to adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television
to present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner
drizzlier
drizzlier
adj
comparative form of drizzly: more drizzly
drizzling
drizzling
noun
An amount of liquid that is drizzled.
verb
present participle of drizzle.
dzungaria
dzungaria
Proper noun
A geographical region in northwest China.
ecphorize
ekphorize
electrize
electrize
verb
To electrify
emerizing
emerizing
verb
present participle of emerize
energized
energized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of energize
energizer
energizer
noun
A person who, or a thing which, energizes.
energizes
energizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of energize
epicurize
epicurize
verb
(intransitive) To feed or indulge like an epicure.
To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus.
epimerize
epimerize
verb
(chemistry) To convert, or be converted, into an epimer
equalizer
equalizer
noun
(Canada, US, slang) A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
(category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
(mathematics) A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
(sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
A device that balances various quantities.
A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
One who makes equal; a balancer.
erethizon
ergotized
ergotized
adj
Affected by the ergot fungus.
eroticize
eroticize
verb
(transitive) To make erotic.
erotizing
erotizing
verb
present participle of erotize
esoterize
esoterize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become esoteric.
eternized
eternized
adj
(obsolete) Immortalized.
eternizes
eternizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eternize
etherized
etherized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of etherize
etherizer
etherizer
noun
One who etherizes a patient.
etherizes
etherizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etherize
eulogizer
eulogizer
noun
a person who eulogizes
evaporize
exorcized
exorcized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of exorcize
exorcizer
exorcizer
noun
Alternative spelling of exorciser
exorcizes
exorcizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exorcize
expertize
expertize
verb
(intransitive) To act as an expert.
(transitive) To give an expert opinion on; to assess.
externize
extraquiz
factorize
factorize
verb
(US, transitive) To attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third party.
(US, transitive) To warn not to pay or give up goods.
(mathematics, transitive) To create a list of the factors of.
(mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.
faradized
faradized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of faradize
faradizer
faradizer
noun
(medicine) A device that performs faradization.
faradizes
faradizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of faradize
fertilize
fertilize
verb
(figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive.
To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.
To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
fiberized
fiberized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fiberize
fiberizer
fiberizer
noun
A machine that fiberizes.
fiberizes
fiberizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fiberize
fizzwater
floralize
floralize
verb
(transitive, rare) To make floral.
florizine
fluidizer
fluidizer
noun
A device that fluidizes.
fordizing
foreprize
foreprize
verb
(obsolete) To assume, take for granted; to provide for beforehand; to anticipate.
foreseize
foreseize
verb
(rare, transitive) To seize beforehand.
formalize
formalize
verb
To act with formality.
To give something a definite form; to shape.
To give something a formal or official standing.
formulize
formulize
verb
(transitive) To formulate.
(transitive) To reduce to a formula.
fortunize
fortunize
verb
(rare, obsolete, transitive) To make fortunate or wealthy.
frazzling
frazzling
verb
present participle of frazzle
frenchize
frenzying
frenzying
verb
present participle of frenzy
fritzsche
frivolize
frivolize
verb
(transitive) To make frivolous, or treat frivolously.
frizettes
frizettes
noun
plural of frizette
frizzante
frizzante
adj
(of wines) Lightly sparkling.
noun
A lightly sparkling wine.
frizziest
frizziest
adj
superlative form of frizzy: most frizzy
frizzlers
frizzlers
noun
plural of frizzler
frizzlier
frizzlier
adj
comparative form of frizzly: more frizzly
frizzling
frizzling
verb
present participle of frizzle
frouziest
frouziest
adj
superlative form of frouzy: most frouzy
frowziest
frowziest
adj
superlative form of frowzy: most frowzy
furzeling
furzeling
noun
(UK, dialect) An English warbler, Sylvia undata, the furze wren or Dartford warbler.
gardenize
gardenize
verb
(transitive) To transform into a garden.
gargalize
gargarize
gargarize
verb
(obsolete) To gargle; to rinse or wash, as the mouth and throat.
germanize
germanize
Verb
To give a German character to (something).
To adopt German customs or culture.
gigahertz
gigahertz
noun
One billion hertz, 10⁹ Hz.
glamorize
glamorize
verb
To glorify; to romanticize.
To make or give the appearance of being glamorous.
glycerize
glycyrize
gorgonize
gorgonize
verb
(transitive) To stupefy, paralyze or petrify.
graecized
graecized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of graecize
graecizes
graecizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of graecize
granitize
granitize
verb
(intransitive) Of sedimentary rock, to become granite through remelting and recooling.
granulize
granulize
verb
(transitive) To break down into granules.
grazingly
grazingly
adv
So as to graze, or brush closely against.
grecizing
grecizing
verb
present participle of grecize
grizzlers
grizzlers
noun
plural of grizzler
grizzlier
grizzlier
adj
comparative form of grizzly: more grizzly
grizzlies
grizzlies
noun
plural of grizzly
grizzling
grizzling
noun
Grey coloration.
