14-letter words containing z, a
- catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
- categorization — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
- centrifugalize — to subject (something) to centrifugal motion
- channelization — the action or process of channelizing
- chaptalization — a method of increasing the alcohol in a wine by adding sugar to the must before or during fermentation.
- characterizing — Present participle of characterize.
- chloritization — a conversion into or a substitution by chlorite
- chlorothiazide — a diuretic drug administered orally in the treatment of chronic heart and kidney disease and hypertension. Formula: C7H6ClN3O4S2
- chlorpromazine — a drug derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer and sedative, esp in psychotic disorders. Formula: C17H19ClN2S
- church, alonzo — Alonzo Church
- citizens' band — Citizens' Band is a range of radio frequencies which the general public is allowed to use to send messages to each other and is used especially by truck drivers in their vehicles. The abbreviation CB is often used.
- civilizational — relating to civilization
- co-trimoxazole — an antibiotic consisting of a mixture of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole (a sulfa drug): used esp to treat infections of the urinary tract and lungs (as in AIDS)
- coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc.
- collateralized — Simple past tense and past participle of collateralize.
- colorado topaz — a tawny-coloured form of topaz found in Colorado
- commercialized — spoiled by commercial exploitation; degraded
- commercializer — to emphasize the profitable aspects of, especially at the expense of quality: to commercialize one's artistic talent.
- commercializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commercialize.
- computerizable — able to be computerized
- conceptualized — Simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize.
- conceptualizer — a person who conceptualizes
- conceptualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualize.
- concretization — to make concrete, real, or particular; give tangible or definite form to: to concretize abstractions.
- containerizing — Present participle of containerize.
- contextualized — Simple past tense and past participle of contextualize.
- contextualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contextualize.
- continentalize — to make continental, as in scope or character.
- corazon aquino — Corazon C [kawr-uh-zon,, kor-] /ˈkɔr əˌzɒn,, ˈkɒr-/ (Show IPA), 1933–2009, Philippine political leader: president 1986–92.
- crested lizard — a long-tailed iguanid lizard, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, of arid areas in the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, having a row of enlarged scales down the back.
- crystal gazing — the act of staring into a crystal globe (crystal ball) supposedly in order to arouse visual perceptions of the future, etc
- crystallizable — That can be crystallized.
- cubic zirconia — a synthetic crystalline compound of zirconium oxide, fashioned to resemble diamonds, etc.
- culzean castle — a Gothic Revival castle near Ayr in South Ayrshire, in SW Scotland: designed by Robert Adam (1772–92); includes a room dedicated to General Eisenhower
- czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993
- decentralizing — Present participle of decentralize.
- dechristianize — to make non-Christian
- decimalization — Alternative spelling of decimalisation.
- decivilization — those people or nations that have reached such a state.
- decolonization — Decolonization means giving political independence to a country that was previously a colony.
- decolorization — decolor.
- decriminalized — Simple past tense and past participle of decriminalize.
- decriminalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decriminalize.
- deep-pan pizza — a pizza with a thicker base than standard
- defeminization — (in a developing organism) the process in which full development into a female of the species is prevented because of a male developmental characteristic
- dehumanization — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
- delegitimatize — delegitimize.
- delocalization — to remove from the proper or usual locality.
- dematerialized — Simple past tense and past participle of dematerialize.