(transitive, UK, education) To convert (a school) into a publicly-run academy.
academized
academized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of academize
academizing
academizing
verb
present participle of academize
accessorize
accessorize
verb
(intransitive) To wear or to choose accessories.
(transitive, intransitive) To furnish with accessories.
accessorized
accessorized
adj
Wearing accessories.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accessorize
accessorizes
accessorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accessorize
accessorizing
accessorizing
verb
present participle of accessorize
acclimatizable
acclimatizable
adj
Capable of being acclimatized
acclimatize
acclimatize
verb
(intransitive) To get used to a new climate.
(transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.
acclimatized
acclimatized
adj
Subjected to acclimatization
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acclimatize
acclimatizer
acclimatizer
noun
An agent that acclimatizes itself or others.
acclimatizes
acclimatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimatize
acculturize
acculturize
verb
Synonym of acculturate
acculturized
acculturized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acculturize
accustomize
accustomize
verb
(rare) To learn to adapt one's lifestyle to a new or changed environment.
accustomized
accustomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustomize
acetalization
acetalization
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction that yields an acetal.
acetalize
acetalize
verb
(organic chemistry) To convert (an aldehyde) into an acetal.
acetazolamide
acetazolamide
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that inhibits the enzyme carbonic anhydrase, used in the treatment of glaucoma and epilepsy and as a diuretic (now especially in the prevention of acute mountain sickness).
acethydrazide
acethydrazide
noun
(organic chemistry) The hydrazide of acetic acid CH₃-CO-NH-NH₂
acetize
acetize
verb
(rare) To acetify.
acetobenzoic
acetonization
acetonization
noun
Synonym of acetonation
acetonize
acetonize
verb
(rare) Synonym of acetonate
acetylaminobenzene
acetylbenzoic
acetylhydrazine
acetylhydrazine
noun
(organic chemistry) The acylhydrazine of acetic acid CH₃CO-NH-NH₂
acetylizable
acetylizable
adj
Able to be acetylized.
acetylization
acetylization
noun
Synonym of acetylation
acetylize
acetylize
verb
Synonym of acetylate
acetylized
acetylized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acetylize
acetylizer
acetylizer
noun
Synonym of acetylator
acetylizing
acetylizing
verb
present participle of acetylize
acetylphenylhydrazine
achillize
achromatizable
achromatize
achromatize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of colour; to make achromatic.
(transitive) To remove chromatic aberration from an optical system
achromatized
achromatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of achromatize
achromatizes
achromatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of achromatize
acidize
acidize
verb
(petroleum geology) To treat (a limestone or sandstone formation) with HCl or HF to enlarge void spaces in it.
To impregnate with acid; acidify.
acidized
acidized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acidize
acronymize
acronymize
verb
(transitive) To turn a phrase into an acronym.
acronymized
acronymized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acronymize
actionize
actionize
verb
(transitive, rare) To bring a legal action against; to sue.
actionized
actionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actionize
activize
activize
verb
(transitive) To convert to activism.
activized
activized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of activize
actualize
actualize
verb
(intransitive) To become actual or real.
(reflexive) To realize one's full potential.
(transitive) To make real; to realize.
actualized
actualized
adj
Having become actual; having been realized or made real.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualize
actualizes
actualizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actualize
acylamidobenzene
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
aerobicized
aerobicized
adj
(of a person's body) toned by the use of aerobics
aerobicizes
aerobicizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aerobicize
aerobicizing
aerobicizing
verb
present participle of aerobicize
aestheticize
aestheticize
verb
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of aestheticise
africanize
africanize
Verb
To make African.
africanized
aizoaceae
aizoaceous
aizoaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Aizoaceae of fig-marigolds.
alcalizate
alcalizate
adj
Obsolete form of alkalizate.
alchemize
alchemize
verb
Alternative spelling of alchemise
alchemized
alchemized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alchemize
alchemizing
alchemizing
verb
present participle of alchemize
alcoholizable
alcoholizable
adj
Able to be alcoholized.
alcoholize
alcoholize
verb
(obsolete) To reduce to a fine powder
To convert into alcohol by fermentation, or to increase the concentration of alcohol by rectification
To infuse or saturate with an alcoholic spirit
To subject to the influence of alcohol
alcoholized
alcoholized
adj
(chemistry) rectified
(obsolete) reduced to a fine powder
saturated, infused or under the influence of alcohol
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alcoholize
alecize
allochezia
allochezia
noun
defecation from somewhere other than the anus
expulsion through the anus something other than feces
americanization
americanization
noun
Alternative form of Americanisation
americanize
americanized
americanized
Adjective
Having been made American or into an American style.
