(mythology) A purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant, said to grow in the form of a sheep.
The golden chicken fern or woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are covered in furry brown hair; the legend (sense 1) is supposed to have arisen because, when inverted, the rhizomes with stalks growing out of them resemble lambs.
baronetize
baronetized
baronetizing
bartolozzi
bastardization
bastardization
noun
(by extension) The combining of separate races in marriage or breeding; miscegenation.
(more generally) The creation of an inferior copy or version; corruption, degradation, or debasement.
Activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group.
Any change or neologism in language that is viewed as a degradation.
The creation of offspring from two different species; cross-breeding.
The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity.
bastardizations
bastardizations
noun
plural of bastardization
benzanthrone
benzanthrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic ketone, 7-oxobenz(de)anthracene, that is used in the manufacture of anthraquinone dyes
benzbitriazole
benzdioxtriazine
benzonitrile
benzonitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic nitrile C₆H₅-CN; it is used as a solvent and has many industrial applications
benzonitrol
benzophenanthrazine
benzophenanthroline
benzotetrazine
benzotetrazole
benzothiofuran
benzothiopyran
benzothiopyran
noun
(organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of thiopyran
benzotriazine
benzotriazine
noun
(organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle in which a benzene ring is fused to one of a triazine
benzotriazole
benzotriazole
noun
(organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of triazole
benzotrichloride
benzotrichloride
noun
(organic chemistry) The chlorinated derivative of toluene "(trichloromethyl)benzene"
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
benzotrifuran
benzoxyphenanthrene
benztrioxazine
berginization
berkowitz
bichromatize
bichromatize
verb
(transitive) To combine or treat with a bichromate, especially with bichromate of potassium.
bipolarization
bipolarization
noun
(politics) polarization into two opposing factions
bistetrazole
bistetrazole
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of many compounds containing two linked tetrazole rings.
bistriazole
bistriazole
noun
(organic chemistry) Any compound having two triazole rings
bortz
bortz
noun
Diamond of inferior quality, commonly used for drill tips; abrasive diamond powder; bort.
bortzes
borzicactus
botanizer
botanizer
noun
An amateur botanist, especially one who enjoys finding plants in nature and identifying them.
bowdlerization
bowdlerization
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
brachycephalization
brachycephalization
noun
Modification to a brachycephalic form
braziletto
braziletto
noun
The brazilwood tree.
The wood of the brazilwood tree.
bromization
bromization
noun
The process of bromizing.
brontozoum
bronzesmith
bronzesmith
noun
A maker of bronze articles.
bronziest
bronziest
adj
superlative form of bronzy: most bronzy
bronzite
bronzite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of enstatite, often with a bronze-like lustre.
bronzitite
bronzitite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of orthopyroxenite composed mostly of the mineral hypersthene
brutalization
brutalization
noun
(uncountable) The act or process of making brutal
An instance of being brutalized.
buitenzorg
bureaucratization
bureaucratization
noun
The formation of, or the conversion of something into, a bureaucracy.
burtonization
burtonize
carboazotine
carbonatization
carbonatization
noun
(geology) Reaction with carbon dioxide to form carbonates.
(geology) The introduction of carbonate rocks to replace others.
carbonization
carbonization
noun
The act or process of carbonizing.
carburization
carburization
noun
impregnation or reaction with carbon, especially in the manufacture of steel
cerebralization
cerebralization
noun
The process or result of cerebralizing.
computerizable
computerizable
adj
Able to be computerized.
crossfertilizable
debarbarization
debarbarization
noun
The process of debarbarizing.
decarbonization
decarbonization
noun
The act or process of decarbonizing.
The process of arterialization of the blood by oxygenation and the removal of carbon dioxide in the lungs.
decarboxylization
decarburization
decarburization
noun
The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
deliberalization
detribalization
detribalization
noun
Process of detribalizing.
dinitrobenzene
dinitrobenzene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric aromatic nitro compounds C₆H₄(NO₂)₂ formed by the nitration of benzene; they are used in the manufacture of dyes etc
disprobabilization
electrolyzability
electrolyzable
electrolyzable
adj
Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by electricity.
fiberization
fiberization
noun
The process of fiberizing.
gyrostabilized
gyrostabilized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gyrostabilize
gyrostabilizer
gyrostabilizer
noun
A device for stabilizing using a gyroscope.
hebraization
hebraization
Noun
The act or result of Hebraizing.
herborization
herborization
noun
The act of herborizing.
The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.
hibernization
hibernization
Noun
The process of making something Irish.
hybridization
hybridization
noun
(biology, including botany) The process of breeding a mixed offspring from two different strains or species of animal or plant
(chemistry) The linear combination of atomic orbitals in a molecule to form hybrid orbitals.
