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Verb: anneal  u'neel
  1. Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
    "anneal glass"
    - temper, normalize, normalise [Brit]

Sounds like: anele

Derived forms: annealing, anneals, annealed

Type of: harden, indurate

Encyclopedia: Anneal