizing or picturing something again
- romanticization — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- schillerization — the process of altering crystals to produce schiller
- self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.