Thickening

Noun

 * 1) the process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous
 * 2) a substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce
 * 3) a thickened part of a structure
 * the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts
 * the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts

Verb
thickening



Thesaurus
adhesiveness, clabbering, clamminess, clotting, coagulation, colloidality, concretion, congealment, congelation, curdling, doughiness, gelatination, gelatinity, gelatinization, gelatinousness, gelling, gluelikeness, gluiness, glutinosity, glutinousness, gumlikeness, gumminess, heaviness, incrassation, inspissation, jellification, jelling, jellying, jellylikeness, lentor, mucilaginousness, pastiness, ropiness, setting, slabbiness, sliminess, spissitude, stickiness, stodginess, stringiness, syrupiness, tackiness, tenaciousness, tenacity, thickness, toughness, treacliness, viscidity, viscosity, viscousness

Noun

 * French: épaississement
 * Italian: