12-letter words containing p, i, a, z
- pictorialize — to make pictorial; illustrate or represent with or as if with pictures.
- play it cozy — to act cautiously so as to avoid risk
- polarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
- politicalize — to cause to be political; color with politics.
- polythiazide — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 3 ClF 3 N 3 O 4 S 3 , used as a diuretic in the management of edema and hypertension.
- porcelainize — to make into or coat with porcelain or something resembling porcelain.
- porcellanize — to bake into porcelain
- 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.
- pulverizable — that can be pulverized
- pyrazinamide — a substance, C 5 H 5 N 3 O, used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
- re-emphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- recapitalize — to renew or change the capital of.
- reemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- repopularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
- schizocarpic — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- spiny lizard — any of numerous iguanid lizards of the genus Sceloporus, common in North and Central America, usually having keeled scales that may end in a sharp point.
- spiritualize — to make spiritual.
- splenization — the transformation of something into a spleenlike tissue
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- symptomatize — symptomize.
- tezcatlipoca — an Aztec god.
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- unappetizing — appealing to or stimulating the appetite; savory.
- uncapsizable — (of a boat, etc) that cannot be capsized
- unemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- unpatronized — having few or no patrons
- vaporization — the act of vaporizing.
- zinc-plating — the process of covering something with a layer or coating of zinc
- zip fastener — a zipper.
- zoosporangia — Plural form of zoosporangium.
- zygapophysis — one of the four processes of a vertebra, occurring in pairs that interlock each vertebra with the vertebrae above and below.