| remilitarization | (noun) the act of militarizing again | Synonyms: remilitarisation |
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| reorganization | (noun) the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes) | Synonyms: reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup |
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| (noun) an extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government | - |
| revitalization | (noun) bringing again into activity and prominence | Synonyms: resurgence, revitalisation, revival, revivification |
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| rhizoctinia | (noun) any fungus now or formerly belonging to the form genus Rhizoctinia | - |
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| rhizoid | (noun) any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc | - |
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| rhizome | (noun) a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure | Synonyms: rootstalk, rootstock |
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| rhizomorph | (noun) a dense mass of hyphae forming a root-like structure characteristic of many fungi | - |
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| rhizopod | (noun) protozoa characterized by a pseudopod | Synonyms: rhizopodan |
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| rhizopodan | (noun) protozoa characterized by a pseudopod | Synonyms: rhizopod |
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| rhizopus | (noun) any of various rot causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus | - |
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| rhizotomy | (noun) surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms | - |
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| romanticization | (noun) the act of indulging in sentiment | Synonyms: romanticisation, sentimentalisation, sentimentalization |
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| ruggedization | (noun) the act of making a piece of equipment rugged (strengthening to resist wear or abuse) | Synonyms: ruggedisation |
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| samizdat | (noun) a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature | Synonyms: underground press |
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| sanitization | (noun) making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing | Synonyms: sanitation, sanitisation |
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| scandalization | (noun) the act of scandalizing | Synonyms: outrage, scandalisation |
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| (noun) the condition of being shocked (as by improper behavior) | Synonyms: scandalisation |
| schematization | (noun) providing a chart or outline of a system | Synonyms: diagramming, schematisation |
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| (noun) the act of reducing to a scheme or formula | Synonyms: schematisation |
| schizanthus | (noun) any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers | Synonyms: butterfly flower, poor man's orchid |
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| schizocarp | (noun) a dry dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more parts each with a single seed | - |
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| schizogony | (noun) asexual reproduction by multiple fission; characteristic of many sporozoan protozoans | - |
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| schizoid | (noun) characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia | Synonyms: schizotypal personality |
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| schizopetalon | (noun) a dainty South American annual having deeply pinnatifid leaves and racemes of fringed almond-scented purple-white flowers | Synonyms: Schizopetalon walkeri |
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| schizophrenia | (noun) any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact | Synonyms: dementia praecox, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis |
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| schizophrenic | (noun) someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia | - |
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| schizothymia | (noun) resembling schizophrenia but remaining within the bounds of normality | - |
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| scrutinizer | (noun) a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care | Synonyms: scrutiniser |
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| sectionalization | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, segmentation |
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| secularization | (noun) transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession | Synonyms: secularisation |
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| (noun) the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion | Synonyms: secularisation |
| seizer | (noun) a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship | Synonyms: shanghaier |
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| seizing | (noun) the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) | Synonyms: grasping, prehension, taking hold |
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| (noun) small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together | - |
| seizure | (noun) the taking possession of something by legal process | - |
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| (noun) the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property | Synonyms: capture, gaining control |
| (noun) the act of taking of a person by force | Synonyms: capture |
| (noun) a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease | Synonyms: ictus, raptus |
| sensitization | (noun) rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections | Synonyms: sensitisation, sensitising, sensitizing |
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| (noun) (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations) | Synonyms: sensitisation |
| (noun) the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen) | Synonyms: sensitisation |
| sensitizer | (noun) (chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction | Synonyms: sensitiser |
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| sensitizing | (noun) rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections | Synonyms: sensitisation, sensitising, sensitization |
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| sentimentalization | (noun) the act of indulging in sentiment | Synonyms: romanticisation, romanticization, sentimentalisation |
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| serialization | (noun) publication in serial form | Synonyms: serialisation |
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| sermonizer | (noun) someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | Synonyms: preacher, preacher man, sermoniser |
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| signalization | (noun) a conspicuous indication | Synonyms: signalisation |
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| size | (noun) the physical magnitude of something (how big it is) | - |
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| (noun) the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing) | - |
| (noun) a large magnitude | - |
| (noun) the actual state of affairs | Synonyms: size of it |
| (noun) any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics | Synonyms: sizing |
| sizeableness | (noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, vastness, wideness |
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| sizing | (noun) any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics | Synonyms: size |
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| sizzle | (noun) a sizzling noise | - |
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| socialization | (noun) the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture | Synonyms: acculturation, enculturation, socialisation |
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| (noun) the act of meeting for social purposes | Synonyms: socialisation, socialising, socializing |
| (noun) the action of establishing on a socialist basis | Synonyms: socialisation |
| socializer | (noun) a person who takes part in social activities | Synonyms: socialiser |
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| socializing | (noun) the act of meeting for social purposes | Synonyms: socialisation, socialising, socialization |
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| solarization | (noun) exposure to the rays of the sun | Synonyms: solarisation |
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| solemnization | (noun) the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual | Synonyms: celebration, solemnisation |
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| solmization | (noun) singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major | Synonyms: solfege, solfeggio |
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| (noun) a system of naming the notes of a musical scale by syllables instead of letters | Synonyms: solmisation |
| specialization | (noun) the special line of work you have adopted as your career | Synonyms: specialisation, specialism, speciality, specialty |
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| (noun) the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose | Synonyms: specialisation |
| (noun) (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function | Synonyms: differentiation, specialisation |
| specializer | (noun) an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning | Synonyms: specialiser, specialist |
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| spiritualization | (noun) the act of making something spiritual; infusing it with spiritual content | Synonyms: spiritualisation |
