Noun

• S: (n) volatile (a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor) "it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"
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Adjective

• S: (adj) volatile (evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures) "volatile oils"; "volatile solvents"
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• S: (adj) evaporable, vaporific, vapourific, vaporizable, vapourisable, volatilizable, volatilisable ((used of substances) capable of being volatilized)
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• S: (adj) explosive, volatile (liable to lead to sudden change or violence) "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"
• S: (adj) fickle, volatile (marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments) "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections"
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• S: (adj) inconstant (likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable) "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare
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• S: (adj) volatile (tending to vary often or widely) "volatile stocks"; "volatile emotions"