(biology, medicine, immunology) A hypersensitivity reaction to a self-antigen (any biomolecule of one's own body, usually a particular protein thereof). Often it does not occur until somehow triggered by an exogenous immune challenge (such as an infection), but once triggered it becomes its own ongoing molecular process that is independent of that stimulus.
autosensitized
azoisobutyronitrile
azorubine
azorubine
noun
(organic chemistry) a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods
azosulphine
azotoluene
azoxytoluidine
benzenediazonium
benzoazurine
benzocoumaran
benzofluorene
benzofluorene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in which a benzene ring is fused to a fluorene moiety
benzofulvene
benzofulvene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any benzo derivative of a fulvene
benzofuran
benzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused with one of furan.
benzofurans
benzofurans
noun
plural of benzofuran
benzofuroquinoxaline
benzofuryl
benzophloroglucinol
benzopyrylium
benzopyrylium
noun
(organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic ion or salt containing a benzene ring fused to a pyrylium ion
benzoquinoline
benzoquinoline
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric compounds (5,6-benzoquinoline and 7,8-benzoquinoline) in which a benzene ring is fused to that of a quinoline molecule; their derivatives are used in the preparation of pharmaceuticals and dyes atc
benzoquinone
benzoquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of the two isomeric forms of the simplest quinone, C₆H₄O₂, or any of their derivatives.
benzoquinoxaline
benzosulfimide
benzosulfimide
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of saccharin
benzosulphimide
benzothiofuran
benzotoluide
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
benzotrifuran
boozehound
boozehound
noun
(informal) alcoholic, drunkard
bourbonize
bubonoceze
buitenzorg
bureaucratization
bureaucratization
noun
The formation of, or the conversion of something into, a bureaucracy.
burtonize
buzzerphone
buzzerphone
noun
(military, historical) A portable buzzer system for transmitting messages in Morse code.
canezou
cauponize
cauponize
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To sell wine or victuals.
cauterization
cauterization
noun
The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.
cauterizations
cauterizations
noun
plural of cauterization
centrifugalization
centrifugalization
noun
Synonym of centrifugation
chouanize
chromazurine
coeducationalize
coeducationalize
verb
(transitive) To make coeducational.
columnarized
columnarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of columnarize
columnize
columnize
verb
(transitive) To format (writing or data) as a series of columns.
columnized
columnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of columnize
columnizes
columnizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of columnize
communalize
communalize
verb
(transitive) To develop into a set of community conventions.
(transitive) To take property into communal ownership.
(transitive) To transfer responsibility and power to the community level.
(transitive) To treat as happening to or belonging to one's own group; to make (something) the subject of empathic understanding.
communalized
communalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communalize
communalizer
communalizes
communalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communalize
communize
communize
verb
To become or be made communistic.
To come under public ownership or control.
To impose Communist ideals upon.
To make something the property of a community.
communized
communized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communize
computerization
computerization
noun
The act of computerizing something, or something computerized.
computerizing
computerizing
verb
present participle of computerize
conceptualization
conceptualization
noun
The concept so formed; something conceptualized
The process of forming a conceptual form of a phenomenon; the act of conceptualizing
conceptualizations
conceptualizations
noun
plural of conceptualization
conceptualize
conceptualize
verb
To conceive the idea for something.
To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept.
conceptualized
conceptualized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize
conceptualizer
conceptualizer
noun
One who conceptualizes.
conceptualizes
conceptualizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualize
conceptualizing
conceptualizing
verb
present participle of conceptualize
connaturalize
connaturalize
verb
(obsolete) To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt.
constitutionalize
constitutionalize
verb
To incorporate into a constitution
To make constitutional
To provide with a constitution
contextualize
contextualize
verb
To place something or someone in a particular context.
conundrumize
conuzee
counterorganization
counterorganization
noun
(countable) An organization that counteracts or opposes another organization.
(uncountable) The organization of something to counteract or oppose.
counterpropagandize
counterpropagandize
verb
(intransitive) To engage in counterpropaganda.
counterrevolutionize
counterrevolutionize
verb
To cause or undergo a counterrevolution.
courtezan
courtezan
noun
Alternative spelling of courtesan
courtezanry
courtezanship
courtezanship
noun
Alternative form of courtesanship
cuzceno
debituminization
debituminization
noun
The act of depriving of bitumen.
decarburization
decarburization
noun
The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
decasualization
decasualization
noun
The process of decasualizing.
decolourization
decolourization
noun
Alternative spelling of decolorization
decolourizing
decolourizing
verb
present participle of decolourize
defunctionalization
defunctionalization
noun
(computing, programming) A compile-time transformation which eliminates higher-order functions, replacing them by a single first-order apply function.
