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An apparatus for hastening acetification
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One who treats blocked oil or gas wells with acid.
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A device used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
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A device used for aerosolising.
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(historical, medicine) understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health.
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A device used to remove contaminants from the air.
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An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.
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A device that employs a liquid amine such as diethanolamine to remove acidic substances (such as sulfur dioxide or hydrogen sulfide) from industrial gases
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A device or chemical substance that prevents ice formation or removes any formed ice.
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Any of several devices that prevent spreading
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A device like a hopperdozer for the removal of aphids.
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(chemistry) An apparatus for carrying out atmolysis.
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Alternative form of atomizer [An instrument for reducing a liquid to spray or vapor for disinfecting, cooling, medical use or perfume spraying.]
v
To heat a material in a vacuum in order to drive off volatile components
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A machine that calorizes (forms a type of protective surface on metal).
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A machine that carries out carbonization.
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A machine for cardiodilation.
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A machine that performs cardioversion.
v
(medicine, transitive) To catheterize; to fit (someone) with a catheter.
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A device that causticizes.
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A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density.
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A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
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Something that cleanses, such as a detergent.
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(rare) An air conditioner.
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A plug-in or algorithm that de-esses, i.e., reduces the loudness of sibilants in an audio recording.
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A chamber filled with iron filings or other material used to remove excess oxygen or other substances from water.
adj
From which the air or gas has been removed
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A device that removes oxygen and other dissolved gases from the feedwater to a steam-generating boiler.
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A machine that dearsenicates.
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A unit in a crude oil refinery or bitumen upgrader that separates out the asphalt from crude oil or bitumen.
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A machine that tears open bags to remove the contents.
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A chemical or device that decalcifies.
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Synonym of decatizer (“machine for decating i.e. steaming cloth”)
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That which decatizes; a machine for decatizing (steaming) cloth.
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A tool used in dechorionation
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A liquid used for breaking down clogs in drains.
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(computing) a machine that decollates (separates) the parts of multipart computer printout and discards the carbon paper
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A device that decontaminates.
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A concept that involves the placement of long-lived radioactive waste, often spent nuclear fuel, in rooms excavated deep within stable, low-permeability bedrock
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(humorous) An imaginary device which removes the flavor from something, particularly food.
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A machine for degasifying.
v
(transitive) To remove gas from.
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A device used to degas something
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A device that performs degaussing.
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Anything that carries out degranulation
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A machine that accomplishes this task.
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A device for removing the moisture content from air
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A device that removes water from a material
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A device, algorithm, etc. that deinterlaces.
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A device that deionizes something.
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A machine or tool that removes lint.
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Any device that removes liquid from something
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A chemical agent which removes the sheen from something, especially one that removes the sheen from yarn or fabric.
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Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization
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A device that removes methane from a (petroleum) gas mixture
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A device that demineralizes.
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Any of various devices that remove droplets of water from air.
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The removal of the layer of fine liquid particles from the surface of a window or mirror.
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A machine for removing mucilage.
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Any machine or substance that increases the density of a material
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Any device used to separate a gas from an aerosol.
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Any device that deoxygenates
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A machine that depalletizes.
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(chemistry, archaic) An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapours is effected.
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That which depolymerizes.
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A device used to perform dermabrasion.
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A device that performs desalination.
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A machine or facility that removes salt, as from crude oil or agricultural runoff.
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A piece of equipment used in the petroleum industry to remove sand (defined as particles greater than or equal to 74 microns) from the drilling fluid.
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That which descales (removes scale from a surface).
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A machine for drying fruit, milk, etc., usually by the aid of heat; an evaporator.
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A piece of equipment used in the petroleum industry to remove silt from the drilling fluid.
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A device that uses a vacuum to remove solder.
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A device used for desolvation
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A device or algorithm for removing spikes of various kinds.
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Any material used to remove stains
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A device used for destemming
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(obsolete) Any substance used for cleaning a wound.
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A device that alters the aerodynamics of an airplane, glider etc, allowing it to descend quickly but safely, especially when caught in a thermal
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A machine for removing water.
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(sewage treatment) An aerating device consisting of a membrane with fine pores, through which air is blown to generate small bubbles.
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A strong closed vessel in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them.
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A device used in dipcoating
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An apparatus for applying disinfectants.
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A device that removes the membrane from liquid.
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(chemistry) The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement.
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Part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled.
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A simple device used for elutriation.
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A gas, rich in carbon monoxide and hydrogen, produced by burning natural gas in a limited supply of air, that is used in the heat treatment of metals
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A piece of equipment used to evaporate the solvent from a solution.
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A device for eviscerating something.
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desiccator (laboratory equipment)
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A centrifugal drying machine.
