Word Meanings - VAPORIZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially. Vaporizing surface. See Evaporating surface, under Evaporate, v. t.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of VAPORIZE)

• Evaporate
• Melt
• colliquute
• liquefy
• vaporize
• disappear
• dissolve
• exhale
• distil
• Sublimate
• Vaporize
• refine
• heighten
• elevate

Related words: (words related to VAPORIZE)

• DISAPPEARING
  p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear. Disappearing carriage , a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing
• DISTILLABLE
  Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
• DISTILLATION
  The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
• EXHALE
  1. To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia. Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales. Pope. 2. To draw out; to cause to be emitted
• DISSOLVE
  To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction. Syn. -- See Adjourn. (more info) 1. To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering
• DISSOLVENT
  A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc. (more info) 1. That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent. Melted in the
• REFINED
  Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments. Refined wits who honored poesy with their pens. Peacham. -- Re*fin"ed*ly (r, adv. -- Re*fin"ed*ness, n.
• DISTILLATORY
  Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels. -- n.
• DISAPPEARANCE
  The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison.
• REFINEMENT
  1. The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas. The more bodies are of kin to spirit in subtilty and refinement, the more diffusive are they. Norris. From the civil war to this time, I doubt
• REFINER
  One who, or that which, refines.
• EXHALEMENT
  Exhalation.
• DISTIL
  See DISTILL
• ELEVATED
  Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts. Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street travel.
• EXHALENCE
  Exhalation.
• SUBLIMATE
  elevate, fr. sublimis high: cf. F. sublimer. See Sublime, a., and cf. 1. To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor. 2. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to
• DISTILLMENT
  Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation. Shak.
• SUBLIMATED
  Refined by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified. whose weight best suits a sublimated strain. Dryden.
• HEIGHTEN
  1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate. 2. To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint.
• DISTILLERY
  1. The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on. 2. The act of distilling spirits. Todd.
• PREFINE
  To limit beforehand. Knolles.
• LIQUEFY
  To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.
• OVERREFINE
  To refine too much.