| heat of vaporization | (n) heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature, Syn. heat of vaporisation |
| vaporization | (n) annihilation by vaporizing something, Syn. vaporisation |
| vaporization | (n) the process of becoming a vapor, Syn. vapor, vapour, vaporisation, evaporation |
| vaporizer | (n) a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation), Syn. vaporiser |
| evaporable | (adj) (used of substances) capable of being volatilized, Syn. volatilisable, volatilizable, vapourific, vaporific, vaporizable, vapourisable |
| evaporate | (v) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue, Syn. vaporise, vaporize, Example: evaporate milk |
| gasify | (v) turn into gas, Syn. vaporise, aerify, vaporize, Example: The substance gasified |
| vanish | (v) decrease rapidly and disappear, Syn. vaporize, fly, Example: the money vanished in las Vegas; all my stock assets have vaporized |
| zap | (v) kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting, Syn. vaporize, Example: in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens |
| Vaporizable | a. Capable of being vaporized, or converted into vapor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Vaporization | n. [ Cf. F. vaporisation. ] The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a steam boiler. [ 1913 Webster ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Vaporize | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Vaporized p. pr. & vb. n. Vaporizing ] [ Cf. F. vaporiser. ] To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially. [ 1913 Webster ]
Vaporizing surface. (Steam Boilers) See Evaporating surface, under Evaporate, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Vaporize | v. i. To pass off in vapor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Vaporizer | n. One who, or that which, vaporizes, or converts into vapor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
