12-letter words containing z, e, t, a
- maderization — the process whereby wine is heated and oxidized, resulting in a darker colour and an altered taste
- magnetizable — susceptible to magnetization.
- manhattanize — to alter the architectural appearance of (a city) by the construction of skyscrapers and high-rise buildings
- materialized — Simple past tense and past participle of materialize.
- materializer — One who materializes, or makes something material.
- materializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of materialize.
- mathematized — Simple past tense and past participle of mathematize.
- melanization — the process of melanizing, or the state of being melanized
- memorization — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- metabolizing — Present participle of metabolize.
- metamorphize — (transitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
- metastasized — Simple past tense and past participle of metastasize.
- metastasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metastasize.
- metathesized — Simple past tense and past participle of metathesize.
- miniaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturize.
- miniaturizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miniaturize.
- mithridatize — to induce a state of mithridatism in (a person).
- monetization — to legalize as money.
- montezuma ii — c1470–1520, last Aztec emperor of Mexico 1502–20.
- mount kazbek — an extinct volcano in N Georgia in the central Caucasus Mountains. Height: 5047 m (16 558 ft)
- nationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of nationalize.
- nationalizer — One who, or that which, nationalizes.
- nationalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nationalize.
- nebulization — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- neutral zone — the area of a rink between the two blue lines. Compare end zone (def 2).
- neutralizing — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisingt; present participle of neutralize.
- nonenzymatic — relating to a process not produced by enzymes
- novelization — The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization.
- ooze leather — leather prepared from calfskin or other skin and having a soft, velvety finish on the flesh side.
- parameterize — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- penalization — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
- photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
- pictorialize — to make pictorial; illustrate or represent with or as if with pictures.
- politicalize — to cause to be political; color with politics.
- polythiazide — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 3 ClF 3 N 3 O 4 S 3 , used as a diuretic in the management of edema and hypertension.
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
- quartz plate — a carefully cut quartz crystal that is piezoelectrically active. Compare crystal (def 10).
- quetzalcoatl — the feathered serpent god of the Aztec and Toltec cultures.
- racemization — the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- re-stabilize — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- recapitalize — to renew or change the capital of.
- recategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.