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Definitions: Vapor |
VaporNoun1. A visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance. 2. The process of becoming a vapor. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vapor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | A gas whose temperature is below its critical temperature, so that it can be condensed to the liquid or solid state by increase of pressure alone. (references) |
Energy | The gaseous form of substances that are normally in liquid or solid form. (references) |
Mining | A. A substance in the gaseous state as distinguished from the liquid or solid state. (references) |
Science | Gas formed from a substance that is usually a liquid or a solid. Moisture in the air that can be seen, such as fog, steam, mist, etc. (references) |
Weather | The gaseous phase of substances that are liquid or solid at atmospheric pressure (e.g., steam). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: VaporSynonyms: evaporation (n), vaporisation (n), vaporization (n), vapour (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Boasting | Verb: boast, make a boast of, brag, vaunt, Puff, show off, flourish, crake, crack, trumpet, strut, swagger, vapor; blague, blow, four-flush, bluff. |
Bubble | Cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser; scud, messenger, rack, nimbus; cumulus, woolpack, cirrus, stratus; cirrostratus, cumulostratus; cirrocumulus; mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky; curl cloud; frost smoke; thunderhead. |
Covering | Veneer, facing; overlay; plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate; engobe; ormolu; Sheffield plate; pavement; coating, paint; varnish; (resin) a; plating, barrel plating, anointing; Verb: enamel; epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition; ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo; cerement; ointment; (grease). |
Furnace | Sudatory; Turkish bath, Russian bath, vapor bath, steam bath, sauna, warm bath; vaporarium. |
Gaseity | Verb: vaporize, evaporate, evanesce, gasify, emit vapor; diffuse. |
Elastic fluid, gas, air, vapor, ether, steam, essence, fume, reek, effluvium, flatus; cloud; ammonia, ammoniacal gas; volatile alkali; vacuum, partial vacuum. | |
Imagination | Illusion; (error); phantom; (fallacy of vision); Fata Morgana; (ignis fatuus); vapor; (cloud); stretch of the imagination; (exaggeration); mythogenesis. |
Insolence | Verb: be insolent; Adjective: bluster, vapor, swagger, swell, give oneself airs, snap one's fingers, kick up a dust; swear; (affirm); rap out oaths; roister. arrogate; assume, presume; make bold, make free; take a liberty, give an inch and take an ell. |
Unsubstantiality | Shadow; phantom;(fallacy of vision); dream; (imagination); ignis fatuus; (luminary); " such stuff as dreams are made of "; air, thin air, vapor; bubble; " baseless fabric of a vision "; mockery. |
Vaporization | Verb: render -gaseous; vaporize, volatilize; distill, sublime; evaporate, exhale, smoke, transpire, emit vapor, fume, reek, steam, fumigate; cohobate; finestill. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | My mind is aglow with whirling transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of intervention. (Blazing Saddles ; writing credit: Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, Alan Uger) Ripley, in nineteen minutes this area is going to be a cloud of vapor the size of Nebraska! (Aliens; writing credit: James Cameron; David Giler) | |
Lyrics | Vapor around your body glistens in the shower ("Blinded (When I See You)"; performing artist: THIRD EYE BLIND) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Naufrágio na Barra do Douro do Vapor Alemão 'Gauss' (1932) O Encalhe do Vapor S. Vicente (1924) In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath (1911) Llegada del vapor Bellver a Mallorca (1899) Vapor Man (1992) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Lord Byron | O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper, which makes bank credit like a bark of vapor. |
William Shakespeare | I had rather be a toad, and live upon the vapor of a dungeon than keep a corner in the thing I love for others uses. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Smoking involves inhaling cocaine vapor or smoke into the lungs where absorption into the bloodstream is as rapid as by injection. (references) | |
