12-letter words containing z, o, i, e
- 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.
- non-itemizer — to state by items; give the particulars of; list the individual units or parts of: to itemize an account.
- noncivilized — Not civilized.
- nonenzymatic — relating to a process not produced by enzymes
- nonmotorized — not equipped with a motor
- nonunionized — Not belonging to or recognizing a labor union.
- normalizable — That can be normalized.
- novelization — The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization.
- objectivized — to cause to become concrete or objective; objectify.
- 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.
- on the fritz — on the fritz, not in working order: Our TV went on the fritz last night.
- overidealize — to idealize excessively
- overorganize — to stress formal structure, status, rules, and details excessively.
- overutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- ozonic ether — a solution of hydrogen peroxide in ethyl ether.
- parochialize — to make parochial.
- penalization — to subject to a penalty, as a person.
- personalized — customized
- philosophize — to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner.
- phlebotomize — to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.
- photooxidize — to undergo or cause to undergo photooxidation
- phrenologize — to treat with phrenology or phrenological methods
- pictorialize — to make pictorial; illustrate or represent with or as if with pictures.
- pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
- 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.
- ponzi scheme — a swindle in which a quick return, made up of money from new investors, on an initial investment lures the victim into much bigger risks.
- porcelainize — to make into or coat with porcelain or something resembling porcelain.
- porcellanize — to bake into porcelain
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
- promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
- propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
- psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
- racemization — the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- recategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognizance — Law. a bond or obligation of record entered into before a court of record or a magistrate, binding a person to do a particular act. the sum pledged as surety on such a bond.
- reflectorize — to treat something so that it reflects light: to reflectorize license plates.
- repopularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- reprioritize — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- russian zone — a zone in Germany controlled by the Soviet Union 1945–89.
- saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
- schizogenous — schizogenetic.