12-letter words containing z, l, o
- nationalizer — One who, or that which, nationalizes.
- nationalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nationalize.
- nebulization — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- neutral zone — the area of a rink between the two blue lines. Compare end zone (def 2).
- nobel prizes — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in economics was established in 1969 from private funds.
- noncivilized — Not civilized.
- normalizable — That can be normalized.
- novelization — The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization.
- officialized — Simple past tense and past participle of officialize.
- olympic-size — of the dimensions or length prescribed for the Olympic Games and other major athletic competitions: an Olympic-size speed-skating oval.
- ontologizing — to express in ontological terms; regard from an ontological viewpoint.
- ooze leather — leather prepared from calfskin or other skin and having a soft, velvety finish on the flesh side.
- over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
- overidealize — to idealize excessively
- overutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- paleozoology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil animals.
- paralyzation — to affect with paralysis.
- parochialize — to make parochial.
- penalization — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
- personalized — customized
- philosophize — to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner.
- phlebotomize — to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.
- photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
- phrenologize — to treat with phrenology or phrenological methods
- pictorialize — to make pictorial; illustrate or represent with or as if with pictures.
- play it cozy — to act cautiously so as to avoid risk
- polarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
- politicalize — to cause to be political; color with politics.
- polythiazide — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 3 ClF 3 N 3 O 4 S 3 , used as a diuretic in the management of edema and hypertension.
- porcelainize — to make into or coat with porcelain or something resembling porcelain.
- porcellanize — to bake into porcelain
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- protozoology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of protozoans
- psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
- quartz clock — an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of the timepiece (quartz clock or quartz watch)
- quetzalcoatl — the feathered serpent god of the Aztec and Toltec cultures.
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reflectorize — to treat something so that it reflects light: to reflectorize license plates.
- repopularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- rhizophilous — (esp of insects) preferring to live or grow near or on roots
- ruralization — to make rural.
- salinization — the process by which a nonsaline soil becomes saline, as by the irrigation of land with brackish water.
- sectionalize — to render sectional.
- skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
- socializable — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- soliloquizes — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
- solonization — the formation of solonetzic soil
- solzhenitsyn — Alexander or Aleksandr (Isayevich) [al-ig-zan-der ee-sahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr ee-sah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər iˈsaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr iˈsɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–2008, Russian novelist: Nobel prize 1970; in the U.S. 1974–94.