16-letter words containing z, i, l, a
- hospitalizations — Plural form of hospitalization.
- husayn ali mirza — 1817–92, Persian religious leader: founder of Bahāʾī.
- hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
- institutionalize — to make institutional.
- intellectualized — Simple past tense and past participle of intellectualize.
- intellectualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intellectualize.
- interculturalize — To format a subject so that it is culturally neutral.
- internationalize — to make international, as in scope or character: a local conflict that was internationalized into a major war.
- isoamyl benzoate — a colorless liquid, C 11 H 15 O 2 , having a sharp, fruitlike odor: used in cosmetics.
- lizard peninsula — a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain
- maleic hydrazide — a crystalline compound, C 4 N 2 H 4 O 2 , used as a plant growth inhibitor and weed-killer.
- marsupialization — (surgery) The surgical technique of cutting a slit into a cyst and suturing its edges to form a continuous surface from the exterior to the interior of the cyst, allowing it to drain freely.
- municipalization — (economics) The transfer of corporations or other assets to municipal ownership.
- nationalizations — Plural form of nationalization.
- oblique zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it between the poles and the equator
- operationalizing — Present participle of operationalize.
- optical tweezers — a laser device used to study, manipulate, or trap a microscopic object, as a microorganism or cell, with nanometer precision.
- organizationally — the act or process of organizing.
- organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
- over-rationalize — to remove unreasonable elements from.
- overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
- parochialization — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- pearly razorfish — See under razorfish.
- polarizing angle — the law that light will receive maximum polarization from a reflecting surface when it is incident to the surface at an angle (angle of polarization or polarizing angle) having a tangent equal to the index of refraction of the surface.
- politicalization — to cause to be political; color with politics.
- post-elizabethan — of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times: Elizabethan diplomacy; Elizabethan music.
- premillennialize — to support or believe in premillennialism.
- rational horizon — the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
- razor-billed auk — a black and white auk, Alca torda, of the American and European coasts of the northern North Atlantic, having a compressed black bill encircled by a white band.
- recapitalization — a revision of a corporation's capital structure by an exchange of securities.
- reconceptualized — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- remilitarization — the act of re-arming a country or territory that has previously been disarmed
- remineralization — to convert into a mineral substance.
- schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
- self-dramatizing — exaggerating one's own qualities, role, situation, etc., for dramatic effect or as an attention-getting device; presenting oneself dramatically.
- self-realization — the fulfillment of one's potential.
- self-vulcanizing — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- size enlargement — Size enlargement is a process in which the particle size of a solid is increased.
- slow metabolizer — A slow metabolizer is someone whose body is slow to break down, absorb, or use a particular substance.
- spiritualization — to make spiritual.
- tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
- to blaze a trail — If someone blazes a trail, they discover or develop something new.
- trapezoidal rule — a numerical method for evaluating the area between a curve and an axis by approximating the area with the areas of trapezoids.
- tuxtla gutierrez — a state in S Mexico. 28,732 sq. mi. (74,415 sq. km). Capital: Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
- ultraminiaturize — to reduce to an ultraminiature size or scale.
- uncollateralized — lacking or needing no collateral: uncollateralized loans.
- undercapitalized — having insufficient capital for the efficient operation of a commercial enterprise
- underutilization — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
- universalization — to make universal.
- unparticularized — to make particular.