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Defecation :: Defecation (n.) The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification..

Purification :: Purification (n.) The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals..

Lustrum :: Lustrum (n.) A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years..

Rhigolene :: Rhigolene (n.) A mixture of volatile hydrocarbons intermediate between gsolene and cymogene. It is obtained in the purification of crude petroleum, and is used as a refregerant..

Circumcision :: Circumcision (n.) Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith..

Theurgy :: Theurgy (n.) A kind of magical science or art developed in Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites..

Disinfection :: Disinfection (n.) The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.

Kerosene :: Kerosene (n.) An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also coal oil. It is now produced in immense quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the methane series..

Purification :: Purification (n.) The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement..

Lustral :: Lustral (a.) Of or pertaining to, or used for, purification; as, lustral days; lustral water..

Vaseline :: Vaseline (n.) A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of the higher members of the paraffin series. It is used as an unguent, and for various purposes in the arts. See the Note under Petrolatum..

Abdest :: Abdest (n.) Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.

Expurgation :: Expurgation (n.) The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous..

Februation :: Februation (n.) Purification; a sacrifice.

Coerulignone :: Coerulignone (n.) A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret..

Purgatory :: Purgatory (n.) A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven..

Sublimation :: Sublimation (n.) The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification.

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..

Purification :: Purification (n.) A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations..

Epuration :: Epuration (n.) Purification.

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