12-letter words containing z, e, l
- destabilized — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
- destabilizer — a person who or a thing that destabilizes
- destabilizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of destabilize.
- desulfurized — Simple past tense and past participle of desulfurize.
- desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
- detribalized — Simple past tense and past participle of detribalize.
- devitalizing — Present participle of devitalize.
- devolatilize — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- diagonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of diagonalize.
- dissocialize — to render dissocial
- dissyllabize — to disyllabize.
- djebel druze — Jebel ed Druz.
- double-glaze — If someone double-glazes a house or its windows, they fit windows that have two layers of glass which keeps the inside of the house warmer and quieter.
- dramatizable — Capable of being dramatized.
- drizzle cake — a sponge cake that has syrup drizzled over it immediately after baking
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
- editorialize — to set forth one's position or opinion on some subject in, or as if in, an editorial.
- electrolyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of electrolyze.
- eliza effect — (jargon) /e-li:'z* *-fekt'/ (From ELIZA) The tendency of humans to attach associations to terms from prior experience. For example, there is nothing magic about the symbol "+" that makes it well-suited to indicate addition; it's just that people associate it with addition. Using "+" or "plus" to mean addition in a computer language is taking advantage of the ELIZA effect. The ELIZA effect is a Good Thing when writing a programming language, but it can blind you to serious shortcomings when analysing an Artificial Intelligence system. Compare ad-hockery; see also AI-complete.
- elizabeth ii — born 1926, queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1952; daughter of George VI
- embezzlement — Theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer.
- emblazonment — The act of emblazoning.
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- emblematized — Simple past tense and past participle of emblematize.
- embolization — (surgery) A nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure that effects the selective occlusion of blood vessels by purposely introducing emboli.
- emotionalize — To give something an emotional quality.
- entomologize — to collect or study insects
- enzymologist — A specialist in enzymology.
- equalization — The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
- eschscholzia — Any of the flowers in the Eschscholzia genus, especially the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica).
- essentialize — (transitive) To reduce to its essence.
- etherealized — Simple past tense and past participle of etherealize.
- etherealizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etherealize.
- ethylbenzene — A colorless, flammable liquid hydrocarbon, used in the manufacture of styrene.
- etymologized — Simple past tense and past participle of etymologize.
- etymologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etymologize.
- evangelizing — Present participle of evangelize.
- externalized — Simple past tense and past participle of externalize.
- externalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of externalize.
- factionalize — (especially of a political party or other organized group) split or divide into factions.
- factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
- familiarized — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- familiarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of familiarize.
- federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
- fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.
- fertilizable — Capable of being fertilized.
- fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- flame azalea — an azalea, Rhododendron calendulaceum, of the eastern U.S., having yellow, orange, or scarlet flowers.
- flash-freeze — quick-freeze.
- fluphenazine — a potent tranquilizer, C 22 H 26 F 3 N 3 OS, derived from phenothiazine and used in various forms for the management of certain neurological or psychotic disorders and for short-term treatment of acute anxiety.