CONCRETIONS Synonyms

• 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

• a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

• change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

• cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state

• turn into curds

• coalesce or unite in a mass

• the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid

• a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms

• become gelatinous

• the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing

• a rounded spherical form

• a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

• an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass

• 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

• the formation of a crust

• a hard outer layer that covers something

• a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay

• 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

• the formation of a crust

• a hard outer layer that covers something

• a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay

• a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

• done with very great haste and without due deliberation

• bring about abruptly

• separate as a fine suspension of solid particles

• fall from clouds

• fall vertically, sharply, or headlong

• hurl or throw violently

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

• an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums

• the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions

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

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

• an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

• the state of being combined into one body

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

• an increase in the density of something

• the act of crushing

• an increase in the density of something

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

• applying pressure

• healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones

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