Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun annealing

1 sense of annealing

Sense 1
annealing, tempering -- (hardening something by heat treatment)
       => hardening -- (the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb anneal

1 sense of anneal

Sense 1
anneal, temper, normalize -- (bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass")
       => harden, indurate -- (make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter")