vapor bath
         n 1: a room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe;
               `vapour bath' is a British term [syn: {steam bath}, {steam
               room}, {vapor bath}, {vapour bath}]
         2: you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold
            shower [syn: {Turkish bath}, {steam bath}, {vapor bath},
            {vapour bath}]

English Dictionary: vapour bath	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vapor pressure n the pressure exerted by a vapor; often understood to mean saturated vapor pressure (the vapor pressure of a vapor in contact with its liquid form) Synonym(s): vapor pressure, vapour pressure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaporific adj (used of substances) capable of being volatilized [syn: evaporable, vaporific, vapourific, vaporizable, vapourisable, volatilizable, volatilisable] resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds" Synonym(s): vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vaporous, vapourous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vapour bath n a room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe; `vapour bath' is a British term Synonym(s): steam bath, steam room, vapor bath, vapour bath you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower Synonym(s): Turkish bath, steam bath, vapor bath, vapour bath
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vapour pressure n the pressure exerted by a vapor; often understood to mean saturated vapor pressure (the vapor pressure of a vapor in contact with its liquid form) Synonym(s): vapor pressure, vapour pressure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vapourific adj (used of substances) capable of being volatilized [syn: evaporable, vaporific, vapourific, vaporizable, vapourisable, volatilizable, volatilisable] resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds" Synonym(s): vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vaporous, vapourous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vibraphone n a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound Synonym(s): vibraphone, vibraharp, vibes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vibraphonist n a musician who plays the vibraphone [syn: vibist, vibraphonist]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vibrio fetus n bacteria that cause abortion in sheep
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vipera berus n small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia [syn: adder, common viper, Vipera berus]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vapor \Va"por\, n. [OE. vapour, OF. vapour, vapor, vapeur, F.       vapeur, L. vapor; probably for cvapor, and akin to Gr. [?]       smoke, [?] to breathe forth, Lith. kvepti to breathe, smell,       Russ. kopote fine soot. Cf. {Vapid}.] [Written also       {vapour}.]       1. (Physics) Any substance in the gaseous, or a[89]riform,             state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a             liquid or solid.          Note: The term vapor is sometimes used in a more extended                sense, as identical with gas; and the difference                between the two is not so much one of kind as of                degree, the latter being applied to all permanently                elastic fluids except atmospheric air, the former to                those elastic fluids which lose that condition at                ordinary temperatures. The atmosphere contains more or                less vapor of water, a portion of which, on a reduction                of temperature, becomes condensed into liquid water in                the form of rain or dew. The vapor of water produced by                boiling, especially in its economic relations, is                called steam.                            Vapor is any substance in the gaseous condition                         at the maximum of density consistent with that                         condition. This is the strict and proper meaning                         of the word vapor.                        --Nichol.          2. In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused             substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its             transparency, as smoke, fog, etc.                         The vapour which that fro the earth glood [glided].                                                                               --Chaucer.                         Fire and hail; snow and vapors; stormy wind                      fulfilling his word.                           --Ps. cxlviii.                                                                               8.          3. Wind; flatulence. [Obs.] --Bacon.          4. Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal             fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.                         For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that                      appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth                      away.                                                --James iv.                                                                               14.          5. pl. An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the             blues. [bd]A fit of vapors.[b8] --Pope.          6. (Pharm.) A medicinal agent designed for administration in             the form of inhaled vapor. --Brit. Pharm.          {Vapor bath}.             (a) A bath in vapor; the application of vapor to the body,                   or part of it, in a close place; also, the place                   itself.             (b) (Chem.) A small metallic drying oven, usually of                   copper, for drying and heating filter papers,                   precipitates, etc.; -- called also {air bath}. A                   modified form is provided with a jacket in the outside                   partition for holding water, or other volatile liquid,                   by which the temperature may be limited exactly to the                   required degree.          {Vapor burner}, a burner for burning a vaporized hydrocarbon.                      {Vapor density} (Chem.), the relative weight of gases and             vapors as compared with some specific standard, usually             hydrogen, but sometimes air. The vapor density of gases             and vaporizable substances as compared with hydrogen, when             multiplied by two, or when compared with air and             multiplied by 28.8, gives the molecular weight.          {Vapor engine}, an engine worked by the expansive force of a             vapor, esp. a vapor other than steam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vapor \Va"por\, n. [OE. vapour, OF. vapour, vapor, vapeur, F.       vapeur, L. vapor; probably for cvapor, and akin to Gr. [?]       smoke, [?] to breathe forth, Lith. kvepti to breathe, smell,       Russ. kopote fine soot. Cf. {Vapid}.] [Written also       {vapour}.]       1. (Physics) Any substance in the gaseous, or a[89]riform,             state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a             liquid or solid.          Note: The term vapor is sometimes used in a more extended                sense, as identical with gas; and the difference                between the two is not so much one of kind as of                degree, the latter being applied to all permanently                elastic fluids except atmospheric air, the former to                those elastic fluids which lose that condition at                ordinary temperatures. The atmosphere contains more or                less vapor of water, a portion of which, on a reduction                of temperature, becomes condensed into liquid water in                the form of rain or dew. The vapor of water produced by                boiling, especially in its economic relations, is                called steam.                            Vapor is any substance in the gaseous condition                         at the maximum of density consistent with that                         condition. This is the strict and proper meaning                         of the word vapor.                        --Nichol.          2. In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused             substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its             transparency, as smoke, fog, etc.                         The vapour which that fro the earth glood [glided].                                                                               --Chaucer.                         Fire and hail; snow and vapors; stormy wind                      fulfilling his word.                           --Ps. cxlviii.                                                                               8.          3. Wind; flatulence. [Obs.] --Bacon.          4. Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal             fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.                         For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that                      appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth                      away.                                                --James iv.                                                                               14.          5. pl. An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the             blues. [bd]A fit of vapors.[b8] --Pope.          6. (Pharm.) A medicinal agent designed for administration in             the form of inhaled vapor. --Brit. Pharm.          {Vapor bath}.             (a) A bath in vapor; the application of vapor to the body,                   or part of it, in a close place; also, the place                   itself.             (b) (Chem.) A small metallic drying oven, usually of                   copper, for drying and heating filter papers,                   precipitates, etc.; -- called also {air bath}. A                   modified form is provided with a jacket in the outside                   partition for holding water, or other volatile liquid,                   by which the temperature may be limited exactly to the                   required degree.          {Vapor burner}, a burner for burning a vaporized hydrocarbon.                      {Vapor density} (Chem.), the relative weight of gases and             vapors as compared with some specific standard, usually             hydrogen, but sometimes air. The vapor density of gases             and vaporizable substances as compared with hydrogen, when             multiplied by two, or when compared with air and             multiplied by 28.8, gives the molecular weight.          {Vapor engine}, an engine worked by the expansive force of a             vapor, esp. a vapor other than steam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vapor pressure \Vapor pressure\ [or] tension \tension\ .       (Physics)       The pressure or tension of a confined body of vapor. The       pressure of a given saturated vapor is a function of the       temperature only, and may be measured by introducing a small       quantity of the substance into a barometer and noting the       depression of the column of mercury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaporability \Vap`o*ra*bil"i*ty\, n.       The quality or state of being vaporable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaporable \Vap"o*ra*ble\, a.       Capable of being converted into vapor by the agency of heat;       vaporizable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaporiferous \Vap`o*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. vaporifer; vapor + ferre       to bear.]       Conveying or producing vapor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vaporiform \Va*por"i*form\, a.       Existing in a vaporous form or state; as, steam is a       vaporiform substance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viper \Vi"per\, n. [F. vip[8a]re, L. vipera, probably contr. fr.       vivipera; vivus alive + parere to bring forth, because it was       believed to be the only serpent that brings forth living       young. Cf. {Quick}, a., {Parent}, {Viviparous}, {Wivern},       {Weever}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Old World             venomous makes belonging to {Vipera}, {Clotho}, {Daboia},             and other genera of the family {Viperid[91]}.                         There came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on                      his hand.                                          --Acts xxviii.                                                                               3.          Note: Among the best-known species are the European adder                ({Pelias berus}), the European asp ({Vipera aspis}),                the African horned viper ({V. cerastes}), and the                Indian viper ({Daboia Russellii}).          2. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.                         Who committed To such a viper his most sacred trust                      Of secrecy.                                       --Milton.          {Horned viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cerastes}.          {Red viper} (Zo[94]l.), the copperhead.          {Viper fish} (Zo[94]l.), a small, slender, phosphorescent             deep-sea fish ({Chauliodus Sloanii}). It has long ventral             and dorsal fins, a large mouth, and very long, sharp             teeth.          {Viper's bugloss} (Bot.), a rough-leaved biennial herb             ({Echium vulgare}) having showy purplish blue flowers. It             is sometimes cultivated, but has become a pestilent weed             in fields from New York to Virginia. Also called {blue             weed}.          {Viper's grass} (Bot.), a perennial composite herb             ({Scorzonera Hispanica}) with narrow, entire leaves, and             solitary heads of yellow flowers. The long, white,             carrot-shaped roots are used for food in Spain and some             other countries. Called also {viper grass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fossane \Fos"sane`\, n. [Cf. F. fossane.] (Zo[94]l.)       A species of civet ({Viverra fossa}) resembling the genet.