filtrate

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The stalactites - hundreds of mineral formations hanging like melted candle wax above us which naturally filtrate the rainwater - are being clogged by cement dust, he says.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

The more acidic the filtrate, the more ammonia is secreted.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Second, the filtrate is collected in the renal tubules.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

As the filtrate passes down the tubules, nutrients and other solutes are reabsorbed by capillaries.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The liquor was then filtered from the iron oxides, and the filtrate treated with scrap iron, which precipitated the copper and reformed ferrous chloride, which could be used in the first stage of the process.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various