11-letter words containing z, a, i
- cyclization — the process by which the atoms of a compound become a closed ring
- dacarbazine — a toxic, light-sensitive powder, C 6 H 10 N 6 O, used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and metastatic malignant melanoma.
- daily dozen — gymnastic setting-up exercises (originally twelve) done daily
- dastardized — Simple past tense and past participle of dastardize.
- deauthorize — to give authority for; formally sanction (an act or proceeding): Congress authorized the new tax on tobacco.
- decarbonize — to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
- decarburize — decarbonize
- decartelize — to break up (a cartel)
- decasualize — to replace the casual workers in (a business) with permanent employees
- decimalized — Simple past tense and past participle of decimalize.
- decimalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimalize.
- decocainize — To remove cocaine from.
- dedramatize — to cause to be less dramatic
- deemphasize — to place less emphasis upon; reduce in importance, size, scope, etc.: The university de-emphasized intercollegiate football.
- defeudalize — to reverse the process of feudalization
- deformalize — to make (something) less formal
- deglamorize — to make (a person or thing) less glamorous
- dehumanized — Past participle of dehumanize.
- dehumanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumanize.
- delabialize — to deprive (a sound) of labial character, as in unrounding a vowel.
- delocalized — (chemistry) describing the π-electrons in a conjugated, aromatic or mesoionic compound that are not associated with any particular atom or bond.
- demagnetize — to lose magnetic properties or remove magnetic properties from
- democratize — If a country or a system is democratized, it is made democratic.
- demoralized — dispirited; disheartened
- demoralizer — Agent noun of demoralize; one who demoralizes.
- demoralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demoralize.
- demutualize — If a savings and loan association or an insurance company demutualizes, it abandons its mutual status and becomes a different kind of company.
- denaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of denaturize.
- denazifying — Present participle of denazify.
- denormalize — (transitive, databases) To add redundancy to (a database schema), the opposite of normalization, typically in order to optimize its performance.
- depauperize — to make (a person) poor
- depolarized — Simple past tense and past participle of depolarize.
- depolarizer — a substance added to the electrolyte of an electric cell or battery to remove gas collected at the electrodes.
- deprivatize — (transitive) To strip the privacy from; to make public.
- deracialize — to remove racial characteristics from (a person)
- desacralize — to render less sacred; to secularize
- desalinized — Simple past tense and past participle of desalinize.
- desalinizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desalinize.
- deserialize — (transitive, computing) To parse (serialized data) so as to reconstruct the original object.
- desexualize — to deprive of sexual characteristics by the surgical removal of the testicles or ovaries; castrate or spay
- desocialize — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- destabilize — To destabilize something such as a country or government means to create a situation which reduces its power or influence.
- destalinize — (transitive) To free from the influence of w Joseph Stalin.
- detribalize — to cause (members of a tribe) to lose their characteristic customs or social, religious, or other organizational features
- devitalized — to deprive of vitality or vital properties; make lifeless; weaken.
- devitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devitalize.
- devocalized — Simple past tense and past participle of devocalize.
- diabolizing — Present participle of diabolize.
- diagonalize — (in linear algebra) to convert a square matrix into a diagonal matrix
- dialkylzinc — (organic chemistry) Any organometallic compound of zinc containing two alkyl groups.