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

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

Retort :: Retort (n.) To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.

Retortive :: Retortive (a.) Containing retort.

Retort :: Retort (n.) To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity..

Retortion :: Retortion (v. t.) Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back.

Tubulure :: Tubulure (n.) A short tubular opening at the top of a retort, or at the top or side of a bottle; a tubulation..

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc..

Quip :: Quip (n.) A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe..

Retorting :: Retorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retor.

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..

Cremate :: Cremate (v. t.) To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it..

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..

Pelican :: Pelican (n.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.

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

Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.

Antistrophon :: Antistrophon (n.) An argument retorted on an opponent.

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

Retorsion :: Retorsion (n.) Same as Retortion.

Charcoal :: Charcoal (v. t.) Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes..

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