Business | The "10-second" rule endorsed by the Automobile Association applies when a police officer sees smoke or vapor belching from a car's exhaust for more than 10 seconds. (references) | |
During 1999, Guatemala exported 0.2 million in products, such as auxiliary plants for use with boilers, vapor generating boilers, and parts for auxiliary plants for boilers, mainly to El Salvador. (references) | ||
Advanced technologies have not been adopted including ion exchange, chromatographic fractionation, membrane separation, statically separation filiation, mercury cathode electrolysis, vapor liquidation, and column separation. (references) | ||
Economic History | Philippines | The best market prospects also include: Drilling equipment & accessories, parts of steam and other vapor generating boilers such as vapor sprays, atomizers and boiler systems, and pipes and fittings. (references) |
Brazil | In June, 2001, the GOB suspended the import duty for generator sets above 500 kVa and for power barges over 20 MW. The import duty for those types of equipment averaged 14%. In principle, the suspension will be in force until the end of 2001. The IPI excise tax for photovoltaic systems, highly efficient electrical engines, fluorescent compact light bulbs, sodium vapor light bulbs, boilers, heat exchangers, compressors, and power generators dropped to zero until December 31, 2002. Previously, the IPI tax on these products ranged from 5 to 15%. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Vapor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vapor" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "vapor". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Hebel | N/A | Jewish | Vapor |
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Expressions using "vapor": acqueous vapor ♦ chemical vapor deposited carbon ♦ chemical vapor deposition ♦ emit vapor ♦ impressed vapor pressure ♦ soil vapor extraction ♦ superheated vapor ♦ vapor barrier ♦ vapor bath ♦ vapor burner ♦ vapor density ♦ vapor disinsecting ♦ vapor engine ♦ vapor galvanizing ♦ vapor lock ♦ vapor motor ♦ vapor of water ♦ vapor phase epitaxy ♦ vapor pressure ♦ vapor tension ♦ vapor trail ♦ vapor trial ♦ water vapor ♦ water vapor band ♦ water vapor pressure. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "vapor": vapor-phase. | |
Containing "vapor": mercury-vapor lamp, sodium-vapor lamp. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vapor | 154 |
nike mercurial vapor | 95 |
vapor barrier | 92 |
lock vapor | 88 |
nike vapor | 81 |
vapor brother | 61 |
vapor pressure | 56 |
vapor steam cleaners | 49 |
mercurial vapor | 43 |
de maquina vapor | 39 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vapor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mjegull (brume, curtain, damp, exhalation, fog, mist, smog, toman, vapour), iluzion (delusion, hallucination, illusion, phantom, trick, vapour, will-o'-the-wisp), avull (blur, exhalation, fume, reek, steam, vapour), ëndërr e kotë (vapour). (various references) | |
Arabic | وهم (bubble, delusion, fancy, idol, illusion, illusory, imagination, phantom, prestige, purport, vagary, vapour), ضباب (film, fog, gauze, haze, mirk, mist, murk, reek, vapour), بخار (fume, halitosis, reek, steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хваля се (boast, bounce, brag, flourish, glory, rodomontade, splurge, swagger, talk big, talk tall, vapour, vaunt), химера (chimera, vapour), от пара (vapour), нещо недействително (shadow, vapour), мъгла (blur, brume, exhalation, fog, mirk, murk, vapour), парен (steam, steamy, vaporous, vapour), пара (coin, exhalation, money, necessary, ready, reek, steam, vapour), пари (cash, chink, currency, dough, dross, dust, funds, kale, loot, money, needful, pelf, pile, pocket, purse, ready, rhino, scratch, shiners, smart, splosh, stuff, tin, vapour, wad, wampum), изпарявам се (boil down, dry off, evaporate, exhale, fume, make one's scarce, make oneself scarce, mosey, ooze, scat, skedaddle, steam away, vanish into the void, vaporize, vapour, volatilize), изпарения (damp, emanation, vapour), илюзия (deception, delusion, dream, fantasy, glamor, glamour, illusion, maya, phantasm, phantasy, phantom, vapour). (various references) | |
Chinese | '" (vapour), 瀣 (mist), 歊 (steam), 氛 (miasma), 水'氣 , 汽 (steam). (various references) | |
