Concept cluster: Change > Chemical treatments
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The process of acidizing.
v
To impregnate with acid; acidify.
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(rare, transitive) To convert (iron) into steel, or to coat with a layer of steel by converting only the surface of the iron.
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(transitive) To coat with a layer of aluminium.
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The process, or the result of annealing
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To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.
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Any of several processes, especially in dentistry, that involve working with gold.
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To heat iron (or an iron-based metal such as steel) to a temperature at which it changes crystal structure from ferrite to austenite.
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(chemistry) To make something more basic (less acidic)
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To convert iron to steel by the Bessemer process.
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(transitive) To combine or treat with a bichromate, especially with bichromate of potassium.
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(transitive) to treat with bitumen
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(transitive, dated) To impregnate (timber, railroad ties, etc.) with a preservative solution of copper sulphate.
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The process of bromizing.
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(photography, transitive) To prepare or treat with bromine.
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(transitive) To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of zinc chloride, to prevent decay.
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Alternative form of calorize [To form a protective surface on (a ferrous metal) by coating with aluminum powder and then heating.]
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To form a protective surface on (a ferrous metal) by coating with aluminum powder and then heating.
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(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
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(medicine, transitive) To wash or treat with carbolic acid.
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Alternative spelling of carbonatize [(geology, rare) To combine with carbon dioxide to form carbonates]
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(transitive) To make caustic.
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To chemically sterilize
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To make chitinous
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(transitive) To treat with chloral.
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Alternative form of chloridize [(dated, transitive) To chloridate.]
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(dated, transitive) To chloridate.
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Alternative spelling of chlorinize [(transitive) To chlorinate.]
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(transitive) To chlorinate.
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Alternative form of chromatize [To treat a metal surface with chromate]
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Alternative form of chromize [(transitive) To chrome; to treat with chromium.]
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(transitive) To chrome; to treat with chromium.
adj
Alternative form of cobaltized [Treated with, or fortified with a salt of cobalt (typically the sulfate)]
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(transitive) To prepare or treat with collodion.
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(transitive) To treat (flax) with chemicals to make it soft and light, like cotton.
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The process of arterialization of the blood by oxygenation and the removal of carbon dioxide in the lungs.
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The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
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Alternative form of devulcanize [(transitive) To treat vulcanized rubber with processes designed to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.]
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To process of treating vulcanized rubber so as to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.
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(transitive) To treat vulcanized rubber with processes designed to restore the materials that were present prior to vulcanization.
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(rare) To protect (a metal) from oxidation.
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Alternative form of ferruginization [The process of making ferruginous.]
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(transitive) To make ferruginous.
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(British spelling) Alternative spelling of galvanize [(chemistry) To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.]
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The action of gasifying.
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(transitive, photography) To coat or treat with gelatin.
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(intransitive) (of an LP or CD) To sell some specified number of copies (currently 1 million in the US) and be awarded a platinum record.
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(transitive, metallurgy) To treat by, or subject to, the Harvey process.
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To furnish with hemoglobin.
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(transitive) To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas).
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(transitive) To treat or impregnate with iodoform.
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(intransitive) To take on the appearance of keratin, or become impregnated with keratin.
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(transitive, metallurgy) To treat by, or subject to, the Krupp process.
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To preserve wood from decay by soaking it in a solution of mercuric chloride
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(transitive, dated, rare) To impregnate (wood) with a preservative solution of copper sulphate.
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A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.
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(transitive) To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes.
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(transitive) To treat with mercury.
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Alternative spelling of metallize [To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal.]
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Alternative spelling of metallize [To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal.]
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Alternative spelling of metallize [To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal.]
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To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal.
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The act or process of making black.
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(transitive) To treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
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(archaic, transitive) To charge with od (the hypothetical force).
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(transitive) To coat with palladium.
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(transitive) To convert to a parchment-like substance, especially by sulfuric acid.
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(transitive) To rustproof by the application of a protective phosphate coating.
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(transitive) To process (a mixture of metals) by melting it and skimming off the lead as it cools, so as to leave the silver.
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(dated, transitive) To treat or preserve (wood etc.) by a process resembling kyanization.
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(transitive, medicine) To add penicillin to (an erythrocyte etc.).
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(transitive) To treat with phenol.
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Alternative spelling of phosphorize [(transitive) To combine or treat with phosphorus; to phosphorate.]
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(transitive) To combine or treat with phosphorus; to phosphorate.
adj
Preserved by means of plastination.
n
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of platinization [the process of coating (something) with platinum.]
v
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of platinize [(transitive) To coat with platinum.]
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(transitive) To coat with platinum.
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(transitive) To bake like porcelain.
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Alternative form of porphyrize [(transitive) To cause to resemble porphyry; to make spotted like porphyry.]
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(transitive) To cause to resemble porphyry; to make spotted like porphyry.
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(transitive) To preserve (wood) by saturating it with a solution of beet sugar and then drying it with artificial heat.
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(transitive) To coat (silverware) with a thin rhodium layer to prevent tarnishing.
adj
Alternative spelling of rubberized [Coated or treated with rubber.]
v
(transitive) To coat with rubber or a similar material.
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(transitive) To treat with salicylic acid.
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(intransitive) To be converted into soap.
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To change so as to produce a metalic luster.
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(transitive) To coat metal (usually iron or steel) surfaces with zinc by exposing them to the vapour of zinc instead of, as in ordinary galvanizing, to molten zinc.
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To react or treat (porcelain etc) with a silane
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To treat with a silane
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(transitive) To join or treat (something) with a silicone-based product.
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Alternative spelling of siliconize [(transitive) To treat or coat with silicone.]
adj
Alternative form of siliconized [Treated or coated with silicone.]
v
(transitive) To treat or coat with silicone.
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The process of silverizing.
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(transitive) To cover with silver.
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(metallurgy) To convert into a form containing sorbite.
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(transitive, metallurgy) To heat (carbon steel) to form spheroidite.
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Alternative spelling of sulfurize [To treat or react with sulfur or sulfur dioxide.]
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Alternative spelling of sulfurize [To treat or react with sulfur or sulfur dioxide.]
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(transitive) To treat with Tanalith (chromated copper arsenate), a wood preservative.
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(chemistry, transitive) To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.
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tartarated
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The process of tellurizing.
v
(chemistry, transitive) To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium.
v
Alternative form of titanize [To coat with a layer of titanium, often in the form of titanium oxide.]
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To coat with a layer of titanium, often in the form of titanium oxide.
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(chemistry) The process, or the result of tritiating
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(intransitive) To undergo the changes, such as softening, that are characteristic of a tubercle.
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(transitive) To expose to volcanic heat.
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Alternative form of vulcanizate [A product of vulcanization]
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A process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur.
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(transitive) To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulphur to harden it and make it more durable.
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(transitive) To coat or impregnate with zinc.
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(transitive) To galvanize with zinc.
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To treat or coat with zirconium.

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