americanizer
americanizer
Noun
One who, or that which, Americanizes.
americanizes
americanizing
aminobenzoic
aminobenzoic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to aminobenzoic acid or its derivatives
anacephalize
anachronize
anachronize
verb
To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
anarchize
anarchize
verb
To reduce or elevate to a state of anarchy.
angelicize
angelicize
verb
(transitive) To make or treat as angelic.
anglicanize
anglicanize
Verb
To make Anglican.
anglicize
anglicize
verb
American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of anglicise.
anglicized
anglicized
adj
Alternative spelling of anglicised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicize
anglicizes
anglicizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anglicize
anticatalyzer
anticentralization
anticentralization
adj
Opposing centralization.
noun
Opposition to centralization.
anticize
anticize
verb
(rare, intransitive) To perform antics.
antienzymatic
antienzymatic
adj
That inhibits the action of an enzyme
antienzymic
antimechanization
antimechanization
adj
Opposing mechanization.
antisepticize
antisepticize
verb
(transitive) To make antiseptic.
antisepticized
antisepticized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antisepticize
antisepticizing
antisepticizing
verb
present participle of antisepticize
apostacize
apozemical
arabicize
arabicize
Verb
To make Arabic.
aramaicize
archaeozoic
archaize
archaize
verb
(intransitive) To speak, write, etc. in an archaic manner.
(transitive) To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
archaized
archaized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of archaize
archaizer
archaizer
noun
One who makes archaic, as by using an archaic style.
archaizes
archaizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archaize
archeozoic
arcticize
arcticize
verb
(transitive) To prepare for Arctic weather; to winterize.
arcticized
arcticized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arcticize
arsenicize
arsenicize
verb
(transitive) To treat with arsenic.
artificialize
artificialize
verb
(transitive) To render artificial.
asepticize
asepticize
verb
(transitive) To render aseptic; to sterilize; to cleanse of pathogenic materials.
asepticized
asepticized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asepticize
asepticizing
asepticizing
verb
present participle of asepticize
ashkenazic
ashkenazic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Ashkenazi Jews.
asiaticize
asyzygetic
asyzygetic
adj
(mathematics) Not syzygetic
atheticize
atticize
atticize
Verb
To side with the Athenians.
To use the Attic idiom or style; to conform to the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.
atticized
auctorizate
autoracemization
autoschediaze
autoschediaze
verb
To act in an autoschediastic manner
avunculize
azelaic
azelaic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to azelaic acid or its derivatives
azeotropic
azeotropic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or employing an azeotrope
azimech
azobenzoic
azocochineal
azocoralline
azocyanide
azotemic
azotemic
adj
Of or pertaining to azotemia.
azotobacterieae
azoxybenzoic
azurmalachite
azygobranchiate
bacchanalize
bacchanalize
verb
(intransitive) To behave as if at a bacchanal; to revel riotously.
(transitive) To make riotous and wild.
bachelorize
bachelorize
verb
To confer a bachelor's degree on.
To live the life of a bachelor; to socialize without a wife.
To live without neither spouse nor children; to live alone or with other single people.
To make into a bachelor; to deprive of a spouse.
To make or become typical of a bachelor.
baconize
baconize
verb
(transitive, cooking) To prepare like bacon, by smoking etc.
(transitive, cooking) To prepare with bacon as an ingredient.
bacteriolyze
bacteriolyze
verb
Alternative form of bacteriolyse
bacterization
bacterization
noun
The act or process of bacterizing.
bacterize
bacterize
verb
To treat with bacteria.
bacterized
bacterized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bacterize
bacterizing
bacterizing
verb
present participle of bacterize
benzacridine
benzalcyanhydrin
benzaminic
benzhydroxamic
benzilic
benzocaine
benzocaine
noun
(pharmacology) A local anesthetic commonly used as a topical pain reliever.
benzocaines
benzocaines
noun
plural of benzocaine
benzoglycolic
benzoic
benzoic
adj
(organic chemistry) Derived from benzoic acid or its derivatives.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin.
benzophloroglucinol
benzophosphinic
benzopinacone
benzopinacone
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of benzopinacol
benzotrichloride
benzotrichloride
noun
(organic chemistry) The chlorinated derivative of toluene "(trichloromethyl)benzene"