13-letter words containing r, a, z
- natchez trace — a road begun in 1806 between Natchez, Miss., and Nashville, Tenn.: about 500 miles (800 km) long.
- nathan glazer — Nathan, born 1923, U.S. sociologist.
- new zealander — a country in the S Pacific, SE of Australia, consisting of North Island, South Island, and adjacent small islands: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 103,416 sq. mi. (267,845 sq. km). Capital: Wellington.
- nez perce war — a war (1877) fought in the northwestern U.S. between the U.S. and a band of Nez Percé Indians.
- nonauthorized — Not authorized.
- normalization — to make normal.
- occam's razor — the maxim that assumptions introduced to explain a thing must not be multiplied beyond necessity.
- on the razzle — out enjoying oneself or celebrating, esp while drinking freely
- organizations — The action of organizing something.
- orientalizing — Present participle of orientalize.
- orthogonalize — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- orthographize — to spell correctly or according to the rules of orthography.
- ostracization — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- ovariectomize — (transitive) To remove the ovaries from.
- over-idealize — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- overanalyzing — Present participle of overanalyze.
- overdramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
- overglamorize — to glamorize excessively
- oversocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overzealously — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- particularize — to make particular.
- patronization — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronizingly — displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner: a patronizing greeting, accompanied by a gentle pat on the pack.
- pauperization — the act or process of making a pauper of or impoverishing
- pedestrianize — to go on foot; walk.
- periodization — an act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study.
- peritonealize — to cover with peritoneum.
- pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
- phenmetrazine — a compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity.
- picturization — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pluralization — to receive or take a plural form.
- porfirio diaz — (Josédela Cruz) Porfirio [haw-se th e lah kroos pawr-fee-ryaw] /hɔˈsɛ ðɛ lɑ ˈkrus pɔrˈfi ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, president of Mexico 1877–80, 1884–1911.
- posterization — a process for producing a posterlike, high-contrast color reproduction from continuous-tone art by using separation negatives of various densities.
- pre-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
- pre-organized — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- privatization — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- pronominalize — to replace (a noun or noun phrase) with a pronoun.
- propagandizer — a person who engages in, or subjects others to, propaganda
- protestantize — to convert or cause to conform to Protestantism.
- proverbialize — to use in a proverbial way
- provincialize — to make provincial in character.
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
- racialization — to impose a racial interpretation on; place in a racial context.
- radialization — the act of forming or arranging in a radial pattern
- radio horizon — the locus of points on the earth's surface where rays from a transmitting antenna are tangent to the surface. The radio horizon for a fixed antenna varies with refraction by the atmosphere of radio waves.
- randomization — to order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, especially in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables; make random.