(rail transport) The replacement of steam (or, more rarely, electric) locomotives with diesel locomotives.
The conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel
The replacement of petrol engines with diesel engines
diphthongized
diphthongized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of diphthongize
disnaturalize
disnaturalize
verb
(transitive) To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth.
dithiobenzoic
doctorization
dogmatization
dogmatization
noun
The process or result of dogmatizing.
dramatization
dramatization
noun
A version that has been dramatized.
The act of dramatizing.
economization
economization
noun
The act or practice of using resources to the best effect.
ecphorization
ectropionized
egyptianizing
electrization
electrization
noun
electrification
electrolyzing
electrolyzing
verb
present participle of electrolyze
electrotonize
electrotonize
verb
To produce electrotonus
eleutherozoan
elizabethtown
elizabethtown
Proper noun
The name of various places in the United States of America:
a former settlement and gold rush town in California.
a village in Illinois, USA
a town in Indiana.
an extinct town in Indiana.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky
a town and a hamlet in New York, the hamlet is the county seat of
an unincorporated community in New Mexico.
a town in North Carolina
a CDP in Ohio.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
a ghost town in Texas.
embezzlements
embezzlements
noun
plural of embezzlement
emblazonments
emblazonments
noun
plural of emblazonment
emblematizing
emblematizing
verb
present participle of emblematize
emotionalized
emotionalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of emotionalize
enhypostatize
enhypostatize
verb
To hypostatize.
entomologized
entomologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of entomologize
entozoologist
entozoologist
noun
One who studies entozoology.
enzymatically
enzymatically
adv
In terms of, or by using, enzymes.
epidotization
epitomization
epitomization
noun
The process or result of epitomizing.
equestrianize
equestrianize
verb
(intransitive, rare) To ride on horseback.
eroticization
eroticization
noun
The act or process of eroticizing.
essentialized
essentialized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of essentialize
esugarization
etherealizing
etherealizing
verb
present participle of etherealize
etherializing
etymologizing
etymologizing
verb
present participle of etymologize
euphemization
exhibitionize
exhibitionize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make an exhibition or display (of); to show off.
experimentize
experimentize
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To perform a scientific experiment.
expermentized
extemporizing
extemporizing
verb
present participle of extemporize
exteriorizing
exteriorizing
verb
present participle of exteriorize
externalizing
externalizing
verb
present participle of externalize
externization
extravaganzas
extravaganzas
noun
plural of extravaganza
factorization
factorization
noun
(mathematics) An expression listing items that, when multiplied together, will produce a desired quantity.
(mathematics) The process of creating a list of factors.
A list of factors.
feminizations
feminizations
noun
plural of feminization
ferritization
ferritization
noun
(geology) The formation of soil rich in iron and aluminium oxides with the loss of silica
fertilization
fertilization
noun
The act of applying fertilizer to soil.
The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable gametes; especially, the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants
The act or process of rendering fertile.
fetishization
fetishization
noun
The act or process of fetishizing.
feudalization
feudalization
noun
The introduction of a feudal system.
fictionalized
fictionalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fictionalize
fictionalizes
fictionalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fictionalize
finalizations
finalizations
noun
plural of finalization
fiscalization
fiscalization
noun
The process of fiscalizing.
fistulization
fistulization
noun
(medicine) The formation of a fistula.
flamboyantize
fletcherizing
fletcherizing
verb
present participle of fletcherize
foetalization
foetalization
noun
The persistence of foetal characteristics in an adult.
formalization
formalization
noun
The act of formalizing something.
formulization
formulization
noun
The act or process of reducing to a formula; the state of being formulized.
fossilization
fossilization
noun
(figuratively, by extension) The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date.
The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
fractionalize
fractionalize
verb
To separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate.
fractionizing
fractionizing
verb
present participle of fractionize
fragmentalize
fragmentizing
fragmentizing
verb
present participle of fragmentize
frictionizing
frozenhearted
functionalize
functionalize
verb
(organic chemistry) To add a functional group to a compound
To provide something with a function
gaelicization
gallicization
gallicization
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Gallicization
galvanization
galvanization
noun
The act or process of galvanizing.
gelatinizable
gelatinizable
adj
Capable of being gelatinized.
gentilization
gentilization
noun
The process of making something non-Jewish.
germanization
germanization
Noun
The act of making something have more German characteristics.
The adoption of German customs or culture.
The policy, in Nazi Germany, of the expansion of the German language and culture.
gewrztraminer
ghettoization
ghettoization
noun
The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban area.
The process of ghettoizing (a group): the segregation/isolation of a group and placement of that group into a figurative or literal position of little power.
glamorization
glamorization
noun
The act of glamorizing, or something glamorized.
globalization
globalization
noun
Alternative spelling of globalisation
granitization
granitization
noun
(geology) The process of sedimentary rock becoming granite through remelting and recooling.
granulization
granulization
noun
The process of granulizing.
gutturalizing
gutturalizing
verb
present participle of gutturalize
hamletization
harmonization
harmonization
noun
An act of harmonizing.
hellenization
herborization
herborization
noun
The act of herborizing.
