12-letter words containing d, r, z
- 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.
- hydrogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenize.
- hydrolyzable — Able to be hydrolyzed.
- hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
- hyperbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperbolize.
- immortalized — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- imperialized — Simple past tense and past participle of imperialize.
- interiorized — Simple past tense and past participle of interiorize.
- internalized — Simple past tense and past participle of internalize.
- iridectomize — to perform an iridectomy on.
- 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.
- moral hazard — Insurance. an insurance company's risk as to the insured's trustworthiness and honesty.
- muzzleloader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
- night lizard — any of several nocturnal lizards of the family Xantusiidae, of southwestern North America and Cuba, which bear live young.
- nitrogenized — Treated with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
- nonhazardous — Not hazardous; safe.
- nonmotorized — not equipped with a motor
- overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
- overidealize — to idealize excessively
- overutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
- personalized — customized
- 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)
- 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.
- rendezvouses — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- scheherazade — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) the wife of the sultan of India, who relates such interesting tales nightly that the sultan spares her life.
- sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
- shevardnadze — Eduard A [ed-werd;; Russian ed-wahrt] /ˈɛd wərd;; Russian ɛdˈwɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1928–2014, Soviet foreign minister 1985–91; president of his native Georgian Republic 1995–2003.
- 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.
- thioridazine — a phenothiazine, C 21 H 26 N 2 S 2 , used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.
- tiger lizard — either of two lacertid lizards, Nucras intertexta and N. tessellata, of southern Africa, having a gray or brown body marked with black spots and bars.
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- underutilize — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.