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nitrification
 
Noun nitrification has 2 senses
  1. nitrification - the chemical process in which a nitro group is added to an organic compound (or substituted for another group in an organic compound)
    --1 is a kind of     chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
    Derived form: verb nitrify2
  2. nitrification - the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants)
    --2 is a kind of     oxidation, oxidization, oxidisation
    Derived forms: verb nitrify1, verb nitrify3
nitric nitric acid nitric acids nitric bacteria nitric bacterium nitric oxide nitrid nitride nitrification nitrify nitril nitrile nitrite nitrite bacterium nitro nitro group nitrobacter

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