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DEVITRIFY
devitrify
(verb) make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque
devitrify
(verb) become crystalline
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
devitrify (third-person singular simple present devitrifies, present participle devitrifying, simple past and past participle devitrified)
(of a glassy material) To become crystalline and brittle
Anagrams
• fervidity
Source: Wiktionary
De*vit"ri*fy, v. t.
Definition: To deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous luster and transparency from.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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