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Temporary
Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.
Corruptible
Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay.
Brittle
Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Frail
The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
Hardy
Able to withstand the cold of winter.
Brief
Briefly.
Fugacious
Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a short time; volatile.
Fleeting
of Fleet
Perishable
Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death; as, perishable goods; our perishable bodies.
Impermanent
Not permanent.
Flitting
of Flit
Impermanence
Alt. of Impermanency
Mutability
The quality of being mutable, or subject to change or alteration, either in form, state, or essential character; susceptibility of change; changeableness; inconstancy; variation.
Instability
The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building.
Annual
Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.
Insubstantial
Unsubstantial; not real or strong.
Evanescent
Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys.
Inconstant
Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or ..
Imperceptible
Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the souses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended.
Caducity
Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility.
Death
The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.
Mortal
Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.
Hardy
Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.
Passing
of Pass
Ephemeral
Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.
Triennial
Continuing three years; as, triennial parliaments; a triennial reign.
Fugitive
Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.
Evergreen
Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like.
Perennial
ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains.
Dicotyledon
A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.
Capricious
Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.
Frail
A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
Amphibian
Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.
Impetuous
Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.
Deciduous
Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth..
Fragile
Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.
Weed
A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment.
Vegetable
Of or pertaining to plants; having the nature of, or produced by, plants; as, a vegetable nature; vegetable growths, juices, etc.
Changeable
Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.
Transitive
Having the power of making a transit, or passage.
Cutting
of Cut
Transient
Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not..
Unstable
Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.
Volatility
Quality or state of being volatile; disposition to evaporate; changeableness; fickleness.
Biennial
Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.
Meteoric
Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.
Fungus
Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each.
Dying
of Die
Volatile
Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
Fickle
Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel.
Immaterial
Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.
Fading
of Fade
Mutable
Capable of alteration; subject to change; changeable in form, qualities, or nature.
Flying
of Fly
Smoke
The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.
Impulsive
Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
Transitory
Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.
Temporal
Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.
Momentary
Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang.
Brief
Short in duration.
Plant
A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy ..
Bubble
A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.
