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calcify
verb as in harden
Strong matches
Weak match
verb as in indurate
Strong matches
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- amalgamate
- anneal
- bake
- brace
- buttress
- cake
- callous
- cement
- close
- clot
- coagulate
- compact
- concrete
- congeal
- consolidate
- contract
- crystallize
- curdle
- dry
- firm
- fix
- fortify
- fossilize
- freeze
- gird
- jell
- nerve
- ossify
- petrify
- precipitate
- press
- reinforce
- season
- set
- settle
- solidify
- starch
- steel
- stiffen
- strengthen
- temper
- thicken
- toughen
- vitrify
Weak matches
verb as in petrify
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Example Sentences
At the fifth year the second permanent molars, and at the eighth year the third molars or wisdom teeth, begin to calcify.
The permanent molars begin to calcify at the twenty-fifth week of fœtal life.
My father did not achieve that for himself, as his arteries had started to calcify before he discovered the immortality vitamin.
The underlying blood coagulates rapidly, and the periosteum begins to calcify within a few weeks, as shown by the X-ray.
The permanent incisors do not calcify until a year after birth.
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On this page you'll find 159 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to calcify, such as: amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, and cake.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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