12-letter words containing z, a, n
- decentralize — To decentralize government or a large organization means to move some departments away from the main administrative area, or to give more power to local departments.
- decimalizing — Present participle of decimalize.
- decocainized — From which all cocaine has been removed.
- dehumanizing — denying or depriving of dignity
- deionization — to remove ions from.
- demagnetized — Simple past tense and past participle of demagnetize.
- demagnetizer — Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization.
- demagnetizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demagnetize.
- demineralize — to remove dissolved salts from (a liquid, esp water)
- demonization — the act of turning someone into a demon
- demoralizing — If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up.
- denaturalize — to deprive of nationality
- denormalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denormalize.
- denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
- deputization — the act of making someone a deputy
- deratization — extermination of rats, especially aboard a merchant vessel.
- desalinizing — Present participle of desalinize.
- devitalizing — Present participle of devitalize.
- diagonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of diagonalize.
- diazomethane — a yellow odourless explosive gas, used as a methylating agent. Formula: CH2:N:N
- dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
- digitalizing — Present participle of digitalize.
- digitization — to convert (data) to digital form for use in a computer.
- dime a dozen — a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- dimerization — (chemistry) Any chemical reaction in which two monomers react to form a dimer.
- disharmonize — (intransitive) To cause disorder.
- disorganized — functioning without adequate order, systemization, or planning; uncoordinated: a woefully disorganized enterprise.
- divinization — The act or process of making divine.
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
- emblazonment — The act of emblazoning.
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embolization — (surgery) A nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure that effects the selective occlusion of blood vessels by purposely introducing emboli.
- emotionalize — To give something an emotional quality.
- energization — The act (or state) of being energized.
- equalization — The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
- essentialize — (transitive) To reduce to its essence.
- eternization — The act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous.
- etherization — (surgery) anaesthetization using ether.
- evangelizing — Present participle of evangelize.
- externalized — Simple past tense and past participle of externalize.
- externalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of externalize.
- extravaganza — An elaborate and spectacular entertainment or production.
- extravaganze — Irregular plural form of extravaganza.
- factionalize — (especially of a political party or other organized group) split or divide into factions.
- fan magazine — a magazine containing information and gossip about celebrities.
- fanaticizing — Present participle of fanaticize.
- faradization — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
- feminization — The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.
- fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.