14-letter words containing z, a, c
- participialize — to form (a word) into a participle; make participial.
- particularized — individualized
- pinealectomize — to perform a pinealectomy on (a person or animal)
- plasticization — Plasticization is the process of changing the structure of a polymer to make it easier to bend.
- politicization — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.
- projectization — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
- quartz crystal — a thin plate or rod cut in certain directions from a piece of piezoelectric quartz and accurately ground so that it vibrates at a particular frequency
- quetzalcoatlus — A large toothless pterosaur of the genus Quetzalcoatlus.
- quizzification — mockery
- radicalization — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
- rationalized c — (language) (RatC, after "RATFOR") A version of Ron Cain's original Small-C compiler.
- recanalization — the reopening of a previously occluded passageway within a blood vessel.
- recharacterize — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- recolonization — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- respectabilize — to make respectable
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- schematization — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
- schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
- sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
- scottish topaz — a form of yellow transparent quartz
- scrutinization — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- 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.
- sericitization — the process of transforming into sericite
- 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.
- structuralized — to form into or make part of a structure.
- superficialize — to treat things superficially
- the archeozoic — the Archean (see phrase under Archean)
- the palaeozoic — the Palaeozoic era
- tolerance zone — an designated area where prostitutes can work without being arrested
- topicalization — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
- ultracivilized — showing a high degree of cultural or social development
- unacclimatized — not acclimatized, accustomed, or adapted to
- unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
- uncriticizable — to censure or find fault with.
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- unrecognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- unrecognizably — in an unrecognizable or unidentifiable manner
- unromanticized — not romantic
- zebra crossing — a street crossing marked with white stripes.
- zero balancing — a therapy involving the manipulation of the patient's skeletal structure in order to restore the balance of energy, relieve pain, and maintain well-being
- zero tolerance — a policy of very strict, uncompromising enforcement of rules or laws.
- zero-tolerance — a policy of very strict, uncompromising enforcement of rules or laws.
- zingiberaceous — belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of plants.
- zinziberaceous — zingiberaceous.
- zodiacal light — a luminous tract in the sky, seen in the west after sunset or in the east before sunrise and thought to be the light reflected from a cloud of meteoric matter revolving round the sun.
- zona pellucida — the transparent, noncellular layer surrounding the ovum of mammals, often having radial striations.
- zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus