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vapour
  1. Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
  2. The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
  3. (obsolete) Wind; flatulence.
  4. Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
  5. (archaic) Hypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder.
  6. (dated) Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “As the sun began to rise, a dense vapour settled over the tranquil lake, creating an ethereal and mysterious atmosphere.”
vaporizer
  1. A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
  2. (medicine) A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid solution with medicine. The produced vapor condensates into fine aerosols, forming a mist inside the device, to be inhaled by the patient for delivery of the medicine into the lungs.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “I bought a new vaporizer to enjoy the aromatic flavors of different herbal blends.”
      “Using a cool-mist vaporizer to humidify the air may help soothe irritated breathing passages and relieve coughing.”
      “Using a cool mist vaporizer or giving your child an over-the-counter decongestant medicine may help.”
vapor
  1. Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
  2. The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The forest was cloaked in a thick vapor, making it difficult to see more than a few feet ahead.”
      “The fog enveloping the forest was a dense vapor, making it difficult to see through.”
vaporization
  1. A conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas.
  2. A destruction of something by turning it into vapor.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Lasers are notorious for producing copious amounts of noxious smoke or plume as a by-product of vaporization.”
      “The carbon dioxide laser is the more powerful of the two, used primarily in procedures involving the cutting or vaporization of tissue.”
      “By repeating vaporization and condensation, individual components in the solution can be recovered in a pure state.”
vapourer
  1. Any of several tussock moths (family Erebidae, subfamily Lymantriinae), especially of the genus Orgyia.
  2. (archaic) One who vapours; a braggart.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Female vapourer moths may not be able to fly, but they are egg-laying machines.”
      “A few types of insects live on red maples, including weevils, buff-tip moths, and vapourer moths.”
      “Its only taken a week for this vapourer moth larva to do one moult.”
vaporimeter
  1. An instrument for measuring the volume or tension of any vapor.
vaporescence
vaporisation
  1. Alternative spelling of vaporization
  2. Examples:
    1. “Adding water to these two systems creates vaporisation which is thought to increase the availability of odour from sub-surface targets.”
      “It can be calculated for example from a substance's boiling point, heat of vaporisation, refractive index and molar volume.”
      “Single-component coatings dry physically, purely through vaporisation of the solvent mixture.”
vapourisation
  1. Alternative spelling of vaporization
  2. Examples:
    1. “In slapper detonators, the explosive vapourisation of the electrical conductor drives a flyer or slapper across a gap and the impact of the slapper on an explosive starts a chemical detonation.”
      “Thanks to the high molecular mass, it has a low vapourisation level and impedes on the emission of volatile organic compounds in fire conditions.”
      “Once the energy is absorbed by the water, it is converted into heat, causing superheating, and vapourisation.”
vapourization
  1. Alternative spelling of vaporization
  2. Examples:
    1. “A more detailed model involving simultaneous mass transfer, reduction and vapourization steps was formulated.”
      “Because the constant flow is obtained without fluid vapourization, the pressure loss is greatly reduced and the noise and erosion are avoided.”
      “Because an ultrasonic nozzle was used to atomize the solution into nanodroplets, only low temperature was required for the vapourization of the droplets.”
vaporishness
  1. Alternative form of vapourishness
vapourousness
  1. Rare spelling of vaporousness.
vaporiser
  1. Alternative spelling of vaporizer
  2. Examples:
    1. “Try sitting the child in a steamy bathroom, using a vaporiser or placing a damp towel near a radiator to create moist air.”
      “Essential oils can be added to bath water, dropped onto a tissue or handkerchief, added to a vaporiser, or used in massage lotions.”
vapourishness
  1. The quality of being vapourish.
vapouring
vaporing
vapouriser
  1. Alternative form of vaporizer
  2. Examples:
    1. “But half-Mexican singer Chris, 25, who was fixing his vapouriser when the alarm was raised, said officers laughed when the truth came out.”
      “Premium product launches such as Vicks First Defence and Sudafed Plug in Vapouriser contributed significantly to this turnaround.”
vaporousness
  1. The condition of being vaporous
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Concern about the vaporousness of the Big Society is especially acute in the North, which relies heavily on public-sector jobs.”
      “Softness is built into the heart of fabrics, and suppleness grows protective. A warm vaporousness and ethereality trace out poetic conquests.”
      “For a time, it was impossible for Flavin's best critics to ignore the vaporousness of the illuminating gas.”
vaporer
  1. Alternative form of vapourer
vapourisations
  1. plural of vapourisation
vapourizations
  1. plural of vapourization
vaporescences
vaporisations
  1. plural of vaporisation
vaporizations
vaporimeters
  1. plural of vaporimeter
vapourisers
  1. plural of vapouriser
vaporisers
  1. plural of vaporiser
vaporizers
  1. plural of vaporizer
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Some hot-mist vaporizers have safety latches to prevent accidental scalding.”
      “Avoid hot-water or steam vaporizers that can cause accidental burns and scalds in children.”
      “Even though relief of symptoms will not shorten the duration of illness, patients can benefit from analgesics, antipyretics, beta-agonist inhalers, antitussives or vaporizers.”
vapourings
  1. plural of vapouring
  2. Examples:
    1. “To listen to the endless vapourings on the broadcast media, you would think there had been an earthquake at Holyrood.”
      “Their coverage was dominated by the self-important vapourings of a stream of politicians.”
      “It was Cromwell's mood, as one who, living under the eye of God, scorned the vapourings of pedestalled mortals.”
vaporings
  1. plural of vaporing
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Neither of these vaporings has the remotest basis in the actual Constitution.”
      “Its close cousin Mediocre Flyweight Ultra Bold is almost too sickly-sweet for words, a semi-invalid given to tiresome late-afternoon vaporings.”
      “Finally, her vaporings had the effect of dehumanizing herself and Griffith, and of distancing us from a movie era that is difficult enough to recapture, given the differences between its conventions and those of later times.”
vapourers
  1. plural of vapourer
vaporers
  1. plural of vaporer
vapours
  1. plural of vapour
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Extensive lung damage resulting from inhalation of the deadly vapours were the wages of his diligence.”
      “This step is followed by polymerising pyrrole vapours to produce a foam composite.”
      “Add two teaspoonfuls of a mentholated rub and gently inhale the steaming mentholated vapours.”
vapors
  1. plural of vapor
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Avoid using wood treated with creosote or penta, as the vapors can injure some plants.”
      “Dry walls and floors with fans, which turn moisture into vapor, and dehumidifiers, which then pull vapors down a drain.”
      “The method used to form crack allows the freebase cocaine vapors to deeply penetrate into the lungs.”
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