14-letter words containing z, i, r, c
- electric razor — an electrically powered implement for shaving, having reciprocating or rotating blades behind a fine metal comb or pierced foil
- endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
- ferrozirconium — a ferroalloy containing up to 40 percent zirconium.
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- garcia marquez — Gabriel [gey-bree-uh l,, gah-bree-el;; Spanish gah-vree-el] /ˈgeɪ bri əl,, ˌgɑ briˈɛl;; Spanish ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1927–2014, Colombian novelist and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1982.
- grammaticalize — to convert (a content word or part of one) into a functor, as in using OE līc, “body,” as a suffix in adjectives and adverbs, such as OE frēondlīc, “friendly.”.
- grammaticizing — Present participle of grammaticize.
- hydrazoic acid — a colorless, very explosive, poisonous liquid, HN 3 , having a penetrating odor and irritating to the eyes and mucous membranes.
- hydroxybenzoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to hydroxybenzoic acid or its derivatives.
- hypercivilized — Very highly civilized.
- hypercriticize — To criticize with unjust severity.
- hysterectomize — to remove the uterus from by surgery.
- lz compression — Lempel-Ziv compression
- machado y ruiz — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1939, Spanish writer.
- miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- misrecognizing — Present participle of misrecognize.
- nephrectomized — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- nuclearization — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
- oophorectomize — to surgically remove (one or both ovaries)
- ovariectomized — Simple past tense and past participle of ovariectomize.
- over-criticize — to censure or find fault with.
- over-socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overcapitalize — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
- overcentralize — to centralize excessively
- oversocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overspecialize — to specialize to an excessive degree
- participialize — to form (a word) into a participle; make participial.
- particularized — individualized
- picture puzzle — jigsaw puzzle (def 1).
- 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.
- recharacterize — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- recolonization — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- respectabilize — to make respectable
- 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.
- scrutinizingly — in a scrutinizing manner
- 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.
- structuralized — to form into or make part of a structure.
- supercivilized — (of a person or society) highly or excessively civilized
- superficialize — to treat things superficially