14-letter words containing z, a, c
- cubic zirconia — a synthetic crystalline compound of zirconium oxide, fashioned to resemble diamonds, etc.
- culzean castle — a Gothic Revival castle near Ayr in South Ayrshire, in SW Scotland: designed by Robert Adam (1772–92); includes a room dedicated to General Eisenhower
- czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993
- decentralizing — Present participle of decentralize.
- dechristianize — to make non-Christian
- decimalization — Alternative spelling of decimalisation.
- decivilization — those people or nations that have reached such a state.
- decolonization — Decolonization means giving political independence to a country that was previously a colony.
- decolorization — decolor.
- decriminalized — Simple past tense and past participle of decriminalize.
- decriminalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decriminalize.
- delocalization — to remove from the proper or usual locality.
- denazification — The process of bringing the leaders of the National Socialist regime in Germany to justice and of purging all elements of Nazism from public life, carried out especially between 1945 and 1948.
- denuclearizing — Present participle of denuclearize.
- deparochialize — to make parochial.
- discretization — the act or process of making mathematically discrete.
- electric razor — an electrically powered implement for shaving, having reciprocating or rotating blades behind a fine metal comb or pierced foil
- elegiac stanza — a quatrain in iambic pentameters with alternate lines rhyming
- endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
- fanaticization — the act or an instance of making people fanatical
- fictionalizing — Present participle of fictionalize.
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- frozen account — A frozen account is a bank account that cannot have money withdrawn from it, because of a court order.
- frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
- functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
- garcia marquez — Gabriel [gey-bree-uh l,, gah-bree-el;; Spanish gah-vree-el] /ˈgeɪ bri əl,, ˌgɑ briˈɛl;; Spanish ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1927–2014, Colombian novelist and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1982.
- gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
- grammaticalize — to convert (a content word or part of one) into a functor, as in using OE līc, “body,” as a suffix in adjectives and adverbs, such as OE frēondlīc, “friendly.”.
- grammaticizing — Present participle of grammaticize.
- hepatectomized — That has undergone hepatectomy.
- hydrazoic acid — a colorless, very explosive, poisonous liquid, HN 3 , having a penetrating odor and irritating to the eyes and mucous membranes.
- lexicalization — The act or process of lexicalizing.
- localizability — The condition of being localizable.
- macadamization — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
- machado y ruiz — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1939, Spanish writer.
- medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
- miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- musicalization — the adaptation of a novel, play, etc into a musical form
- nebuchadnezzar — Also, Nebuchadrezzar [neb-uh-kuh d-rez-er, neb-yoo-] /ˌnɛb ə kədˈrɛz ər, ˌnɛb yʊ-/ (Show IPA). a king of Babylonia, 604?–561? b.c., and conqueror of Jerusalem. II Kings 24, 25.
- nietzscheanism — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- non-cognizable — capable of being perceived or known.
- non-cognizance — awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception: The guests took cognizance of the snide remark.
- nuclearization — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
- ockham's razor — Occam's razor.
- ovariectomized — Simple past tense and past participle of ovariectomize.
- over-socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overcapitalize — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
- overcentralize — to centralize excessively
- oversocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overspecialize — to specialize to an excessive degree