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Mercerize

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mercurizeverb(transitive) To treat with mercury.
mercurializeverb(chemistry, transitive) To treat with mercury (the metal).
mercurialiseverbAlternative form of mercurialize. [(chemistry, transitive) To treat with mercury (the metal).]
ennobleverbTo bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
peroxidizeverb(transitive) To treat (especially hair) with a peroxide.
mercurifyverb(rare, transitive) To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury.
cottonizeverb(transitive) To treat (flax) with chemicals to make it soft and light, like cotton.
nitrogenizeverb(transitive) To treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.
nitrifyverb(transitive) To convert ammonia or similar compound to a nitrate by oxidation, especially by the action of a microorganism.
resinizeverb(transitive) To treat with resin.
chromenounChromium, when used to plate other metals.
bluenoun(countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the visible spectrum and one of the primary additive colours.
resiniseverbAlternative form of resinize. [(transitive) To treat with resin.]
mangonizeverb(transitive, obsolete) To make (something) appear more attractive or appealing.
relimeverb(transitive) To treat with lime again.
urethanizeverb(transitive) To treat with urethane.
serenizeverb(obsolete, transitive) To make bright; to glorify.
chemicalizeverb(transitive) To make chemical; to impregnate with chemicals.
precurenounThe treatment of rubber in this way.
metamerizeverbTo undergo, or subject to, metamerization.

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