defunctionalize
defunctionalize
verb
(computing, programming) To subject to defunctionalization.
dehumanization
dehumanization
noun
The act or process of dehumanizing.
deindividualization
deindividualization
noun
The act or process of deindividualizing.
deindustrialization
deindustrialization
noun
The loss or deprivation of industrial capacity or strength.
deinstitutionalization
deinstitutionalization
noun
the process of abolishing a practice that has been considered a norm
the process of reducing a person's dependence on an institutional environment
the process of releasing a person from a facility where their freedom to leave has been restrained
deintellectualization
deintellectualization
noun
The process of deintellectualizing.
demasculinization
demasculinization
noun
(biology) The suppression of a male-orientated function by repressing male hormones
The removal of the testicles
demutization
denaturalization
denaturalization
noun
The act or process of denaturalizing, of changing or destroying the quality (nature) of a thing.
The removal of the rights of a citizen.
denaturization
denaturization
noun
The process of denaturing.
deneutralization
deneutralization
noun
Process of deneutralizing.
denuclearization
denuclearization
noun
The act or process of denuclearizing.
depauperization
depauperization
noun
The process, or the result of depauperizing
deputationize
deputization
deputization
noun
The process of becoming a deputy.
deregulationize
desexualization
desexualization
noun
The act or process of desexualizing.
despiritualization
despiritualization
noun
The process of despiritualizing.
desulfurization
desulfurization
noun
The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.
desulphurization
desulphurization
noun
(Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of desulfurization
devulcanization
devulcanization
noun
To process of treating vulcanized rubber so as to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.
dibenzofuran
dibenzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) The tricyclic heterocycle in which two benzene rings are fused to that of furan; any of its derivatives, especially the halogenated derivatives that are similar to dioxins
diezeugmenon
diezeugmenon
noun
(music) The last tetrachord, in the case where two tetrachords were placed separately from each other, but with only the interval of a tone between them.
disequalization
disequalization
noun
The process of becoming unequal; the act of disequalizing.
disillusionize
disillusionize
verb
(transitive) To disillusion, disabuse, free from illusion.
disillusionized
disillusionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disillusionize
disillusionizer
disillusionizer
noun
One who disillusionizes.
documentize
douzaine
douzaine
noun
(Guernsey) A parish council, consisting of a dean and twelve douzeniers.
douzaines
douzaines
noun
plural of douzaine
douzainier
electrocauterization
electrocauterization
noun
the act of electrocauterizing
eleutherozoan
elocutionize
elocutionize
verb
(intransitive) To engage in elocution; to speak to the public.
emulsionize
emulsionize
verb
(transitive) To make into an emulsion; to emulsify.
equalization
equalization
noun
(finance) Repayment to an investor in a unit trust or OEIC of an increase in the unit price to cover the seller’s entitlement to income received from the underlying investments but not yet distributed to unit holders, repaid as part of the first distribution of income to that investor.
(underwater diving) Maneuvers to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.
The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
esugarization
eudaemonize
eulogization
eulogization
noun
A process or act of eulogizing.
eulogizing
eulogizing
verb
present participle of eulogize
euphemization
euphonize
euphonize
verb
(transitive) To make euphonic.
euphonized
euphonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of euphonize
euphonizing
euphonizing
verb
present participle of euphonize
eupolyzoan
europeanization
europeanize
europeanize
verb
Alternative letter-case form of Europeanize
europeanized
europeanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of europeanize
europeanizing
europeanizing
verb
present participle of europeanize
evolutionize
evolutionize
verb
To cause, or to undergo change by means of evolution; to evolve
excursionize
excursionize
verb
(intransitive, dated) To go on an excursion.
ferrozirconium
feudalization
feudalization
noun
The introduction of a feudal system.
fluorbenzene
fluorobenzene
fluorobenzene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any fluorinated derivative of benzene, but especially the mono-substituted C₆H₅F (phenyl fluoride)
fortunize
fortunize
verb
(rare, obsolete, transitive) To make fortunate or wealthy.
functionalize
functionalize
verb
(organic chemistry) To add a functional group to a compound
To provide something with a function
functionalized
functionalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of functionalize
functionize
furazolidone
furazolidone
noun
An antibacterial agent used to treat diarrhoea and enteritis caused by bacteria or protozoan infections.
furomonazole
galvanocauterization
galvanocauterization
noun
Synonym of galvanocautery
gazehound
gazehound
noun
Synonym of sighthound (“a hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance”)
glaucophanize
glucosazone
glucosazone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any osazone of glucose
gluttonize
gluttonize
verb
(intransitive) To eat an excessive amount, or voraciously.
gluttonized
gluttonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gluttonize
