(organic chemistry) The acylhydrazine of acetic acid CH₃CO-NH-NH₂
acetylphenylhydrazine
admortization
admortization
noun
(law) In feudal law, the reducing of lands or tenements to mortmain.
adrenalectomize
adrenalectomize
verb
(transitive) To subject to an adrenalectomy.
adrenalectomized
adrenalectomized
adj
Having been adrenalectomized (subjected to adrenalectomy).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adrenalectomize
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
advertizement
advertizement
noun
Alternative spelling of advertisement
advertizing
advertizing
verb
present participle of advertize
adzharistan
aggrandizement
aggrandizement
Noun
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
aggrandizements
aggrandizements
noun
plural of aggrandizement
anagrammatized
anagrammatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize
anhydridization
anhydrization
antherozoid
antherozoid
noun
(botany) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.
antherozoidal
antherozooid
antherozooid
noun
Alternative form of antherozoid
antherozooidal
anthropomorphized
anthropomorphized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthropomorphize
antimodernization
antimodernization
noun
Opposition to modernization.
antioxidizer
attitudinizer
attitudinizer
noun
One who attitudinizes, or practises poses.
autodepolymerization
autohybridization
autostandardization
baronetized
bartizaned
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
bastardizing
bastardizing
noun
The act or process by which something is bastardized.
verb
present participle of bastardize
benzdioxtriazine
benzotrichloride
benzotrichloride
noun
(organic chemistry) The chlorinated derivative of toluene "(trichloromethyl)benzene"
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
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
burnettized
burnettized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burnettize
cantharidize
cantharidized
cantharidized
adj
Treated with cantharides.
cantharidizing
centralized
centralized
adj
Having power concentrated in a single, central authority
Having things physically towards the center; consolidated or concentrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centralize
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
christianized
compartmentalized
compartmentalized
adj
divided into compartments
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compartmentalize
concertized
concertized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of concertize
concretized
concretized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of concretize
confederatize
containerized
containerized
adj
Alternative form of containerised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of containerize
contemporized
contemporized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of contemporize
counterpropagandize
counterpropagandize
verb
(intransitive) To engage in counterpropaganda.
cretinized
cretinized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cretinize
cryptanalyzed
cryptanalyzed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cryptanalyze
deanthropomorphization
deanthropomorphization
noun
Alternative form of deanthropomorphisation
deanthropomorphize
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.
decartelization
decartelization
noun
The abolition or breaking-up of cartels
decartelizing
decentralization
decentralization
noun
The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized.
decentralizationist
decentralizationist
adj
Of or pertaining to decentralization.
noun
An advocate for decentralization.
decentralizations
decentralizations
noun
plural of decentralization
decentralize
decentralize
verb
To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.
decentralized
decentralized
adj
not centralized; having no center or several centers
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decentralize
decentralizes
decentralizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decentralize
decentralizing
decentralizing
verb
present participle of decentralize
dechristianization
dechristianization
noun
The act of dechristianizing; the systematic removal of Christianity or Christian elements.
dechristianize
dechristianize
verb
To deprive of Christian character
decolorization
decolorization
noun
the removal of color from something; bleaching
decolourization
decolourization
noun
Alternative spelling of decolorization
decopperization
decortization
decriminalization
decriminalization
noun
The act of ceasing to treat a person as a criminal, by making their activities legal or no longer subjecting them to the criminal justice system (but instead possibly the mental healthcare system, etc).
The act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.)
decrystallization
decrystallization
noun
The breakdown of a solid, crystalline structure.
The removal of crystals from a liquid
deferrization
deferrization
noun
The treatment of water to remove soluble iron salts.
deglamorization
deglamorization
noun
The process of deglamorizing.
dehydrogenization
dehydrogenization
noun
dehydrogenation
deindustrialization
deindustrialization
noun
The loss or deprivation of industrial capacity or strength.
deindustrialize
deindustrialize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To subject to deindustrialization; to deprive of industry.
deliberalization
demagnetizer
demagnetizer
noun
Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization
dematerialization
dematerialization
noun
(finance, law) The substitution of paper-form securities by book-entry securities.
The act or process of dematerializing, or becoming immaterial.
dematerializing
dematerializing
verb
present participle of dematerialize
demilitarization
demilitarization
noun
Alternative spelling of demilitarisation
demilitarizing
demilitarizing
verb
present participle of demilitarize
demineralization
demineralization
noun
(chemistry) The chemical engineering process in which mineral salts are removed from a liquid.
(medicine) The loss of minerals, especially those of calcium, from bone.
democratization
democratization
noun
The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.
The making more democratic of a political system.
