12-letter words containing o, z
- blaze orange — a very bright orange, as on a traffic cone.
- booze cruise — a day trip to a foreign country, esp from England across the English Channel to France, for the purposes of buying cheap alcohol, cigarettes, etc
- bowdlerizing — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- box magazine — a rectangular cartridge holder in a submachine or light machine gun.
- breaker zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- breeze block — a cinder block.
- breeze-block — A breeze-block is a large, grey brick made from ashes and cement.
- bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
- by the dozen — in large quantities
- bzzzt, wrong — (jargon) /bzt rong/ (Usenet, Internet) From the flim "Dead Poets Society", spoofing quiz shows such as "Truth or Consequences" where an incorrect answer earns a blast from the buzzer. An expression of mock-rude disagreement, often following a quote from another poster in a forum. The less abbreviated "*Bzzzzt*, wrong, but thank you for playing" is also common.
- canalization — the act of canalizing
- canonicalize — (transitive, computing) To convert (data) into canonical form.
- canonization — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
- cefoperazone — A cephalosporin antibiotic.
- chalazogamic — relating to the process of chalazogamy
- chronologize — to arrange in an order determined by when events took place
- civilization — Civilization is the state of having an advanced level of social organization and a comfortable way of life.
- clinozoisite — a monoclinic mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, a variety of epidote, dimorphous with zoisite.
- clotrimazole — An antifungal medication used to treat humans and animals.
- coleorrhizae — protective sheath enclosing grass seedlings
- collectivize — If farms or factories are collectivized, they are brought under state ownership and control, usually by combining a number of small farms or factories into one large one.
- collodionize — (transitive) To prepare or treat with collodion.
- colonialized — to make colonial.
- colonization — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- colorization — Colorization is a technique used to add colour to old black and white films.
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- comfort zone — a situation or position in which a person feels secure, comfortable, or in control
- commoditized — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- common topaz — topaz (def 2).
- common zebra — Equus burchelli, the most common type of zebra
- componentize — (transitive) To split into separate components.
- computerized — A computerized system, process, or business is one in which the work is done by computer.
- computerizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerize.
- concretizing — Present participle of concretize.
- conscientize — to educate (a person) about an issue or idea
- conservatize — to make or become conservative
- consumerized — to make (goods or a product) suitable or available for mass consumption: to consumerize computers by making them cheaper.
- containerize — to convey (cargo) in standard-sized containers
- contemporize — to be or make contemporary; synchronize
- conveyorized — to equip (a factory or the like) with conveyor belts.
- copolymerize — to react (two compounds) together to produce a copolymer
- corporealize — to make corporeal
- creolization — (of a pidgin language) the process of becoming a creole
- cryptozygous — having the skull broad and the face narrow.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cutinization — a process in which the outermost plant cells become thickened and covered with cutin, making them waterproof
- cytoanalyzer — an electronic optical device for screening smears of cells suspected of being malignant.
- czechoslovak — Czechoslovak means belonging or relating to the former state of Czechoslovakia.
- dactylozooid — (zoology) A kind of zooid of Siphonophora with an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth.