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Frigefaction

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frigidizationnounThe process of making something frigid.
infrigidationnoun(obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; freezing.
frostnounA cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.
refrigerationnounThe process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.
glaciationnounThe process of covering with a glacier, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena; an ice age
frigoricnounA hypothetical fluid medium of cold, in analogy to caloric.
refrigeratorynoun(dated) That which refrigerates or cools.
calefactionnounThe act of warming or heating.
freezingnoun(countable and uncountable) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
gelationnounThe formation of a gel, especially from a sol.
chillingCausing mild fear.
defrostingnounThe process by which something is defrosted.
cryofacialnoun(neologism) A facial skin treatment in which a person's skin is rapidly cooled using liquid nitrogen.
regelationnounThe fusion of two pieces of ice by pressure (which lowers its freezing point).
frignounAn act of frigging.
congelationnounThe 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.
congealationnounObsolete form of congelation. [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.]
coolingnoun(countable) A decrease in temperature.
cryogenynoun(dated) cryogenics
recoolingnounThe process of making or becoming cool again.

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