The act of one who grizzles; peevish whining.
verb
present participle of grizzle
gutierrez
gutterize
gutturize
gutturize
verb
(transitive) To make (a sound) in the throat; to gutturalize.
hariolize
harmonize
harmonize
verb
(intransitive) To be in harmonious agreement.
(intransitive, music) To play or sing in harmony.
(transitive) To bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible.
(transitive) To provide the harmony for a melody.
(transitive, music) To provide parts to.
harveyize
harveyize
verb
(transitive, metallurgy) To treat by, or subject to, the Harvey process.
hazarding
hazarding
noun
Something hazarded or ventured; a guess or speculation.
verb
present participle of hazard
hazardize
hazardize
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of hazardise
verb
To make hazardous.
hebraized
hebraizer
hebraizes
hegelizer
heraldize
heraldize
verb
(transitive) To make heraldic; to depict in heraldry.
herbalize
herbalize
verb
(intransitive, dated) To botanize; to engage in herbalism.
herbarize
herborize
herborize
verb
(intransitive, botany) To seek and classify new or previously known plant species.
(transitive) To form plant-like figures in (minerals, etc.).
hermitize
hermitize
verb
(mathematics) to cause to become Hermitian
to isolate oneself; to become a hermit
heroinize
heroinize
verb
(transitive) To treat (a woman) as a heroine.
heroizing
heroizing
verb
present participle of heroize
hibernize
hibernize
Verb
To make Irish.
historize
historize
verb
To chronicle.
To historicize.
To relate as history.
hooverize
horizonal
horizonal
adj
(philosophy) Relating to a horizon.
hormonize
hormonize
verb
(transitive) To treat with hormones.
horrorize
horrorize
verb
(transitive) To fill with horror.
howitzers
howitzers
noun
plural of howitzer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of howitzer
humanizer
humanizer
noun
One who humanizes.
humourize
humourize
verb
Oxford British English spelling of humorize
hybridize
hybridize
verb
(biochemistry) To combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules.
(intransitive) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed.
(physics) To combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals.
(transitive) To construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages.
(transitive) To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids.
To form a mixture of any kind.
hydrazide
hydrazide
noun
(chemistry) any compound derived from an oxoacid by replacing the hydroxide group with -NHNH₂ or derived forms -NRNR₂
hydrazine
hydrazine
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) A corrosive, fuming liquid, NH₂-NH₂, used as a rocket fuel.
(organic chemistry, countable) Any member of the class of organic compounds formally derived from NH₂-NH₂.
hydrazino
hydrazino
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) The univalent radical formed from hydrazine by loss of a hydrogen atom
hydrazoic
hydrazoic
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Of or pertaining to hydrazoic acid
hydrolize
hydrolize
verb
Misspelling of hydrolyze.
hydrozoic
hydrozoic
adj
Relating to the hydrozoa.
hypocrize
iarovized
idealizer
idealizer
noun
(algebra) For a ring R and an ideal m of R, the set of all u ∈ Frac(R) such that um ⊂ m, where Frac(R) is the fraction field of R.
A person who idealizes.
idolizers
idolizers
noun
plural of idolizer
immunizer
immunizer
noun
One who immunizes.
intermaze
intermaze
adj
Between different mazes (in the context of animal experiments).
interzone
interzone
adj
Between zones; interzonal.
noun
A position between neighbouring zones
iricizing
iridizing
iridizing
verb
present participle of iridize
irishized
isomerize
isomerize
verb
(chemistry) to convert a compound into a different isomeric form
itemizers
itemizers
noun
plural of itemizer
japonizer
jargonize
jargonize
verb
(intransitive) To speak or write using jargon.
(transitive) To convert into jargon; to express using jargon.
jarovized
jarovizes
jasperize
jasperize
verb
To convert into, or make to resemble, jasper
jennerize
jennerize
verb
(transitive, archaic) To immunize by vaccination.
kanaranzi
khazarian
khazarian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Khazaria.
Khazar; of or pertaining to Khazars.
Noun
An inhabitant of Khazaria.
kibitzers
kibitzers
noun
plural of kibitzer
kilohertz
kilohertz
noun
A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz
kirghizes
kirghizia
korzybski
krantzite
kreitzman
laconizer
ladronize
latinizer
lazarlike
lazarlike
adj
(obsolete) Synonym of leprous: afflicted with Hansen's disease or visibly covered in similar sores and lesions.