| absolutization | (noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. | Synonyms: absolutisation |
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| acclimatization | (noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) | Synonyms: acclimation, acclimatisation |
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| acclimatize | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatise |
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| achromatize | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatise |
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| advertize | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertise, promote, push |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, publicise, publicize |
| advertizement | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizing |
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| advertizer | (noun) someone whose business is advertising | Synonyms: adman, advertiser |
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| advertizing | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement |
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| alphabetization | (noun) the act of putting in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetisation |
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| alphabetize | (verb) arrange in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetise |
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| (verb) provide with an alphabet | - |
| alphabetized | (adjective) having been put in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetised |
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| alphabetizer | (noun) a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetiser |
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| amortization | (noun) payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers | Synonyms: amortisation |
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| (noun) the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years | Synonyms: amortisation |
| amortize | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortise |
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| anaesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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| anagrammatize | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatise |
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| anathematization | (noun) the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed | Synonyms: anathematisation |
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| anathematize | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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| anesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, put out, put under |
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| apostatize | (verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | Synonyms: apostatise, tergiversate |
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| appetizer | (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetiser, starter |
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| appetizing | (adjective) appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma | Synonyms: appetising |
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| appetizingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetisingness |
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| aromatize | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: aromatise, perfume |
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| automatize | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatise |
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| (verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatise |
| baptize | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptise, christen |
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| baptized | (adjective) having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism | Synonyms: baptised |
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| baronetize | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetise |
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| bipartizan | (adjective) supported by both sides | Synonyms: bipartisan, two-party, two-way |
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| cinematize | (verb) make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film | Synonyms: cinematise |
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| citizen | (noun) a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community | - |
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| citizenry | (noun) the body of citizens of a state or country | Synonyms: people |
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| citizenship | (noun) conduct as a citizen | - |
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| (noun) the status of a citizen with rights and duties | - |
| concertize | (verb) give concerts; perform in concerts | Synonyms: concertise |
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| concretize | (verb) become specific | Synonyms: concretise |
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| (verb) make something concrete | - |
| demagnetization | (noun) the process of removing magnetization | Synonyms: demagnetisation |
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| demagnetize | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: degauss, demagnetise |
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| (verb) erase (a magnetic storage device) | Synonyms: demagnetise |
| democratization | (noun) the action of making something democratic | Synonyms: democratisation |
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| democratize | (verb) become (more) democratic; of nations | Synonyms: democratise |
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| (verb) introduce democratic reforms; of nations | Synonyms: democratise |
| demonetization | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetisation |
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| demonetize | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetise |
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| deputize | (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: depute, deputise |
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| (verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, step in, substitute |
| desensitization | (noun) the process of reducing sensitivity | Synonyms: desensitisation |
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| desensitize | (verb) make insensitive | Synonyms: desensitise |
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| (verb) cause not to be sensitive | Synonyms: desensitise |
| desensitizing | (adjective) making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli | Synonyms: desensitising |
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| diazotize | (verb) convert (an amine) into a diazo compound | - |
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| digitization | (noun) conversion of analog information into digital information | Synonyms: digitisation |
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| digitize | (verb) put into digital form, as for use in a computer | Synonyms: digitalise, digitalize, digitise |
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| digitizer | (noun) device for converting analogue signals into digital signals | Synonyms: analog-digital converter, analog-to-digital converter, digitiser |
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| dogmatize | (verb) state as a dogma | Synonyms: dogmatise |
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| (verb) speak dogmatically | Synonyms: dogmatise |
| dramatization | (noun) a dramatic representation | Synonyms: dramatisation |
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| (noun) conversion into dramatic form | Synonyms: dramatisation |
| dramatize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| (verb) represent something in a dramatic manner | Synonyms: dramatise |
| (verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: adopt, dramatise |
| euthanatize | (verb) intentionally cause the painless death of a person or animal | Synonyms: euthanatise, euthanise, euthanize, mercy kill |
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| fragmentize | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragment, fragmentise |
