anneal
/əˈniːl/verb
Middle School
1
To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
2
To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
3
To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
4
To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
5
To strengthen or harden.
Thesaurus
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
#archaic