12-letter words containing z, a, n
- fiberization — the process or practice of breaking into fibres
- fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- finalization — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- fluidization — The act or process of fluidizing.
- fluphenazine — a potent tranquilizer, C 22 H 26 F 3 N 3 OS, derived from phenothiazine and used in various forms for the management of certain neurological or psychotic disorders and for short-term treatment of acute anxiety.
- focalization — (optics) Putting into focus.
- fragmentized — fragmented.
- frantz fanon — Frantz (Omar) [frants oh-mahr;; French frahnts aw-mar] /frænts ˈoʊ mɑr;; French frɑ̃ts ɔˈmar/ (Show IPA), 1925–61, West Indian psychiatrist and political theorist, born in Martinique; in Algeria after 1953.
- fraternizing — Present participle of fraternize.
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- gas-guzzling — an automobile that has low fuel efficiency, getting relatively few miles per gallon.
- gelatinizing — Present participle of gelatinize.
- generalizing — to infer (a general principle, trend, etc.) from particular facts, statistics, or the like.
- generation z — members of the generation of people born since the mid-1990s who are seen as confident users of new technology
- giant lizard — a monitor lizard, Varanus komodoensis, of certain Indonesian islands E of Java, that grows to a length of 10 feet (3 meters): the largest lizard in the world; now rare.
- glazing bead — a convex molding nailed against the edge of a pane of glass to hold it in place.
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
- gormandizing — Present participle of gormandize.
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- grand vizier — the chief officer of state of various Muslim countries, as in the former Ottoman Empire.
- grangerizing — Present participle of grangerize.
- guangzhouwan — a former French-leased territory (1898–1945) on the SW coast of Guangdong province, in S China. About 190 sq. mi. (490 sq. km).
- half a dozen — six
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- haussmannize — to rebuild in a similar fashion as Haussmann rebuilt Paris
- hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
- heathenizing — Present participle of heathenize.
- hepatization — the transformation of tissue into a liver-like substance, esp of the lungs in pneumonia
- hispaniolize — to make someone Spanish in their cultural attitudes, values, speech, etc
- hominization — the evolution of the human traits that set the genus Homo apart from its primate ancestors.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- humanization — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- ibizan hound — one of a breed of medium-sized, tall, swift hunting hounds with a short, usually red and white coat, bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt but today found chiefly in the Balearic Islands and other areas of Spain.
- idealization — the act or process of idealizing something.
- illegalizing — Present participle of illegalize.
- immunization — the fact or process of becoming immune, as against a disease.
- incognizable — Not cognizable; incapable of being recognised.
- incognizance — Failure to cognize, apprehend, or notice.
- india chintz — a sturdy, heavyweight fabric constructed in a figured weave, used especially in upholstery.
- infantilized — Simple past tense and past participle of infantilize.
- initializing — Present participle of initialize.
- inoxidizable — not susceptible to oxidation.
- internalized — Simple past tense and past participle of internalize.
- internalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of internalize.
- isoenzymatic — isoenzymic
- jacobinizing — Present participle of jacobinize.
- jenghiz khan — Genghis Khan
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- katzenjammer — the discomfort and illness experienced as the aftereffects of excessive drinking; hangover.