Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 19 compound words that contain vapour. The most common are listed below. Open vapour in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- water vapourBritish standard spelling of water vapor.
- mercury-vapour lampa gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation
- vapour densityThe ratio of the density of a gas to the density of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure.
- vapour lockAlternative form of vapor lock: A problem mostly affecting gasoline-fueled internal combustion engines, where the liquid fuel changes state from liquid to gas while still in the fuel delivery system, reducing the pump pressure and causing …
- vapour pressureAlternative spelling of vapor pressure: The pressure that a vapor exerts, or the partial pressure if it is mixed with other gases.
- vapour trailA contrail.
- vapour trailsplural of vapour trail: A contrail.
- vapour bathsteam bath
- saturation vapour pressureAlternative spelling of saturation vapor pressure: The vapor pressure at which the gaseous phase of a substance can coexist with the liquid or solid phase in equilibrium at a given temperature.
- sodium vapour lampAlternative spelling of sodium vapor lamp: A street lamp in which electricity is passed through sodium vapour to emit a yellow light.
- vapour bathsplural of vapour bath: steam bath
- vapour densitiesplural of vapour density: The ratio of the density of a gas to the density of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure.
- vapour locksplural of vapour lock: A problem mostly affecting gasoline-fueled internal combustion engines, where the liquid fuel changes state from liquid to gas while still in the fuel delivery system, reducing the pump pressure and causing transient …
- vapour pressuresplural of vapour pressure: The pressure that a vapor exerts, or the partial pressure if it is mixed with other gases.
- mercury-vapour lampsplural of mercury-vapour lamp: a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation
- saturation vapour pressuresplural of saturation vapour pressure: The vapor pressure at which the gaseous phase of a substance can coexist with the liquid or solid phase in equilibrium at a given temperature.
Compound words 19
- vaporousOf or relating to vapour; also, having the characteristics or consistency of vapour.
- vapouryResembling or characteristic of vapour.
- vapourerAny of several tussock moths (family Erebidae, subfamily Lymantriinae), especially of the genus Orgyia.
- hardvapourAn Internet-based microgenre of electronic music, emerged in 2015 as a reimagination of vaporwave with darker themes, faster tempos, and heavier sounds.
- vapourisationAlternative spelling of vaporization: A conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas.
- vapourishCharacteristic of vapour.
- vapourizationAlternative spelling of vaporization: A conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas.
- vapourizeOxford British English and Canada standard form of vaporize.
- vapourlessAlternative form of vaporless: Without vapor.
- vapourlikeAlternative spelling of vaporlike: Resembling vapor; vaporous, misty.