11-letter words containing z, a, i
- anti-enzyme — a substance that inhibits or counteracts the action of an enzyme.
- antiozonant — any of a number of substances that protect against or reverse oxidation by ozone
- antipathize — (intransitive) To feel or show antipathy.
- antiseizure — acting against or preventing seizures
- antithesize — To create antitheses.
- apodization — (mathematics) Any of several techniques to modify the form of a mathematical function, or of a spectrum etc. by smoothing or removing irregularities.
- apologizing — Present participle of apologize.
- apostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of apostatize.
- apotheosize — to deify
- arabization — transfer to Arab control
- archaeozoic — Archeozoic
- arctic zone — the section of the earth's surface lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
- aromatizing — Present participle of aromatize.
- arterialize — to change (venous blood) into arterial blood by replenishing the depleted oxygen
- aspheterize — to observe or engage in aspheterism
- astronomize — to practise or study astronomy or engage in astronomical matters
- atomization — to reduce to atoms.
- austenitize — to form austenite in (a ferrous alloy) by heating.
- authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
- automatized — to make automatic.
- automatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automatize.
- autozeroing — (electronics) A sampling technique that measures an offset from zero and later compensates by subtracting the difference.
- axenization — (uncountable) The process of isolating a particular organism from all others.
- azerbaijani — a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan
- azido group — the univalent group N 3 −, derived from hydrazoic acid.
- azimuth bar — a device used in measuring azimuths, consisting of a bar with a sighting vane at each end,pivoted at its center, and rotating in a horizontal plane around the center of a compass.
- azimuthally — Astronomy, Navigation. the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon.
- azonal soil — soil that has a profile determined predominantly by factors other than local climate and vegetation. Azonal soils include some mountain, alluvial, marine, glacial, windblown, and volcanic soils
- azoospermia — absence of spermatozoa in the semen
- azores high — a subtropical high centered near the Azores.
- bamboozling — Present participle of bamboozle.
- bar mitzvah — A bar mitzvah is a ceremony that takes place on the thirteenth birthday of a Jewish boy, after which he is regarded as an adult.
- bas mitzvah — bat mitzvah
- bashibazouk — (in the 19th century) one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality
- bastardized — If you refer to something as a bastardized form of something else, you mean that the first thing is similar to or copied from the second thing, but is of much poorer quality.
- bastardizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bastardize.
- bat mitzvah — (of a Jewish girl) having attained religious majority at the age of twelve
- battologize — to repeat (a word, phrase, mannerism, etc.) excessively.
- benactyzine — a crystalline drug, C20H25NO3, used to make tranquilizers
- biographize — to write a biography of (someone)
- birobidzhan — a city in SE Russia: capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region. Pop: 77 250 (2002)
- blizzarding — Meteorology. a storm with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold. a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
- brazzaville — the capital of Congo-Brazzaville, in the south on the River Congo. Pop: 1 153 000 (2005 est)
- buzz-aldrin — Edwin Eugene, Jr ("Buzz") born 1930, U.S. astronaut.
- byzantinism — caesaropapism, especially before the Great Schism of 1054.
- byzantinist — an authority on or student of the history and culture of the Byzantine Empire.
- calabazilla — a prostrate vine, Cucurbita foetidissima, of the gourd family, native to southwestern North America, having yellow flowers, round, inedible green and yellow fruit, and an unpleasant odor.
- calendarize — to apportion (e.g. a budget) into equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- canadianize — to make Canadian in character.
- canisterize — to put into canisters