Adjective

(en adjective)

(physics) evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.

(of a substance, informal) explosive.

(of a price etc) variable or erratic.

(of a person) quick to become angry or violent.

fickle.

temporary or ephemeral.

(of a situation) potentially violent.

(computing, of a variable) having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.

(computing, of memory) whose content is lost when the computer is powered down

(obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous.

Being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington

, title= Keeping the mighty honest , passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account. That is a very American position.}}