Word Meanings - CALCINATORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A vessel used in calcination.

CALCINATION
The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order
VESSELFUL
As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
VESSEL
Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc. (more info) vascellum, dim. of vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel. Cf. Vascular, 1. A hollow or concave utensil for
AIR VESSEL
A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral
DEWAR VESSEL
A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, etc., having the space between the walls exhausted so as to prevent conduction of heat, and sometimes having the glass silvered to prevent absorption of radiant heat; -- called also, according
BLOOD VESSEL
Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.
UNVESSEL
To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty. Ford.
TANK SHIP; TANK VESSEL
A vessel fitted with tanks for the carrying of oil or other liquid in bulk.