MERCERISE

mercerize, mercerise

(verb) treat to strengthen and improve the luster; “mercerize cotton”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

mercerise (third-person singular simple present mercerises, present participle mercerising, simple past and past participle mercerised)

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of mercerize.

Anagrams

• merceries, remercies

Source: Wiktionary



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27 May 2025

DIRECTIONALITY

(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”


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