13-Letter Words Matching _H________Z__

There are 12 13-letter words that match _H________Z__. 5 are common words, such as CHARACTERIZED and CHARACTERIZES. A rarer one is THYMECTOMIZES. 2 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 12

characterizedcharacterizesphilosophizedphilosophizerphilosophizescharacterizerphlebotomizedphlebotomizesphotooxidizedphotooxidizesthymectomizedthymectomizes

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Words
12 (5 common words)
Common example
characterized
Rare example
thymectomizes
Doubled letters
2
Ending in S
5

Questions

How many 13-letter words matching _h________z__ are there?

12. 5 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

CHARACTERIZED is among the common words in this set.