Vaporific

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vaporific \Vap`o*rif"ic\, a. [L. vapor vapor + facere to make.]
     (Chem.)
     Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into
     vapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a
     vaporific agent.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vaporific
       adj 1: used of substances [syn: {evaporable}, {vaporizable}, {volatilizable},
               {volatilisable}]
       2: resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds"
          [syn: {vaporish}, {vapourish}, {vaporous}]