Nouns denoting natural proesses
- precocious dentition
- teething at an earlier age than expected
- acclimatization
- adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)
- formation
- natural process that causes something to form
- protein folding
- the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape
- nosedive
- a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline
- economic process
- any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth
- invagination
- the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface
- stratification
- forming or depositing in layers
- positive feedback
- feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input
- neoplasia
- the pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor
- heredity
- the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
- list processing
- processing data that is given in the form of chained lists
- metamorphism
- change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances
- erosion
- a gradual decline of something
- blueing
- a process that makes something blue (or bluish)
- pinocytosis
- process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid
- thaw
- the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
- holometaboly
- complete metamorphosis in insects
- rectification
- (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
- retrieval
- (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
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