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

• first water
• First World
• first year allowance
• firth
• firths
• fir tree
• fir trees
• firwood
• firwoods
• FIS
• FISA
• fisc
• fiscal
• fiscal cliff
• fiscal cliffs
• fiscal drag
• fiscally
• fiscals
• fiscal year
• fiscal years
• fiscs
• fisgig
• fisgigs
• fish
• fishable