12-letter words containing z, o, i
- 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.
- quantization — (uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values.
- quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
- 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.
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- rhizophilous — (esp of insects) preferring to live or grow near or on roots
- robotization — the introduction of robots to carry out industrial tasks
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- ruralization — to make rural.
- russian zone — a zone in Germany controlled by the Soviet Union 1945–89.
- saint moritz — a resort town in SE Switzerland: a popular center for winter sports. 6037 feet (1840 meters) high.
- saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
- salinization — the process by which a nonsaline soil becomes saline, as by the irrigation of land with brackish water.
- sanitization — to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- sankt moritz — German name of St. Moritz.
- satirization — to attack or ridicule with satire.
- schizocarpic — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- schizogenous — schizogenetic.
- schizogonous — pertaining to or reproducing by schizogony.
- schizomycete — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- schizophytic — of or relating to a schizophyte
- schizopodous — of or relating to a schizopod
- schizothymia — the condition of being schizoid or introverted. It encompasses elements of schizophrenia but does not involve the same depth of psychological disturbance
- sectionalize — to render sectional.
- skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
- socializable — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- soliloquizes — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
- solonization — the formation of solonetzic soil
- solzhenitsyn — Alexander or Aleksandr (Isayevich) [al-ig-zan-der ee-sahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr ee-sah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər iˈsaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr iˈsɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–2008, Russian novelist: Nobel prize 1970; in the U.S. 1974–94.
- somaticizing — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
- somatization — to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.