Nouns denoting natural proesses
- insufflation
- (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity)
- replication
- (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division
- corruption
- decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
- clouding up
- the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky
- release
- a process that liberates or discharges something
- infrigidation
- the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes
- keratinization
- organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny (as in nails and hair)
- heterometaboly
- development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity
- vulcanization
- process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them
- ossification
- the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material
- anaglyphy
- the process of producing pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed and viewed through spectacles with one red and one green lens
- parallel processing
- simultaneous processing by two or more processing units
- filtration
- the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium
- ageing
- acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
- source
- (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
- globalization
- growth to a global or worldwide scale
- devolution
- the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
- peristalsis
- the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
- rusting
- the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water
- psychomotor development
- progressive acquisition of skills involving both mental and motor activities
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