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The impermeable state of an originally porous medium, after it has been effectively clogged, usually by fine particles as a result of the process of colmation, though multiple causes might combine, such as swelling of clay or intrusion of asphalt.
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(medicine) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.
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(medicine) The removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.
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A decrease in temperature that occurs while heating metal through a range of temperatures in which change in structure occurs.
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To remove cysts, typically from the skin
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The act or process of dehumidifying.
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Relating to deturgescence
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Of or pertaining to dilution.
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An element, such as a tree, that contributes to evapotranspiration
adj
Subjected to evapotranspiration
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An agent or substance used for the process of exfoliation
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a peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts
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(agriculture) The application of fertilizers or other water-soluble products through an irrigation system.
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To fertilize via an irrigation system
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Alternative form of fertigation [(agriculture) The application of fertilizers or other water-soluble products through an irrigation system.]
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A small, loosely aggregated mass of material suspended in, or precipitated from a solution; a floc.
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The process of increasing the water vapour content of a gas.
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A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humours.
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(medicine) The administration of liquid substances directly into a vein for medical purposes; perfusion.
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The process of drying out.
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(surgery) irrigating agent
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The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
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Of or pertaining to irrigation.
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One who employs irrigation techniques.
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Relating to irrigation.
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Relating to irrigation.
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Relating to irrigation.
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(rare) Characteristic of molasses; viscous
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(historical, chemistry, alchemy) A watery distillation, especially one obtained from plant matter; an aqueous solution.
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In favour of irrigation.
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An increase in temperature that occurs while cooling metal through a range of temperatures in which change in structure occurs.
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Of or pertaining to the act of regurgitating.
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The process of reirrigating.
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Of, pertaining to, or caused by resorption.
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A substance which is used to saturate another.
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(horticulture) Of a pot or planter: designed with a reservoir from which the soil can take up water without the need for manual watering of the plant.
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A drier; a catalyst used to promote drying.
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An alloy that has a narrow solidification range, usually less than 50 °C.
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(agriculture) A method of irrigation where water is delivered to the plant rootzone from below the soil surface and absorbed upwards. The excess water may be collected for reuse.
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A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted.
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(more generally) The act or process of subjecting something to heat or to highly acidic substances.
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The use of a substance or process to preserve or give particular properties to something.
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(intransitive) To become uncoloured.
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The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
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