Anneal
121petrify — Synonyms and related words: alarm, amaze, anneal, appall, astonish, astound, awe, awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, bemuse, benumb, bewilder, boggle, bowl down, bowl over, calcify, callous, case harden, confound, cornify, crystallize, daze, dazzle,… …
122steel — Synonyms and related words: Excalibur, Gibraltar, adamant, anneal, assessable stock, aureate, authorized capital stock, ax, bear up, beef up, bite the bullet, blade, blue chip, blue chip stock, bone, borrowed stock, brace, brace up, brass, brassy …
123strengthen — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, accrue, accumulate, add to, advance, affirm, aggravate, animate, anneal, appreciate, attest, augment, authenticate, back, back up, balloon, be tough, bear out, beef up, bloat, blow up, bolster, boom, boost …
124temper — Synonyms and related words: Irish, abate, adjust, adjust to, allay, alleviate, alter, anger, animus, anneal, appease, aptitude, assuage, atmosphere, attain majority, attemper, attribute, aura, bad temper, balance, bank the fire, be tough, beef up …
125toughen — Synonyms and related words: acclimate, acclimatize, anneal, be tough, beef up, brace, brace up, buttress, calcify, callous, case harden, confirm, cornify, develop, endure, firm, fortify, fossilize, gird, hang tough, harden, indurate, invigorate,… …
126bake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. roast, cook; harden, dry; fire. See hardness, heat, food. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cook] Syn. roast, toast, warm; see cook . 2. [To harden] Syn. temper, anneal, fire; see harden 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
127hardness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Solidity Nouns 1. hardness, rigidity, inflexibility, temper, callosity; toughness; petrification, lapidification, lapidescence; vitrification, ossification; crystallization. See density, strength. 2.… …
128steel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. plate, armor, coat; temper, anneal, case harden; harden, inure, strengthen, toughen; brace, gird, fortify. See hardness, strength. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A hard metal] Syn. iron alloy, iron,… …
