12-letter words containing z, a, n
- navel-gazing — excessive absorption in self-analysis or focus on a single issue.
- nazification — to place under Nazi control or influence.
- nebulization — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- neutral zone — the area of a rink between the two blue lines. Compare end zone (def 2).
- neutralizing — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisingt; present participle of neutralize.
- newsmagazine — a periodical specializing in reports and commentaries on current events, usually issued weekly.
- night lizard — any of several nocturnal lizards of the family Xantusiidae, of southwestern North America and Cuba, which bear live young.
- nizhni tagil — a city in the Russian Federation in Asia, on the E slope of the Ural Mountains.
- nomadization — the process of becoming like a nomad, or making nomadic in character
- nonenzymatic — relating to a process not produced by enzymes
- nonhazardous — Not hazardous; safe.
- normalizable — That can be normalized.
- notarization — the act of notarizing (a document) or a record thereof; certification
- novelization — The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization.
- opsonization — to increase the susceptibility of (bacteria) to ingestion by phagocytes.
- optimization — The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
- organization — the act or process of organizing.
- over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
- overorganize — to stress formal structure, status, rules, and details excessively.
- palatalizing — to articulate (a consonant other than a normal palatal) as a palatal or with relatively more contact between the blade of the tongue and the hard palate, as in certain pronunciations of the l- sound in million.
- paralyzation — to affect with paralysis.
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- partializing — to bias.
- penalization — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- perphenazine — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 2 1 H 2 6 ClN 3 OS, used chiefly as a tranquilizer and in the treatment of intractable hiccoughs and nausea and vomiting.
- personalized — customized
- phenarsazine — a type of toxin that originates from arsenic
- polarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
- porcelainize — to make into or coat with porcelain or something resembling porcelain.
- porcellanize — to bake into porcelain
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
- promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
- propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
- pyrazinamide — a substance, C 5 H 5 N 3 O, used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- quantization — (uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values.
- quinalizarin — a red, crystalline organic compound, C 14 H 8 O 6 , used to dye cotton.
- racemization — the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
- recentralize — to draw to or gather about a center.
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognizance — Law. a bond or obligation of record entered into before a court of record or a magistrate, binding a person to do a particular act. the sum pledged as surety on such a bond.
- remineralize — to add or restore minerals to
- revitalizing — having the ability or tendency to restore strength
- robotization — the introduction of robots to carry out industrial tasks
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- ruralization — to make rural.
- russian zone — a zone in Germany controlled by the Soviet Union 1945–89.