Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vaporific"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vaporific \Vap`o*rif"ic\, a. [L. vapor vapor + facere to make.]
(Chem.)
Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into
vapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a
vaporific agent.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vaporific
adj 1: used of substances [syn: {evaporable}, {vaporizable}, {volatilizable},
{volatilisable}]
2: resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds"
[syn: {vaporish}, {vapourish}, {vaporous}]
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