| masculinization | (noun) the abnormal development of male sexual characteristics in a female (usually as the result of hormone therapies or adrenal malfunction) | Synonyms: masculinisation, virilisation, virilization |
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| materialization | (noun) an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | Synonyms: manifestation, materialisation |
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| (noun) something that comes into existence as a result | Synonyms: materialisation, offspring |
| (noun) the process of coming into being; becoming reality | Synonyms: materialisation |
| matzah | (noun) brittle flat bread eaten at Passover | Synonyms: matzo, matzoh, unleavened bread |
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| maximization | (noun) the act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position | Synonyms: maximation, maximisation |
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| (noun) the mathematical process of finding the maximum value of a function | - |
| mazzard | (noun) wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting | Synonyms: gean, mazzard cherry |
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| mechanization | (noun) the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware | Synonyms: automation, mechanisation |
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| (noun) the condition of having a highly technical implementation | Synonyms: mechanisation |
| memorialization | (noun) a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something | Synonyms: commemoration, memorialisation |
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| memorization | (noun) learning so as to be able to remember verbatim | Synonyms: committal to memory, memorisation |
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| mestiza | (noun) a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry) | - |
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| mezuza | (noun) religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and rolled up in a case that is attached to the doorframe of many Jewish households in accordance with Jewish law | Synonyms: mezuzah |
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| mezuzah | (noun) religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and rolled up in a case that is attached to the doorframe of many Jewish households in accordance with Jewish law | Synonyms: mezuza |
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| mezzanine | (noun) intermediate floor just above the ground floor | Synonyms: entresol, mezzanine floor |
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| (noun) first or lowest balcony | Synonyms: first balcony |
| militarization | (noun) act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: | Synonyms: militarisation, mobilisation, mobilization |
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| miniaturization | (noun) act of making on a greatly reduced scale | Synonyms: miniaturisation |
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| minimization | (noun) the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position | Synonyms: minimisation |
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| mirza | (noun) a title of respect placed before the surname of an official, scholar, or other distinguished man. | - |
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| mobilization | (noun) act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action | Synonyms: mobilisation |
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| (noun) act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: | Synonyms: militarisation, militarization, mobilisation |
| modernization | (noun) making modern in appearance or behavior | Synonyms: modernisation |
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| (noun) a modernized version (as of a play) | - |
| monetization | (noun) establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: monetisation |
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| monopolization | (noun) domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion of others | Synonyms: monopolisation |
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| moralization | (noun) the act of making moral (or more moral) | Synonyms: moralisation |
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| (noun) indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code | Synonyms: moralisation, moralizing |
| motorization | (noun) the act of motorizing (equipping with motors or with motor vehicles) | Synonyms: motorisation |
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| mozzarella | (noun) mild white Italian cheese | - |
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| myelinization | (noun) the development of a myelin sheath around a nerve fiber | Synonyms: myelinisation |
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| mythologization | (noun) the restatement of a message as a myth | Synonyms: mythologisation |
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| nasalization | (noun) the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators | Synonyms: nasalisation |
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| nationalization | (noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communisation, communization, nationalisation |
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| (noun) the action of rendering national in character | Synonyms: nationalisation |
| (noun) the action of forming or becoming a nation | Synonyms: nationalisation |
| naturalization | (noun) the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship | Synonyms: naturalisation |
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| (noun) changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology | Synonyms: naturalisation |
| (noun) the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous | Synonyms: naturalisation |
| (noun) the quality of being brought into conformity with nature | Synonyms: naturalisation |
| nebuchadnezzar | (noun) a very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine; used especially for display | - |
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| neutralization | (noun) action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action | Synonyms: counteraction, neutralisation |
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| (noun) action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war | Synonyms: neutralisation |
| (noun) (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation) | Synonyms: neutralisation |
| (noun) a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water | Synonyms: neutralisation, neutralisation reaction, neutralization reaction |
| nonpartizan | (adjective) free from party affiliation or bias | Synonyms: nonpartisan |
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| (noun) a person who is nonpartisan | Synonyms: nonpartisan |
| nonvolatilizable | (adjective) not volatilizing readily | Synonyms: nonvolatile, nonvolatilisable |
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| normalization | (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalisation, standardisation, standardization |
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| novelization | (noun) converting something into the form of a novel | Synonyms: novelisation |
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| objectivization | (noun) the act or process of making or becoming objective. | - |
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| opsonization | (noun) process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis | Synonyms: opsonisation |
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| optimization | (noun) the act of rendering optimal | Synonyms: optimisation |
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| organization | (noun) the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business | Synonyms: organisation |
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| (noun) the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically | Synonyms: organisation |
| (noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: constitution, establishment, formation, organisation |
| (noun) an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized | Synonyms: organisation, system |
| (noun) an organized structure for arranging or classifying | Synonyms: arrangement, organisation, system |
| (noun) a group of people who work together | Synonyms: organisation |
| (noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation |
| organizational | (adjective) of or relating to an organization | Synonyms: organisational |
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| organizationally | (adverb) with regard to organization | - |
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| organza | (noun) a fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy | - |
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| overcapitalization | (noun) (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants) | Synonyms: overcapitalisation |
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| overutilization | (noun) exploitation to the point of diminishing returns | Synonyms: overexploitation, overuse, overutilisation |
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| oxidizable | (adjective) capable of undergoing a chemical reaction with oxygen | - |
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| oxidization | (noun) the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction | Synonyms: oxidation, oxidisation |
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| ozaena | (noun) a chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures | Synonyms: ozena |
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| particularization | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: detailing, particularisation |
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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 |
| pasteurization | (noun) partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food | Synonyms: pasteurisation |
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| pauperization | (noun) the act of making someone poor | Synonyms: impoverishment, pauperisation |
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| (noun) a state of extreme poverty or destitution | Synonyms: indigence, need, pauperism, penury |
| penalization | (noun) the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty | Synonyms: penalisation, penalty, punishment |
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| peptization | (noun) the process of converting to a sol; bringing to a colloidal solution | Synonyms: peptisation |
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| piazza | (noun) a public square with room for pedestrians | Synonyms: place, plaza |
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| pizza | (noun) Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese | Synonyms: pizza pie |
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| pizzaz | (noun) the activeness of an energetic personality | Synonyms: dynamism, oomph, pizzazz, zing |
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| pizzazz | (noun) the activeness of an energetic personality | Synonyms: dynamism, oomph, pizzaz, zing |
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| plagiarization | (noun) the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own | Synonyms: piracy, plagiarisation, plagiarism |
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| plaza | (noun) mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | Synonyms: center, centre, mall, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall |
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| (noun) a public square with room for pedestrians | Synonyms: piazza, place |
| pluralization | (noun) the act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to | Synonyms: pluralisation |
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| polarization | (noun) the phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration | Synonyms: polarisation |
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| (noun) the condition of having or giving polarity | Synonyms: polarisation |
| polymerization | (noun) a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound | Synonyms: polymerisation |
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| popularization | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public | Synonyms: popularisation, vulgarisation, vulgarization |
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| (noun) an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable | Synonyms: popularisation |
| privatization | (noun) changing something from state to private ownership or control | Synonyms: denationalisation, denationalization, privatisation |
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| professionalization | (noun) the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood | Synonyms: professionalisation |
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| pulverization | (noun) the act of grinding to a powder or dust | Synonyms: grind, mill, pulverisation |
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| (noun) annihilation by pulverizing something | Synonyms: pulverisation |
| (noun) a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized | Synonyms: powder, pulverisation |
| quantization | (noun) the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory | Synonyms: quantisation |
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| quetzal | (noun) large trogon of Central America and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage | Synonyms: quetzal bird |
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| (noun) the basic unit of money in Guatemala; equal to 100 centavos | - |
| randomization | (noun) a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance | Synonyms: randomisation |
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| rationalization | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalisation, systematisation, systematization |
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| (noun) (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation | Synonyms: rationalisation |
| (noun) the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency | Synonyms: rationalisation |
| (noun) the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Synonyms: rationalisation |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening | Synonyms: rationalisation |
| realizable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: accomplishable, achievable, doable, manageable |
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| (adjective) capable of being realized | - |
| realization | (noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality | Synonyms: actualisation, actualization, realisation |
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| (noun) a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained | Synonyms: realisation |
| (noun) something that is made real or concrete | Synonyms: fruition, realisation |
| (noun) the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer | Synonyms: realisation |
| (noun) coming to understand something clearly and distinctly | Synonyms: realisation, recognition |
| (noun) a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer | Synonyms: realisation |
| recognizable | (adjective) capable of being recognized | Synonyms: placeable, recognisable |
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| (adjective) easily perceived; easy to become aware of | - |
| recognizably | (adverb) to a recognizable degree | - |
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| recognizance | (noun) (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited | Synonyms: recognisance |
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| regularization | (noun) the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular | Synonyms: regularisation, regulation |
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| (noun) the condition of having been made regular (or more regular) | Synonyms: regularisation |
| reharmonization | (noun) a piece of music whose original harmony has been revised | Synonyms: reharmonisation |
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| relativization | (noun) the act or result of making relative or regarding as relative rather than absolute. | Synonyms: relativisation |
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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| sforzando | (noun) (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack | - |
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| (noun) an accented chord | - |
| signalization | (noun) a conspicuous indication | Synonyms: signalisation |
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| sizable | (adjective) large in amount or extent or degree | Synonyms: goodish, goodly, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizeable, tidy |
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| (adjective) fairly large in size | Synonyms: ample, sizeable |
| 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 |
| 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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| solmizate | (verb) sing using syllables like `do', `re' and `mi' to represent the tones of the scale | - |
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| (verb) sing by the syllables of solmization | - |
| 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 |