an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings
<noun.substance>

essential oil

volatile oil

computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off
<noun.artifact>

volatile storage

(used of substances) capable of being volatilized
<adj.all>

evaporable

vaporific

vaporizable

vapourific

vapourisable

volatilisable

volatilizable

make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor
<verb.change>

volatilise

volatilize

converted into a gas or vapor
<adj.all>

gasified

vaporized

vapourised

volatilised

volatilized

being easily excited
<noun.attribute>

excitability

excitableness

volatility

the trait of being unpredictably irresolute
<noun.attribute>

unpredictability

volatility

sample sentences

"the volatility of the market drove many investors away"

the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid to a vapor
<noun.attribute>

volatility

(used of substances) capable of being volatilized
<adj.all>

evaporable

vaporific

vaporizable

vapourific

vapourisable

volatilisable

volatilizable

make volatile; cause to pass off in a vapor
<verb.change>

volatilise

volatilize

converted into a gas or vapor
<adj.all>

gasified

vaporized

vapourised

volatilised

volatilized

igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt
<adj.all>

volcanic

sample sentences

"volcanic rock includes the volcanic glass obsidian"

explosively unstable
<adj.all>

volcanic

sample sentences

"a volcanic temper"

relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
<adj.pert>

volcanic

sample sentences

"volcanic steam"
"volcanic islands such as Iceland"
"a volcanic cone is a conical mountain or hill built up of material from volcanic eruptions"

a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
<noun.object>

crater

volcanic crater

the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

eruption

volcanic eruption

a kind of natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly
<noun.substance>

volcanic glass

extrusive igneous rock solidified near or on the surface of the Earth
<noun.substance>

volcanic rock

by or like volcanoes
<adv.all>

volcanically

sample sentences

"volcanically created landscape"

the phenomena associated with volcanic activity
<noun.phenomenon>

volcanism

a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
<noun.object>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

vent

volcano

a mountain formed by volcanic material
<noun.object>

volcano

the branch of geology that studies volcanoes
<noun.cognition>

volcanology

vulcanology

any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
<noun.animal>

field mouse

vole

the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 1

volition

will

sample sentences

"the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith

the act of making a choice
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

volition

willing

sample sentences

"followed my father of my own volition"

with deliberate intention
<adj.all>

volitional

sample sentences

"a volitional act"

in a willing manner
<adv.all>

volitionally

willingly

sample sentences

"I willingly accept"

rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

burst

fusillade

salvo

volley

sample sentences

"our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"

a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

volley

utter rapidly
<verb.communication>

volley

sample sentences

"volley a string of curses"

make a volley
<verb.competition>

volley

discharge in, or as if in, a volley
<verb.contact>

volley

sample sentences

"the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians"

hit before it touches the ground
<verb.contact>

volley

sample sentences

"volley the tennis ball"

be dispersed in a volley
<verb.motion>

volley

sample sentences

"gun shots volleyed at the attackers"

a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

volleyball

volleyball game

an inflated ball used in playing volleyball
<noun.artifact>

volleyball

the court on which volleyball is played
<noun.artifact>

volleyball court

a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

volleyball

volleyball game

the high net that separates the two teams and over which the volleyball must pass
<noun.artifact>

volleyball net

someone who plays the game of volleyball
<noun.person>

volleyball player

a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference across a resistance of 1 ohm when 1 ampere of current flows through it
<noun.quantity>

V

volt