Word Meanings - COLONIZATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Tha act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies. The wide continent of America invited colonization. Bancroft.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COLONIZATION)

• Domestication
• Settlement
• colonization
• localization
• taming
• Emigration
• Exodus
• flit
• Immigration
• Migration
• settlement
• Subsidence
• dregs
• residuum
• precipitation
• location
• colony

Related words: (words related to COLONIZATION)

• MIGRATION
  The act of migrating.
• COLONIZATION
  Tha act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies. The wide continent of America invited colonization. Bancroft.
• TAMARIC
  A shrub or tree supposed to be the tamarisk, or perhaps some kind of heath. He shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come. Jer. xvii. 6 .
• TAMPING
  1. The act of one who tamps; specifically, the act of filling up a hole in a rock, or the branch of a mine, for the purpose of blasting the rock or exploding the mine. 2. The material used in tamping. See Tamp, v. t., 1. Tamping iron, an iron rod
• TAMABILITY
  The quality or state of being tamable; tamableness.
• TAMBOUR
  A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine. 2. A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a portion of cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the embroidery done upon such a frame;
• TAM-'-SHANTER
  A kind of Scotch cap of wool, worsted, or the like, having a round, flattish top much wider than the band which fits the head, and usually having a tassel in the center.
• TAM-TAM
  A kind of drum used in the East Indies and other Oriental countries; -- called also tom-tom. A gong. See Gong, n., 1.
• TAMARIND
  tamarindo, tamarinho, from Ar. tamarhindi, literally, Indian date; 1. A leguminous tree cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with
• SETTLEMENT
  A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles,
• TAMUL
  Tamil.
• TAMARISK
  Any shrub or tree of the genus Tamarix, the species of which are European and Asiatic. They have minute scalelike leaves, and small flowers in spikes. An Arabian species is the source of one kind of manna. Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree
• IMMIGRATION
  The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence. The immigrations of the Arabians into Europe. T. Warton.
• COLONY
  A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range. (more info) 1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent
• TAMBOURIN
  An old Provençal dance of a lively character, common on the stage. (more info) 1. A tambourine.
• RESIDUUM
  That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue. "I think so," is the whole residuum . . . after evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the
• TAMBAC
  See TOMBAC
• EMIGRATIONAL
  Relating to emigration.
• TAMIS
  1. A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth. 2. The cloth itself; tammy. Tamis bird , a Guinea fowl.
• LOCALIZATION
  Act of localizing, or state of being localized. Cerebral localization , the localization of the control of special functions, as of sight or of the various movements of the body, in special regions of the brain.
• ENSTAMP
  To stamp; to mark as It is the motive . . . which enstamps the character. Gogan.
• DICTAMNUS
  A suffrutescent, D. Fraxinella , with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable.
• PENTAMERAN
  One of the Pentamera.
• DICTAMEN
  A dictation or dictate. Falkland.
• METAMORPHOSE
  To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute. And earth was metamorphosed into man. Dryden.
• SCITAMINEOUS
  Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants , mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.
• CATAMENIAL
  Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges.
• STAMIN
  A kind of woolen cloth. (more info) fr. L. stamineus consisting of threads, fr. stamen a thread. See
• AYUNTAMIENTO
  In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
• HEPTAMEROUS
  Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens. Gray.
• PROTAMIN
  An amorphous nitrogenous substance found in the spermatic fluid of salmon. It is soluble in water, which an alkaline reaction, and unites with acids and metallic bases.
• STAMMERING
  Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. -- Stam"mer*ing*ly, adv.