ebullition
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ebullition \Eb`ul*li"tion\, n. [F. ['e]bullition, L. ebullitio,
fr. ebullire. See {Ebullient}.]
1. A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced
in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.
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2. Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other
process which causes the liberation of a gas or an
a["e]riform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a
carbonated alkali. [Formerly written {bullition}.]
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3. A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an
ebullition of anger or ill temper.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "ebullition":
ado, agitation, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, brawl, broil,
brouhaha, bubbliness, bubbling, bustle, cacophony, carbonation,
chaos, churn, coction, commotion, conturbation, decoction,
discomposure, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance,
ebullience, ebulliency, ebulliometer, eddy, effervescence,
effervescency, embroilment, excitement, fanaticism, feery-fary,
ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgets, fizz, fizzle,
flap, flurry, fluster, flutteration, foaming, foment, fomentation,
foofaraw, frenzy, frothiness, frothing, fume, furor, furore, fury,
fuss, hubbub, hurly-burly, hurry, hurry-scurry, inquietude,
jitters, jumpiness, maelstrom, malaise, moil, nerviness, nervosity,
nervousness, pandemonium, passion, pell-mell, perturbation, racket,
rage, restlessness, roil, rout, row, ruckus, ruffle, rumpus,
seethe, seething, simmer, simmering, sparkle, spumescence, stewing,
stir, storminess, swirl, swirling, tempestuousness, to-do,
trepidation, trepidity, tumult, tumultuation, tumultuousness,
turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, unease, unrest, uproar,
upset, vortex, whirl, wildness, yeastiness, zeal, zealousness
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