12-letter words containing z, e, t, a
- creolization — (of a pidgin language) the process of becoming a creole
- criticizable — to censure or find fault with.
- cryptanalyze — to study (a cryptogram) for the purpose of discovering the clear meaning; break (a code, cipher, etc.).
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- crystallizer — A crystallizer is a vessel or stage in which a crystal grows from a liquid.
- crystallizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crystallize.
- culturalized — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cytoanalyzer — an electronic optical device for screening smears of cells suspected of being malignant.
- de-stalinize — to eliminate the influence of Stalin from
- decapitalize — to make difficult to have or to take away stock or wealth from
- decategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- decentralize — To decentralize government or a large organization means to move some departments away from the main administrative area, or to give more power to local departments.
- deionization — to remove ions from.
- demagnetized — Simple past tense and past participle of demagnetize.
- demagnetizer — Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization.
- demagnetizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demagnetize.
- demilitarize — To demilitarize an area means to ensure that all military forces are removed from it.
- democratized — Simple past tense and past participle of democratize.
- democratizer — a person or thing that democratizes
- democratizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize.
- demonization — the act of turning someone into a demon
- demutualized — Simple past tense and past participle of demutualize.
- denaturalize — to deprive of nationality
- deputization — the act of making someone a deputy
- deratization — extermination of rats, especially aboard a merchant vessel.
- 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.
- destigmatize — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- detribalized — Simple past tense and past participle of detribalize.
- devitalizing — Present participle of devitalize.
- devolatilize — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- diazomethane — a yellow odourless explosive gas, used as a methylating agent. Formula: CH2:N:N
- dimerization — (chemistry) Any chemical reaction in which two monomers react to form a dimer.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- dramatizable — Capable of being dramatized.
- dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
- earth-grazer — an asteroid in an orbit that takes it close to the earth
- editorialize — to set forth one's position or opinion on some subject in, or as if in, an editorial.
- 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
- emblazonment — The act of emblazoning.
- 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.
- energization — The act (or state) of being energized.
- equalization — The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
- essentialize — (transitive) To reduce to its essence.
- eternization — The act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous.