-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; action, act, process, state, or condition; or result of doing something)
Although there are over 1,450 word entries ending with -ation or -ization listed in this unit, there are certainly many more which exist in the English language. At any rate, this unit provides a significant number of -ation and -ization examples for you to see.
bioremediation
1. The study of the physical and chemical properties of a drug, and its dosage form, as related to the onset, duration, and intensity of drug action.
2. The use of biological means to restore or clean up contaminated land; such as, by adding bacteria and other organisms that consume or neutralize contaminants in the soil.
3. The conversion of hazardous wastes and pollutants into harmless materials by the action of microorganisms.
4. The purposeful addition of organic materials to a contaminated environment to cause an acceleration of natural processes to degrade or transform hazardous organic contaminants into harmless conditions.
2. The use of biological means to restore or clean up contaminated land; such as, by adding bacteria and other organisms that consume or neutralize contaminants in the soil.
3. The conversion of hazardous wastes and pollutants into harmless materials by the action of microorganisms.
4. The purposeful addition of organic materials to a contaminated environment to cause an acceleration of natural processes to degrade or transform hazardous organic contaminants into harmless conditions.
biotoxication
An intoxication resulting from a plant or animal poison (biotoxin).
The mixing of a soil or sediment by the digging, feeding, or other activities of living organisms: Bioturbation can be exemplified by worms and burrowing clams in the bottom of a lake or in a seabed.
bloviation
A long-winded and verbose oration.
bonification
The paying of a bonus or a reward.
In ecology, the naturalisation of plants growing in more northern areas: An example of borealization is the adaption of the common coniferous forests in northern regions.
The inoculation of cattle with bovovaccine to prevent tuberculosis.
brachiation
A condition marked by the presence of a blister, blisters, or bullae.
calcification
calcination
calculation
Darkness; dimness; cloudiness: In medicine, caligation or "calico", is an opacity or cloudiness of the anterior surface of the crystaline lens, causing dimness of sight; impaired sight from obstruction to the passage of light, or a cataract.
calorification
1. A payment or fee of a fixed and equal amount per person.
2. A numbering or assessing by the head.
3. A fixed per capita payment made periodically to a medical service provider (as a physician) by a managed care group (as an HMO) in return for medical care provided to enrolled individuals.
4. A method of assessing the number of people by counting heads or individuals.
2. A numbering or assessing by the head.
3. A fixed per capita payment made periodically to a medical service provider (as a physician) by a managed care group (as an HMO) in return for medical care provided to enrolled individuals.
4. A method of assessing the number of people by counting heads or individuals.
