16-letter words containing i, z, a
- non-standardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- oblique zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it between the poles and the equator
- operationalizing — Present participle of operationalize.
- optical tweezers — a laser device used to study, manipulate, or trap a microscopic object, as a microorganism or cell, with nanometer precision.
- organization man — a person who subordinates his personal life to the demands of the organization he works for
- organizationally — the act or process of organizing.
- organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
- over-rationalize — to remove unreasonable elements from.
- over-romanticize — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
- overurbanization — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
- parochialization — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- pearly razorfish — See under razorfish.
- phenoxybenzamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 8 H 2 2 ClNO, used to dilate vascular peripheral blood vessels in the treatment of Raynaud's disease and in pheochromocytoma.
- photozincography — a type of photoengraving using a sensitized zinc plate.
- pietermaritzburg — a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- polarizing angle — the law that light will receive maximum polarization from a reflecting surface when it is incident to the surface at an angle (angle of polarization or polarizing angle) having a tangent equal to the index of refraction of the surface.
- politicalization — to cause to be political; color with politics.
- post-elizabethan — of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times: Elizabethan diplomacy; Elizabethan music.
- premillennialize — to support or believe in premillennialism.
- progressive jazz — an experimental, nonmelodic, and often free-flowing style of modern jazz, especially in the form of highly dissonant, rhythmically complex orchestral arrangements. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz.
- pygmy chimpanzee — a small chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, primarily of swamp forests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a threatened species.
- rational horizon — the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
- razor-billed auk — a black and white auk, Alca torda, of the American and European coasts of the northern North Atlantic, having a compressed black bill encircled by a white band.
- recapitalization — a revision of a corporation's capital structure by an exchange of securities.
- reconceptualized — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- remilitarization — the act of re-arming a country or territory that has previously been disarmed
- remineralization — to convert into a mineral substance.
- repressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- reprioritization — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
- self-dramatizing — exaggerating one's own qualities, role, situation, etc., for dramatic effect or as an attention-getting device; presenting oneself dramatically.
- self-realization — the fulfillment of one's potential.
- self-vulcanizing — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- shemini atzereth — a Jewish festival celebrated on the 22nd day of Tishri, being the 8th day of Sukkoth: marked by a memorial service for the dead and prayers for rain in Israel.
- size enlargement — Size enlargement is a process in which the particle size of a solid is increased.
- slow metabolizer — A slow metabolizer is someone whose body is slow to break down, absorb, or use a particular substance.
- spiritualization — to make spiritual.
- state-subsidized — partly paid for by the state; subsidized by the state
- tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
- the amazon basin — the catchment area of the River Amazon
- to blaze a trail — If someone blazes a trail, they discover or develop something new.
- trapezoidal rule — a numerical method for evaluating the area between a curve and an axis by approximating the area with the areas of trapezoids.
- tuxtla gutierrez — a state in S Mexico. 28,732 sq. mi. (74,415 sq. km). Capital: Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
- ultraminiaturize — to reduce to an ultraminiature size or scale.
- uncollateralized — lacking or needing no collateral: uncollateralized loans.
- undercapitalized — having insufficient capital for the efficient operation of a commercial enterprise
- underutilization — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
- universalization — to make universal.
- unparticularized — to make particular.