substantivize
/səbˈstantɪvʌɪz/Grammar
verb
[with object] To convert (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun (substantive).
Origin
Mid 19th century. Partly from substantive + -ize, and partly from substantive + -ize.
- water baptism
- water bar
- water barge
- water barometer
- water-based
- water bat
- water bath
- water bean
- water bear
- Water Bearer
- water-bearing
- waterbed
- water beech
- water beetle
- water bicycle
- water bike
- water bill
- water binding
- waterbird
- water birth
- water biscuit
- water blackbird
- water bladder
- water blinks
- water blister