14-letter words containing z, i, p, o
- pasteurization — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- patrialization — the process of patrializing
- perhydrogenize — perhydrogenate.
- peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
- philanthropize — to treat (persons) in a philanthropic manner.
- philosophizing — to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner.
- photosensitize — to make (a material) photosensitive, as by the application of a photosensitive emulsion.
- piezochemistry — the study of chemical reactions at high pressures
- 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.
- polar zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it at one of the poles
- polarizability — to cause polarization in.
- politicization — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- popularization — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- porphyrization — reduction to a powder, formerly done on a slab of porphyry.
- port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- pragmatization — the action of putting theory into practice, the process of rendering something more pragmatic
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- prioritization — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- profit squeeze — a sharp narrowing of the gap between cost and revenue.
- projectization — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
- proletarianize — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
- proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
- quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
- repolarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- schizo-phrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- schizophyceous — belonging to the Schizophyceae, a group of unicellular bluish-green algae, occurring in both salt and fresh water and often causing pollution of drinking water.
- scottish topaz — a form of yellow transparent quartz
- shopping plaza — a complex of stores, banks, movie theaters, etc.; shopping center.
- spatialization — the process of causing something to occupy space or assume some of the properties of space
- 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.
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- the cryptozoic — the Cryptozoic era
- the palaeozoic — the Palaeozoic era
- topicalization — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- uitzilopochtli — the Aztec god of war and of the sun.
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- zinc phosphide — a dark-gray, gritty, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Zn 3 P 2 , used chiefly as a rodenticide.
- zona pellucida — the transparent, noncellular layer surrounding the ovum of mammals, often having radial striations.
- zoophytologist — an expert in zoophytology
- zygosporangium — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.