volatile /volˈə-tīl or (N American) -til or -təl/

1. Evaporating very quickly
2. Explosive
3. Subject to sudden changes in emotional state
4. Flighty, apt to change
5. (of stock markets, etc) showing rapid changes in prices
6. Transient, short-lived, fleeting
7. Denoting a type of memory (volatile memory) that does not retain information after the power supply is turned off, opp to non-volatile (computing)
8. Capable of flying
9. Moving lightly and rapidly about

1. A volatile substance
2. A creature capable of flying (obsolete)

volˈatileness or volatility /-tilˈ/ noun

volˈatilīzable or volˈatilīsable (or /-atˈ/) adjective

volatilīzāˈtion or volatilīsāˈtion noun

• sharpest
• sharp-eyed
• sharp-ground
• sharpie
• sharpies
• sharping
• sharpings
• sharpish
• sharp-looking
• sharply
• sharpness
• sharpnesses
• sharp-nosed
• sharp-pointed
• sharp practice
• sharp practices
• sharps
• sharp-set
• sharp-shod
• sharpshooter
• sharpshooters
• sharpshooting
• sharpshootings
• sharp-sighted
• sharp's the word