15-letter words containing z, i, r
- pre-elizabethan — (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.
- preequalization — preemphasis.
- presbyterianize — to convert or be converted into Presbyterianism
- professionalize — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
- proletarianized — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
- proletarization — to proletarianize.
- propylitization — the alteration of igneous rock to propylite
- pulitzer prizes — one of a group of annual prizes in journalism, literature, music, etc., established by Joseph Pulitzer: administered by Columbia University; first awarded 1917.
- put on the ritz — ostentatious or pretentious display.
- radiosensitizer — a substance, as a drug, that enhances the sensitivity of tissues or cells to radiation therapy.
- rationalization — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- realized losses — Realized losses are losses which have occurred upon the sale of an asset.
- reauthorization — the act or process of reauthorizing something
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconceptualize — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- recontextualize — to contextualize (something) again
- refamiliarizing — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
- regionalization — the process or tendency of dividing a country into administrative regions
- reindustrialize — to subject to reindustrialization.
- renormalization — the action or process of normalizing or causing to conform to a norm or normal state again
- rent-stabilized — regulated by law so that rent increases may not exceed a specified amount.
- reprivatization — the action or process of reprivatizing, or an instance thereof
- resensitization — the state or process of being sensitized.
- resocialization — the process of learning new attitudes and norms required for a new social role.
- restabilization — the act or process of stabilizing or the state of being stabilized.
- resurrectionize — to bring back from or raise from the dead
- revisualization — the act of visualizing or picturing something again
- rheinland-pfalz — German name of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- romanticization — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- rubaiyat stanza — a quatrain patterned after those in The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, of iambic pentameter and rhyming aaba.
- schillerization — the process of altering crystals to produce schiller
- seidlitz powder — a laxative consisting of two powders, tartaric acid and a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (sodium potassium tartrate)
- self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
- self-energizing — giving rise to energy or power from within itself or oneself; capable of generating energy or power automatically.
- sneezing powder — a powder used to make people sneeze as a practical joke
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- standardization — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
- suburbanization — to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
- sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
- supernaturalize — to make supernatural; give supernatural character or qualities to.
- the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
- the proterozoic — the Proterozoic Eon or its rocks
- totalitarianize — to make totalitarian.
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
- trinitrobenzene — any of three yellow crystalline compounds having the formula C 9 H 3 N 3 O 6 , capable of more explosive power and requiring more impact than TNT.
- tropicalization — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
- un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.