| austenite | (noun) a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; cools to form pearlite or martensite | - |
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| chastening | (noun) a rebuke for making a mistake | Synonyms: chastisement, correction |
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| christening | (noun) giving a Christian name at baptism | - |
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| ctenidium | (noun) comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks | - |
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| fastening | (noun) the act of fastening things together | Synonyms: attachment |
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| (noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | Synonyms: fastener, fixing, holdfast |
| frightening | (noun) the act of inspiring with fear | Synonyms: terrorisation, terrorization |
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| lightening | (noun) changing to a lighter color | Synonyms: whitening |
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| (noun) descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped | - |
| listening | (noun) the act of hearing attentively | Synonyms: hearing |
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| lutenist | (noun) a musician who plays the lute | Synonyms: lutanist, lutist |
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| moistening | (noun) the act of making something slightly wet | Synonyms: dampening |
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| relistening | (noun) the act of hearing again | Synonyms: rehearing |
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| shortening | (noun) act of decreasing in length | - |
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| (noun) fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods | - |
| softening | (noun) the process of becoming softer | - |
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| sweetening | (noun) the act of adding a sweetener to food | - |
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| (noun) an improvement that makes something more agreeable | Synonyms: enhancement |
| (noun) something added to foods to make them taste sweeter | Synonyms: sweetener |
| tenia | (noun) a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband | Synonyms: fillet, taenia |
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| tightening | (noun) the act of making something tighter | - |
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| unfastening | (noun) loosening the ties that fasten something | Synonyms: undoing, untying |
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| whitening | (noun) changing to a lighter color | Synonyms: lightening |
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