12-letter words containing d, z
- 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.
- subcivilized — not quite civilized
- sulfadiazine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 0 H 1 0 N 4 O 2 S, used chiefly in the treatment of urinary tract infections, meningitis, and malaria.
- systematized — to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.
- tadzhikistan — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- 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.
- un-humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- un-unionized — to separate or change into ions.
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- underutilize — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
- underzealous — full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm. Antonyms: apathetic; lackadaisical.
- undramatized — not dramatized; not adapted to dramatic form
- unemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- unfertilized — Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- unformalized — not formalized
- unfossilized — not fossilized
- ungalvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unharmonized — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- unitalicized — to print in italic type.
- unmethodized — not organized systematically, according to a method
- unmodernized — not made modern
- unnormalized — to make normal.
- unpatronized — having few or no patrons
- unpublicized — not publicized, promoted, or made widely known
- unrecognized — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- unsensitized — to render sensitive.
- unserialized — to publish in serial form.
- unsocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- unstabilized — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- unsterilized — not sterilized; that has not been made sterile
- unsubsidized — to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
- unverbalized — not verbalized or put into words
- vascularized — rendered vascular by the formation of new blood vessels.
- zalambdodont — (zoology) Having teeth with two ridges that meet at an angle, forming the letter lambda.
- zantedeschia — (botany) Any of the genus Zantedeschia of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa.
- zen buddhism — Zen.
- zen buddhist — a follower or adherent of Zen Buddhism
- zeptoseconds — Plural form of zeptosecond.
- zero defects — quality control that strives for a perfect production process, resulting in flawless products.
- zero-divisor — a nonzero element of a ring such that its product with some other nonzero element of the ring equals zero.
- zinc sulfide — a white to yellow, crystalline powder, ZnS, soluble in acids, insoluble in water, occurring naturally as wurtzite and sphalerite: used as a pigment and as a phosphor on x-ray and television screens.
- zone defence — a tactic whereby each player in a team defends a particular area of the pitch or field
- zone defense — a method of defense, especially in basketball and football, in which each member of the defensive team guards a specified portion of the playing area.
- zuid-holland — South Holland
- zuse, konrad — Konrad Zuse