12-letter words containing o, r, i, z
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
- promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
- propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
- quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
- racemization — the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- recategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognizance — Law. a bond or obligation of record entered into before a court of record or a magistrate, binding a person to do a particular act. the sum pledged as surety on such a bond.
- reflectorize — to treat something so that it reflects light: to reflectorize license plates.
- repopularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- reprioritize — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- 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
- robotization — the introduction of robots to carry out industrial tasks
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- ruralization — to make rural.
- 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.
- 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.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- stabilizator — a stabilizer
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- tangier zone — a former internationalized zone on the Strait of Gibraltar: became a part of Morocco 1956. Compare Morocco (def 1).
- tautomerizes — to undergo tautomerism.
- theorization — to form a theory or theories.
- thioridazine — a phenothiazine, C 21 H 26 N 2 S 2 , used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.
- trichotomize — to divide into three parts or categories
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- unformalized — not formalized
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unharmonized — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- unmodernized — not made modern
- unmoralizing — not moralizing
- unnormalized — to make normal.
- unpatronized — having few or no patrons
- unrecognized — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- urbanization — 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.
- valorization — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.