Word Meanings - VOLCANIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat. 2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa. 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. Volcanic bomb, a mass ejected from a volcano,

Additional info about word: VOLCANIC

1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat. 2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa. 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. Volcanic bomb, a mass ejected from a volcano, often of molten lava having a rounded form. -- Volcanic cone, a hill, conical in form, built up of cinders, tufa, or lava, during volcanic eruptions. -- Volcanic foci, the subterranean centers of volcanic action; the points beneath volcanoes where the causes producing volcanic phenomena are most active. -- Volcanic glass, the vitreous form of lava, produced by sudden cooling; obsidian. See Obsidian. -- Volcanic mud, fetid, sulphurous mud discharged by a volcano. -- Volcanic rocks, rocks which have been produced from the discharges of volcanic matter, as the various kinds of basalt, trachyte, scoria, obsidian, etc., whether compact, scoriaceous, or vitreous.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of VOLCANIC)

• Meteoric
• Momentary
• flashing
• displosive
• phosphorescent
• pyrotechnic
• coruscant
• volcanic

Related words: (words related to VOLCANIC)

• CORUSCANT
  Glittering in flashes; flashing. Howell.
• METEORICAL
  Meteoric.
• DISPLOSIVE
  Explosive.
• VOLCANIC NECK
  A column of igneous rock formed by congelation of lava in the conduit of a volcano and later exposed by the removal of surrounding rocks.
• PYROTECHNICS
  The art of making fireworks; the manufacture and use of fireworks; pyrotechny.
• VOLCANIC WIND
  A wind associated with a volcanic outburst and due to the eruption or to convection currents over hot lava.
• PHOSPHORESCENT
  Shining with a phosphoric light; luminous without sensible heat. -- n.
• FLASHING
  The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
• VOLCANICALLY
  Like a volcano.
• 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
• 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
• FLASH BURNER
  A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark.
• MOMENTARY
  Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang. This momentary joy breeds months of pain. Shak.
• PYROTECHNIC; PYROTECHNICAL
  Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them. Pyrotechnical sponge. See under Sponge.
• FLASH BOILER
  A variety of water-tube boiler, used chiefly in steam automobiles, consisting of a nest of strong tubes with very little water space, kept nearly red hot so that the water as it trickles drop by drop into the tubes is immediately flashed into steam
• VOLCANICITY
  Quality or state of being volcanic; volcanic power.
• FLASHILY
  In a flashy manner; with empty show.
• FLASHINESS
  The quality of being flashy.
• FLASHBOARD
  A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard.
• PYROTECHNICIAN
  A pyrotechnist.
• SIDEFLASH
  A disruptive discharge between a conductor traversed by an oscillatory current of high frequency and neighboring masses of metal, or between different parts of the same conductor.