11-letter words containing z, o, g
- frigid zone — either of two regions, one between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole, or one between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
- fuzzy logic — A superset of Boolean logic dealing with the concept of partial truth -- truth values between "completely true" and "completely false". It was introduced by Dr. Lotfi Zadeh of UCB in the 1960's as a means to model the uncertainty of natural language. Any specific theory may be generalised from a discrete (or "crisp") form to a continuous (fuzzy) form, e.g. "fuzzy calculus", "fuzzy differential equations" etc. Fuzzy logic replaces Boolean truth values with degrees of truth which are very similar to probabilities except that they need not sum to one. Instead of an assertion pred(X), meaning that X definitely has the property associated with predicate "pred", we have a truth function truth(pred(X)) which gives the degree of truth that X has that property. We can combine such values using the standard definitions of fuzzy logic: truth(not x) = 1.0 - truth(x) truth(x and y) = minimum (truth(x), truth(y)) truth(x or y) = maximum (truth(x), truth(y)) (There are other possible definitions for "and" and "or", e.g. using sum and product). If truth values are restricted to 0 and 1 then these functions behave just like their Boolean counterparts. This is known as the "extension principle". Just as a Boolean predicate asserts that its argument definitely belongs to some subset of all objects, a fuzzy predicate gives the degree of truth with which its argument belongs to a fuzzy subset. E-mail servers: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>.
- gazillionth — (informal) The ordinal form of the number 'gazillion'.
- gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
- gemfibrozil — An oral drug, one of the fibrates, used to lower lipid levels.
- genealogize — to investigate genealogy
- geometrized — Simple past tense and past participle of geometrize.
- ghettoizing — Present participle of ghettoize.
- gilt bronze — ormolu (def 2).
- glamorizing — Present participle of glamorize.
- glamourized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamourize.
- globalizing — Present participle of globalize.
- glottalized — pronounced with glottal coarticulation.
- gold bronze — an alloy of about 90 percent copper, 5 percent zinc, 3 percent lead, and 2 percent tin.
- golden fizz — a drink containing egg yolk, gin or vodka, lemon juice, sugar, and soda water.
- gongoozling — Present participle of gongoozle.
- gormandized — Simple past tense and past participle of gormandize.
- gormandizer — A person who gormandizes; a glutton or gourmand.
- gormandizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gormandize.
- gourmandize — to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.
- ground zero — the point on the surface of the earth or water directly below, directly above, or at which an atomic or hydrogen bomb explodes.
- gum benzoin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- harmonizing — Present participle of harmonize.
- hazel grove — a plantation of hazel trees
- herzegovina — a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary 1878–1914; now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- homogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of homogenize.
- homogenizer — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homogenizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of homogenize.
- homologized — Simple past tense and past participle of homologize.
- homozygosis — the state of being a homozygote.
- homozygotes — Plural form of homozygote.
- hydrogenize — hydrogenate.
- hydrolyzing — Present participle of hydrolyze.
- hypnotizing — Present participle of hypnotize.
- ideologized — to explain or express ideologically: to ideologize a political opinion.
- incognizant — not cognizant; without knowledge or awareness; unaware (usually followed by of).
- inorganized — Unorganized.
- isomerizing — Present participle of isomerize.
- izetbegovic — Alija [ah-lee-juh] /ɑˈli dʒə/ (Show IPA), 1925–2003, Bosnian politician: president of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1990–96.
- matronizing — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
- methodizing — Present participle of methodize.
- misorganize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- modernizing — Present participle of modernize.
- mongrelized — Simple past tense and past participle of mongrelize.
- monozygotic — developed from a single fertilized ovum, as identical twins.
- mortalizing — Present participle of mortalize.
- mythologize — to classify, explain, or write about myths.
- narcotizing — Present participle of narcotize.
- necrotizing — Causing or accompanied by necrosis.
- neologizing — Present participle of neologize.