12-letter words containing d, i, a, r, z
- drizzle cake — a sponge cake that has syrup drizzled over it immediately after baking
- editorialize — to set forth one's position or opinion on some subject in, or as if in, an editorial.
- etherealized — Simple past tense and past participle of etherealize.
- externalized — Simple past tense and past participle of externalize.
- familiarized — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- faradization — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
- fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- fragmentized — fragmented.
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- giant lizard — a monitor lizard, Varanus komodoensis, of certain Indonesian islands E of Java, that grows to a length of 10 feet (3 meters): the largest lizard in the world; now rare.
- gizzard shad — a silvery herring, Dorosoma cepedianum, of eastern and central U.S. waters, that has a gizzardlike stomach.
- glass lizard — any limbless, snakelike lizard of the genus Ophisaurus, inhabiting the eastern U.S., Europe, and Asia, having external ear openings and the ability to regenerate its long, fragile tail.
- godzillagram — (networking) /god-zil'*-gram/ (From Japan's national hero and datagram) 1. A network packet that in theory is a broadcast to every machine in the universe. The typical case is an IP datagram whose destination IP address is [255.255.255.255]. Fortunately, few gateways are foolish enough to attempt to implement this case! 2. A network packet of maximum size. An IP Godzillagram has 65,536 octets. Compare super source quench.
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
- gormandizing — Present participle of gormandize.
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- grand vizier — the chief officer of state of various Muslim countries, as in the former Ottoman Empire.
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- hazard light — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hierarchized — Simple past tense and past participle of hierarchize.
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- immortalized — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- imperialized — Simple past tense and past participle of imperialize.
- internalized — Simple past tense and past participle of internalize.
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
- maderization — the process whereby wine is heated and oxidized, resulting in a darker colour and an altered taste
- marginalized — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- materialized — Simple past tense and past participle of materialize.
- memorialized — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of memorialize.
- merchandized — Simple past tense and past participle of merchandize.
- merchandizer — Alternative spelling of merchandiser.
- miniaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturize.
- mithridatize — to induce a state of mithridatism in (a person).
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- night lizard — any of several nocturnal lizards of the family Xantusiidae, of southwestern North America and Cuba, which bear live young.
- overidealize — to idealize excessively
- personalized — customized
- 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.
- propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
- pyrazinamide — a substance, C 5 H 5 N 3 O, used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- reemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- spiny lizard — any of numerous iguanid lizards of the genus Sceloporus, common in North and Central America, usually having keeled scales that may end in a sharp point.
- standardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.