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Thickening

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complexnounMade up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
gatheringnounA meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
deepeningnounThe act of becoming deeper.
inspissationnounThe act of thickening.
thickenernounAny substance added to something in order to thicken it; a thickening agent; a binder.

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WordDefinition
inspissationnounThe act of thickening.
deepeningnounThe act of becoming deeper.
intensifyingnounAn intensification.
complexnounMade up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
gatheringnounA meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
thicknessnoun(uncountable, countable) A measure of how thick (in dimension) something is.
tighteningnounThe act or process of making more tight.
stabilisernoun(non-Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of stabilizer. [Any person or thing that brings stability.]
stabilizernounAny person or thing that brings stability.
pycnosisnounAlternative form of pyknosis. [(biology) Shrinkage and condensing, such as that of a dying cell or the appearance of a cell's nucleus.]
pachynsis
coagulationnounThe process by which blood forms solid clots.
gelatinizationnounThe act of making or becoming gelatinous.
densificationnounThe act or process of making or becoming dense.
curdlingnounThe act by which something is curdled.
solidifyingnounThe process of something becoming solid.
congealingverb(transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.
gellingnounA surname.
concentrationnounThe act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
reductionnounThe act, process, or result of reducing.

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