Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of volcanic is as below...

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..

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

Pumice :: Pumice (n.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone..

Volcanicity :: Volcanicity (n.) Quality or state of being volcanic; volcanic power.

Volcanization :: Volcanization (n.) The act of volcanizing, or the state of being volcanized; the process of undergoing volcanic heat, and being affected by it..

Volcanic :: Volcanic (a.) Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.

Leucite :: Leucite (n.) A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumina and potash. It is found in the volcanic rocks of Italy, especially at Vesuvius..

Crystallite :: Crystallite (n.) A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc..

Volcanity :: Volcanity (n.) The quality or state of being volcanic, or volcanic origin; volcanicity..

Belonite :: Belonite (n.) Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.

Volcanize :: Volcanize (v. t.) To subject to, or cause to undergo, volcanic heat, and to be affected by its action..

Eruptive :: Eruptive (a.) Produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic..

Intercolline :: Intercolline (a.) Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lying between volcanic cones.

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

Vesicle :: Vesicle (n.) A small cavity, nearly spherical in form, and usually of the size of a pea or smaller, such as are common in some volcanic rocks. They are produced by the liberation of watery vapor in the molten mass..

Pozzolana :: Pozzolana (n.) Volcanic ashes from Pozzuoli, in Italy, used in the manufacture of a kind of mortar which hardens under 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..

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.

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..

Random Fonts

Most Popular