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volatile adjective active, animated, brief, brisk, buoyant, capricious, changeable, cometary, deciduous, desultory, effervescent, elastic, elusive, ephemeral, erratic, evanescent, evaporable, excitable, explosive, fickle, flighty, full of spirit, giddy, humorsome, inconstant, irresolute, levis, lively, mercurial, passing, precarious, quick, shallow, short-lived, spirited, sprightly, transient, transitory, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vaporable, vaporizable, vaporous, volaticus See also: brief, ephemeral, inconsistent, irresolute, mutable, temporary, transient, transitory, variable How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 5 to 3 percent volatile oil, and it takes about 130 kilograms (285 pounds) of flowers to produce a liter (about a quart) of essential oil. 2 Small Limes--native of India; very high in Vitamin C, calcium and phosphorus; rind contains a volatile oil that helps to enhance detoxification According to scientists at Michigan State University, basil contains several antioxidants in its volatile oils that act just like some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen and Celebrex. |
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