Appliance there bottles volatile liquid (5)
I believe the answer is:
ether
'volatile liquid' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'appliance there bottles' is the wordplay.
'bottles' indicates a hidden word (bottling is a kind of containing).
'ETHER' can be found hidden inside 'appliance there'.
(Other definitions for ether that I've seen before include "Clear upper air" , "The gas is there, oddly" , "Volatile organic liquid once used as a general anaesthetic" , "Medium supposedly" , "Once widely-used anaesthetic" .)