13-letter words containing z, r
- catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
- categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
- catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
- cauterization — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
- characterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- characterizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of characterize.
- chest freezer — a freezer shaped like a chest with a door that opens by lifting up
- chlorobenzene — a colourless volatile flammable insoluble liquid with an almond-like odour, made from chlorine and benzene and used as a solvent and in the preparation of many organic compounds, esp phenol and DDT. Formula: C6H5Cl
- chronologized — to arrange in chronological order.
- cicatrization — Physiology. to heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrix.
- circularizing — Present participle of circularize.
- ciudad juarez — a city in N Mexico, in Chihuahua state on the Río Grande, opposite El Paso, Texas. Pop: 1 469 000 (2005 est)
- collateralize — to treat (a security) as collateral
- commercialize — If something is commercialized, it is used or changed in such a way that it makes money or profits, often in a way that people disapprove of.
- computerizing — Present participle of computerize.
- connaturalize — to make connatural
- conservatized — Simple past tense and past participle of conservatize.
- containerized — Simple past tense and past participle of containerize.
- contemporized — Simple past tense and past participle of contemporize.
- conversazione — a social gathering for discussion of the arts, literature, etc
- copolymerized — Polymerized, along with another compound, to form a copolymer.
- corinthianize — to live a promiscuous life
- creep-grazing — a method of pasture management that allows young farm animals (esp lambs) to graze part of the pasture before the adults in the group
- crepe suzette — an orange-flavoured pancake flambéed in a liqueur or brandy
- criminalizing — Present participle of criminalize.
- cross-utilize — to make use of in an additional or different way.
- crumple zones — parts of a motor vehicle, at the front and the rear, that are designed to crumple in a collision, thereby absorbing the impact
- cruzeiro real — a former monetary unit of Brazil, which was replaced by the real
- cryptozoology — the study of creatures, such as the Loch Ness monster, whose existence has not been scientifically proved
- crystallizing — Present participle of crystallize.
- cyproconazole — (organic compound) The conazole fungicide \u03b1-(4-chlorophenyl)-\u03b1-(1-cyclopropylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol.
- decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.
- decarburizing — Present participle of decarburize.
- decentralized — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decentralize.
- decriminalize — When a criminal offence is decriminalized, the law changes so that it is no longer a criminal offence.
- deculturalize — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- deep-freezing — the process of freezing food at a very low temperature for storage
- defamiliarize — to make (something well-known or well-established) seem unfamiliar, strange, disconcerting, etc., as in order to reinterpret or subvert it
- dehydrofreeze — to subject (food) to partial dehydration and quick-freezing.
- dehydrogenize — dehydrogenate.
- dematerialize — to cease to have material existence, as in science fiction or spiritualism
- demilitarized — Declared free of all military activity.
- demilitarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demilitarize.
- demineralized — From which all minerals have been removed.
- demineralizer — a substance or device that causes demineralization
- demineralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demineralize.
- democratizing — Present participle of democratize.
- denaturalized — Simple past tense and past participle of denaturalize.
- denuclearized — Simple past tense and past participle of denuclearize.