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Filtrate :: Filtrate (n.) That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.

Filter :: Filter (n.) To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth..

Colation :: Colation (n.) The act or process of straining or filtering.

Filtrate :: Filtrate (v. t.) To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation..

Inhaler :: Inhaler (n.) A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers..

Drain :: Drain (v. t.) To filter.

Filter :: Filter (n.) Same as Philter.

Infiltered :: Infiltered (imp. & p. p.) of Infilte.

Infiltering :: Infiltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Infilte.

Percolation :: Percolation (n.) 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..

Straining :: Strainer (n.) That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid..

Percolate :: Percolate (v. i.) To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone..

Rape :: Rape (n.) A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc..

Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. i.) To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.

Percolator :: Percolator (n.) One who, or that which, filters..

Clay :: Clay (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar..

Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..

Physeter :: Physeter (n.) A filtering machine operated by air pressure.

Filtering :: Filtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Filte.

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