15-letter words containing z, a, r, t
- fractionalizing — Present participle of fractionalize.
- free-trade zone — foreign-trade zone. free port (def 1). Abbreviation: FTZ.
- freeze-fracture — to prepare (material) for the electron microscope by freeze fracturing.
- gas-guzzler tax — a tax imposed on the purchase price of an automobile not meeting fuel efficiency standards.
- generalizations — Plural form of generalization.
- giant schnauzer — one of a German breed of large working dogs, resembling a larger and more powerful version of the standard schnauzer, having a pepper-and-salt or pure black, wiry coat, bushy eyebrows and beard, and a docked tail set moderately high, originally developed as a cattle herder but now often used in police work.
- glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
- governmentalize — (US) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize.
- grant's gazelle — a large gazelle, Gazella granti, with distinctive long curved horns, native to the eastern African plains.
- granulitization — the process whereby metamorphism acts on a rock and reduces it to crystalline grains
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- hazardous waste — any industrial by-product, especially from the manufacture of chemicals, that is destructive to the environment or dangerous to the health of people or animals: Hazardous wastes often contaminate ground water.
- hernando cortez — Hernando [er-nahn-daw] /ɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), Hernán [er-nahn] /ɛrˈnɑn/ (Show IPA), 1485–1547, Spanish conqueror of Mexico.
- hibernicization — the process or act of making Irish
- historicization — Act or process of historicizing.
- horizontal well — A horizontal well is a well which has sections that have been drilled at more than 80 degrees from the vertical in order to penetrate a greater length of the reservoir.
- immaterializing — Present participle of immaterialize.
- immortalization — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- industrializing — Present participle of industrialize.
- interiorization — Act or process of interiorizing.
- internalization — to incorporate (the cultural values, mores, motives, etc., of another or of a group), as through learning, socialization, or identification.
- intrazonal soil — a soil that has a well-developed profile determined by relief, parent material, age, etc
- kreutzer sonata — a sonata for violin and piano (1803, Op. 47) by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
- marginalization — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- materialization — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- memorialization — to commemorate.
- metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
- metropolitanize — to make metropolitan.
- miniaturization — to make in extremely small size in order to keep volume or weight to a minimum: to miniaturize electronic equipment.
- mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- mischaracterize — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- moderate breeze — a wind of 13–18 miles per hour (5.8–8 m/sec).
- multilateralize — to open to participation by several nations, organizations, etc.: to multilateralize trade agreements.
- nonstandardized — Unstandardized.
- oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
- operationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalize.
- overcapitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of overcapitalize.
- overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
- overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
- overutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- ozark mountains — an eroded plateau in S Missouri, N Arkansas, and NE Oklahoma. Area: about 130 000 sq km (50 000 sq miles)
- parametrization — a parametric representation; the act of representing as or defining parameters
- pastoralization — to make pastoral or rural.
- personalization — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- pre-elizabethan — (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.
- preequalization — preemphasis.
- presbyterianize — to convert or be converted into Presbyterianism
- proletarianized — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.