Term: bessemer process: an industrial process for making steel using a Bessemer converter to blast air through molten iron and thus burning the excess carbon and impurities; the first successful method of making steel in quantity at low cost
Broader: steel production: making steel from pig iron | Unrelated: pocket: a supply of money
Broader: steel production: making steel from pig iron | Unrelated: florence fennel: grown especially for its edible aromatic bulbous stem base
Broader: steel production: making steel from pig iron | Unrelated: cocos: coconut palms
Broader: steel production: making steel from pig iron | Unrelated: halothane: a nonflammable inhalation anesthetic that produces general anesthesia; used along with analgesics and muscle relaxants for many types of surgical procedures
Broader: steel production: making steel from pig iron | Unrelated: centerfold: a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature
Broader: steel production: making steel from pig iron | Unrelated: ectopic pregnancy: pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus
Broader: steel production: making steel from pig iron | Unrelated: ring rot bacteria: causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc
Broader: steel production: making steel from pig iron | Unrelated: avoirdupois unit: any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
Broader: steel production: making steel from pig iron | Unrelated: weekend warrior: a homeowner who acts as a contractor and tries to do major improvement projects on weekends (often without understanding the scope of the work to be done)
Broader: steel production: making steel from pig iron | Unrelated: coffee: any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans