| spiritualization | (noun) the act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spiritual content | Synonyms: spiritualisation |
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| squeezability | (noun) the property of being able to occupy less space | Synonyms: compressibility, sponginess |
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| squeezable | (adjective) capable of being easily compressed | Synonyms: compressible |
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| stabilization | (noun) the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable | Synonyms: stabilisation |
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| (noun) the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn | Synonyms: stabilisation |
| standardization | (noun) the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Synonyms: calibration, standardisation |
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| (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalisation, normalization, standardisation |
| (noun) the condition in which a standard has been successfully established | Synonyms: standardisation |
| stanza | (noun) a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem | - |
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| sterilization | (noun) the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) | Synonyms: sterilisation |
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| (noun) the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) | Synonyms: sterilisation |
| stigmatization | (noun) the act of stigmatizing | Synonyms: branding, stigmatisation |
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| stylization | (noun) the act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style | Synonyms: stylisation |
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| subsidization | (noun) the act of providing a subsidy | Synonyms: grant, subsidisation |
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| (noun) money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidisation |
| sulfamezathine | (noun) a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: sulfamethazine |
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| summarization | (noun) the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly | Synonyms: summarisation |
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| symbolization | (noun) the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning | Synonyms: symbolisation, symbolism |
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| (noun) something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible | Synonyms: symbol, symbolic representation, symbolisation |
| (noun) the use of symbols to convey meaning | Synonyms: symbolisation |
| synchronization | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronizing |
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| (noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronising, synchronizing |
| (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronizing, synchrony |
| systematization | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalisation, rationalization, systematisation |
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| tantalization | (noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances | Synonyms: ribbing, tease, teasing |
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| temporalization | (noun) The act or process of placing or defining in time relations. | - |
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| tenderization | (noun) the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it | Synonyms: tenderisation |
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| territorialization | (noun) the act of organizing as a territory | Synonyms: territorialisation |
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| terrorization | (noun) the act of inspiring with fear | Synonyms: frightening, terrorisation |
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| (noun) an act of terrorism | Synonyms: terrorisation |
| theorization | (noun) the production or use of theories | Synonyms: theorisation |
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| tolazamide | (noun) a drug (trade name Tolinase) used in treating stable adult-onset diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: Tolinase |
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| topicalization | (noun) (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English | - |
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| totalizator | (noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totaliser, totalizer |
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| tribalization | (noun) the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis | Synonyms: tribalisation |
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| tzar | (noun) a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917) | Synonyms: czar, tsar |
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| tzarina | (noun) the wife or widow of a czar | Synonyms: czarina, czaritza, tsarina, tsaritsa |
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| tzarist | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of a czar | Synonyms: czarist, czaristic, tsarist, tsaristic |
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| unanalyzable | (adjective) representing the furthest possible extent of analysis or division into parts | Synonyms: undecomposable |
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| unhazardous | (adjective) thought to be devoid of risk | Synonyms: risk-free, riskless |
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| unionization | (noun) act of forming labor unions | Synonyms: unionisation |
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| unitization | (noun) conversion of an investment trust into a unit investment trust | Synonyms: unitisation |
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| (noun) the joint development of a petroleum resource that straddles territory controlled by different companies | Synonyms: unitisation |
| (noun) the act of packaging cargo into unit loads | Synonyms: unitisation |
| (noun) (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units | Synonyms: chunking, unitisation |
| unrealizable | (adjective) impossible to achieve | Synonyms: unachievable, unattainable, undoable |
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| unrecognizable | (adjective) defying recognition as e.g. because of damage or alteration | Synonyms: unrecognisable |
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| unrecognizably | (adverb) beyond recognition; in an unrecognizable manner | Synonyms: unrecognisable |
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| urbanization | (noun) the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban | Synonyms: urbanisation |
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| (noun) the condition of being urbanized | Synonyms: urbanisation |
| utilizable | (adjective) capable of being put to a profitable or practical use | - |
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| utilization | (noun) the act of using | Synonyms: employment, exercise, usage, use, utilisation |
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| (noun) the state of having been made use of | - |
| vacuolization | (noun) the state of having become filled with vacuoles | Synonyms: vacuolation, vacuolisation |
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| vaporizable | (adjective) (used of substances) capable of being volatilized | Synonyms: evaporable, vaporific, vapourific, vapourisable, volatilisable, volatilizable |
