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Answer for the clue "An improvement that makes something more agreeable ", 10 letters:
sweetening

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. something added to foods to make them taste sweeter [syn: sweetener ] an improvement that makes something more agreeable [syn: enhancement ] the act of adding a sweetener to food

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 See long sweetening and short sweetening. 2 A sweetener. vb. (present participle of sweeten English)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In sound design , sweetening ("to sweeten") refers to "juicing up" the audio portion of a film, play, computer game software or any other multimedia project. Its origin may have been old-time radio , which produced visual detail with sound effects such ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sweetening \Sweet"en*ing\, n. The act of making sweet. That which sweetens.

Usage examples of sweetening.

Her final arpeggio climbed up the neck, sweetening as it did so, until the last note rang out, shimmering: the gracious smile of a Goddess.

Under the name of Dulcinol, a mixture of Manna and common salt has been recommended by Steinberg in 1906 as a sweetening agent in diabetes, the dose 1/2 to 1 OZ.

A few of these would go a long way toward sweetening Ringwall's sour temper when she gave her expense report.

By the time she had carried in the groceries and stored the perishables in the refrigerator, the light breeze had gone a long way toward sweetening the air.

We ate beans, beef, and sourdough bread, and we had molasses for sweetening.

It was as though they were grains of sugar sweetening the cup of life, for right then and there the man who had but recently tried to take his own life was finding that life very worth the living.