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non-
non-A, non-B hepatitis
non compos mentis
non dit
non grata
non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
non-insulin-dependent diabetes
non obstante
non placet
non prosequitur
non-REM sleep
non sequitur
Non-Status Indian
non-treaty Indian
non troppo
nona-
nonadmitted asset
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nominalize
nom·i·nal·ize [ nómmən'l z ] (past and past participle nom·i·nal·ized, present participle nom·i·nal·iz·ing, 3rd person present singular nom·i·nal·iz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. form noun from word: to change a part of speech into a noun by the addition of a suffix
2. form noun group from clause: to change an underlying clause in a sentence by a syntactic process or series of rules so that it functions like a noun

nom·i·nal·i·za·tion [ nòmmən'li záysh'n ] noun
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