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Refractory :: Refractory (a.) Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or the like; -- said especially of metals and the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the hammer; as, a refractory ore..

Aurichalcite :: Aurichalcite (n.) A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction..

Reduction :: Reduction (n.) The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious province..

Hydrometallurgical :: Hydrometallurgical (a.) Of or pertaining to hydrometallurgy; involving the use of liquid reagents in the treatment or reduction of ores.

Cash :: Cash (n.) Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash..

Reduction :: Reduction (v. t.) The preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a general result.

Oxindol :: Oxindol (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C8H7NO) of the indol group, obtained by the reduction of dioxindol. It is a so-called lactam compound..

Reduction :: Reduction (n.) The act or process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce an expression, under Reduce, v. t..

Waste :: Waste (v. i.) To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc..

Indolin :: Indolin (n.) A dark resinous substance, polymeric with indol, and obtained by the reduction of indigo white..

Saccharone :: Saccharone (n.) An oily liquid, C6H10O2, obtained by the reduction of saccharin..

Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages..

Systematist :: Systematism (n.) The reduction of facts or principles to a system.

Greillade :: Greillade (n.) Iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by the Catalan process..

Streamless :: Streaming (n.) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin..

Manganese :: Manganese (n.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, manganite, etc. Symbol Mn. Atomic weight 54.8..

Borneol :: Borneol (n.) A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol..

Pyrroline :: Pyrroline (n.) A nitrogenous base, C4H7N, obtained as a colorless liquid by the reduction of pyrrol..

Defalcation :: Defalcation (n.) A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off.

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration..

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