12-letter words containing z, o
- hematochezia — the passage of bloody stools.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hepatization — the transformation of tissue into a liver-like substance, esp of the lungs in pneumonia
- heterozygote — a hybrid containing genes for two unlike forms of a characteristic, and therefore not breeding true to type.
- heterozygous — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- hispaniolize — to make someone Spanish in their cultural attitudes, values, speech, etc
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- hkakabo razi — the highest peak in Myanmar, in Kachin state, in the N. 19,294 feet (5881 meters).
- hohenzollern — a member of the royal family that ruled in Romania from 1866 to 1947, in Prussia from 1701 to 1918, and in the German Empire from 1871 to 1918.
- hominization — the evolution of the human traits that set the genus Homo apart from its primate ancestors.
- homo-zygotic — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- homogenizing — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homologizing — Present participle of homologize.
- homozygosity — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- horizon club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members of high-school age.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hospitalize.
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- humanization — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- hydrogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenize.
- hydrolyzable — Able to be hydrolyzed.
- hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
- hyperbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperbolize.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- hypothesized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothesize.
- hypothesizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypothesize.
- ibizan hound — one of a breed of medium-sized, tall, swift hunting hounds with a short, usually red and white coat, bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt but today found chiefly in the Balearic Islands and other areas of Spain.
- idealization — the act or process of idealizing something.
- immobilizers — Plural form of immobilizer.
- immobilizing — Present participle of immobilize.
- immortalized — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- immortalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immortalize.
- immunization — the fact or process of becoming immune, as against a disease.
- incognizable — Not cognizable; incapable of being recognised.
- incognizance — Failure to cognize, apprehend, or notice.
- inoxidizable — not susceptible to oxidation.
- insolubilize — to make incapable of dissolving: a resin insolubilized by heat.
- interiorized — Simple past tense and past participle of interiorize.
- interiorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interiorize.
- iodized salt — common table salt to which a small amount of sodium iodide or potassium iodide has been added
- iridectomize — to perform an iridectomy on.
- isoenzymatic — isoenzymic
- jacobinizing — Present participle of jacobinize.
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- jiaozhou bay — an inlet of the Yellow Sea in NE China, in SE Shandong province
- juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
- ketoconazole — a synthetic substance, C 26 H 28 Cl 2 N 4 O 4 , used to treat a variety of fungal infections.
- koussevitzky — Serge [sairzh] /sɛərʒ/ (Show IPA), (Sergei Alexandrovich Koussevitsky) 1874–1951, Russian orchestra conductor in the U.S.