12-letter words containing s, i, z
- psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
- re-emphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- re-stabilize — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- reemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- repressurize — to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level: to pressurize an astronaut's spacesuit before a walk in space.
- resynthesize — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- rhizophilous — (esp of insects) preferring to live or grow near or on roots
- russian zone — a zone in Germany controlled by the Soviet Union 1945–89.
- saint moritz — a resort town in SE Switzerland: a popular center for winter sports. 6037 feet (1840 meters) high.
- saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
- salinization — the process by which a nonsaline soil becomes saline, as by the irrigation of land with brackish water.
- sanitization — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
- satirization — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- schizocarpic — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- schizogenous — schizogenetic.
- schizogonous — pertaining to or reproducing by schizogony.
- schizomycete — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- schizophytic — of or relating to a schizophyte
- schizopodous — of or relating to a schizopod
- schizothymia — the condition of being schizoid or introverted. It encompasses elements of schizophrenia but does not involve the same depth of psychological disturbance
- schreinerize — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
- scrutinizing — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- sectarianize — to make sectarian.
- sectionalize — to render sectional.
- segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
- serpentinize — to convert (a mineral or rock) into serpentine.
- sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
- shijiazhuang — a province in NE China. 81,479 sq. mi. (211,031 sq. km). Capital: Shijiazhuang.
- skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
- socializable — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- soliloquizes — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
- solonization — the formation of solonetzic soil
- solzhenitsyn — Alexander or Aleksandr (Isayevich) [al-ig-zan-der ee-sahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr ee-sah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər iˈsaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr iˈsɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–2008, Russian novelist: Nobel prize 1970; in the U.S. 1974–94.
- somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somatization — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somniloquize — to talk in one's sleep
- 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
- stabilizator — a stabilizer
- standardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- stigmatizing — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- strategizing — to make up or determine strategy; plan.
- subcivilized — not quite civilized
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.