14-letter words containing z
- razor-slashing — the action of slashing someone with a razor in order to kill, wound, or disfigure them
- re-familiarize — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
- realized gains — Realized gains are gains which have been made from the sale of an asset.
- recanalization — the reopening of a previously occluded passageway within a blood vessel.
- recharacterize — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- recolonization — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- relativization — to regard as or make relative.
- remobilization — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- remoralization — the act of instilling with morals again; the act of making moral again
- reorganization — the act or process of reorganizing; state of being reorganized.
- repolarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
- respectabilize — to make respectable
- respiritualize — to spiritualize again; reinvest with a spiritual character or meaning
- return to zero — (communications) A class of encoding methods for physical circuits in which the carrier (current, voltage) returns to zero after each transmitted bit, i.e. the data is carried in pulse width or polarity, not in the level of the signal. Contrast NRZ.
- revitalization — to give new life to.
- revolutionizer — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- safety squeeze — squeeze play (def 1b).
- sand stargazer — a fish of the family Dactyloscopidae, especially Dactyloscopus tridigitatus, of Atlantic waters from Bermuda to Brazil, having tiny, tubular eyes on top of the head, and capable of emitting electric discharges.
- schematization — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
- schizo-phrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
- schizophyceous — belonging to the Schizophyceae, a group of unicellular bluish-green algae, occurring in both salt and fresh water and often causing pollution of drinking water.
- schwyzertutsch — any of the local dialects of German spoken in Switzerland.
- sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
- scottish topaz — a form of yellow transparent quartz
- scrutinization — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scrutinizingly — in a scrutinizing manner
- sectionization — the act or state of being sectionized
- secularization — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- securitization — the use of such securities as eurobonds to enable investors to lend directly to borrowers with a minimum of risk but without using banks as intermediaries
- self-actualize — to undergo self-actualization.
- semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- senior citizen — an elderly or aged person, especially one who is retired.
- sensationalize — to make sensational.
- sensualization — to render sensual.
- sentimentalize — to indulge in sentiment.
- sericitization — the process of transforming into sericite
- shopping plaza — a complex of stores, banks, movie theaters, etc.; shopping center.
- showbiz column — a column about the entertainment industry
- size reduction — Size reduction is a process in which the particle size of a solid is made smaller.
- slide magazine — a piece of equipment that holds slides and pushes them into a projector
- smokeless zone — an area designated by the local authority where only smokeless fuels are permitted
- solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
- somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
- spatialization — the process of causing something to occupy space or assume some of the properties of space
- specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
- squeeze bottle — a flexible plastic bottle the contents of which can be forced out by squeezing.
- squeezed joint — a joint between two members cemented or glued together under pressure.
- stabilizer bar — a horizontal metal bar linking the two front suspension systems of an automobile, used to reduce swaying or rolling.