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Vapours

Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

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noun
  1. 1

    Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

  2. 2

    The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

  3. 3

    Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.

  4. 4

    Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.

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vaporisationnounAlternative spelling of vaporization. [A conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas.]
vaporizationnounA conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas.
vapornounCloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
evaporationnounThe process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
flammablenounEasily set on fire.
fumesnoungases ejected from an engine as waste products
gasesnoun(uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
steamnounThe hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
steamboatnounA boat or vessel propelled by steam power.
steamboats(UK, Ireland, slang) Drunk; intoxicated.
steamersnoun(cooking) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
vaporsnouna state of depression
veggiesnoun(informal) A vegetable.
bend sinisternoun(heraldry) A diagonal band on a coat of arms going from the sinister chief (the viewer's top right) to the dexter base, sometimes erroneously held to indicate bastardy.
novilleronoun(bullfighting) A young trainee bullfighter (who fights against novillos).
grass widownounA married woman whose spouse is away.
love potionnounA drink supposed to have the magic power to make the drinker fall in love with a specified person.
reptilianouna collection of Canada's largest indoor reptile zoos, with a combined area of over of indoor exhibits featuring over 250 reptiles, amphibians and arachnids.https://reptilia.org "Communities in Bloom",
revolutions per minutenoun(abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min, or r⋅min−1) a unit of rotational speed (or rotational frequency) for rotating machines.
chilloutnoun(colloquial) A period of quiet, rest and relaxation, especially after a party, etc.

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