VAPORIFIC

vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vaporous, vapourous

(adjective) resembling or characteristic of vapor; “vaporous clouds”

evaporable, vaporific, vapourific, vaporizable, vapourisable, volatilizable, volatilisable

(adjective) (used of substances) capable of being volatilized

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

vaporific (comparative more vaporific, superlative most vaporific)

(chemistry) Producing vapour; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor.

Source: Wiktionary


Vap`o*rif"ic, a. Etym: [L. vapor vapor + facere to make.] (Chem.)

Definition: Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a vaporific agent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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30 January 2025

HYPERICISM

(noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John’s wort


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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