Word Meanings - METEORIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones. 2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions. 3. Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame. "Meteoric politician."

Additional info about word: METEORIC

1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones. 2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions. 3. Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame. "Meteoric politician." Craik. Meteoric iron, Meteoric stone. See Meteorite. -- Meteoric paper, a substance of confervoid origin found floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper; -- so called because formerly supposed to fall from meteors. -- Meteoric showers, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars, occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of November, more rarely in April and December, and also at some other periods.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of METEORIC)

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

Related words: (words related to METEORIC)

• 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