14-letter words containing za
- lysogenization — the process of a bacterium becoming lysogenic
- macadamization — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
- mazar-e-sharif — a city in N Afghanistan, reputed burial place of the caliph Ali; trading, agricultural, and military centre. Pop: 254 000 (2005 est)
- mazar-i-sharif — a city in N Afghanistan.
- medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
- militarization — to equip with armed forces, military supplies, or the like.
- mineralization — to convert into a mineral substance.
- minimalization — to make minimal: to minimalize tax increases.
- missionization — the work and practice of missionaries
- misutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- modularization — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- moisturization — The act or process of moisturizing.
- mongrelization — to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, especially with one considered inferior.
- monopolization — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- musicalization — the adaptation of a novel, play, etc into a musical form
- mylonitization — the geological process which causes the formation of mylonite
- naturalization — to confer upon (an alien) the rights and privileges of a citizen.
- nebuchadnezzar — Also, Nebuchadrezzar [neb-uh-kuh d-rez-er, neb-yoo-] /ˌnɛb ə kədˈrɛz ər, ˌnɛb yʊ-/ (Show IPA). a king of Babylonia, 604?–561? b.c., and conqueror of Jerusalem. II Kings 24, 25.
- neutralization — the act, process, or an instance of neutralizing.
- nominalization — to convert (another part of speech) into a noun, as in changing the adjective lowly into the lowly or the verb legalize into legalization.
- non-cognizable — capable of being perceived or known.
- non-cognizance — awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception: The guests took cognizance of the snide remark.
- nonpolarizable — not able to be polarized
- nuclearization — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
- organizability — The suitability or potential for organization.
- organizational — the act or process of organizing.
- palatalization — to articulate (a consonant other than a normal palatal) as a palatal or with relatively more contact between the blade of the tongue and the hard palate, as in certain pronunciations of the l- sound in million.
- parasitization — an infestation of or by parasites
- pasteurization — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- patrialization — the process of patrializing
- pizza delivery — a service provided by some pizza restaurants whereby pizzas are delivered to customers who have placed orders by telephone
- plasticization — Plasticization is the process of changing the structure of a polymer to make it easier to bend.
- plaza de toros — a bullring.
- polarizability — to cause polarization in.
- politicization — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- popularization — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- porphyrization — reduction to a powder, formerly done on a slab of porphyry.
- port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- pragmatization — the action of putting theory into practice, the process of rendering something more pragmatic
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- prioritization — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- projectization — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
- quetzalcoatlus — A large toothless pterosaur of the genus Quetzalcoatlus.
- quetzaltenango — a city in SW Guatemala: earthquake 1902.
- radicalization — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
- rationalizable — capable of being rationalized
- recanalization — the reopening of a previously occluded passageway within a blood vessel.
- recolonization — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- relativization — to regard as or make relative.