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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ebullition \Eb'ul*li"tion\, noun [F. ['e]bullition, L. ebullitio, fr. ebullire. See {Ebullient}.]
1. A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.
2. Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an a["e]riform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali. [Formerly written {bullition}.]
3. A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ebullition
noun: an unrestrained expression of emotion [syn: {effusion}, {gush}, {outburst}, {blowup}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "ebullition": ado, agitation, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, brawl, broil, brouhaha, bubbliness, bubbling, bustle, cacophony, carbonation, chaos, churn, coction, commotion, conturbation, decoction, discomposure, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, ebullience, ebulliency, ebulliometer, eddy, effervescence, effervescency, embroilment, excitement, fanaticism, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgets, fizz, fizzle, flap, flurry, fluster, flutteration, foaming, foment, fomentation, foofaraw, frenzy, frothiness, frothing, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, hubbub, hurly-burly, hurry, hurry-scurry, inquietude, jitters, jumpiness, maelstrom, malaise, moil, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, pandemonium, passion, pell-mell, perturbation, racket, rage, restlessness, roil, rout, row, ruckus, ruffle, rumpus, seethe, seething, simmer, simmering, sparkle, spumescence, stewing, stir, storminess, swirl, swirling, tempestuousness, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, tumult, tumultuation, tumultuousness, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, unease, unrest, uproar, upset, vortex, whirl, wildness, yeastiness, zeal, zealousness
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