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Vapor

Definitions: Vapor

Vapor

Noun

1. 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)



Specialty Definitions: Vapor

DomainDefinitions

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.

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Synonyms: Vapor

Synonyms: evaporation (n), vaporisation (n), vaporization (n), vapour (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Vapor

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Vapor

English words defined with "vapor": Vapor bath, Vapor density, Vapor engine, vapor pressure. (references)
Specialty definitions using "vapor": ablating material, absolute humidity, absorption hygrometer, Absorption Refrigeration, ACETONE-RECOVERY WORKER, Air Sparging, Aitken dust counter, aqueous vapor, atmospheric windowsBarium release, bell cap, bubble-cap, burnoutcavitation, Chemical Vapor Deposition, closed respiratory gas system, cloud absorption, cloud albedo, clouds, colligative properties, condensation nuclei, condensation nucleus, Condenser Coil, CONDENSER SETTER, continuous vertical retort, critical pressure, crude tester, cryopumpdegree of saturation, density of gases, departure from nucleate boiling, dewpoint, DIFFUSE RADIATION, dry airepitaxial growth, equilibrium vapor pressure, ETCHED-CIRCUIT PROCESSOR, Evaporator Coil, exhaust trail, explosive antimony, EXTRACTOR-PLANT OPERATORfire point, flashpoint, Flue Gas, fog quenching, freezeout methodgas analyst, gas discharge laser, gas laser, gas spectrum, Gasoline Volatility, General Circulation Model, general circulation models, greenhouse gas, Greenhouse Gases, greisenizationHappen, Heating Value, High Intensity Discharge, holdup time, homogenous nucleation, hydrologic cycle, Hydrox steel tubeimpressed vapor pressure, INFILTRATION BARRIER, inspector, outside steam-distribution, intrinsically safe apparatus, intrinsically safe circuitJeppe's tablesKerogen, KILN OPERATORlaboratory inspector, laboratory technician, laboratory tester, Latent Heat of Vaporization, LIGHT TECHNICIAN, low vacuummanhole-and-underground-steam-line inspector, maximum evaporation rate, Mercury Vapor Lamp, metallurgical fume, microwave turbulence, miner's self-rescuer, mixing ratio, Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Moisture Barrier, moisture-holding capacitynaphtha gas, Nebulizers and Vaporizers, net calorific value, normal airoil teste, Onboard Controls, operator, lights, Osmium TetroxidePermeance, Physical Vapor Deposition, plages, Precipitable Water, Propiolactone. (references)
Etymologies containing "vapor": Atmiatry, Atmidometer, Atmology, Atmolysis, AtmometerEffumabilityHalituousiodineVapid, Vaporate, Vaporiferous, Vaporific. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Vapor" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (ship, steamboat, steamer, steamship), Latin (exhalation, heat, steam, vapor, vapour), Occitan (steam, vapour), Portuguese (blur, fume, pack-horse, puff, reek, steam, vapor, vapour), Romanian (ship, steamer, steamship), Spanish (steam, vapor, vapour).

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Modern Usage: Vapor

DomainUsage

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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Commercial Usage: Vapor

DomainTitle

References

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Steam, Vapor Power Units, and Steam Engines in Asia (reference)

  • The 2002 World Forecasts of Steam and Vapor Generating Boilers and Parts Export Supplies (reference)

  • The 2003 World Forecasts of Steam and Vapor Generating Boilers and Parts Export Supplies (reference)

  • The World Market for Steam and Vapor Generating Boilers and Parts: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • A Vapor In Time (reference)

  • Rush Vapor Trails (reference)

  • Steam Tables: Thermodynamic Properties of Water Including Vapor, Liquid & Solid Phases (reference)

  • Traficantes de Libertad: La Saga del Vapor Virginius (reference)

  • Vapor : The Wireless Web Sourcebook (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Vapor

AuthorQuotation

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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Vapor

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Usage Frequency: Vapor

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Vapor

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "vapor".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
HebelN/AJewish

Vapor

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Vapor

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Vapor

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translations: Vapor

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), (mist), (steam), (miasma), 水'氣 , (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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Vapor

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

atmos. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

aura, aurae, auram, auris, fumi, fumo, fumum, fumus, halitum, halitus, nidor, vapor, vaporem, vapori, vapos. (various references)

Dutch700-Modern

kwalm. (various references)

Old French900-1400

fum. (various references)

Middle Dutch1100-1500

damp. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Vapor

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 2, Verse 19
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai dwsw terata en tw ouranw anw kai shmeia epi thV ghV katw aima kai pur kai atmida kapnou
Latin405VulgateEt dabo prodigia in caelo sursum et signa in terra deorsum sanguinem et ignem et vaporem fumi
Old English990West SaxonIc sceall ætiewan wundras on heofone ofer wolcnum,and tacn on þære earðan under wolcnum,blod and fyr and reces æðm.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd Y schal yyue grete wondris in heuene aboue, and signes in erthe bynethe, blood, and fier, and heete of smoke.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd I will shewe wonders in heaven a bove and tokens in the erth benethe bloud and fyre and the vapour of smoke.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd 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.

