12-letter words containing z, e, u
- fused quartz — glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.
- fuzzy subset — In fuzzy logic, a fuzzy subset F of a set S is defined by a "membership function" which gives the degree of membership of each element of S belonging to F.
- fuzzy-headed — not given to clear thinking; foolish.
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- gulf of suez — the NW arm of the Red Sea: linked with the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal
- gustav hertz — Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1887–1975, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1925.
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- haussmannize — to rebuild in a similar fashion as Haussmann rebuilt Paris
- hazel grouse — a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.
- hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
- heterozygous — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- insolubilize — to make incapable of dissolving: a resin insolubilized by heat.
- juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
- juvenilizing — Present participle of juvenilize.
- koussevitzky — Serge [sairzh] /sɛərʒ/ (Show IPA), (Sergei Alexandrovich Koussevitsky) 1874–1951, Russian orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- louis quinze — noting or pertaining to the rococo style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early and mid-18th century, characterized by fantasy, lightness, elegance, and comfort.
- louis treize — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early 17th century, characterized by a gradual transition from the free invention and composition of the renaissance to the classicism of the Louis Quatorze period.
- mangelwurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- measure zero — the property of a set of points for which, given any small number, there exists a set of intervals such that each point of the given set is contained in at least one of the intervals and such that, essentially, the combined length of the intervals is less than the small number.
- medium-sized — neither very large nor very small: a medium-sized house.
- mercurialize — to make mercurial, especially in temperament.
- miniaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturize.
- miniaturizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miniaturize.
- moisturizers — Plural form of moisturizer.
- 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)
- municipalize — to make a municipality of.
- muzzleloader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
- 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.
- nonunionized — Not belonging to or recognizing a labor union.
- novokuznetsk — a city in the S Russian Federation in central Asia: an industrial center is located here because of coal deposits of the Kuznetsk Basin.
- overutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- pulverizable — that can be pulverized
- puzzleheaded — having, deriving from, or characterized by confused thoughts or ideas.
- 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.
- quick-freeze — to freeze (cooked or uncooked food) rapidly, permitting it to be stored almost indefinitely at freezing temperatures.
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- recarburizer — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
- rendezvouses — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- repopularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- repressurize — to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level: to pressurize an astronaut's spacesuit before a walk in space.
- russian zone — a zone in Germany controlled by the Soviet Union 1945–89.
- schizogenous — schizogenetic.
- soliloquizes — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.