absorbent filter

  • 61cleaning, clean up, cleansing —    To make oneself and one s environment clean, orderly and presentable. For instance, when one has dirtied or disordered a studio space that others will need to use, one must clean it up before those others arrive. And, before it interferes with …

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  • 62chromatography — n. any of several techniques for separating the components of a mixture by selective absorption. Two such techniques are quite widely used in medicine, for example to separate mixtures of amino acids. In one of these, paper chromatography, a… …

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  • 63fuller's earth — ful′ler s earth′ n. clo an absorbent clay, used esp. for removing grease from fabrics, in fulling cloth, as a filter, and as a dusting powder …

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  • 64fuller's earth — /fʊləz ˈɜθ/ (say fooluhz erth) noun an absorbent clay, used for removing grease from cloth, etc., in fulling, as a filter, medically, as a dusting powder, and in paints as an extender …

  • 65kie|sel|gur — kie|sel|guhr or kie|sel|gur «KEE zuhl gur», noun. a fine siliceous earth consisting of the fossil remains of diatoms, used as an abrasive, insulator, and filter, and in the manufacture of dynamite as an absorbent for nitroglycerin; diatomaceous… …

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  • 66kie|sel|guhr — or kie|sel|gur «KEE zuhl gur», noun. a fine siliceous earth consisting of the fossil remains of diatoms, used as an abrasive, insulator, and filter, and in the manufacture of dynamite as an absorbent for nitroglycerin; diatomaceous earth;… …

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