12-letter words containing z, a, c
- colorization — Colorization is a technique used to add colour to old black and white films.
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- common topaz — topaz (def 2).
- common zebra — Equus burchelli, the most common type of zebra
- conservatize — to make or become conservative
- containerize — to convey (cargo) in standard-sized containers
- corporealize — to make corporeal
- crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.
- crazy paving — Crazy paving is pieces of stone of different shapes fitted together to make a path or flat area.
- creolization — (of a pidgin language) the process of becoming a creole
- criminalized — Simple past tense and past participle of criminalize.
- criminalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criminalize.
- criticizable — to censure or find fault with.
- cryptanalyze — to study (a cryptogram) for the purpose of discovering the clear meaning; break (a code, cipher, etc.).
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- crystallizer — A crystallizer is a vessel or stage in which a crystal grows from a liquid.
- crystallizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crystallize.
- culturalized — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cutinization — a process in which the outermost plant cells become thickened and covered with cutin, making them waterproof
- cytoanalyzer — an electronic optical device for screening smears of cells suspected of being malignant.
- czechoslovak — Czechoslovak means belonging or relating to the former state of Czechoslovakia.
- dactylozooid — (zoology) A kind of zooid of Siphonophora with an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth.
- dealcoholize — to remove some or all of the alcohol from (a drink).
- decapitalize — to make difficult to have or to take away stock or wealth from
- decarbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonize.
- decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
- decarburized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarburize.
- decategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- decentralize — To decentralize government or a large organization means to move some departments away from the main administrative area, or to give more power to local departments.
- decimalizing — Present participle of decimalize.
- decocainized — From which all cocaine has been removed.
- democratized — Simple past tense and past participle of democratize.
- democratizer — a person or thing that democratizes
- democratizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize.
- denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
- deracialized — Simple past tense and past participle of deracialize.
- deradicalize — to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.
- desacralized — Simple past tense and past participle of desacralize.
- desacralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desacralize.
- desocialized — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- dissocialize — to render dissocial
- drizzle cake — a sponge cake that has syrup drizzled over it immediately after baking
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
- eliza effect — (jargon) /e-li:'z* *-fekt'/ (From ELIZA) The tendency of humans to attach associations to terms from prior experience. For example, there is nothing magic about the symbol "+" that makes it well-suited to indicate addition; it's just that people associate it with addition. Using "+" or "plus" to mean addition in a computer language is taking advantage of the ELIZA effect. The ELIZA effect is a Good Thing when writing a programming language, but it can blind you to serious shortcomings when analysing an Artificial Intelligence system. Compare ad-hockery; see also AI-complete.
- eschscholzia — Any of the flowers in the Eschscholzia genus, especially the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica).
- factionalize — (especially of a political party or other organized group) split or divide into factions.
- factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
- fanaticizing — Present participle of fanaticize.
- fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.