12-letter words containing i, s, o, z
- iodized salt — common table salt to which a small amount of sodium iodide or potassium iodide has been added
- isoenzymatic — isoenzymic
- koussevitzky — Serge [sairzh] /sɛərʒ/ (Show IPA), (Sergei Alexandrovich Koussevitsky) 1874–1951, Russian orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- louis quinze — noting or pertaining to the rococo style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early and mid-18th century, characterized by fantasy, lightness, elegance, and comfort.
- louis treize — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early 17th century, characterized by a gradual transition from the free invention and composition of the renaissance to the classicism of the Louis Quatorze period.
- memorializes — (US) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of memorialize.
- misrecognize — (psychology, computing) To recognize in error.
- missionarize — to undertake missionary work
- moisturizers — Plural form of moisturizer.
- moisturizing — Present participle of moisturize.
- monopolizers — Plural form of monopolizer.
- monsterizing — Present participle of monsterize.
- mythologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mythologize.
- nasalization — (phonetics, uncountable) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth.
- nationalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nationalize.
- nobel prizes — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in economics was established in 1969 from private funds.
- olympic-size — of the dimensions or length prescribed for the Olympic Games and other major athletic competitions: an Olympic-size speed-skating oval.
- opsonization — to increase the susceptibility of (bacteria) to ingestion by phagocytes.
- personalized — customized
- philosophize — to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner.
- pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
- ponzi scheme — a swindle in which a quick return, made up of money from new investors, on an initial investment lures the victim into much bigger risks.
- psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- rhizophilous — (esp of insects) preferring to live or grow near or on roots
- russian zone — a zone in Germany controlled by the Soviet Union 1945–89.
- saint moritz — a resort town in SE Switzerland: a popular center for winter sports. 6037 feet (1840 meters) high.
- saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
- salinization — the process by which a nonsaline soil becomes saline, as by the irrigation of land with brackish water.
- sanitization — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
- satirization — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- schizocarpic — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- schizogenous — schizogenetic.
- schizogonous — pertaining to or reproducing by schizogony.
- schizomycete — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- schizophytic — of or relating to a schizophyte
- schizopodous — of or relating to a schizopod
- schizothymia — the condition of being schizoid or introverted. It encompasses elements of schizophrenia but does not involve the same depth of psychological disturbance
- sectionalize — to render sectional.
- skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
- socializable — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- soliloquizes — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
- solonization — the formation of solonetzic soil
- solzhenitsyn — Alexander or Aleksandr (Isayevich) [al-ig-zan-der ee-sahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr ee-sah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər iˈsaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr iˈsɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–2008, Russian novelist: Nobel prize 1970; in the U.S. 1974–94.
- somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somatization — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somniloquize — to talk in one's sleep