(organic chemistry) To remove the aromatic character from a compound
(organic chemistry) To remove the aromatic components from a petroleum product
decriminalization
decriminalization
noun
The act of ceasing to treat a person as a criminal, by making their activities legal or no longer subjecting them to the criminal justice system (but instead possibly the mental healthcare system, etc).
The act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.)
decriminalize
decriminalize
verb
(transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.
decriminalized
decriminalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decriminalize
decriminalizes
decriminalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decriminalize
decriminalizing
decriminalizing
verb
(rare) present participle of decriminalize To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.
deformalize
deformalize
Verb
To make informal.
deformalized
deformalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deformalize
deformalizes
deformalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deformalize
deglamorization
deglamorization
noun
The process of deglamorizing.
deglamorize
deglamorize
verb
To make less glamorous
deglamorized
deglamorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deglamorize
deglamorizes
deglamorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deglamorize
deglamorizing
deglamorizing
verb
present participle of deglamorize
demagnetizer
demagnetizer
noun
Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization
dematerialization
dematerialization
noun
(finance, law) The substitution of paper-form securities by book-entry securities.
The act or process of dematerializing, or becoming immaterial.
dematerialize
dematerialize
verb
(intransitive) To disappear by becoming immaterial.
(transitive) To cause something to disappear by making it immaterial.
(transitive) To remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.).
dematerialized
dematerialized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dematerialize
dematerializing
dematerializing
verb
present participle of dematerialize
demesmerize
demesmerize
verb
(transitive) To relieve from mesmeric influence.
demetricize
demilitarization
demilitarization
noun
Alternative spelling of demilitarisation
demilitarize
demilitarize
verb
To prevent troops from entering an area.
To remove troops from an area.
To return an area to civilian control.
demilitarized
demilitarized
adj
Declared free of all military activity.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demilitarize
demilitarizes
demilitarizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demilitarize
demilitarizing
demilitarizing
verb
present participle of demilitarize
demineralization
demineralization
noun
(chemistry) The chemical engineering process in which mineral salts are removed from a liquid.
(medicine) The loss of minerals, especially those of calcium, from bone.
demineralize
demineralize
verb
(transitive) To remove minerals or mineral salts from (a liquid).
demineralized
demineralized
adj
From which all minerals have been removed.
demineralizer
demineralizer
noun
A device that demineralizes.
demineralizes
demineralizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demineralize
demineralizing
demineralizing
verb
present participle of demineralize
democratization
democratization
noun
The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.
The making more democratic of a political system.
The spread of democracy as a concept.
democratize
democratize
verb
(transitive) To make democratic.
democratized
democratized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of democratize
democratizer
democratizer
noun
One who democratizes.
democratizes
democratizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize
democratizing
democratizing
verb
present participle of democratize
demoralization
demoralization
noun
The act of corrupting or subverting morale, discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in morale.
demoralize
demoralize
verb
(dated) To erode the moral adherence of; to corrupt.
To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.
demoralized
demoralized
verb
past participle of demoralize
demoralizer
demoralizer
noun
Agent noun of demoralize: one who demoralizes.
demoralizers
demoralizers
noun
plural of demoralizer
demoralizes
demoralizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demoralize
demoralizing
demoralizing
adj
Disheartening.
verb
present participle of demoralize
demoralizingly
demoralizingly
adv
In a demoralizing manner.
demorphinization
demorphinization
noun
The gradual reduction in the dose of morphine to a person who is addicted to it
demythologizer
demythologizer
noun
One who or that which demythologizes.
denormalized
denormalized
adj
(computing theory, of a number) Denormal.
(databases, of a schema) Containing redundant data to improve performance.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denormalize
departmentalization
departmentalization
noun
The organization of something into departments according to function, geographic location etc.
departmentalize
departmentalize
verb
To organize something into departments
departmentalized
departmentalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of departmentalize
departmentalizes
departmentalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of departmentalize
departmentalizing
departmentalizing
verb
present participle of departmentalize
departmentization
departmentization
noun
Alternative form of departmentalization
departmentize
departmentize
verb
Alternative form of departmentalize
depolymerization
depolymerization
noun
(chemistry) The decomposition of a polymer into smaller fragments
depolymerize
depolymerize
verb
(chemistry) To decompose a polymer into smaller fragments.
depolymerized
depolymerized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depolymerize
depolymerizing
depolymerizing
adj
That depolymerizes
verb
present participle of depolymerize
dermatozoonosis
deromanticize
deromanticize
verb
(transitive) To strip of romance; to make realistic rather than wishfully ideal.
diagrammatize
diagrammatize
verb
Alternative form of diagrammatise
diathermize
dibromobenzene
dibromobenzene
noun
(organic chemistry) A chemical compound containing two bromine atoms connected to a benzene ring.
dimerization
dimerization
noun
(chemistry) Any chemical reaction in which two monomers react to form a dimer.
dimerize
dimerize
verb
(chemistry) To produce, or to undergo dimerization
dimerized
dimerized
adj
That have been reacted to form a dimer
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dimerize
dimerizes
dimerizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dimerize
dimerizing
dimerizing
verb
present participle of dimerize
dimethylhydrazine
dimethylhydrazine
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric dimethyl derivatives of hydrazine, but especially 1,2-dimethylhydrazine which is used in medical research.
disanagrammatize
disharmonize
disharmonize
verb
(intransitive) To cause disorder.