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An industrial machine for mixing, chopping, and kneading substances.
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A machine that fiberizes.
adj
Having been filtered (e.g., coffee grounds).
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A man employed to manage a physical process of filtration.
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A machine that induces flocculation.
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An industrial unit process in which a quantity of a solid particulate substance is caused to float in a stream of a fluid (usually air or other gas) in order to create conditions in which many chemical, combustion and drying reactions take place efficiently.
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A device that fluidizes.
adj
Yielding free gold or silver; said of certain ores that can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or other chemical treatment.
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An apparatus for fumigating.
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An apparatus used to perform gasification.
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An apparatus for the generation of gases, or for impregnating a liquid with a gas, or a gas with a volatile liquid.
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(sciences) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.
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An apparatus for diffusing a solution, such as brine or vinegar, over a large surface, for exposure to the air.
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A machine that granulizes.
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A cycle employed in the liquefaction of gases, especially for air separation. It is essentially the same as the Siemens cycle, except in the expansion step: where the Siemens cycle has the gas do external work to reduce its temperature, the Hampson-Linde cycle relies solely on the Joule-Thomson effect, so the cold side needs no moving parts.
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Any piece of equipment used to homogenize mixtures, such as a kitchen blender, mortar and pestle, ultrasonic bath, etc.
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A solvent-free, solid adhesive that is melted by heating for use
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A cyclone separator used to remove particles from a liquid.
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A machine that uses a rotating drum to remove excess water from textiles.
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(engineering) A cost-effective way of shaping malleable metals into lightweight, stiff pieces by means of high-pressure hydraulic fluid
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A machine or industrial plant that performs hydroprocessing.
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A specimen prepared by injection.
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A device used for inoculating.
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A kind of diffuser, used to laminarize air.
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A liquid used in leaching
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A device used to liquify gases (by cooling and compression)
n
Air which is in a liquid state due to being pressurised or kept at a low temperature, or both, usually for storage and transport purposes.
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Alternative form of liquefied natural gas [Natural gas that has been cooled and compressed to liquid form for transport and storage.]
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A machine that reduces solids to small pieces.
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An agent used to assist in malaxating something, such as butter or oil.
v
(transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
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A device for sterilizing needles etc. by infrared heat within a tube, with no open flame.
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A machine that micropolishes.
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A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.
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A device to add odor to a gas.
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(obsolete) A device for causing a current of air to impinge on the flame of the Argand lamp.
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(medicine) A canopy for the head and shoulders, or a similar enclosure for the whole body, within which air having a higher than normal supply of oxygen can be administered to a patient.
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any device that releases oxygen (or air) into water, especially one in an aquarium
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A machine or device for pasteurizing something (e.g. milk).
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A device, containing a semipermeable membrane, used to desalinate water by reverse osmosis
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A filtering machine operated by air pressure.
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A device for melting and mixing thermoplastic materials.
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An apparatus for purifying water to a degree that makes it safe to drink.
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A machine that powderizes.
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An apparatus which removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation.
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A device or component that performs preliminary cleaning.
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A device used to preconcentrate
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A machine that premixes.
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(chemistry) An apparatus fitted with a reflux condenser.
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An industrial facility in which liquefied natural gas (GLN) at a temperature of -162 °C (-260 °F) is converted into natural gas at atmospheric temperature.
v
To convert liquefied natural gas (LNG) at −162 °C (−260 °F) temperature back to natural gas at atmospheric temperature. It consists in reevaporate liquified natural gas after transport (by ship) to a distribution terminal
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A machine that repressurizes.
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A fuel or oil additive that creates a cermet coating on internal engine parts.
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A device for carrying out saccharification.
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(chemistry) A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
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A device that removes impurities from gases.
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The removal of impurities from gas.
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A highly malleable general-purpose plastic explosive.
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(informal, chemistry) A Soxhlet extractor
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Synonym of Soxhlet extractor
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(chemistry) A piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a glass reservoir that sits over a lower flask (containing a boiling solvent) and under a condenser; a sample contained in a paper thimble is placed in the reservoir and soluble materials are continually extracted by the warm solvent and transferred to the lower flask via a siphon.
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Synonym of stain remover
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A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
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Alternative form of synfuel [Any of several fuels synthesized from coal or shale etc, or fermented from grain etc.]
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A device for treating air pollutants of all types, especially VOCs and odours, by burning the gases in an oven at about 800ºC for about 1 second.
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A device used to separate or remove (and sometimes also measure) the volatile components of an aerosol
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A machine that cools and kneads liquid margarine etc., preparatory to packaging.
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a device that purifies water
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A device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water by passing it through an ion exchange resin.
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