14-letter words containing z, a, n
- discretization — the act or process of making mathematically discrete.
- dispersal zone — a defined area in which any police or community support officer can force any group of two or more people to disperse for 24 hours
- dolomitization — the conversion of limestone into dolomite.
- double glazing — glazing consisting of two thicknesses of glass with a dead air space between them.
- dramatizations — Plural form of dramatization.
- easternization — (usually initial capital letter) to influence with ideas, customs, etc., characteristic of eastern Asia.
- editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
- elegiac stanza — a quatrain in iambic pentameters with alternate lines rhyming
- endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
- envenomization — the introduction of poison into a body
- epithelization — Alternative form of epithelialization.
- evangelization — The act of evangelizing; the state of being evangelized.
- fanaticization — the act or an instance of making people fanatical
- federalization — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
- fertilizations — Plural form of fertilization.
- fictionalizing — Present participle of fictionalize.
- finlandization — the neutralization of a country in terms of its allegiance to the superpowers, in the way that the Soviet Union rendered Finland neutral and friendly without making it a satellite state or requiring that it adopt Communism.
- fluoridization — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.
- flying trapeze — a trapeze used in performing gymnastic displays high above the ground
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- fraternization — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
- frozen account — A frozen account is a bank account that cannot have money withdrawn from it, because of a court order.
- frozen custard — a smooth-textured, soft, frozen-food product of whole milk, and sometimes cream, egg yolk, etc., sweetened and variously flavored, often served in an ice-cream cone.
- functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
- galvanizations — Plural form of galvanization.
- gelatinization — to make gelatinous.
- generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
- geometrization — the application of geometrical concepts to a different field
- gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
- glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
- globalizations — Plural form of globalization.
- glottalization — (linguistics) The act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction.
- gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
- grammaticizing — Present participle of grammaticize.
- grangerization — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
- graphitization — (geology) The formation of graphite from other organic materials.
- greisenization — the process whereby granite is converted to greisen
- guangxi zhuang — an administrative division in S China. 85,096 sq. mi. (220,399 sq. km). Capital: Nanning.
- harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
- hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
- homogenization — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- horizontal bar — on a bar chart
- horizontalness — The property of being horizontal.
- illegalization — to make illegal: They even wanted to illegalize smoking.
- immiserization — the process of immiserizing
- immobilization — to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
- impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
- indigenization — to make indigenous.
- individualized — Give an individual character to.
- individualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individualize.