13-letter words containing z, l, o
- gomez palacio — a city in Durango state, N central Mexico.
- guzman blanco — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1829–99, Venezuelan political leader: president 1870–88.
- haemodialyzer — a piece of equipment used in haemodialysis to screen the blood to remove unwanted substances
- hellenization — to make Greek in character.
- horizontality — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- horned lizard — an insectivorous iguanid lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of western North America, having hornlike spines on the head and a flattened body covered with spiny scales.
- hospitalizing — Present participle of hospitalize.
- hyalinization — a condition in which normal tissue deteriorates into a homogeneous, translucent material.
- hyperpolarize — to increase the difference in electric potential across (a cell membrane).
- idealizations — Plural form of idealization.
- immortalizing — Present participle of immortalize.
- impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- insolubilized — Made insoluble.
- irrationalize — to make or cause to be irrational.
- isoalloxazine — a yellow solid that is the heterocyclic compound of the flavins. Formula: C10H6N4O2
- italicization — to print in italic type.
- johann tetzel — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1465?–1519, German monk: antagonist of Martin Luther.
- labialization — to give a labial character to (a sound), for example, to round (a vowel).
- lamaze method — a method by which an expectant mother is prepared for childbirth by education, psychological and physical conditioning, and breathing exercises.
- lichenization — any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
- linearization — The modification of a system such that its output is linearly dependent on its input.
- lizard orchid — a European orchid, Himantoglossum hircinum, rare in Britain, having a spike of grey-green flowers smelling of goats
- loebner prize — (artificial intelligence) An annual competition in artificial intelligence started by Dr. Hugh Loebner of New York City in 1991. A $100,000 prize is offered to the author of the first computer program to pass an unrestricted Turing test. Annual competitions are held each year with a $2000 prize for the best program on a restricted Turing test. Sponsors of previous competitions include: Apple Computer, Computerland, Crown Industries, GDE Systems, IBM Personal Computer Company's Center for Natural Computing, Greenwich Capital Markets, Motorola, the National Science Foundation, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and The Weingart Foundation. The 1995 and 1996 events were unrestricted Turing Tests, requiring computer entries to converse indefinitely with no topic restrictions. So far, even the best programs give themselves away almost immediately, either by simple grammatical mistakes or by repetition. Complete transcripts and IBM compatible diskettes that play the 1991, 1992, and 1993 conversations in real-time are available for purchase from the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies (telephone: +1 (617) 491 9020, Fax: 1072). Sponsorship opportunities are available.
- lollapaloozas — Plural form of lollapalooza.
- lorentz force — the force on a charged particle moving through a region containing both electric and magnetic fields.
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
- luteinization — to produce corpora lutea in.
- marbleization — The process of marbleizing.
- melodramatize — to make melodramatic.
- memorializing — Present participle of memorialize.
- metabolizable — (biochemistry) Able to be metabolized.
- metagrobolize — to mystify or puzzle
- metallization — The act or process of metallizing.
- metalloenzyme — (enzyme) Any enzyme that contains a metal atom which is essential for its biological activity.
- metronidazole — a synthetic antimicrobial substance, C 6 H 9 N 3 O 3 , used chiefly in the treatment of infections, such as Trichomonas vaginalis and certain anaerobic bacterial infections.
- mezzo-relievo — sculptured relief intermediate between high relief and bas-relief.
- mobilizations — Plural form of mobilization.
- monkey puzzle — a South American, coniferous timber tree, Araucaria araucana, having candelabralike branches, stiff sharp leaves, and edible nuts.
- monumentalize — to establish an enduring memorial or record of.
- mutualization — to make mutual.
- muzzle-loader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
- muzzleloaders — Plural form of muzzleloader.
- muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
- myelinization — Myelination.
- mythologizing — Present participle of mythologize.
- nationalizing — Present participle of nationalize.
- neologization — The act or process of neologizing; the creation of new forms.
- nondialyzable — not dialyzable or capable of undergoing dialysis
- normalization — to make normal.