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volcanic
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Volcanic
(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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volcanic
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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" |
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volcanic crater
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volcanic effusion
(encz) | volcanic effusion,sopečný výlev [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
volcanic eruption
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volcanic glass
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volcanic rock
(encz) | volcanic rock, n: |
volcanically
(encz) | volcanically,vulkanicky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Volcanic
(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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Volcanic ash
(gcide) | Ash \Ash\, n.,
sing. of Ashes.
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Note: Ash is rarely used in the singular except in connection
with chemical or geological products; as, soda ash,
coal which yields a red ash, etc., or as a qualifying
or combining word; as, ash bin, ash heap, ash hole, ash
pan, ash pit, ash-grey, ash-colored, pearlash, potash.
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Bone ash, burnt powered; bone earth.
Volcanic ash. See under Ashes.
[1913 Webster]Ashes \Ash"es\, n. pl. [OE. asche, aske, AS. asce, [ae]sce, axe;
akin to OHG. asca, G. asche, D. asch, Icel. & Sw. aska, Dan.
aske, Goth. azgo.]
1. The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances
remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
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2. Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or
when "returned to dust" by natural decay.
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Their martyred blood and ashes sow. --Milton.
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The coffins were broken open. The ashes were
scattered to the winds. --Macaulay.
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3. The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
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The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame. --Byron.
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In dust and ashes, In sackcloth and ashes, with humble
expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of
mourning in Eastern lands.
Volcanic ashes, or Volcanic ash, the loose, earthy
matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by
volcanoes.
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Volcanic ashes
(gcide) | Ashes \Ash"es\, n. pl. [OE. asche, aske, AS. asce, [ae]sce, axe;
akin to OHG. asca, G. asche, D. asch, Icel. & Sw. aska, Dan.
aske, Goth. azgo.]
1. The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances
remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
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2. Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or
when "returned to dust" by natural decay.
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Their martyred blood and ashes sow. --Milton.
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The coffins were broken open. The ashes were
scattered to the winds. --Macaulay.
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3. The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
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The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame. --Byron.
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In dust and ashes, In sackcloth and ashes, with humble
expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of
mourning in Eastern lands.
Volcanic ashes, or Volcanic ash, the loose, earthy
matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by
volcanoes.
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Volcanic bomb
(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.
[1913 Webster]Bomb \Bomb\, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or
buzzing noise, Gr. ?.]
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1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.]
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A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck,
would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber
beneath. --Bacon.
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2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired
from mortars. See Shell.
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3. A bomb ketch.
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Bomb chest (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with
gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by
its explosion.
Bomb ketch, Bomb vessel (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel,
very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be
used in naval bombardments; -- called also {mortar
vessel}.
Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used
in whale fishing.
Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape.
"I noticed volcanic bombs." --Darwin.
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Volcanic cone
(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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Volcanic foci
(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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Volcanic glass
(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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Volcanic mud
(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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Volcanic neck
(gcide) | Volcanic neck \Vol*can"ic neck\ (Geol.)
A column of igneous rock formed by congelation of lava in the
conduit of a volcano and later exposed by the removal of
surrounding rocks.
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Volcanic rocks
(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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Volcanic wind
(gcide) | Volcanic wind \Volcanic wind\ (Meteorol.)
A wind associated with a volcanic outburst and due to the
eruption or to convection currents over hot lava.
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Volcanically
(gcide) | Volcanically \Vol*can"ic*al*ly\, adv.
Like a volcano.
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Volcanicity
(gcide) | Volcanicity \Vol`can*ic"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. volcanicit['e].]
Quality or state of being volcanic; volcanic power.
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lassen volcanic national park
(wn) | Lassen Volcanic National Park
n 1: a national park in California having mountains and volcanic
lakes and hot springs |
volcanic crater
(wn) | volcanic crater
n 1: a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
[syn: volcanic crater, crater] |
volcanic eruption
(wn) | volcanic eruption
n 1: the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and
volcanic material [syn: volcanic eruption, eruption] |
volcanic glass
(wn) | volcanic glass
n 1: a kind of natural glass produced when molten lava cools
very rapidly |
volcanic rock
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n 1: extrusive igneous rock solidified near or on the surface of
the Earth |
volcanically
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adv 1: by or like volcanoes; "volcanically created landscape" |
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