(organic chemistry) To convert (an aldehyde) into an acetal.
acetonize
acetonize
verb
(rare) Synonym of acetonate
acetylize
acetylize
verb
Synonym of acetylate
actionize
actionize
verb
(transitive, rare) To bring a legal action against; to sue.
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.
arcticize
arcticize
verb
(transitive) To prepare for Arctic weather; to winterize.
atticized
azlactone
azlactone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds formed by the cyclization of N-acyl-α-amino acids; they are five-membered heterocycles containing both a nitrogen and oxygen atom in the ring, with the oxygen adjacent to a carbonyl.
azobacter
bacterize
bacterize
verb
To treat with bacteria.
cantonize
cantonize
verb
(transitive) To divide into cantons or small districts.
canzonets
canzonets
noun
plural of canzonet
carstensz
cartelize
cartelize
verb
To have an industry become controlled by a cartel.
catalyzed
catalyzed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catalyze
catalyzer
catalyzer
noun
(American spelling, Canadian spelling) That which catalyzes.
A catalytic converter.
catalyzes
catalyzes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalyze
catechize
catechize
verb
To give oral instruction, especially of religion; (specifically) by the formal question-and-answer method; in the Church of England and Roman Catholic Church, to teach the catechism as preparation for confirmation.
To question at length.
catharize
catharize
verb
To clean or purify thoroughly.
cauterize
cauterize
verb
(American spelling, Canadian spelling, Oxford British English) To burn, sear, or freeze tissue using a hot iron, electric current or a caustic agent.
celticize
celticize
Verb
To render Celtic; to assimilate into the Celts.
chabazite
chabazite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of several zeolite minerals that occur in basaltic rocks.
chastizer
chintzier
chintzier
adj
comparative form of chintzy: more chintzy
cicatrize
cicatrize
verb
(transitive) To treat or heal (a wound) by causing a scar or cicatrix to form.
citizenly
citizenly
adj
Pertaining to citizens.
citizenry
citizenry
Noun
The group of all citizens.
citronize
climatize
climatize
verb
To acclimate or become acclimated.
To adapt for comfort in extreme climates, especially as regards to temperature.
cocitizen
cocitizen
noun
A citizen of the same place.
cottonize
cottonize
verb
(transitive) To treat (flax) with chemicals to make it soft and light, like cotton.
courtezan
courtezan
noun
Alternative spelling of courtesan
cretinize
cretinize
verb
(transitive) To cause to be or act like a cretin.
criticize
criticize
verb
To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.
To find fault (with something).
culturize
culturize
verb
(transitive) To adapt to the rules or norms of a culture; to make cultural.
customize
customize
verb
To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.
cutinized
cutinized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cutinize
cutinizes
cutinizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cutinize
decatizer
decatizer
noun
That which decatizes; a machine for decatizing (steaming) cloth.
diazeutic
diazeutic
adj
Alternative form of diazeuctic
doctorize
ductilize
ductilize
verb
(transitive) To make (metal) ductile.
ecstasize
ecstasize
verb
(intransitive) To go into a state of ecstasy or rapture.
(transitive) To send into a state of ecstasy.
ectoenzym
ectozoans
ectozoans
noun
plural of ectozoan
electrize
electrize
verb
To electrify
enzootics
enzootics
noun
plural of enzootic
enzygotic
enzygotic
adj
(biology) That develops from a single zygote that divides at an early stage of development
enzymatic
enzymatic
adj
Of, relating to, or caused by enzymes.
enzymotic
enzymotic
adj
Of or relating to enzymosis.
epizootic
epizootic
adj
(epidemiology) Like or having to do with an epizootic: epidemic among animals.
(geology, rare) Containing fossils.
Relating to epizoa; epizoic.
noun
(dialectal, humorous, often in the plural) A disease or ailment (of humans).
(epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population of non-human animals at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period. Compare epidemic.
A particular epizootic disease.
eroticize
eroticize
verb
(transitive) To make erotic.
ethicized
ethicized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ethicize
ethicizes
ethicizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ethicize
ethnicize
ethnicize
verb
(transitive) To make ethnic.
factorize
factorize
verb
(US, transitive) To attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third party.
(US, transitive) To warn not to pay or give up goods.
(mathematics, transitive) To create a list of the factors of.
(mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.
facultize
facultize
verb
(obsolete) To make use of one's faculties; to perform skilled work.
