aludel means A pear-shaped pot with an opening at each end, formerly used, especially by alchemists, for sublimation. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
aludel is pronounced /ˈæl.jʊ.dɛl/.
Why “aludel” is a great word
ALUDEL — [Noun] A pear-shaped vessel of glass or earthenware, open at both ends and designed to be stacked in series for the sublimation of substances in alchemical and early chemical operations. From the Medieval Latin *aludel*, from the Arabic الأُثَال (al-ʔuṯāl, 'the sublimation vessel'). Unlike a *retort*—a sealed vessel for distillation's liquid drip—or a *crucible*—a stout pot for melting—the aludel is an open conduit, a segment of a larger apparatus built to guide and capture ascending vapors. It is the ceramic husk awaiting a volatile spirit, the repeated chamber in a tower of purification, the hollow pear through which a solid flees its own body—a humble architecture of patience built for fleeting, invisible migrations.
noun
- A pear-shaped pot with an opening at each end, formerly used, especially by alchemists, for sublimation.