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Nitrify

Definitions: Nitrify

Nitrify

Verb

1. Convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, esp. with the action of nitrobacteria.

2. Treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound.

3. Treat with nitrates; as of soil.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Nitrify \Ni"tri*fy\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Nitrified; present participle verb or noun Nitrifying.]. (Websters 1913)



Synonyms: Nitrify

Synonyms: nitrogenise (v), nitrogenize (v). (additional references)
Antonym: denitrify (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Nitrify

English words defined with "nitrify": Nitrified, Nitrifying. (references)
Etymologies containing "nitrify": Nitrification. (references)

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Modern Translations: Nitrify

Language Translations for "nitrify"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

nitrifikoj, trajtoj me nitrate. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نترت حول, ‏أشبع بالنترات. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

нитрифицирам. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

硝化 (Nitrified, Nitrifying). (various references)

   

Czech

  

přemìnit v dusík. (various references)

   

French

  

nitrifier. (various references)

   

German

  

nitrieren (nitrate). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αζωτοποιώ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לעב" בח קן, לח קן (nitrogenize). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nitrifikál. (various references)

   

Italian

  

nitrificare. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

itrifynay

   

Portuguese

  

nitrificar, nitrificação (nitrification, nitrosation, nitrosification). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

nitra, azota. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

нитрифицировать, превращать в селитру. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nitrovati (nitrate). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

nitrificar. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

nitrificera. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

güherçile haline gelmek, azotlamak (nitrogenize). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

нітрувати (niter, nitrate, nitre, nitrogenize). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Nitrify

Derivations

Words beginning with "nitrify": nitrifying. (additional references)

Words ending with "nitrify": denitrify. (additional references)

Words containing "nitrify": denitrifying. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Nitrify" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Nartuby, Netifa, Ngiriye, nitrosyl, Nutrafin. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Nitrify"

Words rhyming with "nitrify" (pronounced 'Ni"tri*fy'): Acidify, Adsignify, Aerify, Alacrify, Angelify, Anglicify, Anglify, Arefy, Argufy, Balmify, Basify, Beatify, Bonify, Brutify, Candify, Capacify, Carnify, Celestify, Certify, Chondrify, Chylify, Chymify, Classify, Cockneyfy, Codify, Consignify, Corporify, Correctify, Countrify, Crucify, Cuffy, Daintify, Damnify, Dandify, Decalcify, Deify, Demideify, Denitrify, Devitrify, Dezincify, Diabolify, Dignify, Disacidify, Disdeify, Disedify, Disglorify, Disguisedfy, Disqualify, Dissatisfy, Dissyllabify, Diversify, Divinify, Domify, Dulcify, Duncify, Emulsify, Endamnify, Eternify, Exemplify, Fecundify, Fe-licify, Finify, Fishify, Foolify, Foresignify, Frenchify, Fumify, Glorify, gratify, Hornify, horrify, Humanify, Ignify, indemnify, Indignify, interstratify, jellify, jiffy, Labefy, Ladify, lenify, Madefy, malignify, Mercify, Mercurify, Metrify, minify, modify, mollify, Mummify, Mundify, Munify, Mystify, Neatify, Netify, Nobilify, Notify, Nugify, Nullify, Objectify, Obstupefy, Omnify, Overmagnify, Pacify, Personify, Preachify, Presignify, Pretypify, Putrify, ratify, Recarnify, rectify, Reedify, Refortify, Remodify, Repacify, Repurify, revivify, rubify, Russify, saccharify, Salify, Salsafy, salsify, sanctify, Sanguify, saponify, scarify, Scorify, signify, simplify, specify, speechify, squiffy, Stellify, Stiltify, Storify, stratify, stultify, stupefy, Suavify, Subdiversify, syllabify, Tabefy, taffy, Tepefy, Terrestrify, terrify, Tipsify, Torpify, Torrefy, transmogrify, uglify, Undeify, Unglorify, unify, Unnotify, Unqualify, Varify, Vilify, Vivify, Zincify. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Nitrify

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-i-i-n-r-t-y"

-2 letters: nifty.

-3 letters: firn, frit, inti, rift, tiny, tyin.

-4 letters: fin, fir, fit, fry, nit, rif, rin, tin, try, yin.

-5 letters: if, in, it, ti.

 Words containing the letters "f-i-i-n-r-t-y"
 

+2 letters: denitrify, infirmity, ratifying.

 

+3 letters: brutifying, certifying, driftingly, fortifying, gratifying, introfying, metrifying, mortifying, nitrifying, petrifying, rectifying, reidentify, terrifying, torrifying, uniformity, vitrifying.

 

+4 letters: esterifying, etherifying, fructifying, gentrifying, inferiority, infertility, informality, interfamily, prettifying, renotifying, stratifying.

 

+5 letters: decertifying, denitrifying, devitrifying, electrifying, fibrinolytic, frangibility, frictionally, gratifyingly, inconformity, inflationary, overidentify, prenotifying, proficiently, recertifying, refortifying, terrifyingly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Nitrify


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 69 74 72 69 66 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01101001 01110100 01110010 01101001 01100110 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#105 &#116 &#114 &#105 &#102 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0069 0074 0072 0069 0066 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

48758684757291

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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