To develop as an academic discipline.
To educate in an academic discipline.
fetichize
fritzsche
furzechat
furzechat
noun
A bird, the whinchat.
gothicize
helizitic
helizitic
adj
Alternative form of helicitic
italicize
italicize
verb
(figuratively) To emphasize.
(typography) To put into italics.
lactonize
lactonize
verb
(organic chemistry) To convert (a hydroxy acid) into a lactone
mechitzah
mechitzah
noun
Alternative form of mechitza
metricize
metricize
verb
(poetry) To use poetic meter
To introduce metrics into (a process)
To make metric
To represent or measure by a metric
moctezuma
moctezuma
Proper noun
Aztec emperor from 1440 to 1469.
Aztec emperor from 1502 to 1520, during which time the Spanish conquest of Mexico began.
mycetozoa
mysticize
mysticize
verb
(transitive) To make mystical.
mythicize
mythicize
verb
(transitive) To interpret in terms of mythology.
(transitive) To make into a myth.
narcotize
narcotize
verb
(transitive) To dull the senses of (a person, place etc.).
(transitive) To make into a narcotic.
(transitive) To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to anesthetize, to drug.
natchezan
necrotize
necrotize
verb
To undergo, or to cause necrosis; to become or to make necrotic
nectarize
nectarize
verb
(obsolete) To mingle or infuse with nectar; to sweeten.
nietzsche
nietzsche
Proper noun
most famously borne by (1844–1900), German philosopher.
objectize
objectize
verb
To turn into, or treat as, an object; to objectify.
ostracize
ostracize
verb
(by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
(transitive, Ancient Greece, historical) To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
ozocerite
ozocerite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark waxy mineral, found associated with petroleum in some sandstones, used to make polishes.
pectizing
pectizing
verb
present participle of pectize
picturize
picturize
verb
(transitive, rare) To adorn with pictures; to illustrate.
(transitive, rare) To represent in a picture or a motion picture; to depict.
poeticize
poeticize
verb
(intransitive) To write or speak in the manner of a poet.
(transitive) To make poetic, or express in poetry.
rhotacize
rhotacize
verb
(phonology) To change a consonant to an 'R' sound under certain circumstances.
To pronounce with an exaggerated 'R' sound (a rhotacism).
rusticize
rusticize
verb
(transitive) To make rustic.
schnitzel
schnitzel
noun
(by extension) A Germanic dish of breaded and deep-fried meat cutlet.
A dish consisting of fried veal cutlet.
schwitzer
scientize
scientize
verb
To make scientific.
socratize
syzygetic
syzygetic
adj
(mathematics) Relating to, or exhibiting, syzygy
teleozoic
tragicize
tragicize
verb
(obsolete, rare) To speak or write in the manner of a tragedy; to adopt a grandiloquent style.
(rare) To turn (someone or something) into tragedy; to make tragic.
tuchunize
turkicize
tuscanize
tzarevich
uncitizen
uncitizen
noun
A person to whom citizenship is denied, or from whom it is revoked.
verb
(transitive) To revoke the citizenship of (a person).
victimize
victimize
verb
To make someone a victim or sacrifice.
To punish someone unjustly.
To swindle or defraud someone.
witticize
witticize
verb
US and Oxford British English standard spelling of witticise.
zacatecas
zacatecas
Proper noun
A state of Mexico.
zapotecan
zapotecan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Zapotec.
Noun
A Zapotec.
zechstein
zechstein
Proper noun
A unit of sedimentary rock layers of Middle to Late Permian age located in the corresponding to the Lopingian (epoch).
zelatrice
zelatrice
noun
(ecclesiastical) A zelatrix (nun).
zeugmatic
zeugmatic
adj
Involving zeugma.
zincenite
zincotype
zincotype
noun
(historical) A photographic print produced by coating zinc with bitumen, gelatin, etc. and exposing it under a negative.
zirconate
zirconate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of zirconic acid.
zoetropic
zoetropic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or reminiscent of a zoetrope.
zoometric
zoometric
adj
Relating to zoometry.
zootechny
zootechny
noun
The science and technology of animal husbandry
zoothecia
zoothecia
noun
plural of zoothecium
zucchetti
zucchetto
zucchetto
noun
A small skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy (the Pope's is white, a cardinal's red, a bishop's purple, and a priest's black), Anglican clergy, and Syriac or Malankara Orthodox clergy