13-letter words containing a, z, u
- functionalize — to make functional.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- gourmandizing — Present participle of gourmandize.
- guzman blanco — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1829–99, Venezuelan political leader: president 1870–88.
- hazardousness — The condition of being hazardous.
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- honey buzzard — a long-tailed Old World hawk, Pernis apivorus, that feeds on the larvae of bees as well as on small rodents, reptiles, and insects.
- immunizations — Plural form of immunization.
- individualize — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
- industrialize — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- jigsaw puzzle — Also called picture puzzle. a set of irregularly cut pieces of pasteboard, wood, or the like that form a picture or design when fitted together.
- kwazulu-natal — a province of NE South Africa; replaced the former province of Natal in 1994: service industries. Capital: Pietermaritzburg. Pop: 10 267 300 (2011 est). Area: 92 180 sq km (35 591 sq miles)
- lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
- luteinization — to produce corpora lutea in.
- mangel-wurzel — a variety of the beet Beta vulgaris, cultivated as food for livestock.
- martinez ruiz — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), Azorín.
- mercurialized — Simple past tense and past participle of mercurialize.
- miniaturizing — Present participle of miniaturize.
- monumentalize — to establish an enduring memorial or record of.
- municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
- mutualization — to make mutual.
- muzzle-loader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
- muzzleloaders — Plural form of muzzleloader.
- muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
- nizam al-mulk — title of Abu Ali Hasan Ibn Ali. ?1018–92, Persian statesman; vizier of Persia (1063–92) for the Seljuk sultans: assassinated
- nonauthorized — Not authorized.
- overzealously — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
- particularize — to make particular.
- pauperization — the act or process of making a pauper of or impoverishing
- picturization — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- platitudinize — to utter platitudes.
- pluralization — to receive or take a plural form.
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
- republicanize — to make republican.
- reutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
- ritualization — the act of ritualizing.
- routinization — to develop into a regular procedure.
- ruggedization — the act or process of making something rugged
- schizaeaceous — relating to a type of extinct fern
- schutzstaffel — an elite military unit of the Nazi party that served as Hitler's bodyguard and as a special police force. Abbreviation: SS.
- sexualization — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
- squeezability — the quality of being capable of, or suitable for, being squeezed
- structuralize — to form into or make part of a structure.
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subsidization — to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
- subspecialize — to specialize in a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- substantivize — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.