(genetics) The formation of double-stranded nucleic acid by complementary base-pairing
(transport) the conversion of a fleet of vehicles to hybrids.
hybridizations
hybridizations
noun
(chemistry) plural of hybridization
immortalizable
immortalizable
adj
Able to be immortalized.
impermeabilization
impermeabilization
noun
The act of impermeabilizing
irrecognizability
labiovelarization
liberalization
liberalization
noun
(economics) the lessening of government regulations and restrictions in an economy in exchange for greater participation by private entitiesᵂᵖ
The process or act of making more liberal.
liberalizations
liberalizations
noun
plural of liberalization
lumbarization
lumbarization
noun
A spinal anomaly in which the first and second segments of the sacrum do not fuse, and consequently the lumbar spine appears to have six vertebrae or segments, not five, while the sacrum appears to have only four.
marbelization
marbleization
marbleization
noun
The process of marbleizing.
metagrobolize
metagrobolize
verb
(humorous, rare, intransitive) To puzzle, mystify.
(humorous, rare, transitive) To figure out.
methyltrinitrobenzene
mononitrobenzene
mononitrobenzene
Noun
nitrobenzene
nebularization
nebularization
noun
The process of nebularizing.
nitrobenzene
nitrobenzene
noun
(organic chemistry) A nitro derivative of benzene, C₆H₅NO₂, prepared by reacting benzene with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids; any of a series of such compounds having two or more nitro groups
nitrobenzol
nitrobenzol
Noun
nitrobenzene
nitrobenzole
nitrobenzole
noun
Alternative form of nitrobenzol
noncrystallizable
noncrystallizable
adj
Not crystallizable.
nontautomerizable
nontautomerizable
adj
Not tautomerizable.
obituarize
obituarize
verb
(transitive) To write an obituary about.
orbitozygomatic
organizability
organizability
noun
The suitability or potential for organization.
orthobenzoquinone
orthobenzoquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) One of the two isomers of quinone, 1,2-benzoquinone.
ostracizable
ostracizable
adj
(rare) Capable of being ostracized.
outbrazen
outbrazen
verb
(transitive) To bear down with a brazen face.
(transitive) To surpass in impudence.
outbrazened
outbrazened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbrazen
outbrazening
outbrazening
verb
present participle of outbrazen
outhyperbolize
outhyperbolized
outhyperbolizing
overbrutalization
overbrutalize
overbrutalized
overbrutalizing
overliberalization
overurbanization
overurbanization
noun
Excessive urbanization
parabaptization
parabaptization
noun
parabaptism
parabolization
parabolization
noun
Conversion to parabolic form
patronizable
patronizable
adj
Capable of being patronized.
phytobezoar
phytobezoar
noun
A bezoar composed of undigestible plant material.
polarizability
polarizability
noun
(physics) The relative tendency of a system of electric charges to become polarized in the presence of an external electric field.
problematize
problematize
verb
(intransitive) To propose problems.
To consider something as if it were a problem.
To make something into a problem.
rabinowitz
rabinowitz
Proper noun
Germanized variant of Rabinovich.
rationalizable
rationalizable
adj
Able to be rationalized.
rebaptization
rebaptization
noun
Alternative form of rebaptisation
rebarbarization
rebarbarization
noun
An act which causes people revert again to a state which is primitive and uncivilized.
recarbonization
recarbonization
noun
Act or process of recarbonizing.
recarburization
recarburization
noun
The process or act of recarburizing.
recognizability
recognizability
noun
(countable) The result of being recognizable.
(uncountable) The quality of being recognizable.
remobilization
remobilization
noun
(medicine) A return to mobility.
The return of a substance to circulation within a system, such as substances which had been locked in sediments.
reobjectivization
reobjectivization
noun
Objectivization again.
reobjectivize
reobjectivize
verb
(transitive) To objectivize again.
republicanization
republicanization
noun
The act or process of converting (a state etc.) to republican principles.
restabilization
restabilization
noun
The process of restabilizing.
resymbolization
robotization
robotization
noun
The automation of a system or process by use of robotic devices.
robotize
robotize
verb
(transitive) To automate, especially by making use of robots.
(transitive) To give something (or someone) the characteristics of a robot.
robotized
robotized
adj
Like or having characteristics of a robot; automated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of robotize
robotizes
robotizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of robotize
robotizing
robotizing
verb
present participle of robotize
scorbutize
sorbitize
sorbitize
verb
(metallurgy) To convert into a form containing sorbite.