Turkish bath
steam bath
vapor bath
vapour bath | you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower |
baffle
baffle board | a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy |
| barrier | a structure or object that impedes free movement |
| crash barrier | a strong protective barrier that is erected around a racetrack or in the middle of a dual-lane highway in order to reduce the likelihood of severe accidents |
junction barrier
barrier strip | a junction unit for connecting cables without the need for plugs |
| mercury-vapor lamp | ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor |
| movable barrier | a barrier that can be moved to allow passage |
sodium-vapor lamp
sodium-vapour lamp | lamp in which an electric current passed through a tube of sodium vapor makes a yellow light, used is street lighting |
steam bath
steam room
vapor bath
vapour bath | a room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe, `vapour bath' is a British term |
vapor lock
vapour lock | a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internalombustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor) |
vapor density
vapour density | the density of a gas relative to the density of hydrogen |
thermal barrier
heat barrier | a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating |
barrier
roadblock | any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective, intolerance is a barrier to understanding |
| ideological barrier | a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies |
| language barrier | barrier to communication resulting from speaking different languages |
trade barrier
import barrier | any regulation or policy that restricts international trade |
| barrier | anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access |
| barrier island | a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore |
| barrier reef | a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore |
| blood-brain barrier | a mechanism that creates a barrier between brain tissues and circulating blood, serves to protect the central nervous system, the brain was protected from the large molecules of the virus by the blood-brain barrier |
| Great Barrier Reef | the largest coral reef in the world, in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia |
sonic barrier
sound barrier | the increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches the speed of sound |
vapor pressure
vapour pressure | the pressure exerted by a vapor, often understood to mean saturated vapor pressure (the vapor pressure of a vapor in contact with its liquid form) |
vaporization
vaporisation
vapor
vapour
evaporation | the process of becoming a vapor |
moisture
wet | wetness caused by water, drops of wet gleamed on the window |
water vapor
water vapour | water in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperature |
| vapor vapour | a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance |
baffle
regulate | check the emission of (sound) |
perplex
vex stick
get a puzzle
mystify
baffle
beat
pose bewilder
flummox
stupefy
nonplus
gravel
amaze dumbfound
ca | be a mystery or bewildering to, This beats me!, Got me--I don't know the answer!, a vexing problem, This question really stuck me |
thwart
queer
spoil
scotch
foil
cross
frustrate
baffle
bilk | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of, What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge, foil your opponent |