anneal /ə-nēlˈ/

1. To heat and cool gradually (glass, metals), esp in order to temper or toughen
2. To heat (eg glass) in order to fix colours on (archaic)
3. To strengthen, toughen
4. To reform the duplex structure of (a nucleic acid) (biochemistry)

annealˈer noun

annealˈing noun

• shifting-boards
• shifting cultivation
• shifting register
• shiftings
• shifting spanner
• shifting spanners
• shift key
• shift keys
• shiftless
• shiftlessly
• shiftlessness
• shiftlessnesses
• shift one's ground
• shift register
• shift registers
• shifts
• shift the goalposts
• shift up
• shift work
• shift worker
• shift workers
• shift working
• shifty
• shigella
• shigellas