12-letter words containing i, z, a
- hematochezia — the passage of bloody stools.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hepatization — the transformation of tissue into a liver-like substance, esp of the lungs in pneumonia
- hierarchized — Simple past tense and past participle of hierarchize.
- hispaniolize — to make someone Spanish in their cultural attitudes, values, speech, etc
- hkakabo razi — the highest peak in Myanmar, in Kachin state, in the N. 19,294 feet (5881 meters).
- hominization — the evolution of the human traits that set the genus Homo apart from its primate ancestors.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hospitalize.
- 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.
- humanization — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- ibizan hound — one of a breed of medium-sized, tall, swift hunting hounds with a short, usually red and white coat, bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt but today found chiefly in the Balearic Islands and other areas of Spain.
- idealization — the act or process of idealizing something.
- illegalizing — Present participle of illegalize.
- illiberalize — to render illiberal
- immortalized — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- immortalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immortalize.
- immunization — the fact or process of becoming immune, as against a disease.
- imperialized — Simple past tense and past participle of imperialize.
- incognizable — Not cognizable; incapable of being recognised.
- incognizance — Failure to cognize, apprehend, or notice.
- india chintz — a sturdy, heavyweight fabric constructed in a figured weave, used especially in upholstery.
- infantilized — Simple past tense and past participle of infantilize.
- initializing — Present participle of initialize.
- inoxidizable — not susceptible to oxidation.
- internalized — Simple past tense and past participle of internalize.
- internalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of internalize.
- iodized salt — common table salt to which a small amount of sodium iodide or potassium iodide has been added
- irrealizable — not realizable
- isoenzymatic — isoenzymic
- iztaccihuatl — an extinct volcano in S central Mexico, SE of Mexico City. 17,342 feet (5286 meters).
- jacobinizing — Present participle of jacobinize.
- jenghiz khan — Genghis Khan
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- jiaozhou bay — an inlet of the Yellow Sea in NE China, in SE Shandong province
- juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
- labilization — to cause to become labile.
- laparotomize — to perform a laparotomy on.
- lapis lazuli — a deep-blue mineral composed mainly of lazurite with smaller quantities of other minerals, used mainly as a gem or as a pigment.
- laryngealize — to pronounce with accompanying constriction of the larynx.
- laterization — the weathering process by which rock is changed to laterite.
- latinization — to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
- legalization — to make legal; authorize.
- legitimatize — to make legitimate.
- lethargizing — Present participle of lethargize.
- liberalizing — Present participle of liberalize.
- literalizing — Present participle of literalize.