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Matched Bible Translations: Vapor

LanguageActs Chapter 2, Verse 19
AlbanianDhe do të bëj mrekulli lart në qiell dhe shenja poshtë mbi tokë: gjak, zjarr e avull tymi.
BulgarianОще и на слугите си и на слугините си ще изливам от "уха си в ония дни, и ще пророкуват.
CebuanoUg 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 .
CroatianPokazat æu èudesa na nebu gore i znamenja na zemlji dolje, krv i oganj i stupove dima.
DanishOg jeg vil lade ske Undere på Himmelen oventil og Tegn på Jorden nedentil, Blod og Ild og rygende Damp.
DutchEn Ik zal wonderen geven in den hemel boven, en tekenen op de aarde beneden, bloed en vuur, en rookdamp.
FinnishJa minä annan näkyä ihmeitä ylhäällä taivaalla ja merkkejä alhaalla maan päällä, verta ja tulta ja savupatsaita.
FrenchJe 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;
GermanUnd ich will Wunder tun oben im Himmel und Zeichen unten auf Erden: Blut und Feuer und Rauchdampf;
Haitian CreoleMwen pral fè mèvèy parèt anwo nan syèl la, mwen pral fè mirak anba sou latè! Va gen san, dife ak gwo nwaj lafimen.
HungarianÉs tészek csudákat az égben odafenn, és jeleket a földön idelenn, vért, tüzet és füstnek gõzölgését.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAku 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 LamaDan Aku akan mengadakan ajaib pada langit di atas, dan tanda pada bumi di bawah; yaitu darah dan api dan uap asap.
ItalianFarò prodigi in alto nel cielo e segni in basso sulla terra, sangue, fuoco e nuvole di fumo.
Korean또 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
LatvianUn es doðu brînumzîmes augðâ pie debesîm un apakðâ virs zemes: asinis un uguni, un dûmu kvçpus;
MaoriKa 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 Greekκαι θελω δειξει τερατα εν τω ουρανω ανω και σημεια επι της γης κατω, αιμα και πυρ και ατμιδα καπνου·
NorwegianOg jeg vil la under skje på himmelen i det høie, og tegn på jorden i det lave: blod og ild og røkskyer;
PortugueseE mostrarei prodígios em cima no céu; e sinais embaixo na terra, sangue, fogo e vapor de fumaça.   
RumanianVoi face sq se arate semne sus kn cer wi minuni jos pe pqmknt, sknge, foc wi un vkrtej de fum;
Russianй ПЛБЦХ ЮХ"ЕУБ ОБ ОЕ'Е ЧЧЕТИХ Й ЪОБНЕОЙС ОБ ЪЕНМЕ ЧОЙЪХ, ЛТПЧШ Й ПЗПОШ Й ЛХТЕОЙЕ "ЩНБ.
ShuarYakí nayaimpiniam, aents Túrachminian iniakmastatjai. Tura nunkanmasha winia kakarmarun iniakmastaj tusan numpancha, jiniasha, mukuintiuncha yuranmia aintsan akupkattajai.
SpanishDaré prodigios en el cielo arriba, y señales en la tierra abajo: sangre, fuego y vapor de humo.
SwahiliNitatenda miujiza juu angani, na ishara chini duniani; kutakuwa na damu, moto na moshi mzito;
SwedishOch jag skall låta undertecken synas uppe på himmelen och tecken nere på jorden: blod och eld och rökmoln.
Thaiเราจะสำแ"งการมหัศจรรย์ในอากาศเบื้องบนและหมายสำคัญที่แผ่น"ินเบื้องล่างเป็นเลือ" ไฟและไอควัน
UkrainianІ дам чуда на небі вгорі, а внизу на землі ці знамена: кров, і огонь, і куряву диму.
UmaKupopohiloi-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.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Vapor

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)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Vapor"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "vapor" (pronounced vā"per)
3-ā" p ercaper, Draper, paper, Raper, scraper, taper.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Vapor

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Vapor


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 61 70 6F 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...-    .-    .--.    ---    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01100001 01110000 01101111 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#97 &#112 &#111 &#114

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5667828184

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INDEX

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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