| BENZIMIDAZOLE | • benzimidazole n. (Organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle containing a benzene ring fused to that of imidazole; it… • BENZIMIDAZOLE n. a crystalline base used esp. to inhibit the growth of various viruses, parasitic worms, or fungi. |
| DENATIONALIZE | • denationalize v. (Transitive) To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize. • denationalize v. (Transitive) To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation. • DENATIONALIZE v. to divest of national character or rights, also DENATIONALISE. |
| DEPERSONALIZE | • depersonalize v. (Transitive) To remove a sense of personal identity or individual character from something; to anonymize. • depersonalize v. (Transitive) To present (something) as an impersonal object. • depersonalize v. (Psychiatry, intransitive) To suffer an episode of depersonalization. |
| DEREALIZATION | • derealization n. (Psychology) The psychological symptom in which the world appears to be unreal, and the patient has… • derealization n. (The process of) making unreal, in general; detachment from reality or realness. • DEREALIZATION n. a feeling of altered reality (as that occurring in schizophrenia or in some drug reactions) in which one's surroundings appear unreal or unfamiliar, also DEREALISATION. |
| DERELIGIONIZE | • dereligionize v. (Transitive) To render non-religious; to transform (something) from religious into secular. • DERELIGIONIZE v. to remove the religious element from, also DERELIGIONISE. |
| DIESELIZATION | • dieselization n. The conversion of a petrol engine to run on diesel fuel. • dieselization n. The replacement of petrol engines with diesel engines. • dieselization n. (Rail transport) The replacement of steam (or, more rarely, electric) locomotives with diesel locomotives. |
| EMOTIONALIZED | • emotionalized v. Simple past tense and past participle of emotionalize. • EMOTIONALIZE v. to make emotional, also EMOTIONALISE. |
| ENTOMOLOGIZED | • entomologized v. Simple past tense and past participle of entomologize. • ENTOMOLOGIZE v. to practise entomology, also ENTOMOLOGISE. |
| METRONIDAZOLE | • metronidazole n. (Pharmacology) An antibiotic of the nitroimidazole group, used to treat vaginal trichomoniasis, amebiasis… • METRONIDAZOLE n. a drug used esp. to treat vaginal trichomoniasis, amebiasis, and infections by anaerobic bacteria. |
| MINERALOGIZED | • mineralogized v. Simple past tense and past participle of mineralogize. • MINERALOGIZE v. to collect or study minerals, also MINERALOGISE. |
| OCCIDENTALIZE | • occidentalize v. (Transitive) To convert or adapt to Western culture. • OCCIDENTALIZE v. to make occidental, also OCCIDENTALISE. |
| PHRENOLOGIZED | • phrenologized v. Simple past tense and past participle of phrenologize. • PHRENOLOGIZE v. to examine phrenologically, also PHRENOLOGISE. |
| PORCELAINIZED | • porcelainized v. Simple past tense and past participle of porcelainize. • PORCELAINIZE v. to bake into porcelain, also PORCELAINISE, PORCELLANISE, PORCELLANIZE. |
| PORCELLANIZED | • PORCELLANIZE v. to bake into porcelain, also PORCELAINISE, PORCELAINIZE, PORCELLANISE. |
| SECTIONALIZED | • sectionalized v. Simple past tense and past participle of sectionalize. • SECTIONALIZE v. to divide into sections, also SECTIONALISE. |
| TECHNOLOGIZED | • technologized v. Simple past tense and past participle of technologize. • TECHNOLOGIZE v. to affect or alter by technology, also TECHNOLOGISE. |
| THIABENDAZOLE | • thiabendazole n. (Medicine, pharmacology) A synthetic compound with anthelmintic properties, derived from thiazole and… • THIABENDAZOLE n. a drug used in the control of parasitic nematode worms and fungus infections and as an agricultural fungicide. |
| UNBOWDLERIZED | • unbowdlerized adj. Not bowdlerized. • UNBOWDLERIZED adj. not bowdlerized, also UNBOWDLERISED. |
| UNMETABOLIZED | • unmetabolized adj. Not metabolized. • UNMETABOLIZED adj. not metabolized, also UNMETABOLISED. |