14-letter words containing s, z, a
- sectionization — the act or state of being sectionized
- secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- securitization — the use of such securities as eurobonds to enable investors to lend directly to borrowers with a minimum of risk but without using banks as intermediaries
- self-actualize — to undergo self-actualization.
- semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- sensationalize — to make sensational.
- sensualization — to render sensual.
- sentimentalize — to indulge in sentiment.
- sericitization — the process of transforming into sericite
- shopping plaza — a complex of stores, banks, movie theaters, etc.; shopping center.
- slide magazine — a piece of equipment that holds slides and pushes them into a projector
- solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
- somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
- spatialization — the process of causing something to occupy space or assume some of the properties of space
- specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
- stabilizer bar — a horizontal metal bar linking the two front suspension systems of an automobile, used to reduce swaying or rolling.
- stigmatization — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- straight razor — a razor having a stiff blade made of steel that is hinged to a handle into which it folds.
- structuralized — to form into or make part of a structure.
- subminiaturize — to design or manufacture (equipment, especially electronic equipment) of a greatly reduced scale.
- substantialize — to make or become substantial or actual
- substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- superficialize — to treat things superficially
- synthesization — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- szekesfehervar — a city in W central Hungary.
- testimonialize — to honor (someone) by giving or doing something testimonial.
- throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
- transistorized — (of a device) equipped with a transistor
- transparentize — to make transparent
- trapeze artist — a person who performs, especially professionally, on a trapeze.
- ultrahazardous — extremely or excessively hazardous
- unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- unspiritualize — to deprive of spiritual qualities
- unstandardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- unsympathizing — not sympathizing; not offering sympathy; unsympathetic
- unsystematized — not systematized or arranged in a system
- westernization — The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.
- zebra crossing — a street crossing marked with white stripes.
- zeno's paradox — any of various versions of a paradox regarding the relation of the discrete to the continuous and requiring the concept of limit for its satisfactory explanation.
- zingiberaceous — belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of plants.
- zinziberaceous — zingiberaceous.
- zooflagellates — Plural form of zooflagellate.
- zoroastrianism — an Iranian religion, founded c600 b.c. by Zoroaster, the principal beliefs of which are in the existence of a supreme deity, Ahura Mazda, and in a cosmic struggle between a spirit of good, Spenta Mainyu, and a spirit of evil, Angra Mainyu.
- zygosporangium — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.