14-letter words containing o, r, z
- scrutinization — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- securitization — the use of such securities as eurobonds to enable investors to lend directly to borrowers with a minimum of risk but without using banks as intermediaries
- senior citizen — an elderly or aged person, especially one who is retired.
- sericitization — the process of transforming into sericite
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- straight razor — a razor having a stiff blade made of steel that is hinged to a handle into which it folds.
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- tabularization — the act of tabularizing
- telomerization — polymerization in the presence of a chain transfer agent to yield a series of products of low molecular weight
- temperate zone — the part of the earth's surface lying between the tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the Northern Hemisphere or between the tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere, and characterized by having a climate that is warm in the summer, cold in the winter, and moderate in the spring and fall.
- tenzing norgay — 1914–86, Nepalese mountaineer. With Sir Edmund Hillary, he was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953)
- territorialize — to extend by adding new territory.
- the archeozoic — the Archean (see phrase under Archean)
- the cryptozoic — the Cryptozoic era
- throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
- tolerance zone — an designated area where prostitutes can work without being arrested
- tour d'horizon — a general survey; overview.
- traditionalize — to make traditional: to traditionalize family reunions.
- transistorized — (of a device) equipped with a transistor
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- traumatization — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- trivialization — to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.
- ultrahazardous — extremely or excessively hazardous
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- uniformization — to bring into uniformity.
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- unrationalized — 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.
- unrecognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- unrecognizably — in an unrecognizable or unidentifiable manner
- unromanticized — not romantic
- unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- weatherization — (US) The process of weatherizing.
- well-organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
- westernization — The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.
- zebra crossing — a street crossing marked with white stripes.
- zeno's paradox — any of various versions of a paradox regarding the relation of the discrete to the continuous and requiring the concept of limit for its satisfactory explanation.
- zephyr worsted — lightweight worsted yarn.
- zero balancing — a therapy involving the manipulation of the patient's skeletal structure in order to restore the balance of energy, relieve pain, and maintain well-being
- zero tolerance — a policy of very strict, uncompromising enforcement of rules or laws.
- zero-tolerance — a policy of very strict, uncompromising enforcement of rules or laws.
- zingiberaceous — belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of plants.
- zinziberaceous — zingiberaceous.
- zonal geranium — a widely cultivated plant, Pelargonium hortorum, having white, pink, or red flowers and rounded leaves that are sometimes banded or blotched with contrasting colors.
- zoroastrianism — an Iranian religion, founded c600 b.c. by Zoroaster, the principal beliefs of which are in the existence of a supreme deity, Ahura Mazda, and in a cosmic struggle between a spirit of good, Spenta Mainyu, and a spirit of evil, Angra Mainyu.
- zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
- zygomatic arch — the bony arch at the outer border of the eye socket, formed by the union of the cheekbone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.
- zygosporangium — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.