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  1. Is "vapourise" considered incorrect, even in British English?

    According to Wiktionary, the British spelling of "vaporize" is vaporise, not vapourise as one might expect from the word vapour (and similarly, the Canadian spelling is still vaporize, not vapouriz...

  2. What is the difference between a "vapor" and a "mist"?

    Nov 18, 2014 · vapor n (14c) 1 : diffused matter (as smoke or fog) suspended floating in the air and impairing its transparency 2 a : a substance in the gaseous state as distinguished from the liquid or …

  3. What is the suspension of finer particles in the air called when a ...

    Apr 2, 2022 · 1 : to become vaporized 2 : vapor sense 2 Anyway, the point of the above exercise was to put a word for the formation or structure involved, not, the rising or otherwise moving through the air, …

  4. Is combustant a word? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Feb 5, 2021 · Another object of the present invention is to provide a stable combustant -oxidant composition, providing a propulsion monofuel when vaporized. (Patent publication number …

  5. Etymology of 'vape' - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jan 28, 2013 · "Vaping" is apparently the practice of smoking one of 'em newfangled e-cigarettes. Where does the word come from and when was it first used?

  6. "Indeed" or "However" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Apr 29, 2015 · If the solar surface, not the center, were as hot as this (20,000,000 degrees Celsius), the radiation emitted into space would be so great that the whole Earth would be vaporized within a few m...

  7. English equivalent of the Persian proverb "When there's fire, wet and ...

    Apr 11, 2017 · The water in some wet object is vaporized. Even materials not normally considered flammable will burn. This is, I suspect, why the adage is about wet versus dry and fire: wet and dry …

  8. phrases - "jury-rigged", or "jerry-rigged" - English Language & Usage ...

    Oct 24, 2013 · Although the Jerry Brothers seem to have vaporized under scrutiny, there is a Liverpool connection to early use of the term. In a book published by John Murray twenty years after the Notes …

  9. A word for "coming out of hiding"

    Dec 14, 2016 · The common and most natural way to express this is not a single word; it's "emerge from hiding." "Unhide" is a word, but I've never seen it used in the context of "coming out of hiding"; rather, …