Word Meanings - IGNEOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks. (more info) 1. Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of IGNEOUS)

• Rutilant
• Igneous
• flammiferous
• flaming
• blazing
• coruscant
• meteoric
• flashing
• scintillant

Related words: (words related to IGNEOUS)

• CORUSCANT
  Glittering in flashes; flashing. Howell.
• METEORICAL
  Meteoric.
• BLAZING
  Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches. Sir W. Scott. Blazing star. A comet. A brilliant center of attraction. A name given to several plants; as, to Chamælirium luteum of the Lily family; Liatris squarrosa; and Aletris
• FLAMINEOUS
  Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.
• FLAMINICAL
  Pertaining to a flamen. Milton.
• FLAMMIFEROUS
  Producing flame.
• FLAMING
  1. Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating. 2. Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling. "In flaming yellow bright." Prior. 3. Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation
• FLAMBOYER
  A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Cæsalpinia.
• FLASHING
  The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
• FLAMELET
  A small flame. The flamelets gleamed and flickered. Longfellow.
• BLAZONRY
  1. Same as Blazon, 3. The principles of blazonry. Peacham. 2. A coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings. The blazonry of Argyle. Lord Dufferin. 3. Artistic representation or display.
• BLAZER
  One who spreads reports or blazes matters abroad. "Blazers of crime." Spenser.
• FLASH
  1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed. 2. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary
• FLAMMATION
  The act of setting in a flame or blaze. Sir. T. Browne.
• FLAMMEOUS
  Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. Sir T. Browne.
• FLAMBEAU
  A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch. (more info) flame, for flamble, from L. flammula
• FLASHY
  1. Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright. A little flashy and transient pleasure. Barrow. 2. Fiery; vehement; impetuous. A temper always flashy. Burke. 3. Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress. 4. Without
• FLAMEN
  A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis. Affrights
• FLAMMIVOMOUS
  Vomiting flames, as a volcano. W. Thompson. .
• FLASH BURNER
  A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark.
• INFLAMER
  The person or thing that inflames. Addison.
• SEMILIGNEOUS
  Half or partially ligneous, as a stem partly woody and partly herbaceous.
• DISINFLAME
  To divest of flame or ardor. Chapman.
• INFLAMED
  Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame. (more info) 1. Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.
• INFLAMMABILLTY
  Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.
• EMBLAZONING
  The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.
• EMBLAZE
  Etym: 1. To adorn with glittering embellishments. No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors. Pope. 2. To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon. The imperial ensign, . . . streaming
• INFLAMMABLENESS
  The quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability. Boyle.
• WHITE-BLAZE
  See WHITE-FACE