13-letter words containing z, a
- authorization — an authorizing or being authorized
- autoschediaze — to do or act with little forethought or preparation
- azerbaijanian — a native or inhabitant of Azerbaijan.
- azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
- bacterization — subjection to bacterial action
- baker's dozen — thirteen
- balkanization — If you disapprove of the division of a country into separate independent states, you can refer to the Balkanization of the country.
- ballad stanza — a four-line stanza, often used in ballads, in which the second and fourth lines rhyme and have three stresses each and the first and third lines are unrhymed and have four stresses each
- bamboozlement — The act or process of bamboozling or being bamboozled.
- banzai attack — a mass attack of troops, without concern for casualties, as practised by the Japanese in World War II
- bazillionaire — (humorous) An incredibly rich person.
- beaded lizard — a large, stout-bodied, venomous lizard, Heloderma horridum, inhabiting western Mexico, having black, beadlike scales with yellow to pinkish spots and splotches.
- benito juarez — Benito (Pablo) [be-nee-taw pah-vlaw] /bɛˈni tɔ ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1806–72, president of Mexico 1857–72.
- benzalacetone — benzylidene acetone.
- benzimidazole — a crystalline growth-inhibiting compound
- blasco ibanez — Vicente (biˈθente). 1867–1928, Spanish novelist, whose books include Blood and Sand (1909) and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916)
- blaze a trail — to explore new territories, areas of knowledge, etc, in such a way that others can follow
- bobby dazzler — a person or thing that is outstanding or excellent.
- bobby-dazzler — anything outstanding, striking, or showy, esp an attractive girl
- bonanza creek — a stream in W Yukon Territory, Canada, flowing NW to the Klondike River near Dawson: gold strike 1896. 20 miles (32 km) long.
- bonanza state — a name for the state of Montana
- brazen it out — to act in a bold way as if one need not be ashamed
- brazilian wax — the process of removing all or almost all pubic and other hair in the pelvic area by applying hot wax.
- brazing alloy — a solder fusing at temperatures above 1200°F (650°C).
- brazing metal — a nonferrous metal, as copper, zinc, or nickel, or an alloy, as hard solder, used for brazing together pieces of metal.
- bronze whaler — a shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus, of southern Australian waters, having a bronze-coloured back
- brutalization — to make brutal.
- bureaucratize — to administer by or transform into a bureaucracy
- busto arsizio — a city in Lombardy, N Italy.
- buzzard's bay — an inlet of the Atlantic, in SE Massachusetts. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- caiman lizard — a crocodilelike lizard, Dracaena guianensis, of South America, having powerful jaws for crushing the snails and mussels upon which it feeds.
- cannibalizing — Present participle of cannibalize.
- cantonization — the process of dividing into cantons
- capitalizable — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
- carbamazepine — an anticonvulsant drug used in the management of epilepsy
- carbonization — Carbonization is a process in which a fuel is heated without air to leave solid porous carbon.
- carburization — Impregnation or reaction with carbon, especially in the manufacture of steel.
- cartelization — The act of cartelizing.
- casualization — the altering of working practices so that regular workers are re-employed on a casual or short-term basis
- catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
- catechization — The act of catechizing.
- categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
- catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
- cationization — Treatment with cations (usually in an electrolytic bath).
- cauterization — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
- cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
- characterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- characterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterize.
- cicatrization — Physiology. to heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrix.