DISTILLATES Synonyms

• the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

• a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

• a concentrated example of something

• make denser, stronger, or purer

• direct one's attention on something

• make central

• make more concise

• draw together or meet in one common center

• compress or concentrate

• be cooked until very little liquid is left

• cook until very little liquid is left

• a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste

• hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold

• a substance believed to cure all ills

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

• a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

• a passage selected from a larger work

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• get despite difficulties or obstacles

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• extract by the process of distillation

• separate (a metal) from an ore

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• calculate the root of a number

• a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution

• a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

• a method for solving a problem

• the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

• the successful action of solving a problem

• a substance that colors or dyes

• an indication that something has been present

• a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

• (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution

• fill, as with a certain quality

• stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color

• the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors

• a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling