Index of English words, starting with "ev"

(1) - Evanishment (n.) A vanishing; disappearance.

(1) - Evaporable (a.) Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.

(1) - Evaporate (a.) Dispersed in vapors.
(2) - Evaporate (v. t.) To give vent to; to dissipate.
(3) - Evaporate (v. t.) To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.
(4) - Evaporate (v. t.) To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.
(5) - Evaporate (v. t.) To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation.
(6) - Evaporate (v. t.) To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible.

(1) - Evaporation (n.) See Vaporization.
(2) - Evaporation (n.) That which is evaporated; vapor.
(3) - Evaporation (n.) The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence.
(4) - Evaporation (n.) The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor.