15-letter words containing i, z, t
- decontextualize — to consider (something) in isolation from its usual context
- deculturalizing — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- deformalization — to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.
- deglamorization — the act or process of making less glamorous
- deindustrialize — to reduce the importance of manufacturing industry in the economy of (a nation or area)
- delabialization — the result or process of delabializing.
- demagnetization — The process of removing the magnetic field from an object.
- dematerializing — Present participle of dematerialize.
- democratization — The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.
- demolition zone — an area consisting of buildings marked for demolition
- demutualization — Demutualization is a situation in which a mutually owned company such as an insurance company changes into a public company that issues stock.
- demythologizing — Present participle of demythologize.
- denationalizing — Present participle of denationalize.
- denormalization — to make normal.
- departmentalize — to organize into departments, esp excessively
- deprivatization — The act or process of deprivatizing.
- derhotacization — A distortion in (or an Inability to pronounce) the sound of letter R, causing the R to be omitted as a consonant or changing /\u025d/ or /\u025a/ to /\u025c/,/\u0259/, or another vowel if a vocalic.
- desacralization — the process of rendering anything less sacred; secularization
- desensitization — the act or process of desensitizing.
- deserialization — The act or process of deserializing.
- desexualization — The act or process of desexualizing.
- desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
- desocialization — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- destabilization — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
- desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
- detribalization — to cause to lose tribal allegiances and customs, chiefly through contact with another culture.
- dezincification — removal of zinc.
- diagonalization — (in linear algebra) the process of diagonalizing
- dichotomization — The act of dichotomizing or the thing dichotomized; classification.
- digital citizen — a person who develops the skills and knowledge to effectively use the Internet and other digital technology, especially in order to participate responsibly in social and civic activities: We're teaching students how to become good digital citizens.
- dimethylbenzene — xylene.
- disincentivized — Simple past tense and past participle of disincentivize.
- disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
- dye sensitizing — the producing of panchromatic or orthochromatic film by treating it with an emulsion containing dyes that absorb light of all or certain colors.
- encephalization — (biology) the amount of brain mass exceeding that related to an animal's total body mass.
- enterprise zone — An enterprise zone is an area, usually a depressed or inner-city area, where the government offers incentives in order to attract new businesses.
- etherealization — The act or process of etherealizing.
- experimentalize — (transitive) To make experiments upon.
- extemporization — The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.
- extensivization — the process of (something) becoming more extensive, esp in agriculture
- exteriorization — The physical embodiment of an abstraction.
- externalization — A physical thing that typifies an abstract thing; an embodiment or personalization.
- familiarization — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- formularization — The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition.
- fractionalizing — Present participle of fractionalize.
- fuzzy computing — fuzzy logic
- generalizations — Plural form of generalization.
- giant schnauzer — one of a German breed of large working dogs, resembling a larger and more powerful version of the standard schnauzer, having a pepper-and-salt or pure black, wiry coat, bushy eyebrows and beard, and a docked tail set moderately high, originally developed as a cattle herder but now often used in police work.
- glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
- governmentalize — (US) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize.