Definition of volcanic

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Volcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat..

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Volcanism :: Volcanism (n.) Volcanic power or action; volcanicity.
Peperino :: Peperino (n.) A volcanic rock, formed by the cementing together of sand, scoria, cinders, etc..
Volcanic :: Volcanic (a.) Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa..
Vent :: Vent (n.) A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent..
Sulphur :: Sulphur (n.) A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96..
Etnean :: Etnean (a.) Pertaining to Etna, a volcanic mountain in Sicily..
Volcanization :: Volcanization (n.) The act of volcanizing, or the state of being volcanized; the process of undergoing volcanic heat, and being affected by it..
Fumarole :: Fumarole (n.) A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumes issue..
Lithophyse :: Lithophyse (n.) A spherulitic cavity often with concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic rocks, as in rhyolitic lavas. It is supposed to be produced by expanding gas, whence the name..
Pearlstone :: Pearlstone (n.) A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic..
Cone :: Cone (n.) Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriae around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form..
Scoria :: Scoria (n.) Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.
Vulcanicity :: Vulcanicity (n.) Volcanicity.
Mascagnite :: Mascagnite (n.) Native sulphate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts; -- so named from Mascagni, who discovered it..
Volcanically :: Volcanically (adv.) Like a volcano.
Pozzolana :: Pozzolana (n.) Volcanic ashes from Pozzuoli, in Italy, used in the manufacture of a kind of mortar which hardens under water..
Volcanic :: Volcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat..
Tufa :: Tufa () A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria..
Trass :: Trass (n.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water..
Volcanian :: Volcanian (a.) Volcanic.
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