solidification

solidification
    n 1: the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying
         or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested
         the set of the glue" [syn: {hardening}, {solidifying},
         {solidification}, {set}, {curing}]
    

Solidification \So*lid`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
   solidification.]
   Act of solidifying, or state of being solidified.
   [1913 Webster]
    

166 Moby Thesaurus words for "solidification":
      Anschluss, abbreviation, accretion, addition, adherence, adhesion,
      affiliation, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, agreement,
      alliance, amalgamation, arteriosclerosis, assimilation,
      association, astriction, astringency, atherosclerosis, blend,
      blending, bottleneck, cabal, calcification, callusing, cartel,
      case hardening, centralization, cervix, circumscription, cling,
      clinging, clotting, clumping, clustering, coagulation, coalescence,
      coalition, coarctation, coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness,
      combination, combine, combo, compactedness, compaction,
      composition, compression, compressure, concentration, concretion,
      condensation, confederacy, confederation, congealment, congelation,
      congeries, conglobation, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction,
      consolidation, conspiracy, constriction, constringency,
      contraction, contracture, cornification, crystallization,
      curtailment, decrease, densification, diminuendo, ecumenism,
      embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federalization, federation,
      firming, fossilization, fusion, granulation, hardening, hookup,
      hornification, hourglass, hourglass figure, identity, inclusion,
      incorporation, individuality, indivisibility, induration,
      inseparability, intactness, integrality, integration, integrity,
      inviolability, irreducibility, isthmus, junction, junta, knitting,
      lapidification, league, lithification, marriage, meld, melding,
      merger, narrow place, narrowing, neck, oneness, organic unity,
      ossification, package, package deal, particularity, petrifaction,
      petrification, puckering, purity, pursing, reduction, sclerosis,
      selfsameness, set, setting, shortening, simplicity, singleness,
      singularity, solidarity, solidity, steeling, sticking, stiffening,
      stranglement, strangulation, striction, stricture, syncretism,
      syndication, syneresis, synthesis, systole, tempering, tie-up,
      toughening, undividedness, unification, uniformity, union,
      uniqueness, unity, univocity, vitrifaction, vitrification,
      wasp waist, wedding, wholeness, wrinkling