Word Finder - fumes

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A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.

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Don't stand around in there breathing the fumes while the adhesive cures.

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A material that has been vaporized from the solid or liquid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.

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Lead fume is a greyish powder, mainly comprising lead sulfate.

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Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control.

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the fumes of passion

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Anything unsubstantial or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination.

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The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.

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A passionate person.

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To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.

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To apply or offer incense to.

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To emit fumes.

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To pass off in fumes or vapours.

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To express or feel great anger.

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He’s still fuming about the argument they had yesterday.

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To be as in a mist; to be dulled and stupefied.

On the other hand, they may give off unhealthy fumes and produce unpleasant odours.

A flue should in all cases be provided to carry off the fumes of the fuel.

It fumes strongly in air, and does not attack glass.

A surfeit of mushrooms or the fumes of a charcoal fire have been assigned as the cause of death.

It is a pungent-smelling liquid, which fumes strongly on exposure to air.

Mosquitoes in the house may be destroyed by the fumes of burning sulphur or tobacco smoke.

The pipes are assorted into sizes by passing them through graduated openings in a grilled wire frame, and those of good colour are bleached by the fumes of sulphur.

The patient inhales the fumes, which contain a considerable proportion of nitrogen oxides.

In small stoves for warming and for cooking, petroleum presents some advantages over other fuels, in that there is no chimney to sweep, and if well managed no unpleasant fumes, and the stoves are easily portable.

Some observers report that steam is to be seen rising from fissures in the bottom of the crater, and all are united in speaking of the fumes of burning sulphur that rise from its depths.

It fumes strongly in moist air, giving hydrochloric acid and phosphoryl chloride, POC13; with water it gives phosphoric and hydrochloric acids.

The preparation gives off dense fumes which afford great relief to the asthmatic paroxysm.

The use of the first two is restricted, as they are suited only for galena ores or mixtures of galena and carbonate, which contain not less than 58% lead and not more than 4% silica; further, ores to be treated in the ore-hearth should run low in or be free from silver, as the loss in the fumes is excessive.

Macquer and Lavoisier showed that when gold is strongly heated, fumes arise which gild a piece of silver held in them.

It fumes in air; with water it gives ZrOI 2.8H 2 0; and with alcohol ethyl iodide and zirconium hydroxide are formed.

At ordinary temperatures hydrobromic acid is a colourless gas which fumes strongly in moist air, and has an acid taste and reaction.

The saturated aqueous solution is colourless and fumes strongly on exposure to air; after a time it darkens in colour owing to liberation of iodine.

It fumes in moist air and is quickly decomposed by water giving hydrofluoric and phosphoric xxi.

While he also prevents interruption of the operation by means of water-jackets, he uses hot-blast, and produces, besides metallic lead, large volumes of lead fumes which are drawn off by fans through long cooling tubes, and then forced through suspended bags which filter off the dust, called "blue powder."

The fluorine, which is liberated as a gas at the anode, is passed through a well cooled platinum vessel, in order to free it from any acid fumes that may be carried over, and finally through two platinum tubes containing sodium fluoride to remove the last traces of hydrofluoric acid; it is then collected in a platinum tube closed with fluor-spar plates.

Potassium nitrate is chiefly used to make nitre paper, which on burning emits fumes useful in the treatment of the asthmatic paroxysm.

I know of nothing more purgative of winter fumes and indigestions.

She coughed softly and waved a hand to disperse the fumes.

The working door through which the litharge is run off lies under the flue which carries off the products of combustion and the lead fumes, the lead is charged and the blast is admitted near the fire-bridge.

Silks to be finished white are at this point bleached by exposure in a closed chamber to the fumes of sulphurous acid, and at the close of the process the hanks are washed in pure cold water to remove all traces of the acid.

Manganous Sulphate, MnSO 4, is prepared by strongly heating a paste of pyrolusite and concentrated sulphuric acid until acid fumes cease to be evolved.

Sulphuric acid may be applied as such on the ores placed in lead, brick, or stone chambers; or as a mixture of sulphur dioxide, nitrous fumes (generated from Chile saltpetre and sulphuric acid), and steam, which permeates the ore resting on the false bottom of a brick chamber.

Sulphuretted hydrogen is decomposed with the formation of a black coating of silver sulphide; this is the explanation of the black tarnish seen when silver is exposed to the fumes of coal gas, and other sulphuretted compounds, such as occur in eggs.

Along with greater speed, these vehicles create a lot more noise, plus exhaust fumes and are suited to racing outdoors.

The liquid latex isn't a problem, but the rubber cement and silicone sealant can give off noxious fumes.

They should always be fitted with a pan of water to supply the necessary humidity to the warmed air, and a flue to carry off any disagreeable fumes.

Belgium and Great Britain became joint-proprietors of the cables between Ramsgate and Ostend and Dover and De la Panne (near Fumes).

In addition to its brilliance, vermilion is a pigment of great intensity and durability, remaining unaffected by acid fumes.

The surface of vessels may be spangled with gold or platinum by rolling the hot glass on metallic leaf, or iridescent, by the deposition of metallic tin, or by the corrosion caused by the chemical action of acid fumes.

It was " divided among petty kings and other lords with fewer vassals who are called inkosis or fumes."

There is a U.S. assayer's office here, and there are extensive shipyards, a large paper mill, iron works, and, just outside the city limits, the smelters of the American Smelters Securities Company, in connexion with which is one of the two plants in the United States for saving arsenic from smelter fumes.

Unfortunately, car exhaust fumes have given the formerly abundant ferns a hard life.

Traffic simply stands still belching out fumes and noise.

Its short exhaust pipes spat fumes and oil in the pilots face and on some occasions even ignited the planes fabric covering.

The hi-tech paving slabs have a top layer containing titanium dioxide which helps to break down pollutant nitrogen dioxide gas from car fumes.

The fumes are then inhaled, a method sometimes known as ' chasing ' or ' chasing the dragon ' .

If the wrong fluid is used it is possible that unpleasant and toxic fumes including formaldehyde could be produced.

I'm going to end up killing myself with my air freshener fumes to drown out the smell.

We were invited to inhale the heady fumes which have a really powerful kick.

As I gaze upwards I think of tiny seats, bad food, stale air and jet engines belching noxious fumes.

We might emit some noxious fumes into the atmosphere by driving there, or leave a slight residue on a site.

The rescuers risked their lives by crawling through dense choking fumes in which they found the injured men trying to crawl to safety.

We breathe the fumes, pick up the rubbish.

They are forced to inhale noxious fumes or burning plastics.

They are then thought to have been poisoned by toxic fumes.