(transitive) To make the cause of disorder.
disharmonized
disharmonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disharmonize
dogmatizer
dogmatizer
noun
One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter.
dogmatizers
dogmatizers
noun
plural of dogmatizer
dramatizable
dramatizable
adj
Capable of being dramatized.
dramatize
dramatize
verb
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
dramatized
dramatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dramatize
dramatizer
dramatizer
noun
One who dramatizes.
dramatizes
dramatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dramatize
economizer
economizer
noun
A heat exchange device in a boiler that improves efficiency and saves fuel.
A person who avoids waste
economizers
economizers
noun
plural of economizer
electromagnetize
electromagnetize
verb
To magnetize by means of electromagnetism
embastardize
embastardize
Verb
To bastardize.
emberiza
emberizidae
emberizinae
emberizine
emberizine
adj
Of the Emberizidae, a large family of seed-eating passerine birds.
emblazonries
emblazonries
noun
plural of emblazonry
emerize
emerize
verb
(transitive, textiles) To pass (fabric) over emery-covered rollers to give it a soft finish.
emerized
emerized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of emerize
emerizing
emerizing
verb
present participle of emerize
emperize
emprize
emprize
noun
Obsolete form of emprise.
emprizes
emprizes
noun
plural of emprize
empyreumatize
empyreumatize
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To burn so as to cause empyreuma in.
engrandizement
epidermidalization
epidermization
epidermization
noun
(surgery) skin grafting
The formation of the epidermis from underlying cells
epigrammatize
epigrammatize
verb
(transitive) To represent or express by epigrams.
epigrammatized
epigrammatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of epigrammatize
epigrammatizer
epigrammatizer
noun
One who writes in an affectedly pointed style.
epigrammatizing
epigrammatizing
verb
present participle of epigrammatize
epimerize
epimerize
verb
(chemistry) To convert, or be converted, into an epimer
epimerized
epimerized
adj
(chemistry) Converted into an epimer
epimerizing
epimerizing
verb
present participle of epimerize
epitomizer
epitomizer
noun
An epitomist.
euhemerize
euhemerize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) Synonym of deify: to actually create mythology and legends from ancient historical figures and events.
(transitive, intransitive, derogatory) To invent a plausible but fanciful historical origin for something in order to explain away mythology and legends.
euhemerized
euhemerized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euhemerize
euhemerizing
euhemerizing
verb
present participle of euhemerize
euphemizer
euphemizer
noun
One who, or that which, euphemizes.
euphemizers
euphemizers
noun
plural of euphemizer
excrementize
excrementize
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To void excrement; to defecate.
exorcizement
experimentalize
experimentalize
verb
(intransitive) To experiment.
(transitive) To make experiments upon.
experimentize
experimentize
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To perform a scientific experiment.
expermentized
extemporization
extemporization
noun
The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.
extemporize
extemporize
verb
(intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
(transitive) To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner.
extemporized
extemporized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of extemporize
extemporizer
extemporizer
noun
One who extemporizes.
extemporizes
extemporizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extemporize
extemporizing
extemporizing
verb
present participle of extemporize
familiarize
familiarize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become familiar with something or someone.
familiarized
familiarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of familiarize
familiarizer
familiarizer
noun
(linguistics) A term that conveys familiarity.
One who, or that which, familiarizes.
familiarizes
familiarizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of familiarize
ferrozirconium
formalazine
formalazine
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic compound with chemical formula C₂H₄N₂, obtainable from formaldehyde by the addition of hydrazine.
formalizable
formalizable
adj
Capable of being formalized.
formalize
formalize
verb
To act with formality.
To give something a definite form; to shape.
To give something a formal or official standing.
formalized
formalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formalize
formalizer
formalizer
noun
One who or that which formalizes.
formalizers
formalizers
noun
plural of formalizer
formalizes
formalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formalize
formularize
formularize
verb
(US) To express as a formula, to formulate.
formularized
formularized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formularize
formularizer
formularizer
noun
One who formularizes.
formularizes
formularizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize
formulize
formulize
verb
(transitive) To formulate.
(transitive) To reduce to a formula.
formulized
formulized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of formulize
formulizer
formulizer
noun
One who formulizes.
forumize
fragmentalize
fragmentization
fragmentization
noun
fragmentation; the breaking of something into fragments
fragmentize
fragmentize
verb
(intransitive) To fall into or become separated into fragments.
(transitive) To break, cut, or otherwise separate (something) into fragments.
fragmentized
fragmentized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fragmentize
fragmentizer
fragmentizer
noun
A machine for breaking material into fragments.
fragmentizes
fragmentizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fragmentize
fragmentizing
fragmentizing
verb
present participle of fragmentize
gastrostomize
geometricize
geometricize
verb
(transitive) To make geometrical; to bring into the realm of geometry.