STERILIZER

autoclave, sterilizer, steriliser

(noun) a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sterilizer (plural sterilizers)

A device used to sterilize, killing pathogens by means such as heat, UV light, chemicals, etc.

Source: Wiktionary


Ster"il*i`zer, n.

Definition: One that sterilizes anything; specif., an apparatus for sterilizing an organic fluid or mixture.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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BUDGERIGAR

(noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors


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Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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