Lists of Words

Nouns denoting natural processes

A

ablactation
ablation
abrasion
abscission
absorption
accession
acclimation
acclimatisation
acclimatization
accouchement
accretion
accumulation
acetylation
Acheson process
acid-base balance
acid-base equilibrium
acidification
action
activation
active birth
active transport
activity
acylation
adaptation
adaption
addition reaction
adiabatic process
adjustment
administrative data processing
ADP
adsorption
advection
aeration
agamogenesis
ageing
agenesia
agenesis
agglutinating activity
agglutination
aging
aldol reaction
alluvion
alpha decay
alternative birth
alternative birthing
amelogenesis
Americanisation
Americanization
amitosis
ammonification
amphimixis
amylolysis
anabolism
anaglyphy
anamorphism
anamorphosis
anaphase
anastalsis
androgenesis
androgeny
angiogenesis
Anglicisation
Anglicization
anisogamy
anovulation
anthesis
anthropogenesis
anthropogeny
antiredeposition
antisepsis
aphaeresis
apheresis
aphesis
apogamy
apomixis
apposition
asepsis
asexual reproduction
assibilation
assimilation
association
asynchronous operation
attack
attrition
autocatalysis
autolysis
automatic data processing
autoradiography
autoregulation
autotype
autotypy
auxesis
auxiliary operation

B

background processing
backgrounding
backup
bacteriolysis
bacteriostasis
basal metabolic rate
basal metabolism
batch processing
beach erosion
bed-wetting
beneficiation
Bessemer process
beta decay
binary arithmetic operation
binary operation
biochemical mechanism
biogenesis
biological process
biosynthesis
birth
birthing
blastogenesis
blaze
blazing
blistering
blood clotting
blood coagulation
bloom
blooming
blossoming
blowing
blueing
bluing
bm
BMR
bodily function
bodily process
body process
boiling
boolean operation
bottom fermentation
bowel movement
Bradley method
Bradley method of childbirth
breakdown
broadening
brooding
budding
buildup
burning
business data processing

C

caenogenesis
cainogenesis
calcification
calcination
calving
capture
carbon cycle
carbonation
carbonisation
carbonization
caries
carriage return
carrier electrophoresis
catabiosis
catabolism
catalysis
catamenia
cataphoresis
cavity
cell division
cellular division
cenogenesis
centrifugation
chain reaction
chelation
chemical action
chemical change
chemical decomposition reaction
chemical equilibrium
chemical mechanism
chemical process
chemical reaction
chemisorption
chemosorption
chemosynthesis
childbearing
childbirth
chilling
chlorination
chromatography
citric acid cycle
civilisation
civilization
cleavage
climate change
clotting
clouding
clouding up
coagulation
cohesion
cold fusion
column chromatography
combustion
compensation
computer operation
concretion
concurrent execution
concurrent operation
condensation
congealment
congelation
conglutination
consecutive operation
conspicuous consumption
constructive metabolism
consumption
contact action
control function
control operation
convalescence
convection
conversion
cooling
corrasion
corroding
corrosion
corruption
cost-pull inflation
cracking
crossing over
crossover
cultivation
curdling
curing
cyanide process
cytogenesis
cytogeny
cytokinesis
cytolysis

D

data mining
data processing
de-iodination
de-Nazification
de-Stalinisation
de-Stalinization
dealignment
deamination
deaminization
decalcification
decarboxylation
decay
decentalisation
decentralization
declension
decline
decline in quality
decoction
decoction mashing
decoction process
decomposition
decomposition reaction
decrease
decrement
dedifferentiation
deepening
defecation
defence
defence mechanism
defence reaction
defense
defense mechanism
defense reaction
defining
deflagration
deflation
deflationary spiral
defoliation
degaussing
degeneration
dehydration
deletion
demagnetisation
demagnetization
demand
demand-pull inflation
demineralisation
demineralization
denazification
denial
dental caries
dentition
deossification
deposit
deposition
derivation
desalination
desalinisation
desalinization
desensitisation
desensitization
desertification
desiccation
desorption
destalinisation
destalinization
destructive distillation
destructive metabolism
deterioration
detrition
detumescence
developing
development
devolution
diakinesis
diaphoresis
diastrophism
dielectrolysis
differentiation
diffusion
digestion
digital photography
dilapidation
diminution
diplotene
discharge
disinflation
disintegration
displacement
displacement reaction
dissimilation
dissociation
dissolution
dissolving
distillation
distillment
distributed data processing
dithering
domestication
double decomposition
double decomposition reaction
double replacement reaction
doubling
drift
drop-off
dry plate
dry plate process
drying up
dump
dyadic operation

