14-letter words containing z, i, p, r
- 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
- pedestrianized — A pedestrianized area has been made into an area that is intended for pedestrians, not vehicles.
- perez esquivel — Adolfo [uh-dol-foh;; Spanish ah-th awl-faw] /əˈdɒl foʊ;; Spanish ɑˈðɔl fɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Argentine sculptor and human rights activist: Nobel prize 1980.
- perhydrogenize — perhydrogenate.
- peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
- philanthropize — to treat (persons) in a philanthropic manner.
- picture puzzle — jigsaw puzzle (def 1).
- piezochemistry — the study of chemical reactions at high pressures
- pizza delivery — a service provided by some pizza restaurants whereby pizzas are delivered to customers who have placed orders by telephone
- 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.
- 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
- pre-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- pre-sterilized — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- 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.
- pulitzer prize — one of a group of annual prizes in journalism, literature, music, etc., established by Joseph Pulitzer: administered by Columbia University; first awarded 1917.
- 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.
- respectabilize — to make respectable
- respiritualize — to spiritualize again; reinvest with a spiritual character or meaning
- 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.
- semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- supercivilized — (of a person or society) highly or excessively civilized
- superficialize — to treat things superficially
- supersensitize — to render or make supersensitive.
- the cryptozoic — the Cryptozoic era
- the prize ring — the sport of prizefighting
- transparentize — to make transparent
- trapeze artist — a person who performs, especially professionally, on a trapeze.
- 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
- triple glazing — three layers of glass in windows or doors
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- unspiritualize — to deprive of spiritual qualities
- zygosporangium — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.