15-letter words containing z, a, n, t
- quartz movement — an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of the timepiece (quartz clock or quartz watch)
- radiosensitizer — a substance, as a drug, that enhances the sensitivity of tissues or cells to radiation therapy.
- rationalization — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- reauthorization — the act or process of reauthorizing something
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconceptualize — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- recontextualize — to contextualize (something) again
- reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
- regionalization — the process or tendency of dividing a country into administrative regions
- reindustrialize — to subject to reindustrialization.
- renormalization — the action or process of normalizing or causing to conform to a norm or normal state again
- rent-stabilized — regulated by law so that rent increases may not exceed a specified amount.
- reprivatization — the action or process of reprivatizing, or an instance thereof
- resensitization — the state or process of being sensitized.
- resocialization — the process of learning new attitudes and norms required for a new social role.
- restabilization — the act or process of stabilizing or the state of being stabilized.
- revisualization — the act of visualizing or picturing something again
- romanticization — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- rubaiyat stanza — a quatrain patterned after those in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, of iambic pentameter and rhyming aaba.
- saint elizabeth — the wife of Zacharias, mother of John the Baptist, and kinswoman of the Virgin Mary. Feast day: Nov 5 or 8
- schillerization — the process of altering crystals to produce schiller
- self-ionization — to separate or change into ions.
- sodium benzoate — a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food (E211), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C6H5COO)Na
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- standardization — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- subcivilization — a division of a civilization
- suboptimization — a situation which is less than optimal
- suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
- suburbanization — to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
- subvocalization — the act or process of producing subvocal speech
- supernaturalize — to make supernatural; give supernatural character or qualities to.
- systematization — to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.
- the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
- totalitarianize — to make totalitarian.
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
- tropicalization — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
- un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- unanaesthetized — not anaesthetized
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- uncharacterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
- unprotestantize — to make something (e.g. a church, country, etc) a religion other than Protestant
- vascularization — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- victoria nyanza — Victoria (def 10).
- white zinfandel — a medium-sweet rosé wine made from zinfandel grapes.
- zenith distance — the angular distance from the zenith of a point on the celestial sphere to the sphere, measured along a great circle that is perpendicular to the horizon; the complement of the altitude.