Nouns denoting natural proesses
- induction heating
- the heating of a conducting material caused by an electric current induced in it
- hypersecretion
- excessive secretion
- chain reaction
- a self-sustaining nuclear reaction; a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others
- regression
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
- human process
- a process in which human beings are involved
- rectification
- (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
- caenogenesis
- introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
- anamorphism
- metamorphism that occurs deep under the earth's surface; changes simple minerals into complex minerals
- thrombolysis
- the process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots
- obsolescence
- the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date
- tanning
- process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light
- data mining
- data processing using sophisticated data search capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover patterns and correlations in large preexisting databases; a way to discover new meaning in data
- urination
- the discharge of urine
- ossification
- the developmental process of bone formation
- anastalsis
- muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis
- healing
- the natural process by which the body repairs itself
- symphysis
- a growing together of parts or structures
- ADP
- data processing by a computer
- soak
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- deletion
- any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
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