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13-letter words that end in ion

  • back emission — the secondary emission of electrons from an anode
  • back mutation — the reversion of a mutant to the original phenotype
  • backformation — Alternative spelling of back-formation.
  • backwardation — the difference between the spot price for a commodity, including rent and interest, and the forward price
  • bacterization — subjection to bacterial action
  • balkanization — If you disapprove of the division of a country into separate independent states, you can refer to the Balkanization of the country.
  • beatification — a beatifying or being beatified
  • beneficiation — the procedure of reducing ores
  • bermuda onion — a large white or yellow onion with a mild flavor, grown in Texas, California, etc.
  • beta function — a function of two variables, usually expressed as an improper integral and equal to the quotient of the product of the values of the gamma function at each variable divided by the value of the gamma function at the sum of the variables.
  • bioconversion — the use of biological processes or materials to change organic substances into a new form, such as the conversion of waste into methane by fermentation
  • bitch session — a discussion in which people complain or gripe, usually about a shared experience: Their first date turned into a four-hour bitch session about their ex-spouses' lawyers.
  • black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
  • book scorpion — any of various small arachnids of the order Pseudoscorpionida (false scorpions), esp Chelifer cancroides, which are sometimes found in old books, etc
  • brutalization — to make brutal.
  • bud variation — any variation in a bud due to changes in either its genetic composition or environment or both such that the resulting flower, fruit, or shoot differs from others of the same plant or species.
  • by definition — If you say that something has a particular quality by definition, you mean that it has this quality simply because of what it is.
  • by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
  • c corporation — A C corporation is a type of corporation which is taxed on its income.
  • calcification — the process of calcifying or becoming calcified
  • cantonization — the process of dividing into cantons
  • caprification — a method of pollinating the edible fig by hanging branches of caprifig flowers in edible fig trees. Parasitic wasps in the caprifig flowers transfer pollen to the edible fig flowers
  • capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
  • carbonatation — saturation or reaction with carbon dioxide.
  • carbonisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of carbonization.
  • carbonium ion — type of positively charged organic ion
  • carbonization — Carbonization is a process in which a fuel is heated without air to leave solid porous carbon.
  • carbonylation — the introduction of a carbonyl group into a compound through chemical reaction
  • carboxylation — a chemical reaction that introduces a carboxyl group into a molecule or compound, forming a carboxylic acid or a carboxylate
  • carburization — Impregnation or reaction with carbon, especially in the manufacture of steel.
  • cardioversion — restoring the rhythm of the heart to normal by applying direct-current electrical shock.
  • carnification — the conversion of tissue into flesh or a fleshlike substance, as of lung tissue into fibrous tissue as a result of pneumonia.
  • carrie nation — Carry or Carrie (Amelia Moore) 1846–1911, U.S. temperance leader.
  • cartelization — The act of cartelizing.
  • cased edition — a hardback book sold in a protective box that is open at one edge so that you can see the spine of the book
  • caster action — the tendency, caused by the design of the mounting, of a wheel to turn into its plane of rotation
  • casualisation — (economics) The process by which employment shifts from a preponderance of full-time and permanent or contract positions to higher levels of casual positions.
  • casualization — the altering of working practices so that regular workers are re-employed on a casual or short-term basis
  • catechization — The act of catechizing.
  • cationization — Treatment with cations (usually in an electrolytic bath).
  • cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
  • cauterization — to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, especially for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
  • cell division — the division of a cell into two new cells during growth or reproduction
  • cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
  • certification — a document attesting the truth of a fact or statement
  • chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
  • child version — (system management)   In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
  • chylification — the process of turning into chyle
  • chymification — the process of turning into chyme
  • cicatrization — Physiology. to heal by inducing the formation of a cicatrix.
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