12-letter words containing g, r, i, z
- grizzly bear — a large North American brown bear, Ursus (arctos) horribilis, with coarse, gray-tipped brown fur, once widespread in the western part of the continent as far south as northern Mexico but now restricted to some regions of Alaska, western Canada, and the U.S. Rocky Mountains: a threatened species except in Alaska.
- grozing iron — (in plumbing) a hot iron for finishing soldered joints.
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- gyro horizon — artificial horizon (def 3).
- 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.
- hydrogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenize.
- immiserizing — immiserate.
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- laryngealize — to pronounce with accompanying constriction of the larynx.
- lethargizing — Present participle of lethargize.
- liberalizing — Present participle of liberalize.
- light breeze — a wind of 4–7 miles per hour (2–3 m/sec). Compare breeze1 (def 2).
- literalizing — Present participle of literalize.
- marginalized — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marginalize.
- militarizing — Present participle of militarize.
- mineralizing — Present participle of mineralize.
- mineralogize — (intransitive) To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals.
- misrecognize — (psychology, computing) To recognize in error.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- moisturizing — Present participle of moisturize.
- mongrelizing — Present participle of mongrelize.
- monsterizing — Present participle of monsterize.
- moralizingly — In a moralizing fashion.
- mythologizer — One who, or that which, mythologizes.
- naturalizing — Present participle of naturalize.
- neutralizing — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisingt; present participle of neutralize.
- night lizard — any of several nocturnal lizards of the family Xantusiidae, of southwestern North America and Cuba, which bear live young.
- nigiri-zushi — cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi)
- nitrogenized — Treated with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
- organization — the act or process of organizing.
- overorganize — to stress formal structure, status, rules, and details excessively.
- partializing — to bias.
- phrenologize — to treat with phrenology or phrenological methods
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- prize-giving — A prize-giving is a ceremony where prizes are awarded to people who have produced a very high standard of work.
- prizefighter — a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.
- prizewinning — having won, or worthy of, a prize
- propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
- quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
- recategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- 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.
- revitalizing — having the ability or tendency to restore strength
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- scrutinizing — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
- strategizing — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- tangier zone — a former internationalized zone on the Strait of Gibraltar: became a part of Morocco 1956. Compare Morocco (def 1).
- 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.