Volcanic

3 definitions found

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

  Volcanic \Vol*can"ic\, a. [Cf. F. volcanique, It. vulcanico.]
     1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic
        heat.
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     2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous


        agencies; as, volcanic tufa.
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     3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  volcanic
       adj 1: relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes;
              "volcanic steam"; "volcanic islands such as Iceland";
              "a volcanic cone is a conical mountain or hill built
              up of material from volcanic eruptions"
       2: explosively unstable; "a volcanic temper"
       3: igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near
          the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt;
          "volcanic rock includes the volcanic glass obsidian" [syn:
           {eruptive}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "volcanic":
     agitable, bursting, combustible, detonating, edgy, emotional,
     emotionally unstable, eruptive, excitable, explodable, explosible,
     explosive, fierce, fiery, fulminating, furious, hasty,
     high-mettled, high-spirited, high-strung, highly emotional, hot,
     hot-tempered, hotheaded, impetuous, inflammable, irascible,
     irritable, mettlesome, nervous, passionate, peppery, perturbable,
     prickly, quick, quick-tempered, sensitive, short-tempered,
     simmering, skittish, spunky, startlish, stormy, tempestuous,
     tornadic, touchy, vehement, violent, wild