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

• tardily
• tardiness
• tardinesses
• Tardis
• tardive
• tardive dyskinesia
• tardy
• tardy-gaited
• tardying
• tare
• tared
• tares
• targa top
• targa-topped
• targa tops
• targe
• targed
• targes
• target
• targetable
• target acquisition
• target area
• target areas
• target cell
• target cells