13-letter words containing o, z, i, e
- haematochezia — Alternative form of hematochezia.
- haemodialyzer — a piece of equipment used in haemodialysis to screen the blood to remove unwanted substances
- hellenization — to make Greek in character.
- herborization — the act or process of herborizing
- heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
- heterozygosis — the state of being a heterozygote.
- heterozygotic — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- horned lizard — an insectivorous iguanid lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of western North America, having hornlike spines on the head and a flattened body covered with spiny scales.
- hydrogenizing — Present participle of hydrogenize.
- hyperpolarize — to increase the difference in electric potential across (a cell membrane).
- hyphenization — the act or use of hyphenation
- hyposensitize — to cause (a person) to become less sensitive to (a substance producing an allergic reaction); desensitize.
- hypothesizing — to form a hypothesis.
- idealizations — Plural form of idealization.
- impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- insolubilized — Made insoluble.
- interiorizing — Present participle of interiorize.
- irrationalize — to make or cause to be irrational.
- isoalloxazine — a yellow solid that is the heterocyclic compound of the flavins. Formula: C10H6N4O2
- isomerization — (chemistry) the conversion of a compound into a different isomeric form.
- jasperization — The act or process of jasperizing.
- lichenization — any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
- linearization — The modification of a system such that its output is linearly dependent on its input.
- loebner prize — (artificial intelligence) An annual competition in artificial intelligence started by Dr. Hugh Loebner of New York City in 1991. A $100,000 prize is offered to the author of the first computer program to pass an unrestricted Turing test. Annual competitions are held each year with a $2000 prize for the best program on a restricted Turing test. Sponsors of previous competitions include: Apple Computer, Computerland, Crown Industries, GDE Systems, IBM Personal Computer Company's Center for Natural Computing, Greenwich Capital Markets, Motorola, the National Science Foundation, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and The Weingart Foundation. The 1995 and 1996 events were unrestricted Turing Tests, requiring computer entries to converse indefinitely with no topic restrictions. So far, even the best programs give themselves away almost immediately, either by simple grammatical mistakes or by repetition. Complete transcripts and IBM compatible diskettes that play the 1991, 1992, and 1993 conversations in real-time are available for purchase from the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies (telephone: +1 (617) 491 9020, Fax: 1072). Sponsorship opportunities are available.
- lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
- luteinization — to produce corpora lutea in.
- madeira topaz — citrine (def 2).
- magnetization — the process of magnetizing or the state of being magnetized.
- marbleization — The process of marbleizing.
- marketization — The exposure of an industry or service to market forces.
- mechanization — to make mechanical.
- melodramatize — to make melodramatic.
- memorializing — Present participle of memorialize.
- mercerization — to treat (cotton yarns or fabric) with caustic alkali under tension, in order to increase strength, luster, and affinity for dye.
- mesmerization — to hypnotize.
- metabolizable — (biochemistry) Able to be metabolized.
- metagrobolize — to mystify or puzzle
- metallization — The act or process of metallizing.
- methodization — The act or process of methodizing, or the state of being methodized.
- metronidazole — a synthetic antimicrobial substance, C 6 H 9 N 3 O 3 , used chiefly in the treatment of infections, such as Trichomonas vaginalis and certain anaerobic bacterial infections.
- mezzo-relievo — sculptured relief intermediate between high relief and bas-relief.
- mezzotintoing — Present participle of mezzotinto.
- miscategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- misrecognized — Simple past tense and past participle of misrecognize.
- misrecognizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misrecognize.
- modernization — to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas; to modernize a kitchen.
- mohammedanize — Islamize.
- monumentalize — to establish an enduring memorial or record of.
- muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
- myelinization — Myelination.