Related Words for hardening

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solidification
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Noun, Noun
set
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Noun, Verb, Noun, Adjective
softening
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Noun, Verb
toughening
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Noun
stiffening
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Noun
weakening
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Noun
hardness
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Noun
strengthening
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Noun
tempering
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Noun, Verb
thickening
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Noun, Verb
tightening
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Noun
corroding
x/x
Noun
darkening
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Noun
loosening
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Noun
cracking
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Noun
melting
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Noun
curing
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Noun
brittleness
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Noun
cooling
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Noun
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
blackening
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Noun
intensifying
x/xxx
Verb
shaping
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Verb
eroding
x/x
Verb
deformation
xx/x
Noun
blunting
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Noun
coating
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Noun
increasing
x/x
Verb
broadening
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Noun
deepening
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Verb
crystallizing
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Noun
shrinkage
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Noun
erosion
x/x
Noun
thinning
/x
Noun
reshaping
x/x
Noun
hammering
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Noun
enhancing
x/x
Verb
improving
x/x
Verb
moistening
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Noun
molding
/x
Noun
flattening
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Noun
undermining
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Noun
corrosion
x/x
Noun
firming
/x
Noun
retarding
x/x
Noun
easing
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Noun
lowering
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Verb
coarsening
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Noun
dampening
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Noun
stabilizing
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Adjective
rigidity
x/xx
Noun
lengthening
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Noun
seeping
/x
Verb
ripening
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Noun
wetting
/x
Noun
delaying
x/x
Verb
reinforcing
xx/x
Verb
worsening
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Verb
preventing
x/x
Verb
shortening
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Noun
smoothing
/x
Noun
disintegration
xxx/x
Noun
drying
/x
Noun
accelerating
x/xxx
Verb
reducing
x/x
Verb
hastening
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Verb
maturing
x/x
Verb
deforming
x/x
Noun
modifying
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Verb
swelling
/x
Verb
shrinking
/x
Noun
bending
/x
Noun
rusting
/x
Noun
stripping
/x
Noun
dulling
/x
Noun
mitigating
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Adjective
infiltration
xx/x
Noun
induration
x//x
Noun
deadening
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Adjective
fortifying
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Verb
maturation
xx/x
Noun
sharpening
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Noun
honing
/x
Noun
denaturing
x/xx
Noun
entrenchment
x/x
Noun
withering
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Noun
sensitization
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Noun
embrittlement
x/xx
Noun
densification
xxx/x
Noun
ossification
xxx/x
Noun
compaction
x/x
Noun
narrowing
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Noun
aging
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Noun
heating
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Noun
carbonization
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Noun
thawing
/x
Noun
steadying
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Noun
formalization
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Noun
calcination
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Noun
precipitation
xxx/x
Adjective, Verb
quenching
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Noun
induction
x/x
Verb
kinematic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
isotropic
xx/x
Adjective
arteries
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Noun
laterite
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Noun
strain
/
Adjective, Verb
cuticular
x/xx
Adjective
surface
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Adjective
work
/
Adjective
modulus
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Verb
martensitic
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Adjective
arteriosclerosis
xxxxx/x
Noun
steels
/
Noun
frost
/
Adjective
annealing
x/x
Noun
laser
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Adjective
cyclic
/x
Adjective
anisotropic
xxx/x
Adjective
absorption
x/x
Noun
activation
xx/x
Noun
alloying
x/x
Noun, Verb
attenuation
x/x/x
Noun
bleaching
/x
Noun
calcification
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Noun
callus
/x
Noun, Verb
chilling
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Adjective, Noun
cirrhosis
x/x
Noun
coalescence
xx/x
Noun
dispersal
x/x
Noun
dispersive
x/x
Adjective
escalation
xx/x
Noun
freezing
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Adjective, Noun
furnace
/x
Noun, Verb
hardiness
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Noun
harshness
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Noun
hysteretic
xx/x
Adjective
inflexibility
xxx/xx
Noun
intransigence
x/xx
Noun
kinetic
x/x
Adjective
nonlinear
x/xx
Adjective
oven
/x
Noun, Verb
proofing
/x
Noun
radicalism
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Noun
radicalization
xxxx/x
Noun
raising
/x
Noun
recovery
x/x
Noun
reinforcement
xx/x
Noun
relaxation
xx/x
Noun
resisting
x/x
Noun
restorative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
rheological
xx/xx
Adjective
scaling
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Noun
scattering
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Noun
sclerosis
x/x
Noun
strictness
/x
Noun
stringency
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Noun
toughness
/x
Noun
tuning
/x
Noun
vaporization
xxx/x
Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun