1. An old Dutch coin equal to about 1/8 stiver.
2. A trifle or minor thing.

ETYM Latin exhalatio: cf. French exhalaison, exhalation.
The act of inhaling; SYN. expiration, breathing out.

1. A smoke, vapor, or gas especially when irritating or offensive
2. An often noxious suspension of particles in a gas (as air)
3. Something (as an emotion) that impairs one's reasoning
4. A state of excited irritation or anger — usually used in the phrase in a fume

ETYM Cf. Icel. höss gray; akin to AS. hasu, heasu, gray; or Armor. aézen, ézen, warm vapor, exhalation, zephyr.
Atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility.

(Homonym: wrack).
1. A support for displaying various articles; SYN. stand.
2. Framework for holding objects.
3. An instrument of torture that stretches, disjoints or mutilates victims; SYN. wheel.
4. Rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton.
5. A rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately; SYN. single-foot. + prikaži više

1. Vapor, fog
2. A strong or disagreeable fume or odor

ETYM Old Eng. smorther. Related to Smother.
A stifling cloud of smoke.

ETYM Old Eng. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS. steám vapor, smoke, odor; akin to Dutch stoom steam, perhaps originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar.
Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere.
In chemistry, a dry, invisible gas formed by vaporizing water.
The visible cloud that normally forms in the air when water is vaporized is due to minute suspended water particles. Steam is widely used in chemical and other industrial processes and for the generation of power. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. vapour, Old Fren. vapour, vapor, vapeur, French vapeur, Latin vapor. Related to Vapid.
Fine separated particles floating in the air and clouding it. A substance in the gaseous state.
(Alternate spelling: vapour).
A visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance; SYN. vapour.
One of the three states of matter (see also solid and liquid). The molecules in a vapor move randomly and are far apart, the distance between them, and therefore the volume of the vapor, being limited only by the walls of any vessel in which they might be contained. A vapor differs from a gas only in that a vapor can be liquefied by increased pressure, whereas a gas cannot unless its temperature is lowered below its critical temperature; it then becomes a vapor and may be liquefied. + prikaži više

Alternate (chiefly British) spelling for vapor.

ETYM Turk., from Per. pârah a piece.
Any of several monetary units of the Turkish Empire; a coin representing one para.
100 para equal 1 dinar.