14-letter words containing z, o, a, n
- reorganization — the act or process of reorganizing; state of being reorganized.
- repolarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
- revitalization — to give new life to.
- schematization — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
- schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
- sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
- scrutinization — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- sectionization — the act or state of being sectionized
- 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
- sensationalize — to make sensational.
- sensualization — to render sensual.
- sericitization — the process of transforming into sericite
- shopping plaza — a complex of stores, banks, movie theaters, etc.; shopping center.
- solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
- spatialization — the process of causing something to occupy space or assume some of the properties of space
- specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
- stigmatization — to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon: The crime of the father stigmatized the whole family.
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- synthesization — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- tabularization — the act of tabularizing
- telomerization — polymerization in the presence of a chain transfer agent to yield a series of products of low molecular weight
- temperate zone — the part of the earth's surface lying between the tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the Northern Hemisphere or between the tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere, and characterized by having a climate that is warm in the summer, cold in the winter, and moderate in the spring and fall.
- tenzing norgay — 1914–86, Nepalese mountaineer. With Sir Edmund Hillary, he was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953)
- testimonialize — to honor (someone) by giving or doing something testimonial.
- throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
- tolerance zone — an designated area where prostitutes can work without being arrested
- topicalization — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
- traditionalize — to make traditional: to traditionalize family reunions.
- transistorized — (of a device) equipped with a transistor
- traumatization — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- trivialization — to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.
- uniformization — to bring into uniformity.
- unpersonalized — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- unrationalized — 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.
- 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
- vietnamization — a U.S. policy during the Vietnam War of giving the South Vietnamese government responsibility for carrying on the war, so as to allow for the withdrawal of American troops.
- volatilization — to become volatile; pass off as vapor.
- weatherization — (US) The process of weatherizing.
- well-organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
- westernization — The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.
- zebra crossing — a street crossing marked with white stripes.
- zenaida (dove) — either of two wild doves, (Zenaida aurita) of Florida and the Caribbean, or (Z. asiatica) of the SW U.S. to Chile
- zeno's paradox — any of various versions of a paradox regarding the relation of the discrete to the continuous and requiring the concept of limit for its satisfactory explanation.
- 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
- zero tolerance — a policy of very strict, uncompromising enforcement of rules or laws.
- zero-tolerance — a policy of very strict, uncompromising enforcement of rules or laws.
- zingiberaceous — belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of plants.