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The process of Americanizing.

Any fermentation process by which ammonia is formed, as that by which urea is converted into ammonium carbonate when urine is exposed to the air.

ape like an amoeba. Amoeboid movement, movement produced, as in the amoeba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction.

, having a peculiar odor. It is the hydroxide of amyl. -- Amylic fermentation (Chem.), a process of fermentation in starch or sugar in which amylic alcohol is produced. Gregory.

Pertaining to anabolism; an anabolic changes, or processes, more or less constructive in their nature.

The process of anæsthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anæsthetics.

The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.

An accessory process in many lumbar vertebræ.

One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm; -- opposed to katastate. Foster.

Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.

Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. "The olecranon on anconeal process." Flower.

The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind.

ity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.

Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation. Owen.

To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.

The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.

The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.

Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.

loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire. New Eng. Dict.

One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.