15-letter words containing r, a, z
- depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
- deprivatization — The act or process of deprivatizing.
- deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
- derhotacization — A distortion in (or an Inability to pronounce) the sound of letter R, causing the R to be omitted as a consonant or changing /\u025d/ or /\u025a/ to /\u025c/,/\u0259/, or another vowel if a vocalic.
- desacralization — the process of rendering anything less sacred; secularization
- deserialization — The act or process of deserializing.
- desilverization — the process of desilverizing (metal); the state of having been desilverized
- desulfurization — The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
- detribalization — to cause to lose tribal allegiances and customs, chiefly through contact with another culture.
- disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
- endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
- etherealization — The act or process of etherealizing.
- experimentalize — (transitive) To make experiments upon.
- extemporization — The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.
- exteriorization — The physical embodiment of an abstraction.
- externalization — A physical thing that typifies an abstract thing; an embodiment or personalization.
- familiarization — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- formularization — The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition.
- fractionalizing — Present participle of fractionalize.
- franz ferdinand — Francis Ferdinand.
- franz joseph ii — 1906–1989, prince of Liechtenstein 1938–89.
- free-trade zone — foreign-trade zone. free port (def 1). Abbreviation: FTZ.
- freeze-fracture — to prepare (material) for the electron microscope by freeze fracturing.
- frozen daiquiri — a cocktail consisting of rum, lemon or lime juice, and sugar, vigorously beaten together with finely crushed ice and served with a straw.
- galvanized iron — iron or steel, especially in sheets, coated with zinc to prevent rust.
- gas-guzzler tax — a tax imposed on the purchase price of an automobile not meeting fuel efficiency standards.
- gaudier-brzeska — Henri (ɑ̃ri), original name Henri Gaudier. 1891–1915, French vorticist sculptor
- generalizations — Plural form of generalization.
- giant schnauzer — one of a German breed of large working dogs, resembling a larger and more powerful version of the standard schnauzer, having a pepper-and-salt or pure black, wiry coat, bushy eyebrows and beard, and a docked tail set moderately high, originally developed as a cattle herder but now often used in police work.
- girlie magazine — soft porn magazine
- glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
- governmentalize — (US) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize.
- grant's gazelle — a large gazelle, Gazella granti, with distinctive long curved horns, native to the eastern African plains.
- granulitization — the process whereby metamorphism acts on a rock and reduces it to crystalline grains
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- hazard analysis — risk assessment
- hazardous waste — any industrial by-product, especially from the manufacture of chemicals, that is destructive to the environment or dangerous to the health of people or animals: Hazardous wastes often contaminate ground water.
- hernando cortez — Hernando [er-nahn-daw] /ɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), Hernán [er-nahn] /ɛrˈnɑn/ (Show IPA), 1485–1547, Spanish conqueror of Mexico.
- hibernicization — the process or act of making Irish
- historicization — Act or process of historicizing.
- horizontal well — A horizontal well is a well which has sections that have been drilled at more than 80 degrees from the vertical in order to penetrate a greater length of the reservoir.
- hyperpolarizing — Present participle of hyperpolarize.
- hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
- immaterializing — Present participle of immaterialize.
- immortalization — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- industrializing — Present participle of industrialize.
- interiorization — Act or process of interiorizing.
- internalization — to incorporate (the cultural values, mores, motives, etc., of another or of a group), as through learning, socialization, or identification.
- intrazonal soil — a soil that has a well-developed profile determined by relief, parent material, age, etc
- jaques-dalcroze — Émile [French ey-meel] /French eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1865–1950, Swiss composer and teacher: created eurythmics.