Word: vaporous
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...carefully, he first froze its joints into position with liquid nitrogen, then popped the bird into his kitchen freezer. When the moisture in the bird's body had turned to ice, Meryman used a vacuum pump and a chemical desiccant to remove the water in the form of vapor from the frozen body. The result: a thoroughly dehydrated but intact specimen suitable for display...
...vapor over the jungle going to vanish so soon. Every side of the dispute has a point to make, and every side will continue to make it with relentless enthusiasm until someone's bullets clear up the whole situation in the hearty manner of the old school...
PHASE 4: the flow is increased to high pressure, sending a dense cloud of vapor into the air. The fueling is completed. The transporter-erector is removed from the missile. Twelve minutes have passed. At any point up to two minutes before the launching, the U.S.A.F. officer may turn his key, thus starting the activation of the warhead. But the warhead does not become fully armed until after the missile has been launched...
When the crop is big enough, a sample is put into a cotton-stoppered vial inside a bigger vial, and frozen solid. When the air is pumped out of the vial, the frozen water departs as vapor, leaving a dry residue that looks like an aspirin tablet and contains perhaps 1,000,000 deeply sleeping germs. Some germs will live for 20 years in this state, and can be awakened by adding nutrient. Thus encouraged, they multiply-and then can be put back to sleep again for another 20 years...
...Edward R. Manring of Geophysics Corp. of America reported on a discovery made by Nike-Asp rockets, fired to a height of 140 miles over the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's range at Wallops Island, Va., which were equipped to leave a trail of luminous sodium vapor. Observation of the vapor trails showed that above 80 miles, thin winds from the southwest were blowing at the astounding speed of 600 m.p.h. No cause is known for these in credible winds, but John W. Townsend of NASA conjectured that high, warm winds from the south might be the cause...