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| blowpipe |
a metal tube through which air or gas is forced in a controlled flow into a flame to concentrate and intensify its heat. [1/3 definitions] |
| center |
to focus or concentrate. [1/9 definitions] |
| centralize |
to concentrate or bring under a single authority or control. [2/3 definitions] |
| chokebore |
in a shotgun barrel, a bored inner surface that narrows toward the muzzle to concentrate the pattern of shot. [1/2 definitions] |
| condense |
to make smaller, denser, or more compact; compress; concentrate. [1/5 definitions] |
| condenser |
a mirror, lens, or combination of lenses used to concentrate and direct light onto an object or area. [1/4 definitions] |
| distill |
to obtain, extract, refine, or concentrate by this process. [1/5 definitions] |
| distillate |
anything regarded as an essence, abstraction, concentrate, or refinement. [1/2 definitions] |
| distillation |
the process of heating a substance to produce a vapor, which is then cooled and condensed, in order to purify, concentrate, or extract components from the substance. [1/2 definitions] |
| distracted |
unable to concentrate with full attention, or characterized by such inability. [1/2 definitions] |
| fixate |
to focus or concentrate on. [1/5 definitions] |
| focus |
to concentrate (attention or efforts) on a central point or task. [2/9 definitions] |
| front-load |
to move and concentrate caucuses and party primaries to an earlier period before a general election than had previously been established. [1/2 definitions] |
| funnel |
to concentrate or focus, as if pouring through a funnel. [1/4 definitions] |
| kibitzer |
one who engages in idle or distracting chatter, esp. while others are trying to concentrate or discuss serious topics. [1/2 definitions] |
| polarize |
to induce polarity in; cause to concentrate around opposite points. [1/3 definitions] |
| reconcentrate |
combined form of concentrate. |
| scatterbrain |
someone unable to organize, concentrate on, or remember things; flighty person. |
| yellowcake |
a powdery uranium concentrate used esp. in nuclear reactors that is obtained from the milling of uranium. |
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