| allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
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| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
| allegoriser | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegorizer |
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| aphorise | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorize |
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| apprise | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize |
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| (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize, revalue |
| (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
| (verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprize, instruct |
| arborise | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborize |
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| arise | (verb) get up and out of bed | Synonyms: get up, rise, turn out, uprise |
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| (verb) result or issue | Synonyms: come up |
| (verb) rise to one's feet | Synonyms: get up, rise, stand up, uprise |
| (verb) move upward | Synonyms: come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise |
| (verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: rebel, rise, rise up |
| (verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise |
| (verb) originate or come into being | Synonyms: bob up, come up |
| authorise | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorize, clear, pass |
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| (verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorize, empower |
| authorised | (adjective) endowed with authority | Synonyms: authoritative, authorized |
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| authoriser | (noun) an authority who authorizes (people or actions) | Synonyms: authorizer |
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| bacterise | (verb) subject to the action of bacteria | Synonyms: bacterize |
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| barbarise | (verb) make crude or savage in behavior or speech | Synonyms: barbarize |
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| (verb) become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language | Synonyms: barbarize |
| bonderise | (verb) coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion | Synonyms: bonderize |
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| bowdlerise | (verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten |
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| bowdleriser | (noun) a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages | Synonyms: bowdlerizer, expurgator |
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| burglarise | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarize, burgle, heist |
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| carburise | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carbonize, carburize |
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| categorise | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorize |
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| categorised | (adjective) arranged into categories | Synonyms: categorized |
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| catheterise | (verb) insert a catheter into (a body part) | Synonyms: catheterize |
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| cauterise | (verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | Synonyms: burn, cauterize |
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| (verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: callous, cauterize |
| cerise | (adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies | Synonyms: blood-red, carmine, cherry-red, cherry, crimson, red, reddish, ruby-red, ruby, ruddy, scarlet |
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| (noun) a red the color of ripe cherries | Synonyms: cherry, cherry red |
| characterise | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterize, qualify |
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| (verb) be characteristic of | Synonyms: characterize |
| cicatrise | (verb) form a scar, after an injury | Synonyms: cicatrize |
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| circularise | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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| (verb) distribute circulars to | Synonyms: circularize |
| (verb) canvass by distributing letters | Synonyms: circularize |
| colorise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize |
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| colourise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourize |
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| comprise | (verb) include or contain; have as a component | Synonyms: contain, incorporate |
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| (verb) be composed of | Synonyms: consist |
| (verb) form or compose | Synonyms: be, constitute, make up, represent |
| computerise | (verb) control a function, process, or creation by a computer | Synonyms: computerize, cybernate |
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| (verb) store in a computer | Synonyms: computerize |
| (verb) provide with computers | Synonyms: computerize |
| containerise | (verb) package in a container | Synonyms: containerize |
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| contemporise | (verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporize, synchronise, synchronize |
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| (verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporize, synchronise, synchronize |
| copolymerise | (verb) polymerize together | Synonyms: copolymerize |
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| decarburise | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburize, decoke |
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| decolorise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| demilitarise | (verb) do away with the military organization and potential of | Synonyms: demilitarize |
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| (verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarize, disarm |
| denaturised | (adjective) changed in nature or natural quality | Synonyms: denatured, denaturized |
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| deodorise | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorize, deodourise |
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| deodourise | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorise, deodorize |
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| depolarise | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarize |
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| depressurise | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurize |
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| discolorise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorize, discolourise |
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| discolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize |
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| enterprise | (noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) | Synonyms: endeavor, endeavour |
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| (noun) readiness to embark on bold new ventures | Synonyms: enterprisingness, go-ahead, initiative |
| (noun) an organization created for business ventures | - |
| enterpriser | (noun) someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | Synonyms: entrepreneur |
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| equilibrise | (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: balance, equilibrate, equilibrize |
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| etherise | (verb) anesthetize with ether | Synonyms: etherize |
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| extemporise | (verb) perform without preparation | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporize, improvise, improvize |
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| exteriorise | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectify |
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| factorise | (verb) resolve (a polynomial) into factors | Synonyms: factorize |
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| familiarise | (verb) make familiar or conversant with | Synonyms: acquaint, familiarize |
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| familiarised | (adjective) having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment | Synonyms: adjusted, familiarized |
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| formularise | (verb) express as a formula | Synonyms: formularize |
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| glamorise | (verb) make glamorous and attractive | Synonyms: glamorize, glamourise, glamourize |
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| glamourise | (verb) make glamorous and attractive | Synonyms: glamorise, glamorize, glamourize |
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| (verb) interpret romantically | Synonyms: glamorize, romanticise, romanticize |
| griseofulvin | (noun) a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium | Synonyms: Fulvicin |
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| interiorise | (verb) incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal | Synonyms: interiorize, internalise, internalize |
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| isomerise | (verb) change into an isomer | Synonyms: isomerize |
