15-letter words containing z
- circularization — to circulate (a letter, memorandum, etc.).
- citizen science — scientific research, data collection, etc., that involves the participation of nonscientists (often used attributively): Bird watchers report their bird observations to citizen-science projects.
- civilianization — the conversion from military to civilian status
- coenzymatically — from a coenzymatic point of view
- collared lizard — any of several species of long-tailed iguanid lizards of the genus Crotaphytus, of central and western U.S. and northern Mexico, usually having a collar of two black bands.
- colonialization — the act of bringing into subjection or subjugation by colonializing.
- colonizationist — a person who is in favour of colonization
- commercializing — Present participle of commercialize.
- commoditization — The transformation of something into a commodity.
- complementizers — Plural form of complementizer.
- comprehensivize — to make (an educational system) comprehensive
- computerization — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- conceptualizing — Present participle of conceptualize.
- contextualizing — Present participle of contextualize.
- conventionalize — to make conventional
- conveyorization — the process of conveyorizing
- corporatization — The privatization of a publicly-owned organization.
- cosmopolitanize — to make cosmopolitan.
- criminalization — to make punishable as a crime: To reduce the graffiti on subway cars, he wants to criminalize the selling of spray paint to minors.
- cross-fertilize — to subject or be subjected to cross-fertilization
- cryptozoologist — an expert in cryptozoology
- crystallization — Crystallization is the process in which crystals are formed either from something that has been melted or from a solution.
- culturalization — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- cyclobenzaprine — A particular antidepressant generally prescribed as an analgesic and muscle relaxant.
- czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
- de-unionization — to eliminate labor unions from (a company, industry, etc.).
- debureaucratize — to divide an administrative agency or office into bureaus.
- decarburization — The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
- decasualization — the replacement of casual workers by permanent employees
- decommunization — the act or process of decommunizing
- decontextualize — to consider (something) in isolation from its usual context
- decriminalizing — (rare) present participle of decriminalize To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.
- deculturalizing — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- deformalization — to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.
- deglamorization — the act or process of making less glamorous
- deindustrialize — to reduce the importance of manufacturing industry in the economy of (a nation or area)
- delabialization — the result or process of delabializing.
- demagnetization — The process of removing the magnetic field from an object.
- dematerializing — Present participle of dematerialize.
- democratization — The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.
- demolition zone — an area consisting of buildings marked for demolition
- demutualization — Demutualization is a situation in which a mutually owned company such as an insurance company changes into a public company that issues stock.
- demythologizing — Present participle of demythologize.
- denationalizing — Present participle of denationalize.
- denormalization — to make normal.
- departmentalize — to organize into departments, esp excessively
- depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
- deprivatization — The act or process of deprivatizing.
- deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
- derhotacization — A distortion in (or an Inability to pronounce) the sound of letter R, causing the R to be omitted as a consonant or changing /\u025d/ or /\u025a/ to /\u025c/,/\u0259/, or another vowel if a vocalic.