12-letter words containing z, a, h
- merchandizer — Alternative spelling of merchandiser.
- metamorphize — (transitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
- metathesized — Simple past tense and past participle of metathesize.
- misemphasize — to emphasize incorrectly
- mithridatize — to induce a state of mithridatism in (a person).
- moral hazard — Insurance. an insurance company's risk as to the insured's trustworthiness and honesty.
- night lizard — any of several nocturnal lizards of the family Xantusiidae, of southwestern North America and Cuba, which bear live young.
- nizhni tagil — a city in the Russian Federation in Asia, on the E slope of the Ural Mountains.
- nonhazardous — Not hazardous; safe.
- ooze leather — leather prepared from calfskin or other skin and having a soft, velvety finish on the flesh side.
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parochialize — to make parochial.
- perphenazine — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 2 1 H 2 6 ClN 3 OS, used chiefly as a tranquilizer and in the treatment of intractable hiccoughs and nausea and vomiting.
- phenarsazine — a type of toxin that originates from arsenic
- photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
- polythiazide — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 3 ClF 3 N 3 O 4 S 3 , used as a diuretic in the management of edema and hypertension.
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
- puzzleheaded — having, deriving from, or characterized by confused thoughts or ideas.
- quartz watch — a watch that is operated by the vibrations of a quartz crystal controlled by a microcircuit
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- re-emphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- reemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- sancho panza — Sancho, Sancho Panza.
- scheherazade — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) the wife of the sultan of India, who relates such interesting tales nightly that the sultan spares her life.
- schizocarpic — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- schizothymia — the condition of being schizoid or introverted. It encompasses elements of schizophrenia but does not involve the same depth of psychological disturbance
- sharp-freeze — quick-freeze.
- sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
- shevardnadze — Eduard A [ed-werd;; Russian ed-wahrt] /ˈɛd wərd;; Russian ɛdˈwɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1928–2014, Soviet foreign minister 1985–91; president of his native Georgian Republic 1995–2003.
- shijiazhuang — a province in NE China. 81,479 sq. mi. (211,031 sq. km). Capital: Shijiazhuang.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- tadzhikistan — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- take a whizz — to urinate
- technicalize — to make technical
- the jazz age — (esp in the US) the period between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Depression during which jazz became popular
- the nazarene — Jesus
- theorization — to form a theory or theories.
- thioridazine — a phenothiazine, C 21 H 26 N 2 S 2 , used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.
- un-humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- unemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- unharmonized — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- up the wazoo — the anus.
- waltz-length — having the hemline at mid calf: a waltz-length nightgown.
- zantedeschia — (botany) Any of the genus Zantedeschia of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa.