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- cu|tin|i|za|tion «KYOO tuh nuh ZAY shuhn», noun.Botany. a modification of cell walls by which they become impermeable to water through the presence of cutin.
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chi´tin|i|za´tion — chi|tin|ize «KY tuh nyz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make into chitin; harden by deposition of chitin. –chi´tin|i|za´tion, noun … Useful english dictionary
con|tin|u|a|tion — «kuhn TIHN yu AY shuhn», noun. 1. the act of going on with a thing after stopping; a beginning again: »Continuation of my work was hard after I had been ill for a month. SYNONYM(S): resumption. 2. anything by which a thing is continued; added… … Useful english dictionary
i|tin|er|a|tion — «y TIHN uh RAY shuhn, ih », noun. the act of traveling from place to place; tour … Useful english dictionary
rou|tin|i|za|tion — «roo TEE nuh ZAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act or process of routinizing: »Professor Brown is evidently horrified by the routinization of the imaginative which occurs in the contemporary academy (Harper s). 2. the fact or state of being routinized:… … Useful english dictionary
ker´a|tin|i|za´tion — ker|a|tin|ize «KEHR uh tuh nyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.i. to become keratinous. –v.t. to make keratinous; change into keratin. –ker´a|tin|i|za´tion, noun … Useful english dictionary
dis|con|tin|u|a|tion — «DIHS kuhn TIHN yu AY shuhn», noun. 1. the act of breaking off; a stopping; a ceasing. SYNONYM(S): cessation. 2. a break; interruption … Useful english dictionary
con·tin·u·a·tion — /kənˌtınjəˈweıʃən/ noun, pl tions 1 [count] : something that starts where something else ends and adds to or continues the first part usually + of This book is a continuation of her first novel. [=it continues the story where the first novel… … Useful english dictionary
tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… … English syllables
tin — ablas·tin; ac·ac·e·tin; ac·e·tin; achro·ma·tin; ac·tin; ac·tin·au·to·graph·ic; ac·tin·ia; ac·tin·i·ar·ia; ac·tin·ic; ac·tin·i·form; ac·tin·i·o·chrome; ac·tin·i·o·hem·a·tin; ac·tin·i·o·hem·a·tin; ac·tin·i·o·mor·pha; ac·tin·i·um; ac·tin·i·zoa;… … English syllables
tin|tin|nab|u|la|tion — «TIHN tuh NAB yuh LAY shuhn», noun. the ringing of bells: »The tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells (Edgar Allan Poe). ╂[American English < Latin tintinnābulum bell + English ation] … Useful english dictionary
