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Volatile

Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

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Changeable 84% connected

Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.

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Changeable 84% connected

Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.

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Changeful 84% connected

Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain.

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Changeful 84% connected

Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain.

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Evaporable 84% connected

Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.

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Evaporable 84% connected

Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.

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Inconstant 84% connected

Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle;…

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Inconstant 84% connected

Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle;…

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Unstable 84% connected

Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

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Unstable 84% connected

Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

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Vaporific 84% connected

Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a vaporific agent.

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Vaporific 84% connected

Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a vaporific agent.

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Vaporizable 84% connected

Capable of being vaporized into vapor.

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Vaporizable 84% connected

Capable of being vaporized into vapor.

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Volatilizable 84% connected

Capable of being volatilized.

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Volatilizable 84% connected

Capable of being volatilized.

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Broader term 1

Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Derivationally related 2

Volatility 74% connected

Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness.

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Volatility 74% connected

Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness.

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Inconstant 66% connected

Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle;…

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Inconstant 66% connected

Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle;…

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Explosive 92% connected

Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.

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Fickle 92% connected

Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle whe…

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