From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vapourous
adj 1: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous
veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of
dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk
stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn:
{diaphanous}, {filmy}, {gauzy}, {gauze-like}, {gossamer},
{see-through}, {sheer}, {transparent}, {vaporous},
{vapourous}, {cobwebby}]
2: resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds"
[syn: {vaporific}, {vapourific}, {vaporish}, {vapourish},
{vaporous}, {vapourous}]
3: filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog" [syn:
{miasmal}, {miasmic}, {vaporous}, {vapourous}]
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