Hardening: alternatives and connections

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease…

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of Anneal

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The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abn…

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A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or frictio…

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Same as Callosity

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The act or the process of congealing; congeliation.

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The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.

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of Temper

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Care, heed, or attention.

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Care, heed, or attention.

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To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.

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To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.

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of Cure

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of Set

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Act of solidifying, or state of being solidified.

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of Solidify

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