11-letter words containing n, e, z
- overanalyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- overgrazing — to graze (land) to excess.
- ozone layer — Meteorology. the layer of the upper atmosphere where most atmospheric ozone is concentrated, from about 8 to 30 miles (12 to 48 km) above the earth, with the maximum ozone concentration occurring at an altitude of about 12 miles (19 km).
- ozoniferous — containing ozone.
- ozonosphere — Meteorology. the layer of the upper atmosphere where most atmospheric ozone is concentrated, from about 8 to 30 miles (12 to 48 km) above the earth, with the maximum ozone concentration occurring at an altitude of about 12 miles (19 km).
- palladinize — to treat or cover (a surface) with palladium.
- pantheonize — to place, especially to bury, in a pantheon: The author will be pantheonized following the funeral mass.
- paraffinize — paraffin (def 4).
- pedanticize — to be pedantic
- pentazocine — a synthetic narcotic analgesic, C 1 9 H 2 7 NO, used chiefly for the relief of moderate to severe pain.
- personalize — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- petting zoo — a zoo, or a part of a larger zoo, where children may hold and stroke and sometimes feed small or young animals
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- phonemicize — to transcribe into phonemic symbols.
- phoneticize — to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.
- photic zone — the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis.
- photoionize — to cause to undergo or to undergo photoionization
- piz bernina — a mountain in SE Switzerland, the highest peak of the Bernina Alps in the S Rhaetian Alps. Height: 4049 m (13 284 ft)
- plebeianize — to make popular or vulgar
- prize money — money offered, won, or received in prizes.
- prizewinner — a person or thing that wins a prize or is deserving of a prize.
- prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
- quezon city — a city on W central Luzon Island, in the Philippines, NE of Manila: former national capital (1948–76).
- quinazoline — a colorless, crystalline, heterocyclic compound, C 8 H 6 N 2 .
- rasterizing — rasterising
- rationalize — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- re-energize — to give energy to; rouse into activity: to energize the spirit with brave words.
- realization — the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.
- recognizing — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- regionalize — to divide or organize into regions for administrative purposes
- rehypnotize — to hypnotize again
- rejuvenized — to rejuvenate.
- religionize — to be devoted to or bring under the influence of religion
- renormalize — to normalize again, to cause to conform to norms or a normal state again
- reorganizer — a person who reorganizes
- repatronize — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- resensitize — to render sensitive.
- roentgenize — to subject to the action of x-rays.
- romanticize — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- safety zone — A safety zone is a place in the middle of a road crossing where you can wait before you cross the other half of the road.
- san lorenzo — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- schizogenic — reproducing or formed by fission.
- scrutinized — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinizer — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- sermonizing — the act of talking as if delivering a sermon
- sienkiewicz — Henryk [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, Polish novelist: Nobel prize 1905.
- siliconized — (of a material) having silicone added.
- singularize — to make singular.
- skeletonize — to reduce to a skeleton, outline, or framework.