15-letter words containing l, a, r, z
- grant's gazelle — a large gazelle, Gazella granti, with distinctive long curved horns, native to the eastern African plains.
- granulitization — the process whereby metamorphism acts on a rock and reduces it to crystalline grains
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- hazard analysis — risk assessment
- horizontal well — A horizontal well is a well which has sections that have been drilled at more than 80 degrees from the vertical in order to penetrate a greater length of the reservoir.
- hyperpolarizing — Present participle of hyperpolarize.
- hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
- immaterializing — Present participle of immaterialize.
- immortalization — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- industrializing — Present participle of industrialize.
- internalization — to incorporate (the cultural values, mores, motives, etc., of another or of a group), as through learning, socialization, or identification.
- intrazonal soil — a soil that has a well-developed profile determined by relief, parent material, age, etc
- jaques-dalcroze — Émile [French ey-meel] /French eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1865–1950, Swiss composer and teacher: created eurythmics.
- juan de la cruz — San [sahn] /sɑn/ (Show IPA), John of the Cross, Saint.
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- lazaro cardenas — Lázaro [lah-sah-raw] /ˈlɑ sɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
- liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
- lomas de zamora — a city in E Argentina, S of Buenos Aires.
- lucrezia borgia — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
- mackerel breeze — a strong breeze
- marginalization — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marianske lazne — a spa in W Bohemia, in the W Czech Republic. 18,510.
- materialization — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- memorialization — to commemorate.
- metropolitanize — to make metropolitan.
- mezzanine floor — intermediate level in a building
- multilateralize — to open to participation by several nations, organizations, etc.: to multilateralize trade agreements.
- nevado del ruiz — a volcano in W central Colombia, in the Andes: eruption 1985. 17,720 feet (5401 meters).
- oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
- operationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalize.
- organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
- overcapitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of overcapitalize.
- overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
- overutilization — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- overzealousness — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- pastoralization — to make pastoral or rural.
- personalization — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- phenylhydrazine — a yellow, poisonous liquid or low-melting solid, C 6 H 8 N 2 , used in chemical analysis and organic synthesis.
- pre-elizabethan — (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.
- preequalization — preemphasis.
- professionalize — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
- proletarianized — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
- proletarization — to proletarianize.
- propylitization — the alteration of igneous rock to propylite
- rationalization — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- realized losses — Realized losses are losses which have occurred upon the sale of an asset.
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconceptualize — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- recontextualize — to contextualize (something) again
- refamiliarizing — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.