12-letter words containing t, z, a
- freezer tray — a shallow container used to hold food that is to be frozen
- fused quartz — glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.
- gazetteerish — in the style of a gazetteer
- gelatinizing — Present participle of gelatinize.
- generation z — members of the generation of people born since the mid-1990s who are seen as confident users of new technology
- giant lizard — a monitor lizard, Varanus komodoensis, of certain Indonesian islands E of Java, that grows to a length of 10 feet (3 meters): the largest lizard in the world; now rare.
- grammaticize — (transitive) To render grammatical.
- gustav hertz — Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1887–1975, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1925.
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- hazard light — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
- hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
- heathenizing — Present participle of heathenize.
- hematochezia — the passage of bloody stools.
- hepatization — the transformation of tissue into a liver-like substance, esp of the lungs in pneumonia
- hominization — the evolution of the human traits that set the genus Homo apart from its primate ancestors.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hospitalize.
- humanization — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- idealization — the act or process of idealizing something.
- immortalized — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- immortalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immortalize.
- immunization — the fact or process of becoming immune, as against a disease.
- india chintz — a sturdy, heavyweight fabric constructed in a figured weave, used especially in upholstery.
- infantilized — Simple past tense and past participle of infantilize.
- initializing — Present participle of initialize.
- internalized — Simple past tense and past participle of internalize.
- internalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of internalize.
- iodized salt — common table salt to which a small amount of sodium iodide or potassium iodide has been added
- isoenzymatic — isoenzymic
- iztaccihuatl — an extinct volcano in S central Mexico, SE of Mexico City. 17,342 feet (5286 meters).
- katzenjammer — the discomfort and illness experienced as the aftereffects of excessive drinking; hangover.
- ketoconazole — a synthetic substance, C 26 H 28 Cl 2 N 4 O 4 , used to treat a variety of fungal infections.
- labilization — to cause to become labile.
- laparotomize — to perform a laparotomy on.
- laterization — the weathering process by which rock is changed to laterite.
- latinization — to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
- legalization — to make legal; authorize.
- legitimatize — to make legitimate.
- lethargizing — Present participle of lethargize.
- leze majesty — lese majesty (def 1).
- literalizing — Present participle of literalize.
- localization — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- lopez mateos — Adolfo [ah-th awl-faw] /ɑˈðɔl fɔ/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Mexican lawyer and politician: president of Mexico 1958–64.
- lyophilizate — A lyophilizate is a freeze-dried product.
- maderization — the process whereby wine is heated and oxidized, resulting in a darker colour and an altered taste
- magnetizable — susceptible to magnetization.
- manhattanize — to alter the architectural appearance of (a city) by the construction of skyscrapers and high-rise buildings