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| vaporization | (noun) annihilation by vaporizing something | Synonyms: vaporisation |
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| (noun) the process of becoming a vapor | Synonyms: evaporation, vapor, vaporisation, vapour |
| variolization | (noun) the obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox | Synonyms: variolation |
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| vascularization | (noun) the organic process whereby body tissue becomes vascular and develops capillaries | Synonyms: vascularisation |
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| verbalization | (noun) the activity of expressing something in words | Synonyms: verbalisation |
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| (noun) the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization | Synonyms: verbalisation |
| victimization | (noun) an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | Synonyms: exploitation, using, victimisation |
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| (noun) adversity resulting from being made a victim | - |
| virilization | (noun) the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) | Synonyms: masculinisation, masculinization, virilisation |
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| visualization | (noun) a mental image that is similar to a visual perception | Synonyms: visual image, visualisation |
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| vitalization | (noun) the state of being vitalized and filled with life | Synonyms: vitalisation |
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| vocalization | (noun) the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract | Synonyms: phonation, vocalisation, vocalism, voice, vox |
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| (noun) the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication | Synonyms: utterance |
| volatilizable | (adjective) (used of substances) capable of being volatilized | Synonyms: evaporable, vaporific, vaporizable, vapourific, vapourisable, volatilisable |
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| vulcanization | (noun) process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them | Synonyms: vulcanisation |
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| vulgarization | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularisation, popularization, vulgarisation |
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| (noun) the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined | Synonyms: vulgarisation |
| wizard | (adjective) possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | Synonyms: charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizardly |
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| (noun) one who practices magic or sorcery | Synonyms: magician, necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist |
| (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz |
| wizardly | (adjective) possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | Synonyms: charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizard |
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| wizardry | (noun) exceptional creative ability | Synonyms: genius |
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| yakuza | (noun) organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises | - |
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| (noun) a Japanese gangster | - |
| zaatar | (noun) a famous Middle Eastern condiment made from dried hyssop leaves, mixed with sesame seeds, dried sumac, and often salt, as well as other spices. | - |
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| zabaglione | (noun) light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled | Synonyms: sabayon |
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| zaftig | (adjective) (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous | Synonyms: buxom, zoftig |
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| zag | (noun) an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions | Synonyms: zig, zigzag |
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| zaire | (noun) the basic unit of money in Zaire | - |
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| zakat | (noun) the fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship | - |
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| zalcitabine | (noun) an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection; a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NARTI) | Synonyms: ddC, DDC, dideoxycytosine |
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| zaman | (noun) large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle | Synonyms: Albizia saman, monkey pod, monkeypod, rain tree, saman, zamang |
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| zamang | (noun) large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle | Synonyms: Albizia saman, monkey pod, monkeypod, rain tree, saman, zaman |
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| zamboorak | (noun) a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies | Synonyms: camel cavalry, zamburak, zamburek, zumbooruck, zumbooruk |
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| zamburak | (noun) a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies | Synonyms: camel cavalry, zamboorak, zamburek, zumbooruck, zumbooruk |
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| zamburek | (noun) a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies | Synonyms: camel cavalry, zamboorak, zamburak, zumbooruck, zumbooruk |
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| zamia | (noun) any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads | - |
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| zany | (adjective) ludicrous, foolish | Synonyms: goofy, silly, wacky, whacky |
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| (adjective) like a clown | Synonyms: buffoonish, clownish, clownlike |
| (noun) a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect | - |
| (noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, twat |
| zap | (noun) a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact | - |
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| (verb) cook or heat in a microwave oven | Synonyms: micro-cook, microwave, nuke |
| (verb) strike at with firepower or bombs | Synonyms: atomise, atomize, nuke |
| (verb) kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting | Synonyms: vaporize |
| (verb) strike suddenly and with force | - |
| zapper | (noun) an electrical device that can injure or kill by means of electric currents | - |
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| zarf | (noun) an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup | - |
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| zayin | (noun) the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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| zigzag | (adjective) having short sharp turns or angles | Synonyms: zig-zag |
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| (noun) an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions | Synonyms: zag, zig |
| (adverb) in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path | - |
| (verb) travel along a zigzag path | Synonyms: crank |
| zigzaggedness | (noun) The state or quality of being zigzagged or alternating directions sharply. | - |
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