Definition of volcano

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Volcano (n.) A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain..

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Salse :: Salse (n.) A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts, whence the name..
Slag :: Slag (v. t.) The scoria of a volcano.
Volcanically :: Volcanically (adv.) Like a volcano.
Moya :: Moya (n.) Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; -- so called in South America.
Extinct :: Extinct (a.) Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano..
Flammivomous :: Flammivomous (a.) Vomiting flames, as a volcano..
Stream :: Stream (n.) A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano..
Cinder :: Cinder (n.) The slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano..
Clinker :: Clinker (n.) Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag..
Eruption :: Eruption (n.) The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion..
Volcanic :: Volcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat..
Volcanoes :: Volcanoes (pl. ) of Volcan.
Vesuvian :: Vesuvian (a.) Of or pertaining to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples..
Vomit :: Vomit (v. t.) Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc..
Volcanic :: Volcanic (a.) Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
Volcanic :: Volcanic (a.) Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa..
Lava :: Lava (n.) The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States..
Crater :: Crater (n.) The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up..
Obsidian :: Obsidian (n.) A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters..
Vulcanic :: Vulcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to volcanoes; specifically, relating to the geological theory of the Vulcanists, or Plutonists..
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