Found 2 items, similar to igneous.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: igneous
igneous
adj 1: produced under conditions involving intense heat;
“igneous
rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten
state; especially from molten magma”;
“igneous fusion
is fusion by heat alone”;
“pyrogenic strata” [syn:
pyrogenic,
pyrogenous]
2: like or suggestive of fire;
“the burning sand”;
“a fiery
desert wind”;
“an igneous desert atmosphere” [syn:
fiery]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Igneous
Igneous
\Ig"ne*ous\, a. [L. igneus, fr. ignis fire; allied to
Skr. agni, Lith. ugnis, OSlav. ogne.]
1. Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing
fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.
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2. (Geol.) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of
fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.
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