| AUTHORIZE | • authorize v. (Transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something). • authorize v. (Transitive) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something). • AUTHORIZE v. to give authority to, also AUTHORISE. |
| CATHARIZE | • catharize v. To clean or purify thoroughly. • CATHARIZE v. to render absolutely clean; to purge, also CATHARISE. |
| CHINTZIER | • chintzier adj. Comparative form of chintzy: more chintzy. • CHINTZY adj. like chintz; cheap, gaudy. |
| ETHERIZED | • etherized v. Simple past tense and past participle of etherize. • ETHERIZE v. to administer ether as an anaesthetic, also ETHERISE. |
| ETHERIZER | • etherizer n. One who etherizes a patient. • ETHERIZER n. one who administers ether, also ETHERISER. |
| ETHERIZES | • etherizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etherize. • ETHERIZE v. to administer ether as an anaesthetic, also ETHERISE. |
| GIGAHERTZ | • gigahertz n. One billion hertz, 109 Hz. • GIGAHERTZ n. one billion hertz. |
| HOWITZERS | • howitzers n. Plural of howitzer. • howitzers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of howitzer. • HOWITZER n. (German) a short relatively light gun for the high-angle firing of shells at a low velocity. |
| KILOHERTZ | • kilohertz n. A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz. • KILOHERTZ n. a unit of frequency, 1000 hertz. |
| RHETORIZE | • rhetorize v. (Transitive) To represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification. • rhetorize v. (Intransitive) To use rhetorical devices; to rhetoricate. • RHETORIZE v. (obsolete) to use rhetorical language, also RHETORISE. |
| RHEUMATIZ | • rheumatiz n. (Dialect) rheumatism. • RHEUMATIZ n. (dialect) rheumatism, also RHEUMATEESE, RHEUMATISE, RHEUMATIZE. |
| RHOTACIZE | • rhotacize v. To pronounce with an exaggerated ’R’ sound (a rhotacism). • rhotacize v. (Phonology) To change a consonant to an ’R’ sound under certain circumstances. • RHOTACIZE v. to change to an r- sound, esp. from z, also RHOTACISE. |
| RHYTHMIZE | • rhythmize v. (Transitive) To put into a rhythm; to make rhythmic. • rhythmize v. (Intransitive) To follow a rhythm. • RHYTHMIZE v. to subject to rhythm, also RHYTHMISE. |
| RIGHTSIZE | • rightsize v. (Business, euphemistic) To downsize. • right-size v. Alternative form of rightsize. • RIGHTSIZE v. to adapt an organisation to an appropriate size by means of redundancies. |
| THEORIZED | • theorized v. Simple past tense and past participle of theorize. • THEORIZE v. to form theories, also THEORISE. |
| THEORIZER | • theorizer n. One who forms a theory. • THEORIZER n. one who theorizes, also THEORISER. |
| THEORIZES | • theorizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of theorize. • THEORIZE v. to form theories, also THEORISE. |
| THERAPIZE | • therapize v. (Transitive) To subject (someone) to therapy, especially to psychotherapy. • THERAPIZE v. to subject to psychological therapy, also THERAPISE. |
| YAHRZEITS | • yahrzeits n. Plural of yahrzeit. • YAHRZEIT n. (Yiddish) an anniversary of the death of a family member observed by Jews. |
| ZITHERIST | • zitherist n. Someone who plays the zither. • ZITHERIST n. one who plays the zither. |