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| stabilization | (noun) the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable | Synonyms: stabilisation |
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| (noun) the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn | Synonyms: stabilisation |
| stabilizer | (noun) a device for making something stable | Synonyms: stabiliser |
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| (noun) airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft | - |
| (noun) a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state | - |
| standardization | (noun) the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Synonyms: calibration, standardisation |
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| (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalisation, normalization, standardisation |
| (noun) the condition in which a standard has been successfully established | Synonyms: standardisation |
| standardizer | (noun) a person who sets a standard for things to conform to | Synonyms: standardiser |
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| sterilization | (noun) the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) | Synonyms: sterilisation |
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| (noun) the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) | Synonyms: sterilisation |
| sterilizer | (noun) a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments | Synonyms: autoclave, steriliser |
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| stigmatization | (noun) the act of stigmatizing | Synonyms: branding, stigmatisation |
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| stylization | (noun) the act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style | Synonyms: stylisation |
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| subsidization | (noun) the act of providing a subsidy | Synonyms: grant, subsidisation |
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| (noun) money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidisation |
| subsidizer | (noun) someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidiser |
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| subvocalizer | (noun) someone who articulates speech without uttering sounds | Synonyms: subvocaliser |
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| summarization | (noun) the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly | Synonyms: summarisation |
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| swiz | (noun) British slang for a swindle | - |
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| swizzle | (noun) any of various tall frothy mixed drinks made usually of rum and lime juice and sugar shaken with ice | - |
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| syllogizer | (noun) logician skilled in syllogistic reasoning | Synonyms: syllogiser, syllogist |
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| symbolization | (noun) the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning | Synonyms: symbolisation, symbolism |
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| (noun) something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible | Synonyms: symbol, symbolic representation, symbolisation |
| (noun) the use of symbols to convey meaning | Synonyms: symbolisation |
| symbolizer | (noun) someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols | Synonyms: symboliser, symbolist |
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| symbolizing | (noun) the act of representing something with a symbol | Synonyms: symbolising |
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| sympathizer | (noun) someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful | Synonyms: sympathiser, well-wisher |
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| (noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | Synonyms: comforter, sympathiser |
| synchronization | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronizing |
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| (noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronising, synchronizing |
| (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronizing, synchrony |
| synchronizer | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchroniser, synchronoscope, synchroscope |
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| synchronizing | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronization |
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| (noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization |
| (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchrony |
| synizesis | (noun) the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis | Synonyms: synezesis |
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| synthesizer | (noun) (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments | Synonyms: synthesiser |
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| (noun) an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods | Synonyms: synthesiser, synthesist |
| systematization | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalisation, rationalization, systematisation |
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| systematizer | (noun) an organizer who puts things in order | Synonyms: orderer, systematiser, systematist, systemiser, systemizer |
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| systemizer | (noun) an organizer who puts things in order | Synonyms: orderer, systematiser, systematist, systematizer, systemiser |
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| tantalization | (noun) the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances | Synonyms: ribbing, tease, teasing |
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| tantalizer | (noun) someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach | Synonyms: tantaliser |
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| temporalization | (noun) The act or process of placing or defining in time relations. | - |
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| temporizer | (noun) someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time | Synonyms: temporiser |
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| tenderization | (noun) the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it | Synonyms: tenderisation |
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| tenderizer | (noun) a substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender | Synonyms: tenderiser |
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| territorialization | (noun) the act of organizing as a territory | Synonyms: territorialisation |
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| terrorization | (noun) the act of inspiring with fear | Synonyms: frightening, terrorisation |
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| (noun) an act of terrorism | Synonyms: terrorisation |
| theologizer | (noun) someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology | Synonyms: theologian, theologiser, theologist |
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| theorization | (noun) the production or use of theories | Synonyms: theorisation |
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| theorizer | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist |
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| tizzy | (noun) an excited state of agitation | Synonyms: dither, flap, fuss, pother |
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| topicalization | (noun) (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English | - |
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| totalizator | (noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totaliser, totalizer |
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| totalizer | (noun) a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions | Synonyms: adding machine, totaliser |
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| (noun) computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won | Synonyms: pari-mutuel machine, totalisator, totaliser, totalizator |
| tranquilizer | (noun) a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | Synonyms: antianxiety agent, ataractic, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilliser, tranquillizer |
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| tranquillizer | (noun) a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity | Synonyms: antianxiety agent, ataractic, ataractic agent, ataractic drug, tranquilizer, tranquilliser |
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| tribalization | (noun) the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis | Synonyms: tribalisation |
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| unappetizingness | (noun) the property of spoiling the appetite | Synonyms: unappetisingness |
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| unionization | (noun) act of forming labor unions | Synonyms: unionisation |
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| unitization | (noun) conversion of an investment trust into a unit investment trust | Synonyms: unitisation |
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| (noun) the joint development of a petroleum resource that straddles territory controlled by different companies | Synonyms: unitisation |
| (noun) the act of packaging cargo into unit loads | Synonyms: unitisation |
| (noun) (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units | Synonyms: chunking, unitisation |
| urbanization | (noun) the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban | Synonyms: urbanisation |
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| (noun) the condition of being urbanized | Synonyms: urbanisation |