14-letter words containing z, i, r, c, o
- overcentralize — to centralize excessively
- oversocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overspecialize — to specialize to an excessive degree
- piezochemistry — the study of chemical reactions at high pressures
- projectization — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
- 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.
- 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.
- sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
- scrutinization — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- 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
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- the archeozoic — the Archean (see phrase under Archean)
- the cryptozoic — the Cryptozoic era
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- unrecognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- unrecognizably — in an unrecognizable or unidentifiable manner
- unromanticized — not romantic
- unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- zebra crossing — a street crossing marked with white stripes.
- zero balancing — a therapy involving the manipulation of the patient's skeletal structure in order to restore the balance of energy, relieve pain, and maintain well-being
- zingiberaceous — belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of plants.
- zinziberaceous — zingiberaceous.
- zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
- zygomatic arch — the bony arch at the outer border of the eye socket, formed by the union of the cheekbone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.