Czech | výpar (reek, vapour), pára (steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Danish | damp (dAMP, deoxyadenosine-5'-monophosphate, deoxyadenylate, steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Dutch | wasem (steam, vapour), stoom (steam, vapour), damp (fog, fume, mist, smoke, steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Esperanto | vaporo (steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Faeroese | guva (steam, vapour), dampur (steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Farsi | مه (Fog, Mist), چاخان کردن (Palaver), تبخیرکردن یاشدن , دمه (Steam), بخوردادن (Cense). (various references) | |
Finnish | höyry (steam, stream, vapour). (various references) | |
French | vapeur (vapour). (various references) | |
Frisian | steam (steam, vapour), damp (fog, fuzzy, mist, misty, moist, steam, vapour). (various references) | |
German | Dampf (flash steam, flashed steam, fume, steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Greek | υδρατμόσ (vapor of water, vapour), εξατμίζομαι (boil down, evaporate, to evaporate, to volatilize, vapour, volatilize), αναθυμίαση (exhalation, fume, reek, stink, vapour, vapours), αχνόσ (smoke, vapour), ατμόσ (fume, steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Hebrew | קיטור (steam, vapour), א" (fume, gas, mist, steam, vapour), "בל (blether, emptiness, futility, steam, vanity, vapour). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pára (aqueous vapour, critter, damp, fog, fume, haze, smoke, steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Icelandic | gufa (steam, vapour), eimur (steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gas (gas, vapor from gasoline). (various references) | |
Italian | vapore (fume, fumes, haze, S/S, steam, steam ship, steamer, steamership, vapour). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 水気 (dampness, dropsy, edema, moisture). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すいき (dampness, dropsy, edema, moisture), みずけ (dampness, moisture). (various references) | |
Korean | 수증기 (vapour). (various references) | |
Papiamen | damp (steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aporvay.(various references) | |
Polish | para (pair, steam, vapour), opar (steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Portuguese | vapor (blur, fume, pack-horse, puff, reek, steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Romanian | se vaporiza (evaporate, vapour), se evapora (boil away, dry out, evaporate, exhale, fume, vaporize, vapour), iluzie (delusion, fume, mare's nest, phantom, self-deceit, shade, vapour), himerã (a bird in the bush, bubble, chimera, negation, nonentity, vapour, will-o'-the-wisp), aburire (steaming, vapour), aburi de beţie (vapour), aburealã (damp, exhalation, fume, reek, steam, vapour), abur (breath, breathing, breeze, damp, exhalation, fog, fume, haze, reek, smoke, smother, steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Russian | пар (fallow, reek, steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | para (damp, fumes, humour, steam, vapour), isparenje (irrigation, transpiration, vapour). (various references) | |
Spanish | vapor (S/S, steam, steam ship, steamer, vapour), vaho (blur, flying, fume, haze, mist, misting, steam, vapour, whiff), fanfarronear (bluster, boast, brag, bully, talk big, vapour), exhalación (exhalation, vapour), decir disparates (vapour), de humo (vapour). (various references) | |
Sranan | dampu (steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Swedish | imma (condensation, fogging, mist, steam, vapour), dunst (exhalation, fume, steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Tagalog | singáw (steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Turkish | buhar (aura, exhalation, steam, vapour), buğu (condensation, mist, reek, steam, vapour). (various references) | |
Turkmen | dem (breath). (various references) | |
Ukranian | хвастатися (ostentate, vapour, vaunt), хвастати (beat to drums, blow, bluster, boast, brag, cut a dash, display, flourish, gab, gasconade, glory, splurge, swank, talk big, talk horse, vapour, vaunt), химера (bubble, chimera, crank, vapour, whimsy-whamsy, whim-wham), туман (brume, damp, mist, nebula, vapour), випаровуватися (evaporate, exhale, vaporize, vapour), випаровувати (evaporate, fume, vaporize, vapour, volatilize), похвальба (boast, vapour), пара (couple, doublet, fume, match, pair, pendant, steam, twain, two, twosome, vapour). (various references) | |
