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"VAPORS" is a plural of: vapor. |
Date "VAPORS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dejection | Melancholy; sadness; Adjective: il penseroso, melancholia, dismals, blues, lachrymals, mumps, dumps, blue devils, doldrums; vapors, megrims, spleen, horrors, hypochondriasis, pessimism; la maladie sans maladie; despondency, slough of Despond; disconsolateness; Adjective: hope deferred, blank despondency; voiceless woe. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I coalesce the vapors of human existence into a viable and meaningful comprehension. (History of the World: Part I; writing credit: Mel Brooks) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Vapors (1963) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Field analyzing for volatile organic vapors VOC with Photo Ion DetectorCotton Wood Field OfficeUCSCUpper Columbia Salmon Clearwater District. Credit: Tim Fuller. |  | Owner atop his turpentine still. Goosneck runs from the still to the condenser coils where vapors are chilled. State Line, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Ensenada, Puerto Rico. Laborer wearing goggles as protection against the fumes and vapors of hot molasses at the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Inhalants are breathable chemical vapors that produce psychoactive (mind-altering) effects. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | BATH, n. A kind of mystic ceremony substituted for religious worship, with what spiritual efficacy has not been determined. The man who taketh a steam bath He loseth all the skin he hath, And, for he's boiled a brilliant red, Thinketh to cleanliness he's wed, Forgetting that his lungs he's soiling With dirty vapors of the boiling. Richard Gwow |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "VAPORS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "VAPORS" is used about 3 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 (plural) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "VAPORS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хипохондрия (hypo, hypochondria, vapours), нервна депресия (vapours), истерия (conniption, fit, nerves, vapours). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Dämpfe (fumes, vapours). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | evaporazione (evaporation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aporsvay vapores contaminados de bajo nivel térmico (low-thermal contaminated vapors). (various references) förorenade lågtemperaturgaser (low-thermal contaminated vapors). (various references) melankoli (dreariness, hypochondria, melancholia, melancholy, vapours), karasevda (melancholia, spleen, vapours). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 51, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O logoV on elalhsaV proV hmaV tw onomati kuriou ouk akousomen sou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dante eo vocem multiplicantur aquae in caelo qui levat nubes ab extremo terrae fulgura in pluviam fecit et produxit ventum de thesauris suis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Hym yuende vois, ben multeplied watris in heuene; that rereth cloudus fro the vtmost of the erthe, leitus ` in to reyn made, and broyte forth wind of his tresores. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | At the sound of his voice there is a massing of the waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain and sends out the wind from his store-houses. |
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| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 51, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Sa pagbungat niya sa iyang tingog, may usa ka dinaguok sa mga tubig sa kalangitan, ug iyang gipasaka ang mga inalisngaw gikan sa mga kinatumyan sa yuta; gibuhat niya ang mga kilat alang sa ulan, ug gipagula niya ang hangin gikan sa iyang mga tipiganan. |
| Croatian | Kad mu glas zaori, huèe vode na nebesima, oblake diže s kraja zemlje: stvara kiši munje, vjetar izvodi iz skrovišta njegovih. |
| Danish | Når han løfter sin Røst, bruser Vandene i Himmelen, og han lader Skyer stige op fra Jordens Ende; han får Lynene til at give Regn og sender Stormen ud af sine Forrådskamre. |
| Dutch | Als Hij Zijn stem geeft, zo is er een gedruis van wateren in den hemel, en Hij doet de dampen opklimmen van het einde der aarde; Hij maakt de bliksemen met den regen, en doet den wind voortkomen uit Zijn schatkameren. |
| Finnish | Kun hän jylisee, käy vetten pauhina taivaalla, ja hän nostaa pilvet maan ääristä, tekee salamat ja sateen ja tuo tuulen sen säilytyspaikoista. |
| French | A sa voix, les eaux mugissent dans les cieux, Il fait monter les nuages des extrémités de la terre, Il produit les éclairs et la pluie, Il tire le vent de ses trésors. |
| German | Wenn er donnert, so ist da Wasser die Menge unter dem Himmel; er zieht die Nebel auf vom Ende der Erde; er macht die Blitze im Regen und läßt den Wind kommen aus seinen Vorratskammern. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Hanya dengan memberi perintah, menderulah air di cakrawala. Dari ujung-ujung bumi didatangkan-Nya awan, dan dibuat-Nya kilat memancar di dalam hujan, serta dikirim-Nya angin dari tempat penyimpanannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | apabila dibunyikan-Nya suara-Nya maka adalah air banyak menderu di dalam langit, dan didatangkan-Nya beberapa awan-awan naik dari tepi bumi, dan diadakan-Nya halilintar dan hujan dan dikeluarkan-Nya angin dari dalam perbendaharaan-Nya. |
| Italian | Al rombo della sua voce rumoreggiano le acque nel cielo. Egli fa salire le nubi dall'estremit della terra, produce lampi per la pioggia e manda fuori il vento dalle sue riserve. |
| Maori | Kia puaki tona reo, ka haruru nga wai i nga rangi, ka meinga e ia nga kohu kia piki ake i nga pito o te whenua; e hanga ana e ia nga uira me te ua, e whakaputaina mai ana te hau i roto i ona whare taonga. |
| Norwegian | Ved sin torden lar han vannene i himmelen bruse; han lar dunster stige op fra jordens ende, sender lyn med regn og fører vind ut av sine forrådskammer. |
| Portuguese | Â sua voz, há grande tumulto de águas nas céus, e ele faz subir os vapores desde as extremidades da terra; faz os relâmpagos para a chuva, e tira o vento dos seus tesouros. |
| Rumanian | De glasul Lui, urlq apele kn ceruri; El ridicq norii dela marginile pqmkntului, dq nawtere la fulgere wi ploaie, wi scoate vkntul din cqmqrile lui. |
| Russian | рП ЗМБУХ еЗП ЫХНСФ ЧП"Щ ОБ ОЕ'ЕУБИ, Й пО ЧПЪЧП"ЙФ П'МБЛБ ПФ ЛТБЕЧ ЪЕНМЙ, ФЧПТЙФ НПМОЙЙ УТЕ"Й "ПЦ"С Й ЙЪЧП"ЙФ ЧЕФЕТ ЙЪ ИТБОЙМЙЭ уЧПЙИ. |
| Swedish | När han vill låta höra sin röst, då brusa himmelens vatten, då låter han regnskyar stiga upp från jordens ända; han låter ljungeldar komma med regn och för vinden ut ur dess förvaringsrum. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"VAPORS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kapoors, vabor, vador, Valores, valors, vaor, vapo, vaporc, vaport, vapourish, vapous, Varpro. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "VAPORS" (pronounced vā"perz) |
| 4 | -ā" p er z | capers, papers, rapers, scrapers, tapers. |
| 3 | -p er z | beekeepers, beepers, bloopers, bookkeepers, boppers, bumpers, calipers, campers, choppers, clippers, Coopers, coppers, crowkeepers, dampers, developers, diapers, dippers, droppers, flappers, flippers, gatekeepers, gossipers, grasshoppers, groundskeepers, groupers, hampers, handicappers, Harpers, helpers, hoppers, housekeepers, innkeepers, interlopers, Jaspers, jumpers, junipers, keepers, kidnappers, kippers, landscapers, leafhoppers, lepers, loopers, loppers, minesweepers, newspapers, pampers, paratroopers, paupers, peacekeepers, peppers, pipers, poppers, prospers, rappers, Ropers, scalpers, scorekeepers, sharecroppers, shippers, shopkeepers, shoppers, shrimpers, skippers, skyscrapers, sleepers, slippers, snipers, steppers, stoppers, storekeepers, stripers, strippers, supers, suppers, swampers, sweepers, tempers, tippers, toppers, trappers, trippers, troopers, uppers, vipers, wallpapers, whispers, whoppers, wipers, worshipers, wrappers, zippers. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: parvos. | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-p-r-s-v" | |
-1 letter: arvos, parvo, praos, proas, sapor, savor, vapor. | |
-2 letters: arvo, avos, oars, osar, pars, prao, proa, pros, raps, rasp, soap, soar, sora, spar, vars. | |
-3 letters: ars, asp, avo, oar, ops, ora, ors, ova, par, pas, pro, rap, ras, sap, sop, spa, var, vas. | |
-4 letters: ar, as, op, or, os, pa, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-p-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: paviors, vapours. | |
+2 letters: approves, overlaps, overpass, overpast, overpays, passover, paviours, vaporers, vaporise, vaporish, vaporous. | |
+3 letters: approvals, approvers, eavesdrop, overheaps, overleaps, overplans, overplays, oviparous, parvolins, passovers, pervasion, reprovals, supernova, vaporings, vaporised, vaporises, vaporizes, vapourers. | |
+4 letters: absorptive, adsorptive, davenports, disapprove, eavesdrops, evaporates, evaporites, operatives, overpassed, overpasses, overpedals, overplaids, overplants, overpraise, overspread, paloverdes, parvovirus, pervasions, privations, reapproves, supernovae, supernovas, vaporettos, vaporising, vaporizers, vaporously, vaporwares, viviparous. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Bible Trace 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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