sublimed
Skipped the liquid
Sublimed is the past tense of sublime, a verb with two distinct meanings.
In chemistry, to sublime is to transform directly from solid to gas without passing through a liquid state: The dry ice sublimed in the warm air.
In older literary usage, to sublime meant to elevate or purify something, making it nobler or more refined: Art sublimed raw emotion into beauty.
Liquid turning to gas
- dry iceSolidified carbon dioxide
- iodineAntiseptic element, atomic fifty-three
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- vaporGaseous form of liquid
gas phase · naphthalene · camphor · frost · condensation · phase transition · volatilization · purification
Raised above usual level
- exaltedElevated in rank
- upliftedMade happier or higher
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- spiritualRelating to the soul
lofty · divine · heavenly · rarefied · purified · refined · ennobled · glorified
Facility for scientific investigation
- reactionResponse to stimulus
- compoundCombined into one
- crystalsSolids with ordered structure
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
separation · extraction · heating · apparatus · solid · experiment · synthesis · substance
Complete change of form
- transformationThorough change in form
- refinementElegance of manner
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
quintessence · philosopher's stone · elixir · mercury · sulfur · calcination · spiritualization · perfection
evaporation
Liquid turning to gas
- dry iceSolidified carbon dioxide
- iodineAntiseptic element, atomic fifty-three
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
vapor · gas phase · naphthalene · camphor · frost · condensation · phase transition · volatilization · purification · crystals
elevated
Raised above usual level
spiritual · lofty · divine · heavenly · rarefied · purified · refined · ennobled · glorified · transformed
laboratory
Facility for scientific investigation
purification · separation · extraction · heating · apparatus · solid · experiment · synthesis · substance · technique
transmutation
Complete change of form
- transformationThorough change in form
- refinementElegance of manner
- distillationPurification via vaporization
purification · quintessence · philosopher's stone · elixir · mercury · sulfur · calcination · spiritualization · perfection · gold
sublimeddeposited
Placed for safekeeping
condensed · solidified · frozen · liquefied · precipitated
sublimeduntransformed
Not changed from original
unprocessed · unrefined · crude · unchanged · raw
- the sublimeAwe mixed with terror
- Sublime PorteSultan's central administration
- corrosive sublimateToxic mercury-based chemical compound
sublime, sublimity, sublimate, sublimation, sublimely, sublimes, sublimated, subliming, sublimest