Lixiviation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lixiviation \Lix*iv`i*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. lixiviation.]
     Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance
     from one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as
     water; leaching.
     [1913 Webster]