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The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.

The act or process of combining or of treating with oxygen; oxidation.

The act or process of producing, or of subjecting to the action of, ozone.

agitation and settling of pulp (pulverized ore and water) during treatment by the cyanide process; -- so named because, though originally devised in New Zealand, it was first practically introduced in Pachuca, Mexico.

The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation. "An embassy of pacification." Bacon.

Act or process of packing.

The act or process of one who packs.

The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing.

The act or process of paging a book; also, the characters used in numbering the pages; page number. Lowndes.

The act or process of uniting or arranging in pairs or couples.

A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.

Of or pertaining to palingenesis: as, a palingenetic process. -- Pal`in*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.

A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges.

One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.

water, or mud. Flash in the pan. See under Flash. -- To savor of the pan, to suggest the process of cooking or burning; in a theological sense, to be heretical. Ridley. Southey.

The act or process of making bread. Ure.

One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.

The process of multiplying copies of writings, etc., by means of the papyrograph. -- Pap`y*ro*graph"ic, a.

That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen. In state returned the grand parade. Swift.

The act or process of paralyzing, or the state of being paralyzed.