12-letter words that end in ze
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- disharmonize — (intransitive) To cause disorder.
- dispauperize — to free (a person) from the state of being a pauper
- dissocialize — to render dissocial
- dissyllabize — to disyllabize.
- djebel druze — Jebel ed Druz.
- double-glaze — If someone double-glazes a house or its windows, they fit windows that have two layers of glass which keeps the inside of the house warmer and quieter.
- economy size — product: large, inexpensive
- economy-size — larger in size and costing less per unit of measurement than a smaller size: an economy-size box of soap flakes.
- editorialize — to set forth one's position or opinion on some subject in, or as if in, an editorial.
- emotionalize — To give something an emotional quality.
- entomologize — to collect or study insects
- essentialize — (transitive) To reduce to its essence.
- excursionize — to go on an excursion or excursions
- extravaganze — Irregular plural form of extravaganza.
- factionalize — (especially of a political party or other organized group) split or divide into factions.
- fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- flash-freeze — quick-freeze.
- fresh breeze — a wind of 19–24 miles per hour (9–11 m/sec). Compare breeze1 (def 2).
- geometricize — to draw, design, or form in geometrical shapes or patterns.
- grammaticize — (transitive) To render grammatical.
- haussmannize — to rebuild in a similar fashion as Haussmann rebuilt Paris
- hispaniolize — to make someone Spanish in their cultural attitudes, values, speech, etc
- illegitimize — illegitimatize.
- illiberalize — to render illiberal
- insolubilize — to make incapable of dissolving: a resin insolubilized by heat.
- iridectomize — to perform an iridectomy on.
- laparotomize — to perform a laparotomy on.
- laryngealize — to pronounce with accompanying constriction of the larynx.
- legitimatize — to make legitimate.
- light breeze — a wind of 4–7 miles per hour (2–3 m/sec). Compare breeze1 (def 2).
- lithotritize — to perform a lithotrity on
- louis quinze — noting or pertaining to the rococo style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early and mid-18th century, characterized by fantasy, lightness, elegance, and comfort.
- louis treize — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the early 17th century, characterized by a gradual transition from the free invention and composition of the renaissance to the classicism of the Louis Quatorze period.
- manhattanize — to alter the architectural appearance of (a city) by the construction of skyscrapers and high-rise buildings
- mercurialize — to make mercurial, especially in temperament.
- metamorphize — (transitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
- mineralogize — (intransitive) To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals.
- misemphasize — to emphasize incorrectly
- misrecognize — (psychology, computing) To recognize in error.
- missionarize — to undertake missionary work
- mithridatize — to induce a state of mithridatism in (a person).
- municipalize — to make a municipality of.
- mythopoetize — to produce myths or mythological poetry.
- olympic-size — of the dimensions or length prescribed for the Olympic Games and other major athletic competitions: an Olympic-size speed-skating oval.
- over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- overidealize — to idealize excessively
- overorganize — to stress formal structure, status, rules, and details excessively.
- parameterize — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.