Welsh | tawch (fog, haze, mist), tarth (mist), mwrllwch (fog, mist), anwedd (steam), ager (steam). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | atmos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aura, aurae, auram, auris, fumi, fumo, fumum, fumus, halitum, halitus, nidor, vapor, vaporem, vapori, vapos. (various references) |
| Dutch | 700-Modern | kwalm. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | fum. (various references) |
| Middle Dutch | 1100-1500 | damp. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 2, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai dwsw terata en tw ouranw anw kai shmeia epi thV ghV katw aima kai pur kai atmida kapnou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et dabo prodigia in caelo sursum et signa in terra deorsum sanguinem et ignem et vaporem fumi |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ic sceall ætiewan wundras on heofone ofer wolcnum,and tacn on þære earðan under wolcnum,blod and fyr and reces æðm. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Y schal yyue grete wondris in heuene aboue, and signes in erthe bynethe, blood, and fier, and heete of smoke. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And I will shewe wonders in heaven a bove and tokens in the erth benethe bloud and fyre and the vapour of smoke. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And wonders will be seen in heaven, and signs on the earth, blood and fire and smoke: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 2, Verse 19 |
| Albanian | Dhe do të bëj mrekulli lart në qiell dhe shenja poshtë mbi tokë: gjak, zjarr e avull tymi. |
| Bulgarian | Още и на слугите си и на слугините си ще изливам от "уха си в ония дни, и ще пророкуват. |
| Cebuano | Ug igapasundayag ko sa itaas ang mga katingalahan diha sa kalangitan, ug sa ubos ang mga ilhanan diha sa yuta-- dugo, ug kalayo, ug gabon nga aso; |
| Chinese | 在 天 上 我 要 顯 出 奇 事 、 在 地 下 我 要 顯 出 神 蹟 、 有 血 、 有 火 、 有 煙 霧 . |
| Croatian | Pokazat æu èudesa na nebu gore i znamenja na zemlji dolje, krv i oganj i stupove dima. |
| Danish | Og jeg vil lade ske Undere på Himmelen oventil og Tegn på Jorden nedentil, Blod og Ild og rygende Damp. |
| Dutch | En Ik zal wonderen geven in den hemel boven, en tekenen op de aarde beneden, bloed en vuur, en rookdamp. |
| Finnish | Ja minä annan näkyä ihmeitä ylhäällä taivaalla ja merkkejä alhaalla maan päällä, verta ja tulta ja savupatsaita. |
| French | Je ferai paraître des prodiges en haut dans le ciel et des miracles en bas sur la terre, Du sang, du feu, et une vapeur de fumée; |
| German | Und ich will Wunder tun oben im Himmel und Zeichen unten auf Erden: Blut und Feuer und Rauchdampf; |
| Haitian Creole | Mwen pral fè mèvèy parèt anwo nan syèl la, mwen pral fè mirak anba sou latè! Va gen san, dife ak gwo nwaj lafimen. |
| Hungarian | És tészek csudákat az égben odafenn, és jeleket a földön idelenn, vért, tüzet és füstnek gõzölgését. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Aku akan mengadakan keajaiban-keajaiban di atas sana di langit, dan hal-hal luar biasa di bawah sini di bumi; akan ada darah dan api, uap dan asap. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan Aku akan mengadakan ajaib pada langit di atas, dan tanda pada bumi di bawah; yaitu darah dan api dan uap asap. |
| Italian | Farò prodigi in alto nel cielo e segni in basso sulla terra, sangue, fuoco e nuvole di fumo. |
| Korean | 또 내 가 위 로 하 늘 에 서 " 기 사 와 아 래 로 땅 에 서 " 징 조 를 ' 리 니 곧 " 와 불 과 연 기 로 다 |
| Latvian | Un es doðu brînumzîmes augðâ pie debesîm un apakðâ virs zemes: asinis un uguni, un dûmu kvçpus; |
| Maori | Ka whakakitea ano e ahau nga mea whakamiharo i te rangi i runga, me nga tohu ki te whenua i raro; he toto, he kapura, he paowa pongere: |
| Modern Greek | και θελω δειξει τερατα εν τω ουρανω ανω και σημεια επι της γης κατω, αιμα και πυρ και ατμιδα καπνου· |
| Norwegian | Og jeg vil la under skje på himmelen i det høie, og tegn på jorden i det lave: blod og ild og røkskyer; |
| Portuguese | E mostrarei prodígios em cima no céu; e sinais embaixo na terra, sangue, fogo e vapor de fumaça. |
| Rumanian | Voi face sq se arate semne sus kn cer wi minuni jos pe pqmknt, sknge, foc wi un vkrtej de fum; |
| Russian | й ПЛБЦХ ЮХ"ЕУБ ОБ ОЕ'Е ЧЧЕТИХ Й ЪОБНЕОЙС ОБ ЪЕНМЕ ЧОЙЪХ, ЛТПЧШ Й ПЗПОШ Й ЛХТЕОЙЕ "ЩНБ. |
