12-letter words containing c, i, z
- officialized — Simple past tense and past participle of officialize.
- olympic-size — of the dimensions or length prescribed for the Olympic Games and other major athletic competitions: an Olympic-size speed-skating oval.
- ozonic ether — a solution of hydrogen peroxide in ethyl ether.
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- parochialize — to make parochial.
- perfectivize — to make perfective.
- pictorialize — to make pictorial; illustrate or represent with or as if with pictures.
- play it cozy — to act cautiously so as to avoid risk
- pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
- politicalize — to cause to be political; color with politics.
- ponzi scheme — a swindle in which a quick return, made up of money from new investors, on an initial investment lures the victim into much bigger risks.
- porcelainize — to make into or coat with porcelain or something resembling porcelain.
- porcellanize — to bake into porcelain
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- price freeze — temporary fixing of prices
- procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
- psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
- quick-freeze — to freeze (cooked or uncooked food) rapidly, permitting it to be stored almost indefinitely at freezing temperatures.
- quizzicality — The state or condition of being quizzical.
- racemization — the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
- recapitalize — to renew or change the capital of.
- recarburizer — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
- recategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- recentralize — to draw to or gather about a center.
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognizance — Law. a bond or obligation of record entered into before a court of record or a magistrate, binding a person to do a particular act. the sum pledged as surety on such a bond.
- reflectorize — to treat something so that it reflects light: to reflectorize license plates.
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- schizocarpic — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- schizogenous — schizogenetic.
- schizogonous — pertaining to or reproducing by schizogony.
- schizomycete — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- schizophytic — of or relating to a schizophyte
- schizopodous — of or relating to a schizopod
- schizothymia — the condition of being schizoid or introverted. It encompasses elements of schizophrenia but does not involve the same depth of psychological disturbance
- schreinerize — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
- scrutinizing — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- sectarianize — to make sectarian.
- sectionalize — to render sectional.
- socializable — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- subcivilized — not quite civilized
- subjectivize — to make subjective
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- technicalize — to make technical
- technologize — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- tezcatlipoca — an Aztec god.
- the cenozoic — the Cenozoic era