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Answer for the clue "A device for changing one substance or form or state into another ", 9 letters:
convertor

Word definitions for convertor in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A person who, or a thing that converts 2 # A furnace in which pig iron is converted to steel 3 # A rectifier that converts alternating current to direct current 4 # A device that converts an analogue to a digital signal, or vice versa 5 # A reaction ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a device for changing one substance or form or state into another [syn: converter ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
convertor \convertor\ n. a device for changing one substance or form or state into another. Syn: converter.

Usage examples of convertor.

The main fuel-storages system fed a succession of convertors and generators designed to deliver enormous amounts of electrical and magnetic energy.

Eventually it gets sucked into the collecting chutes and blown down to Engineers on the First Level, where it is used to feed the Convertors to produce heat, light and power inside the Ship.

He looks for the convertor, finds it jammed under some tubing, quickly compacts himself, dives inside and is taken out of there.