The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.
hibernization
hibernization
Noun
The process of making something Irish.
horizontalism
horizontalism
noun
A political or social theory or system that advocates the equitable distribution of power in a society.
horizontality
horizontality
noun
horizontalness
horizontalize
horizontalize
verb
(euphemistic) kill, assassinate, execute
(transitive) To orient horizontally.
(transitive, marketing) To adapt to a horizontal market.
hospitalizing
hospitalizing
verb
present participle of hospitalize
humanizations
humanizations
noun
plural of humanization
hyalinization
hyalinization
noun
The act or process of hyalinizing. A condition in which normal tissue deteriorates into a homogeneous, translucent material.
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.
hydrolyzation
hydrolyzation
noun
(chemistry) The act of hydrolyzing
hygienization
hygienization
noun
The process of hygienizing.
hyphenization
hyphenization
noun
hyphenation
hypnotization
hypnotization
noun
The act or process of producing hypnotism.
hyposensitize
hyposensitize
verb
(transitive) To treat by hyposensitization.
hypostasizing
hypostasizing
verb
present participle of hypostasize
hypostatizing
hypostatizing
verb
present participle of hypostatize
hypothesizing
hypothesizing
verb
present participle of hypothesize
ichthyization
idealizations
idealizations
noun
plural of idealization
immortalizing
immortalizing
verb
present participle of immortalize
immunizations
immunizations
noun
plural of immunization
indemnization
indianization
indoctrinized
indoctrinized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of indoctrinize
industrialize
industrialize
verb
(of a country) To develop industry; to become industrial.
(of a process) To organize along industrial lines.
intercolonize
interiorizing
interiorizing
verb
present participle of interiorize
internalizing
internalizing
verb
present participle of internalize
intersqueezed
interzooecial
interzooecial
adj
Between zooecia.
irrationalize
irrationalize
verb
(transitive) To make irrational.
irrecognizant
isomerization
isomerization
Noun
the conversion of a compound into a different isomeric form
italicization
italicization
noun
The process of italicizing; something italicized.
jargonization
jargonization
noun
That which has been translated into jargon.
The incorporation of jargon into a text or language.
jatrorrhizine
jatrorrhizine
noun
(organic chemistry) A protoberberine alkaloid isolated from Enantia chlorantha of the custard apple family, and other species.
jennerization
jennerization
noun
(archaic) The process of jennerizing.
jesuitization
jonvalization
kaolinization
kaolinization
noun
The act or process of kaolinizing.
labialization
labialization
noun
(phonology) A secondary articulatory feature of usually consonants that involves the contraction or rounding of the lips (labia) during pronunciation.
lactonization
lactonization
noun
(organic chemistry) Reaction with, or conversion into a lactone.
legalizations
legalizations
noun
plural of legalization
leucocytozoon
lichenization
lichenization
noun
(dermatology) Synonym of lichenification.
(lichenology) The process by which a fungus becomes a mycobiont of a lichen.
linearization
linearization
noun
(biochemistry) The conversion of a looped DNA molecule into a linear one
(mathematics) A linear approximation of a non-linear system
The modification of a system such that its output is linearly dependent on its input
liquidization
liquidization
noun
The action, or the result of liquidizing
localizations
localizations
noun
plural of localization
londonization
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.
luteinization
luteinization
noun
(physiology) The formation of the corpus luteum from a mature ovarian follicle.
lycanthropize
machinization
machinization
noun
The process or result of machinizing.
magnetization
magnetization
noun
The act of magnetizing, or the state of being magnetized
The magnitude of the magnetic strength of a magnetized object.
magyarization
mammonization
mammonization
noun
The process of making mammonish; the state of being under the influence of mammonism.
mangonization
mangonization
noun
The act or process of mangonizing.
marbelization
marbleization
marbleization
noun
The process of marbleizing.
marmarization
marmarization
noun
(geology) Transformation into marble.
martyrization
martyrization
noun
The act or process of martyrizing.
materializing
materializing
verb
present participle of materialize
maternalizing
maternalizing
verb
present participle of maternalize
mechanization
mechanization
noun
The use of machinery to replace human or animal labour, especially in agriculture and industry.
medialization
medialization
noun
The act or process of medializing (making more medial).
mediatization
mediatization
noun
The act of mediatizing.
mediumization
mediumization
noun
The process or result of mediumizing (in various senses).
medullization
medullization
noun
Conversion into marrow, as the softening of bone tissue in the course of osteitis.
memorizations
memorizations
noun
plural of memorization
mentalization
mentalization
noun
(psychology) The ability to understand mental states that underlies the overt behaviour of oneself or others.
mercerization
mercerization
noun
Alternative form of mercerisation
mercurization
mercurization
noun
The process of treating with mercury.
mesmerization
mesmerization
noun
The action of being mesmerized; the state produced by this action.
