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Answer for the clue "The process of boiling a liquid and condensing its vapors ", 11 letters:
distillment

Word definitions for distillment in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors [syn: distillation ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The extract produced by distillation.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Distillment \Dis*till"ment\, n. Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation. [Obs.] --Shak.

Usage examples of distillment.

Richard also remembered sitting in the dark dining room, his chin sticky with spiritous distillment, and listening to the Labrador as it whinnied in nightmare or labor, and hoping that no one would come down to tend her, and feeling the comfort of the community of pain .

The history of that election reveals, with great clearness, the extent to which slavery has shot its leprous distillment through the life-blood of the nation.