14-letter words containing z, e, m
- grammaticalize — to convert (a content word or part of one) into a functor, as in using OE līc, “body,” as a suffix in adjectives and adverbs, such as OE frēondlīc, “friendly.”.
- great zimbabwe — Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km). Capital: Harare.
- hepatectomized — That has undergone hepatectomy.
- homogenization — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- hysterectomize — to remove the uterus from by surgery.
- illegitimatize — to make illegitimate: The decree illegitimatized his heirs.
- illegitimizing — illegitimatize.
- immaterialized — Simple past tense and past participle of immaterialize.
- immaterializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immaterialize.
- immiserization — the process of immiserizing
- impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
- legitimatizing — Present participle of legitimatize.
- legitimization — to make legitimate.
- lemon squeezer — tool for extracting juice from lemons
- lz compression — Lempel-Ziv compression
- mangold-wurzel — mangel-wurzel.
- mazar-e-sharif — a city in N Afghanistan, reputed burial place of the caliph Ali; trading, agricultural, and military centre. Pop: 254 000 (2005 est)
- medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
- melodramatized — Simple past tense and past participle of melodramatize.
- metalloenzymes — Plural form of metalloenzyme.
- metamorphizing — Present participle of metamorphize.
- metamorphosize — (US, nonstandard) To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.
- methoxybenzene — anisole.
- methyl benzene — toluene
- mineralization — to convert into a mineral substance.
- miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- misrecognizing — Present participle of misrecognize.
- moderate-sized — not large or small
- modestly sized — moderately sized; not very large, but not small
- mongrelization — to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, especially with one considered inferior.
- monophthongize — to change into or pronounce as a monophthong.
- monumentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of monumentalize.
- nephrectomized — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- nietzscheanism — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- non-customized — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- oophorectomize — to surgically remove (one or both ovaries)
- orthonormalize — (mathematics) To make a set of vectors both orthogonal and normalized.
- ovariectomized — Simple past tense and past participle of ovariectomize.
- over-dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- overdramatized — Simple past tense and past participle of overdramatize.
- overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
- overemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overemphasize.
- overhomogenize — to homogenize excessively
- piezochemistry — the study of chemical reactions at high pressures
- pinealectomize — to perform a pinealectomy on (a person or animal)
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
- put the moz on — to jinx
- quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
- re-familiarize — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.