ACCRETIONS Synonyms

• the act of building up an accumulation

• the result of the process of accumulation

• highly favorable publicity and praise

• the formation of stonelike objects within a body organ (e.g., the kidneys)

• a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body

• an increase in the density of something

• the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts

• the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

• (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office

• the act of putting something somewhere

• the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office

• the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

• matter that has been deposited by some natural process

• the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

• money deposited in a bank or some similar institution

• a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later

• money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use

• a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met

• a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

• the act of putting something somewhere

• put, fix, force, or implant

• put into a bank account

• put (something somewhere) firmly

• an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

• the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

• the act of forming or establishing something

• (geology) the geological features of the earth

• a particular spatial arrangement

• natural process that causes something to form

• creation by mental activity

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a progression from simpler to more complex forms

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• vegetation that has grown

• the gradual beginning or coming forth

• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

• something grown or growing

• single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

• a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another

• an abstract place usually conceived as having depth

• a hen that lays eggs

• thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells

• make or form a layer

• an increase by natural growth or addition

• several things grouped together or considered as a whole

• the act of accumulating

• (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a progression from simpler to more complex forms

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• vegetation that has grown

• the gradual beginning or coming forth

• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

• something grown or growing