- answer back
- rejoinder: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
- a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
- In a chemistry laboratory, a retort is a glassware device used for distillation or dry distillation of substances. It consists of a spherical vessel with a long downward-pointing neck. The liquid to be distilled is placed in the vessel and heated. ...
- A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation; A container in which material is subjected to high temperatures as part of an industrial ...
- (retortion) retorsion
- (Retorting) A process whereby heat is applied to oil shale (kerogen) to produce oil.
- (Retorting) The heating of oil shale to get the oil out from it.
- The thermal processing or cooking packaged food or other products in a pressurized vessel for purposes of sterilizing the contents to maintain freshness for extended storage times. ...
- An airtight vessel in which substances (e.g. oil shale) are heated for a chemical reaction producing gaseous products to be collected in a collection vessel or for further processing.
- A retort furnace is a closed muffle furnace that is used for distillation, sublimation, or decomposition of heated parts. This term is also commonly used to describe a controlled atmosphere rotary muffle furnace used for annealing, hardening, carbonitriding, or carburizing steel parts. ...
- A vessel with a long neck used for distilling the quicksilver from amalgam. (Fay)
- a specifically designed furnace used for cremating pet remains, also known as a crematorium.
- The retort is a spherical container (usually glass) with a long neck or spout. It is used to distill or decompose solutions by the action of heat or acids.
- Large pressure sterilizer built for processing contained foods.
- An apparatus used to separate an amalgam of gold and mercury, through heating, which saves the mercury for future use.