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Percolation

The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it.

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Cookery 76% connected

The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat.

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Cooking 76% connected

of Cook

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Filtration 76% connected

The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

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Preparation 76% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

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Infiltrate 74% connected

To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Infiltrate 74% connected

To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.

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Percolate 74% connected

To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.

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Percolate 74% connected

To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain.

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Infiltration 92% connected

The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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