12-letter words containing a, z, u
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- haussmannize — to rebuild in a similar fashion as Haussmann rebuilt Paris
- hazel grouse — a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.
- hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- humanization — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- ibizan hound — one of a breed of medium-sized, tall, swift hunting hounds with a short, usually red and white coat, bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt but today found chiefly in the Balearic Islands and other areas of Spain.
- immunization — the fact or process of becoming immune, as against a disease.
- iztaccihuatl — an extinct volcano in S central Mexico, SE of Mexico City. 17,342 feet (5286 meters).
- jiaozhou bay — an inlet of the Yellow Sea in NE China, in SE Shandong province
- juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
- lapis lazuli — a deep-blue mineral composed mainly of lazurite with smaller quantities of other minerals, used mainly as a gem or as a pigment.
- mangelwurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- measure zero — the property of a set of points for which, given any small number, there exists a set of intervals such that each point of the given set is contained in at least one of the intervals and such that, essentially, the combined length of the intervals is less than the small number.
- mercurialize — to make mercurial, especially in temperament.
- miniaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturize.
- miniaturizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miniaturize.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- montezuma ii — c1470–1520, last Aztec emperor of Mexico 1502–20.
- mount kazbek — an extinct volcano in N Georgia in the central Caucasus Mountains. Height: 5047 m (16 558 ft)
- municipalize — to make a municipality of.
- muzzleloader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
- naturalizing — Present participle of naturalize.
- nebulization — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- neutral zone — the area of a rink between the two blue lines. Compare end zone (def 2).
- neutralizing — (American spelling) alternative spelling of neutralisingt; present participle of neutralize.
- nonhazardous — Not hazardous; safe.
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- pulverizable — that can be pulverized
- puzzleheaded — having, deriving from, or characterized by confused thoughts or ideas.
- quantization — (uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values.
- quartz clock — an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of the timepiece (quartz clock or quartz watch)
- quartz glass — lechatelierite.
- quartz plate — a carefully cut quartz crystal that is piezoelectrically active. Compare crystal (def 10).
- quartz watch — a watch that is operated by the vibrations of a quartz crystal controlled by a microcircuit
- quetzalcoatl — the feathered serpent god of the Aztec and Toltec cultures.
- quinalizarin — a red, crystalline organic compound, C 14 H 8 O 6 , used to dye cotton.
- quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
- quizzicality — The state or condition of being quizzical.
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- recarburizer — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
- repopularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- ruralization — to make rural.
- russian zone — a zone in Germany controlled by the Soviet Union 1945–89.
- shijiazhuang — a province in NE China. 81,479 sq. mi. (211,031 sq. km). Capital: Shijiazhuang.
- smoky quartz — a smoky-yellow to dark brown or black variety of quartz, used as a gem.
- spiritualize — to make spiritual.