14-letter words containing a, s, i, z
- laissez passer — a permit; pass, especially one issued in lieu of a passport.
- laissez-passer — a permit; pass, especially one issued in lieu of a passport.
- leibnitz's law — the principle that two expressions satisfy exactly the same predicates if and only if they both refer to the same subject
- louis quatorze — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevailing in France in the late 17th century, characterized by increasingly classicizing tendencies, and by an emphasis on dignity rather than comfort.
- lysogenization — the process of a bacterium becoming lysogenic
- 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.
- metamorphosize — (US, nonstandard) To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.
- miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- missionization — the work and practice of missionaries
- misutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- moderate-sized — not large or small
- moisturization — The act or process of moisturizing.
- musicalization — the adaptation of a novel, play, etc into a musical form
- nietzscheanism — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
- nonparasitized — Not having been parasitized.
- over-socialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
- overemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overemphasize.
- oversocialized — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overspecialize — to specialize to an excessive degree
- 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.
- pedestrianized — A pedestrianized area has been made into an area that is intended for pedestrians, not vehicles.
- plasticization — Plasticization is the process of changing the structure of a polymer to make it easier to bend.
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- radiosensitize — to make (cells) more sensitive to radiation
- ramos gin fizz — a cocktail of gin, egg white, lime and lemon juice, sugar, and cream, shaken with ice and often topped with soda or seltzer.
- razor-slashing — the action of slashing someone with a razor in order to kill, wound, or disfigure them
- realized gains — Realized gains are gains which have been made from the sale of an asset.
- respectabilize — to make respectable
- respiritualize — to spiritualize again; reinvest with a spiritual character or meaning
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- schematization — to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
- schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
- sclerotization — the state of being sclerotized.
- scottish topaz — a form of yellow transparent quartz
- scrutinization — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- 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.
- 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.
- slide magazine — a piece of equipment that holds slides and pushes them into a projector