12-letter words containing z, e, r, o
- personalized — customized
- petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
- phrenologize — to treat with phrenology or phrenological methods
- pictorialize — to make pictorial; illustrate or represent with or as if with pictures.
- porcelainize — to make into or coat with porcelain or something resembling porcelain.
- porcellanize — to bake into porcelain
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
- promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
- propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
- racemization — the conversion of an optically active substance into an optically inactive mixture of equal amounts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- recategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognizance — Law. a bond or obligation of record entered into before a court of record or a magistrate, binding a person to do a particular act. the sum pledged as surety on such a bond.
- reflectorize — to treat something so that it reflects light: to reflectorize license plates.
- rendezvouses — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- repopularize — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- reprioritize — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- russian zone — a zone in Germany controlled by the Soviet Union 1945–89.
- safety razor — a razor with a guard to prevent the blade from cutting the skin.
- saint-tropez — a town in SE France, on the French Riviera: beach resort.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- skeletonizer — any of numerous insect species that reduce leaves to a skeleton
- spermatozoid — a motile male gamete produced in an antheridium.
- spermatozoon — one of the minute, usually actively motile gametes in semen, which serve to fertilize the ovum; a mature male reproductive cell.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- tangier zone — a former internationalized zone on the Strait of Gibraltar: became a part of Morocco 1956. Compare Morocco (def 1).
- tautomerizes — to undergo tautomerism.
- theorization — to form a theory or theories.
- thioridazine — a phenothiazine, C 21 H 26 N 2 S 2 , used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.
- to a frazzle — absolutely; completely (esp in the phrase burnt to a frazzle)
- trichotomize — to divide into three parts or categories
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- underzealous — full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent. Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm. Antonyms: apathetic; lackadaisical.
- unformalized — not formalized
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unharmonized — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- unmodernized — not made modern
- unnormalized — to make normal.
- unpatronized — having few or no patrons
- unrecognized — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- velarization — to pronounce with velar articulation.
- zephyr cloth — a lightweight worsted cloth.
- zero defects — quality control that strives for a perfect production process, resulting in flawless products.