Definition of volcanic

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Volcanic (a.) Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa..

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Solfatara :: Solfatara (n.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity..
Vulcanian :: Vulcanian (a.) Volcanic.
Volcanize :: Volcanize (v. t.) To subject to, or cause to undergo, volcanic heat, and to be affected by its action..
Volcanic :: Volcanic (a.) Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa..
Volcanism :: Volcanism (n.) Volcanic power or action; volcanicity.
Volcanization :: Volcanization (n.) The act of volcanizing, or the state of being volcanized; the process of undergoing volcanic heat, and being affected by it..
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..
Intercolline :: Intercolline (a.) Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lying between volcanic cones.
Vulcanicity :: Vulcanicity (n.) Volcanicity.
Fiorite :: Fiorite (n.) A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; -- so called from Fiora, in Ischia..
Etnean :: Etnean (a.) Pertaining to Etna, a volcanic mountain in Sicily..
Volcanic :: Volcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat..
Volcanically :: Volcanically (adv.) Like a volcano.
Scoria :: Scoria (n.) Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.
Chrysolite :: Chrysolite (n.) A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; -- called also olivine and peridot. Sometimes used as a gem. The name was also early used for yellow varieties of tourmaline and topaz..
Volcanian :: Volcanian (a.) Volcanic.
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..
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..
Lapilli :: Lapilli (n. pl.) Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles..
Fumarole :: Fumarole (n.) A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumes issue..
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