| Shuar | Yakí nayaimpiniam, aents Túrachminian iniakmastatjai. Tura nunkanmasha winia kakarmarun iniakmastaj tusan numpancha, jiniasha, mukuintiuncha yuranmia aintsan akupkattajai. |
| Spanish | Daré prodigios en el cielo arriba, y señales en la tierra abajo: sangre, fuego y vapor de humo. |
| Swahili | Nitatenda miujiza juu angani, na ishara chini duniani; kutakuwa na damu, moto na moshi mzito; |
| Swedish | Och jag skall låta undertecken synas uppe på himmelen och tecken nere på jorden: blod och eld och rökmoln. |
| Thai | เราจะสำแ"งการมหัศจรรย์ในอากาศเบื้องบนและหมายสำคัญที่แผ่น"ินเบื้องล่างเป็นเลือ" ไฟและไอควัน |
| Ukrainian | І дам чуда на небі вгорі, а внизу на землі ці знамена: кров, і огонь, і куряву диму. |
| Uma | Kupopohiloi-koi anu mekoncehi hi langi', pai' tanda mekoncehi hi wongko dunia' wo'o. Ria mpai' raa' pai' apu pai' rangahu to bue'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vapor": vapored, vaporer, vaporers, vaporetti, vaporetto, vaporettos, vaporing, vaporings, vaporise, vaporised, vaporises, vaporish, vaporishness, vaporishnesses, vaporising, vaporizable, vaporization, vaporizations, vaporize, vaporized, vaporizer, vaporizers, vaporizes, vaporizing, vaporous, vaporously, vaporousness, vaporousnesses, vapors, vaporware, vaporwares, vapory. (additional references) | |
Words containing "vapor": evaporate, evaporated, evaporates, evaporating, evaporation, evaporations, evaporative, evaporator, evaporators, evaporite, evaporites, evaporitic. (additional references) | |
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"Vapor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apor, Bappoo, gapor, japcorp, mapor, rapoor, rapor, vabor, vador, vagor, vampo, Vanov, vaor, vape, vaper, vapet, vapo, vapod, vaporc, vaport, Varpro, vator, vayo, vikor, vimor, vior. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vapor" (pronounced vā"per) |
| 3 | -ā" p er | caper, Draper, paper, Raper, scraper, taper. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: parvo. | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-p-r-v" | |
-1 letter: arvo, prao, proa. | |
-2 letters: avo, oar, ora, ova, par, pro, rap, var. | |
-3 letters: ar, op, or, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-p-r-v" | |
+1 letter: parvos, pavior, vapors, vapory, vapour. | |
+2 letters: approve, overapt, overlap, overpay, ovipara, paviors, paviour, vapored, vaporer, vapours, vapoury. | |
+3 letters: approval, approved, approver, approves, overheap, overlaps, overleap, overpaid, overpass, overpast, overpays, overplan, overplay, parvolin, passover, paviours, provable, provably, proviral, reproval, vaporers, vaporing, vaporise, vaporish, vaporize, vaporous, vapoured, vapourer. | |
+4 letters: approvals, approvers, approving, davenport, eavesdrop, evaporate, evaporite, operative, overheaps, overleaps, overleapt, overpedal, overplaid, overplans, overplant, overplays, oviparous, paloverde, parvolins, passovers, pervasion, portative, privation, proactive, probative, reapprove, reprovals, supernova, vaporetti, vaporetto, vaporings, vaporised, vaporises, vaporized, vaporizer, vaporizes, vaporware, vapourers, vapouring. | |
+5 letters: absorptive, adsorptive, approvable, approvably, captivator, davenports, disapprove, eavesdrops, evaporated, evaporates, evaporator, evaporites, evaporitic, improvable, operatives, overexpand, overheaped, overlapped, overleaped, overpassed, overpasses, overpaying, overpedals, overplaids, overplants, overplayed, overpraise, overspread, paloverdes, parvovirus, pejorative, pervasions, preapprove, prevocalic, privations, provenance, proverbial, provincial, provitamin, reapproved, reapproves, supernovae, supernovas, unapproved, unprovable, vaporettos, vaporising, vaporizers, vaporizing, vaporously, vaporwares, venography, vibraphone, viviparous, voluptuary. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 61 70 6F 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .- .--. --- .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01110000 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a p o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 0070 006F 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5667828184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Derived from 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Bible Trace 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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