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| hypersensitized | (adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor) | Synonyms: allergic, hypersensitised, hypersensitive, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized |
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| hypnotize | (verb) induce hypnosis in | Synonyms: hypnotise, mesmerise, mesmerize |
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| hypnotized | (adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell | Synonyms: fascinated, hypnotised, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed |
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| hypnotizer | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotiser, hypnotist, mesmerist, mesmerizer |
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| hypostatization | (noun) regarding something abstract as a material thing | Synonyms: hypostatisation, reification |
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| hypostatize | (verb) construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity | Synonyms: hypostatise |
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| legitimatize | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimise, legitimize |
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| magnetization | (noun) the physical property of being magnetic | Synonyms: magnetisation |
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| (noun) the process that makes a substance magnetic (temporarily or permanently) | Synonyms: magnetic induction, magnetisation |
| (noun) the extent or degree to which something is magnetized | Synonyms: magnetisation |
| magnetize | (verb) make magnetic | Synonyms: magnetise |
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| (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: bewitch, magnetise, mesmerise, mesmerize, spellbind |
| magnetized | (adjective) having the properties of a magnet; i.e. of attracting iron or steel | Synonyms: magnetic, magnetised |
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| mestiza | (noun) a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) | - |
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| mestizo | (noun) a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) | - |
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| monetization | (noun) establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: monetisation |
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| monetize | (verb) give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: monetise |
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| narcotize | (verb) administer narcotics to | Synonyms: narcotise |
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| narcotized | (adjective) under the influence of narcotics | Synonyms: doped, drugged, narcotised |
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| narcotizing | (adjective) inducing stupor or narcosis | Synonyms: narcotic, narcotising |
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| noncitizen | (noun) a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country | Synonyms: alien, foreigner, outlander |
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| nonpartizan | (adjective) free from party affiliation or bias | Synonyms: nonpartisan |
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| (noun) a person who is nonpartisan | Synonyms: nonpartisan |
| overdramatize | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatise |
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| partizan | (adjective) devoted to a cause or party | Synonyms: partisan |
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| (noun) a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: partisan |
| (noun) an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity | Synonyms: enthusiast, partisan |
| peptization | (noun) the process of converting to a sol; bringing to a colloidal solution | Synonyms: peptisation |
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| peptize | (verb) disperse in a medium into a colloidal state | Synonyms: peptise |
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| phlegmatizer | (noun) a material added to an explosive to make it less susceptible to detonation and thus more stable and safer to handle and transport. | - |
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| photosensitize | (verb) make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light | Synonyms: photosensitise |
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| poetize | (verb) compose verses or put into verse | Synonyms: poetise, verse, versify |
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| poetizer | (noun) a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) | Synonyms: poetiser, rhymer, rhymester, versifier |
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| prioritize | (verb) assign a priority to | Synonyms: prioritise |
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| privatization | (noun) changing something from state to private ownership or control | Synonyms: denationalisation, denationalization, privatisation |
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| privatize | (verb) change from governmental to private control or ownership | Synonyms: privatise |
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| proselytize | (verb) convert to another faith or religion | Synonyms: proselytise |
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| quantization | (noun) the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory | Synonyms: quantisation |
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| quantize | (verb) apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor | Synonyms: quantise |
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| (verb) approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values | Synonyms: quantise |
| quantized | (adjective) of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states | Synonyms: quantal |
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| sanitization | (noun) making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing | Synonyms: sanitation, sanitisation |
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| sanitize | (verb) make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features | Synonyms: sanitise |
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| (verb) make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing | Synonyms: hygienise, hygienize, sanitise |
| sanitized | (adjective) made sanitary | Synonyms: sanitised |
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| 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 |
| schematize | (verb) give conventional form to | Synonyms: schematise |
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| (verb) formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula | - |
| 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 |
| sensitize | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise |
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| (verb) make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion | Synonyms: sensitise |
| (verb) make sensitive to a drug or allergen | Synonyms: sensitise |
| (verb) cause to sense; make sensitive | Synonyms: sensitise |
| sensitized | (adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor) | Synonyms: allergic, hypersensitised, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitised, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized |
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| sensitizer | (noun) (chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction | Synonyms: sensitiser |
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| sensitizing | (adjective) making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli | Synonyms: sensitising |
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| (noun) rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections | Synonyms: sensitisation, sensitising, sensitization |
| sentimentize | (verb) act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression | Synonyms: sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentise |
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| sovietize | (verb) model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union | Synonyms: sovietise |
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| (verb) bring under Soviet control, of a country | Synonyms: sovietise |