sublimates
Solid becomes gas
Sublimates is the verb form of sublimate, meaning to transform directly from solid to gas without passing through liquid—dry ice sublimates at room temperature.
More commonly, sublimate means to channel unacceptable impulses into socially acceptable activities: He sublimates his aggression through competitive sports.
This psychological sense comes from Freud.
As a noun, a sublimate is a substance produced by sublimation.
Solidified carbon dioxide
- iodineAntiseptic element, atomic fifty-three
- solidFirm matter state
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- phase transitionMatter shifting between states
vaporization · deposition · enthalpy · endothermic · thermodynamics · crystals · latent heat · pressure
Unconscious self-protective mental process
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- reaction formationMasking impulses with opposites
- rationalizationInventing acceptable motives afterward
channeling · unconscious · psychoanalysis · Freudian · suppression · impulse · ego · libido
Raises in position
- exaltsPraises with reverence
- ennoblesConfers dignity upon
- upliftsRaises emotionally or physically
- heightensIncreases in degree
glorifies · dignifies · transfigures · spiritualizes · refines · purifies · idealizes · transforms
dry ice
Solidified carbon dioxide
phase transition · vaporization · deposition · enthalpy · endothermic · thermodynamics · crystals · latent heat · pressure · temperature
defense mechanism
Unconscious self-protective mental process
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- reaction formationMasking impulses with opposites
rationalization · channeling · unconscious · psychoanalysis · Freudian · suppression · impulse · ego · libido · anxiety
elevates
Raises in position
heightens · glorifies · dignifies · transfigures · spiritualizes · refines · purifies · idealizes · transforms · transmutes
sublimatesdeposits
Material settled or stored
condenses · melts · boils · liquefies · solidifies
- corrosive sublimateToxic mercury-based chemical compound
sublimate, sublimation, sublimated, sublimating, sublimations