| 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. |
| DECOLOURIZING | • decolourizing v. Present participle of decolourize. • DECOLOURIZE v. to remove the colour from, also DECOLORISE, DECOLORIZE, DECOLOURISE. |
| DEFORMALIZING | • deformalizing v. Present participle of deformalize. • DEFORMALIZE v. to make less formal, also DEFORMALISE. |
| DEGLAMORIZING | • deglamorizing v. Present participle of deglamorize. • DEGLAMORIZE v. to remove the glamour from, also DEGLAMORISE. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| FACTIONALIZED | • factionalized v. Simple past tense and past participle of factionalize. • FACTIONALIZE v. to split into factions, also FACTIONALISE. |
| FEUDALIZATION | • feudalization n. The introduction of a feudal system. • FEUDALIZATION n. the act of feudalizing, also FEUDALISATION. |
| FICTIONALIZED | • fictionalized v. Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalize. • FICTIONALIZE v. to make fictional, also FICTIONALISE. |
| HISPANIOLIZED | • Hispaniolized v. Simple past tense and past participle of Hispaniolize. • HISPANIOLIZE v. to make Spanish, also HISPANIOLISE. |
| IDEALIZATIONS | • idealizations n. Plural of idealization. • IDEALIZATION n. the act of idealizing, also IDEALISATION. |
| INSOLUBILIZED | • insolubilized v. Simple past tense and past participle of insolubilize. • insolubilized adj. Made insoluble. • INSOLUBILIZE v. to make insoluble, also INSOLUBILISE. |
| 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. |
| PORCELAINIZED | • porcelainized v. Simple past tense and past participle of porcelainize. • PORCELAINIZE v. to bake into porcelain, also PORCELAINISE, PORCELLANISE, PORCELLANIZE. |
| SECTIONALIZED | • sectionalized v. Simple past tense and past participle of sectionalize. • SECTIONALIZE v. to divide into sections, also SECTIONALISE. |
| SOMNILOQUIZED | • somniloquized v. Simple past tense and past participle of somniloquize. • SOMNILOQUIZE v. to talk in one's sleep, also SOMNILOQUISE. |