Term: hardening: the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
Broader: change of integrity: the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something | Unrelated: dracontium: any plant of the genus Dracontium; strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves
Broader: change of integrity: the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something | Unrelated: nothingness: the state of nonexistence
Broader: change of integrity: the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something | Unrelated: bellyband: a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed)
Broader: change of integrity: the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something | Unrelated: patriarchal cross: a cross with two crossbars
Broader: change of integrity: the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something | Unrelated: degeneracy: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
Broader: change of integrity: the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something | Unrelated: beaked whale: any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw
Broader: change of integrity: the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something | Unrelated: apricot sauce: for Chinese dishes: apricot preserves and chutney
Broader: change of integrity: the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something | Unrelated: temazepam: a frequently prescribed benzodiazepine (trade name Restoril); takes effect slowly and lasts long enough to help those people who wake up frequently during the night
Broader: change of integrity: the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something | Unrelated: lab bench: a workbench in a laboratory
Broader: change of integrity: the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something | Unrelated: biogeographical region: an area of the Earth determined by distribution of flora and fauna