1. distill   sear with caustic or hot iron to prevent infection.   spend winter sleeping.   refine or purify.   force or thrust out.   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. coagulate   dry up by removing moisture.   establish validity or prove genuine.   eat away or wear out.   thicken or change from fluid to solid state.   Half-n-half Clue   3. impel   propel or force onward.   go off in different directions.   form into grains.   make impure by mixing with baser ingredients.   Half-n-half Clue   4. dilute   hinder or retard.   build or invent.   cut with sharp-edged tool; cheat or treat unfairly.   reduce the concentration or strength.   Half-n-half Clue   5. desiccate   approach or tend to come together.   dry up by removing moisture.   break up or scatter.   issue or originate from.   Half-n-half Clue   6. generate   slow down.   remove water from something.   place in surrounding mass.   produce or create.   Half-n-half Clue   7. glaze   cover with shiny glassy substance.   waver or vary in an unstable way.   combine together and form one.   go off in different directions.   Half-n-half Clue