12-letter words containing h, e, r, z
- mythologizer — One who, or that which, mythologizes.
- on the fritz — on the fritz, not in working order: Our TV went on the fritz last night.
- ooze leather — leather prepared from calfskin or other skin and having a soft, velvety finish on the flesh side.
- ozonic ether — a solution of hydrogen peroxide in ethyl ether.
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parochialize — to make parochial.
- perphenazine — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 2 1 H 2 6 ClN 3 OS, used chiefly as a tranquilizer and in the treatment of intractable hiccoughs and nausea and vomiting.
- phenarsazine — a type of toxin that originates from arsenic
- phrenologize — to treat with phrenology or phrenological methods
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- prizefighter — a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.
- promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- re-emphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- reemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- resynthesize — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- 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.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- schreinerize — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
- sharp-freeze — quick-freeze.
- 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.
- the frizzies — the condition of having frizzy hair
- the nazarene — Jesus
- theorization — to form a theory or theories.
- thioridazine — a phenothiazine, C 21 H 26 N 2 S 2 , used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.
- trichotomize — to divide into three parts or categories
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- unharmonized — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- zephyr cloth — a lightweight worsted cloth.
- zephyranthes — any of various bulbous plants belonging to the genus Zephyranthes, of the amaryllis family, as Z. grandiflora, having showy rose or pink flowers.
- zone therapy — a type of massage which works on the theory that specific parts of the foot or palm of the hand are associated with different parts of the body, and that massaging the feet or hands will give the patient relief from disorders in the related part of the body
- zoochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the constituents of the animal body; animal chemistry.
- zoochlorella — any of various symbiotic green algae in the cytoplasm of certain freshwater invertebrates, as stentors and hydras.
- zoogeography — the science dealing with the geographical distribution of animals.