12-letter words containing ize
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parochialize — to make parochial.
- perfectivize — to make perfective.
- 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.
- 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.
- presterilize — to sterilize in advance
- prize-giving — A prize-giving is a ceremony where prizes are awarded to people who have produced a very high standard of work.
- prizefighter — a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.
- prizewinning — having won, or worthy of, a prize
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- 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.
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- re-emphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- re-stabilize — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- recapitalize — to renew or change the capital of.
- recarburizer — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
- recategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- recentralize — to draw to or gather about a center.
- reemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- reflectorize — to treat something so that it reflects light: to reflectorize license plates.
- remilitarize — to equip with armed forces, military supplies, or the like.
- remineralize — to add or restore minerals to
- repopularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- repressurize — to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level: to pressurize an astronaut's spacesuit before a walk in space.
- reprioritize — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- resynthesize — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- schreinerize — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
- sectarianize — to make sectarian.
- sectionalize — to render sectional.
- segmentalize — to make segmentalized.
- serpentinize — to convert (a mineral or rock) into serpentine.
- skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
- soliloquizes — to utter a soliloquy; talk to oneself.
- somniloquize — to talk in one's sleep
- spiritualize — to make spiritual.
- standardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- subcivilized — not quite civilized
- subjectivize — to make subjective
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant