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Spirit :: Spirit (n.) Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities..

Aspic :: Aspic (n.) A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike..

Benzine :: Benzine (n.) A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc..

Expiration :: Expiration (n.) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.

Isoprene :: Isoprene (n.) An oily, volatile hydrocarbon, obtained by the distillation of caoutchouc or guttaipercha..

Volatile :: Volatile (a.) Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aeriform state; subject to evaporation..

Abietene :: Abietene (n.) A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.

Elaeoptene :: Elaeoptene (n.) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts..

Ether :: Ether (n.) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anaesthetic. Called also ethyl oxide..

Volatility :: Volatility (n.) Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness.

Fugacious :: Fugacious (a.) Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a short time; volatile..

Lupuline :: Lupuline (n.) An alkaloid extracted from hops as a colorless volatile liquid.

Formaldehyde :: Formaldehyde (n.) A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or ethyl aldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl alcohol and formic acid..

Odmyl :: Odmyl (n.) A volatile liquid obtained by boiling sulphur with linseed oil. It has an unpleasant garlic odor.

Light-minded :: Light-minded (a.) Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate.

Pentane :: Pentane (n.) Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12, of the methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, two of which occur in petroleum. So called because of the five carbon atoms in the molecule..

Fugitive :: Fugitive (a.) Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea..

Expiring :: Expiring (a.) Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.

Distillation :: Distillation (n.) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam..

Gasogen :: Gasogen (n.) A volatile hydrocarbon, used as an illuminant, or for charging illuminating gas..

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