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| (verb) cause to change into an isomer | Synonyms: isomerize |
| linearise | (verb) make linear or get into a linear form | Synonyms: linearize |
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| martyrise | (verb) torture and torment like a martyr | Synonyms: martyr, martyrize |
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| memorise | (verb) commit to memory; learn by heart | Synonyms: con, learn, memorize |
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| memoriser | (noun) a person who learns by rote | Synonyms: memorizer |
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| mercerise | (verb) treat to strengthen and improve the luster | Synonyms: mercerize |
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| mercerised | (adjective) of cotton thread that has been treated with sodium hydroxide to shrink it and increase its luster and affinity for dye | Synonyms: mercerized |
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| mesmerise | (verb) induce hypnosis in | Synonyms: hypnotise, hypnotize, mesmerize |
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| (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerize, spellbind |
| mesmerised | (adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell | Synonyms: fascinated, hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed |
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| militarise | (verb) adopt for military use | Synonyms: militarize |
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| (verb) lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force | Synonyms: militarize |
| militarised | (adjective) issued military arms | Synonyms: militarized |
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| miniaturise | (verb) design or construct on a smaller scale | Synonyms: miniaturize |
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| moisturise | (verb) make (more) humid | Synonyms: humidify, moisturize |
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| motorise | (verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles | Synonyms: mechanise, mechanize, motorize |
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| motorised | (adjective) equipped with a motor or motors | Synonyms: motored, motorized |
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| notarise | (verb) authenticate as a notary | Synonyms: notarize |
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| odourise | (verb) cause to smell or be smelly | Synonyms: odorize, scent |
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| particularise | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularize, specialise, specialize, specify |
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| particularised | (adjective) directed toward a specific object | Synonyms: particularized |
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| pasteurise | (verb) heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms | Synonyms: pasteurize |
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| pasteurised | (adjective) having been subjected to pasteurization in order to halt fermentation | Synonyms: pasteurized |
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| pasteuriser | (noun) an apparatus for pasteurizing substances (especially milk). | Synonyms: pasteurizer |
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| pauperise | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: beggar, pauperize |
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| periselene | (noun) periapsis in orbit around the moon | Synonyms: perilune |
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| pharisee | (noun) a self-righteous or sanctimonious person | - |
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| plagiarise | (verb) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | Synonyms: lift, plagiarize |
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| plagiarised | (adjective) copied and passed off as your own | Synonyms: plagiaristic, plagiarized |
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| plagiariser | (noun) someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own | Synonyms: literary pirate, pirate, plagiarist, plagiarizer |
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| polarise | (verb) become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation | Synonyms: polarize |
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| (verb) cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | Synonyms: polarize |
| (verb) cause to vibrate in a definite pattern | Synonyms: polarize |
| polymerise | (verb) undergo polymerization | Synonyms: polymerize |
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| (verb) cause (a compound) to polymerize | Synonyms: polymerize |
| popularise | (verb) make understandable to the general public | Synonyms: popularize |
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| (verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize |
| populariser | (noun) someone who makes something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularizer, vulgariser, vulgarizer |
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| powderise | (verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust | Synonyms: powder, powderize, pulverise, pulverize |
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| (verb) become powder or dust | Synonyms: powderize, pulverise, pulverize |
| pressurise | (verb) increase the pressure in or of | Synonyms: pressurize |
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| (verb) maintain a certain pressure | Synonyms: pressurize |
| (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurize, supercharge |
| prise | (verb) regard highly; think much of | Synonyms: esteem, prize, respect, value |
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| (verb) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open | Synonyms: jimmy, lever, prize, pry |
| (verb) make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry | Synonyms: pry |
| pulverise | (verb) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust | Synonyms: powder, powderise, powderize, pulverize |
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| (verb) become powder or dust | Synonyms: powderise, powderize, pulverize |
| (verb) destroy completely | Synonyms: demolish, pulverize |
| pulverised | (adjective) consisting of fine particles | Synonyms: fine-grained, powdered, powdery, pulverized, small-grained |
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| reflectorise | (verb) provide with reflectors, such as chemicals | Synonyms: reflectorize |
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| regularise | (verb) make regular or more regular | Synonyms: regularize |
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| (verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations | Synonyms: govern, order, regularize, regulate |
| remilitarise | (verb) militarize anew | Synonyms: remilitarize |
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| reprise | (verb) repeat an earlier theme of a composition | Synonyms: recapitulate, repeat, reprize |
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| rise | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascending, ascension, ascent |
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| (noun) increase in price or value | Synonyms: advance |
| (noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises | Synonyms: rising slope, upgrade |
| (noun) the amount a salary is increased | Synonyms: hike, raise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase |
| (noun) an increase in cost | Synonyms: boost, cost increase, hike |
| (noun) a growth in strength or number or importance | - |
| (noun) a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground | Synonyms: lift |
| (noun) a movement upward; rise above the ground | Synonyms: ascension, ascent, rising |
| (noun) (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost | Synonyms: emanation, procession |
| (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, upgrade |
| (verb) return from the dead | Synonyms: resurrect, uprise |
| (verb) get up and out of bed | Synonyms: arise, get up, turn out, uprise |
| (verb) increase in value or to a higher point | Synonyms: climb, go up |
| (verb) become more extreme | Synonyms: heighten |
| (verb) go up or advance | Synonyms: climb, mount, wax |
| (verb) rise in rank or status | Synonyms: climb up, jump |
| (verb) exert oneself to meet a challenge | - |
| (verb) become heartened or elated | - |
| (verb) move upward | Synonyms: arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, uprise |
| (verb) increase in volume | Synonyms: prove |
| (verb) come to the surface | Synonyms: come up, rise up, surface |
| (verb) rise to one's feet | Synonyms: arise, get up, stand up, uprise |
| (verb) move to a better position in life or to a better job | Synonyms: ascend, move up |
| (verb) come up, of celestial bodies | Synonyms: ascend, come up, uprise |
| (verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: arise, rebel, rise up |
| (verb) rise up | Synonyms: lift, rear |
| (verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: arise, develop, grow, originate, spring up, uprise |
| risen | (adjective) (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon | - |
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| riser | (noun) structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step | - |
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| (noun) a vertical pipe in a building | Synonyms: riser main, riser pipe, riser pipeline |
| (noun) a person who rises (especially from bed) | - |