Igneous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Igneous \Ig"ne*ous\, a. [L. igneus, fr. ignis fire; allied to
     Skr. agni, Lith. ugnis, OSlav. ogne.]
     1. Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing
        fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.
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     2. (Geol.) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of
        fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  igneous
       adj 1: produced under conditions involving intense heat; "igneous
              rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten
              state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion
              is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata" [syn: {pyrogenic},
               {pyrogenous}]
       2: like or suggestive of fire; "the burning sand"; "a fiery
          desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere" [syn: {fiery}]