E

eating away
ebb
ebbing
eburnation
ecchymosis
ecdysis
ecesis
eclipsis
ecological succession
economic consumption
economic growth
economic process
EDP
effacement
effervescence
efflorescence
effluence
efflux
egg laying
ejaculation
electrodeposition
electrolysis
electronic data processing
electrophoresis
electrostatic precipitation
elimination
elimination reaction
elision
ellipsis
elution
emergent evolution
emission
encapsulation
encrustation
endoergic reaction
endothermic reaction
enuresis
epigenesis
epilation
epistasis
epitaxy
eponymy
equilibrium
eroding
erosion
erythropoiesis
establishment
Europeanisation
Europeanization
eutrophication
evacuation
evaporation
evolution
excreting
excretion
execution
exoergic reaction
exothermic reaction
expectoration
expelling
exponential decay
exponential return
expression
extinction
extraction
extravasation

F

falling off
falloff
farrow
farrowing
fat metabolism
feedback
feminisation
feminization
ferment
fermentation
fermenting
festering
fibrinolysis
field emission
filling
filtration
fire
fission
fissiparity
fixed-cycle operation
flame
flaming
flare
floating-point operation
flocculation
flop
florescence
flow
flowage
flowering
focalisation
focalization
fold
folding
foliation
foreground processing
foregrounding
formation
fossilisation
fossilization
fractional distillation
fractional process
fractionation
fragmentation
freeze
freeze-drying
freezing
frost
fructification
functioning
fusion

G

galactosis
galvanisation
galvanization
gametogenesis
gasification
gassing
gastric digestion
gastrulation
gemmation
geologic process
geological process
germination
giving birth
glaciation
global climate change
global warming
globalisation
globalization
glycogenesis
glycolysis
growing
growth
gynogenesis

H

Haber process
Haber-Bosch process
habit
haemagglutination
haematochezia
haematogenesis
haematolysis
haematopoiesis
haemogenesis
haemolysis
haemopoiesis
hardening
hatch
hatching
healing
heat dissipation
heating
hemagglutination
hematochezia
hematogenesis
hematolysis
hematopoiesis
hemimetabolism
hemimetaboly
hemimetamorphosis
hemogenesis
hemolysis
hemopoiesis
heredity
heterometabolism
heterometaboly
heterospory
hidrosis
holometabolism
holometaboly
homospory
human process
humification
hydration
hydrocracking
hydrogenation
hydrolysis
hyperhidrosis
hyperidrosis
hypermenorrhea
hypersecretion
hypostasis

I

icing
idealisation
idealization
IDP
ignition
imbibition
immunoelectrophoresis
implantation
impregnation
inactivation
incontinence
incontinency
increase
increment
incrustation
incubation
indentation
induction heating
industrial process
indweller
infection
infiltration
inflation
inflationary spiral
inflorescence
inflow
influx
infolding
infrigidation
infructescence
infusion
inhibition
inpour
inpouring
inrush
inspissation
instruction execution
insufflation
integrated data processing
intellectualisation
intellectualization
internal combustion
introversion
intrusion
intumescence
intumescency
intussusception
invagination
inversion
involution
iodination
ion exchange
ionisation
ionization
ionophoresis
irreversible process
irruption
isoagglutination
isogamy
isolation
iteration

J

juvenescence

K

kainogenesis
karyokinesis
karyolysis
katabolism
katamorphism
kenogenesis
keratinisation
keratinization

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