13-letter words containing z, a, c
- climatic zone — any of the eight principal zones, roughly demarcated by lines of latitude, into which the earth can be divided on the basis of climate
- climatization — to acclimate to a new environment.
- coatzacoalcos — city in EC Mexico, in Veracruz state: pop. 233,000
- coca-colonize — to bring (a foreign country) under the influence of U.S. trade, popular culture, and attitudes.
- collateralize — to treat (a security) as collateral
- commercialize — If something is commercialized, it is used or changed in such a way that it makes money or profits, often in a way that people disapprove of.
- communalizing — Present participle of communalize.
- communization — The act or process of communizing.
- conceptualize — If you conceptualize something, you form an idea of it in your mind.
- connaturalize — to make connatural
- conservatized — Simple past tense and past participle of conservatize.
- containerized — Simple past tense and past participle of containerize.
- contextualize — to state the social, grammatical, or other context of; put into context
- conversazione — a social gathering for discussion of the arts, literature, etc
- corinthianize — to live a promiscuous life
- creep-grazing — a method of pasture management that allows young farm animals (esp lambs) to graze part of the pasture before the adults in the group
- criminalizing — Present participle of criminalize.
- cruzeiro real — a former monetary unit of Brazil, which was replaced by the real
- crystallizing — Present participle of crystallize.
- customization — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cyproconazole — (organic compound) The conazole fungicide \u03b1-(4-chlorophenyl)-\u03b1-(1-cyclopropylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol.
- dactylozooids — Plural form of dactylozooid.
- de-capitalize — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.
- decarburizing — Present participle of decarburize.
- decentralized — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decentralize.
- decolonialize — decolonize.
- decriminalize — When a criminal offence is decriminalized, the law changes so that it is no longer a criminal offence.
- deculturalize — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- demasculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- democratizing — Present participle of democratize.
- denuclearized — Simple past tense and past participle of denuclearize.
- deromanticize — to remove the romantic, ideal, or heroic aura from.
- desacralizing — Present participle of desacralize.
- diazo process — a method for printing on paper treated with a diazo compound that disintegrates upon exposure to light and developing the unexposed areas by the use of diazo dyes.
- dick size war — penis war
- documentarize — to put in the form of a documentary
- dzibilchaltun — a large, ancient Mayan ceremonial and commercial center near Mérida, Mexico, founded perhaps as early as 3000 b.c. and in continuous use until the 16th century.
- economization — The act or practice of using resources to the best effect.
- electrization — the action of electrifying
- enzymatically — In terms of, or by using, enzymes.
- eroticization — The act or process of eroticizing.
- eschscholzias — Plural form of eschscholzia.
- facial eczema — a disease of sheep and cattle, occurring in warm areas of North Island, New Zealand. It is caused by a fungus, Pithomyces chartarum, and causes impairment of liver function and reddening, itching, scab formation, and swelling of the skin, esp on the face
- factionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of factionalize.
- factorization — Mathematics. to resolve into factors.
- fictionalized — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- fictionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fictionalize.
- focal seizure — an epileptic manifestation arising from a localized anomaly in the brain, as a small tumor or scar, and usually involving a single motor or sensory mechanism but occasionally spreading to other areas and causing convulsions and loss of consciousness.