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Words nearby dry distillation

dry cleaning, dry-cleanse, dry compass, Dryden, dry deposition, dry distillation, dry dock, dry-dockage, dry drunk, dryer, dry eye

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How to use dry distillation in a sentence

Anthracene is one of the last products passing over in the dry distillation of coal-tar.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
After tanning and setting out the goods are treated with the empyreumatic oil obtained by the dry distillation of birch bark.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 3|Various
The dark-coloured residue left by the dry distillation of turpentine.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Benzoline is not the same as benzene or benzol, which is one of the products of the dry distillation of coal.
Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology|W. G. Aitchison Robertson

Acetone, a highly inflammable liquid obtained generally by the dry distillation of acetates.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood

British Dictionary definitions for dry distillation

dry distillation

noun

another name for destructive distillation

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