16-letter words containing z, o, i, e, r
- over-romanticize — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
- overurbanization — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
- pearly razorfish — See under razorfish.
- piezoelectricity — electricity, or electric polarity, produced by the piezoelectric effect.
- polarizing angle — the law that light will receive maximum polarization from a reflecting surface when it is incident to the surface at an angle (angle of polarization or polarizing angle) having a tangent equal to the index of refraction of the surface.
- progressive jazz — an experimental, nonmelodic, and often free-flowing style of modern jazz, especially in the form of highly dissonant, rhythmically complex orchestral arrangements. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz.
- razor-billed auk — a black and white auk, Alca torda, of the American and European coasts of the northern North Atlantic, having a compressed black bill encircled by a white band.
- recapitalization — a revision of a corporation's capital structure by an exchange of securities.
- reconceptualized — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- remilitarization — the act of re-arming a country or territory that has previously been disarmed
- remineralization — to convert into a mineral substance.
- repressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- reprioritization — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- seidlitz powders — a mild laxative consisting of tartaric acid, sodium bicarbonate, and Rochelle salt, which are dissolved separately, mixed, and drunk after effervescence.
- self-realization — the fulfillment of one's potential.
- sensible horizon — the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
- showbiz reporter — a journalist who writes about the entertainment industry
- slow metabolizer — A slow metabolizer is someone whose body is slow to break down, absorb, or use a particular substance.
- tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
- to blaze a trail — If someone blazes a trail, they discover or develop something new.
- trapezoidal rule — a numerical method for evaluating the area between a curve and an axis by approximating the area with the areas of trapezoids.
- uncollateralized — lacking or needing no collateral: uncollateralized loans.
- underutilization — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
- universalization — to make universal.
- utilization rate — The utilization rate is the percentage of the total equipment or refinery which is involved in producing something.
- zero-zero option — (in international nuclear arms negotiations) an offer to remove all intermediate-range nuclear missiles, if the other side will do the same
- zollner illusion — a spatial illusion in which parallel lines intersected by short oblique lines are perceived as converging or diverging.
- zone of interior — the part of a theater of war not included in the theater of operations.