The spread of democracy as a concept.
democratizing
democratizing
verb
present participle of democratize
demoralization
demoralization
noun
The act of corrupting or subverting morale, discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in morale.
demorphinization
demorphinization
noun
The gradual reduction in the dose of morphine to a person who is addicted to it
denarcotization
denarcotize
denarcotize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of narcotine.
denaturalization
denaturalization
noun
The act or process of denaturalizing, of changing or destroying the quality (nature) of a thing.
The removal of the rights of a citizen.
denaturalize
denaturalize
verb
(transitive) To cease to treat as natural.
(transitive) To make less natural; to cause to deviate from its nature.
(transitive) To revoke or deny the citizenship of.
denaturalized
denaturalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denaturalize
denaturalizing
denaturalizing
verb
present participle of denaturalize
denaturization
denaturization
noun
The process of denaturing.
denaturize
denaturize
verb
To denature.
denaturized
denaturized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denaturize
denaturizer
denaturizing
denaturizing
verb
present participle of denaturize
deneutralization
deneutralization
noun
Process of deneutralizing.
denitrize
denuclearization
denuclearization
noun
The act or process of denuclearizing.
deodorization
deodorization
noun
The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.
deorganization
deorientalize
depancreatization
depancreatize
departisanize
departmentalization
departmentalization
noun
The organization of something into departments according to function, geographic location etc.
departmentalize
departmentalize
verb
To organize something into departments
departmentalized
departmentalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of departmentalize
departmentalizes
departmentalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of departmentalize
departmentalizing
departmentalizing
verb
present participle of departmentalize
departmentization
departmentization
noun
Alternative form of departmentalization
departmentize
departmentize
verb
Alternative form of departmentalize
depauperization
depauperization
noun
The process, or the result of depauperizing
depersonalization
depersonalization
noun
(psychiatry) A feeling of being unreal, detached or unable to feel emotion.
(psychology) The loss of one's sense of personal identity.
The act of depersonalizing or the state of being depersonalized.
dephosphorization
dephosphorization
noun
(chemistry) The act of freeing from phosphorus.
depolarization
depolarization
noun
(biology, medicine) An intracellular shift in electrical charge distribution, resulting in less negative charge inside the cell compared with outside; it is essential to the function of many cells, communication between cells, and the overall physiology of an organism.
(sociology) Reduction of political polarization.
depolymerization
depolymerization
noun
(chemistry) The decomposition of a polymer into smaller fragments
deprotestantize
derationalization
derationalization
noun
The process of derationalizing.
derationalize
deratization
deratization
noun
(humorous or nonstandard) Extermination of rats, especially aboard a merchant vessel.
deratizing
deratizing
verb
present participle of deratize
derealization
derealization
noun
(The process of) making unreal, in general; detachment from reality or realness.
(psychology) The psychological symptom in which the world appears to be unreal, and the patient has a sense of detachment from it.
deregulationize
derivatizing
derivatizing
verb
present participle of derivatize
dermatozoon
dermatozoonosis
deromanticize
deromanticize
verb
(transitive) To strip of romance; to make realistic rather than wishfully ideal.
desacralization
desacralization
noun
(religion) The reverse of sacralization, and occurs when a formerly dedicated religious structure such as a church or religious school is given over for another purpose outside of the particular religious organization which dedicated it for a sacred purpose.
desensitizer
desensitizer
noun
Any substance applied to the non-image part of a lithographic plate so that ink will not stick to it.
Anything that desensitizes.
desensitizers
desensitizers
noun
plural of desensitizer
desilverization
desilverization
noun
The process of desilverizing.
despiritualization
despiritualization
noun
The process of despiritualizing.
destandardize
destandardize
verb
(transitive) To render nonstandard; to withdraw as a standard.
desterilization
desterilization
noun
(economics) A monetary process that is the reverse of sterilization.
The contamination of medical equipment, etc. so that it is no longer sterile.
desterilizing
desterilizing
verb
present participle of desterilize
desulfurization
desulfurization
noun
The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
desulphurization
desulphurization
noun
(Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of desulfurization
detribalization
detribalization
noun
Process of detribalizing.
detribalizing
detribalizing
verb
present participle of detribalize
dextrinize
dextrinize
verb
(transitive) To convert (starch molecules) to dextrin.
dextrosazone
differentialize
differentialize
verb
(rare) Synonym of differentiate
dimerization
dimerization
noun
(chemistry) Any chemical reaction in which two monomers react to form a dimer.
dimethylhydrazine
dimethylhydrazine
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric dimethyl derivatives of hydrazine, but especially 1,2-dimethylhydrazine which is used in medical research.
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
dinitrophenylhydrazine
dinitrophenylhydrazine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of six isomeric aromatic azines, but especially 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine that is used as a reagent in the analysis of aldehydes and ketones