14-letter words containing z, i, n, c
- disincentivize — to discourage or deter by removing incentives: The expiration of tax credits will disincentivize future participation in the energy-efficiency program. More affordable cholesterol-lowering medication may disincentivize people from adopting a vegetarian diet.
- elegiac stanza — a quatrain in iambic pentameters with alternate lines rhyming
- endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
- exclusion zone — law: forbidden entry
- fanaticization — the act or an instance of making people fanatical
- fellow citizen — law: national of same country
- ferrozirconium — a ferroalloy containing up to 40 percent zirconium.
- fictionalizing — Present participle of fictionalize.
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
- gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
- grammaticizing — Present participle of grammaticize.
- hydroxybenzoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to hydroxybenzoic acid or its derivatives.
- lexicalization — The act or process of lexicalizing.
- lz compression — Lempel-Ziv compression
- macadamization — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
- medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
- misrecognizing — Present participle of misrecognize.
- musicalization — the adaptation of a novel, play, etc into a musical form
- 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-cognizable — capable of being perceived or known.
- non-cognizance — awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception: The guests took cognizance of the snide remark.
- non-customized — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- nuclearization — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
- overcentralize — to centralize excessively
- ozone sickness — a condition characterized by chest pain, itchy eyes, and drowsiness, caused by exposure to ozone, as experienced in the atmospheres of smog and high-altitude airplanes.
- pinealectomize — to perform a pinealectomy on (a person or animal)
- plasticization — Plasticization is the process of changing the structure of a polymer to make it easier to bend.
- politicization — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.
- projectization — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
- quizzification — mockery
- radicalization — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
- rationalized c — (language) (RatC, after "RATFOR") A version of Ron Cain's original Small-C compiler.
- recanalization — the reopening of a previously occluded passageway within a blood vessel.
- recolonization — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- schematization — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
- schizo-phrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
- sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
- scrutinization — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinizingly — in a scrutinizing manner
- sectionization — the act or state of being sectionized
- secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- securitization — the use of such securities as eurobonds to enable investors to lend directly to borrowers with a minimum of risk but without using banks as intermediaries
- senior citizen — an elderly or aged person, especially one who is retired.
- sericitization — the process of transforming into sericite
- showbiz column — a column about the entertainment industry
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.