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Retorted :: Retorted (imp. & p. p.) of Retor.

Revie :: Revie (v. i.) To make a retort; to bandy words.

Synchronal :: Synchoresis (n.) A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force.

Neck :: Neck (n.) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd..

Return :: Return (v. t.) To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie..

Retorter :: Retorter (n.) One who retorts.

Galley :: Galley (n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

Retortive :: Retortive (a.) Containing retort.

Pay :: Pay (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon..

Retort :: Retort (v. t.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response..

Retortion :: Retortion (v. t.) Retaliation.

Provocation :: Provocation (n.) Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress..

Recriminatory :: Recriminatory (a.) Having the quality of recrimination; retorting accusation; recriminating.

Floor :: Floor (v. t.) To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent..

Pretorture :: Pretorture (v. t.) To torture beforehand.

Reprisal :: Reprisal (n.) The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity..

Converter :: Converter (n.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal..

Distillation :: Distillation (n.) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam..

Receiver :: Receiver (n.) A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation..

Retort :: Retort (v. i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.

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