English words for 'Resembling a volcano.'
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noun
noun
adj
- relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
- Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.
- Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
- (figurative) Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
- Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies.
- explosively unstable
- igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt
noun
- a mountain formed by volcanic material
- a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
- A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.
- A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
verb
adj
noun
- a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
- a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
- (astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
- (Scotland, Ireland) Alternative form of creature.
- (geology) The basin-like 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.
- (historical) Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”).
- The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
- (informal, by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
verb
name
- A volcano in Papua New Guinea.
- An inactive volcano in New Mexico, United States.
- A ghost town in Gunnison County, Colorado.
- A village in the commune of Apold, Mureș County, Romania.
- (astronomy, historical) A hypothetical planet proposed in the 19th century to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun.
- A village in the commune of Ciuruleasa, Alba County, Romania.
- Ellipsis of Vulcan County.
- A language constructed for the Star Trek franchise, spoken by the fictional Vulcan species.
- An unincorporated community in Norway Township, Dickinson County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Iron County, Missouri.
- A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.
- (Roman mythology) The god of volcanoes and fire, especially the forge, also the patron of all craftsmen, especially blacksmiths. The Roman counterpart of Hephaestus.
- A town in Vulcan County, southern Alberta, Canada.
- A commune of Brașov County, Romania.
- An inhabited planet, the homeworld of the Vulcan species.
adj
noun
- (countable, allusive) A blacksmith; a metalworker.
- An inhabitant of the planet Vulcan; a species that values a personal emphasis on logic and strict personal emotional control.
- (slang, derogatory) A person who, like the fictional Vulcans, seems to lack emotion or is overly analytical and boring.
- (aircraft) The Avro Vulcan, a type of jet-powered British bomber aircraft built by Avro during the Cold War.
adj
- (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
- engaged in full-time work
- disposed to take action or effectuate change
- exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- tending to become more severe or wider in scope
- taking part in an activity
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- in operation
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
- (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
- expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
- characterized by energetic activity
- (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
- full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- Brisk; lively.
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
- (specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
- (electronics) Not passive.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- (computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
- Requiring or implying action or exertion
- (gay slang, of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
noun
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
- chemical agent capable of activity
- a person who is a participating member of an organization
- A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
- (electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
noun
- Hardened volcanic lava.
- (in the plural) Fetters.
- An intermediate product in the manufacture of Portland cement, obtained by sintering limestone and alumino-silicate materials such as clay into nodules in a cement kiln.
- A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.
- Someone or something that clinks.
- A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.
- Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
- A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
- (nautical, chiefly attributive) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
- a hard brick used as a paving stone
- a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
verb
noun
- (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
- symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible
- a sudden very loud noise
- a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
- the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum
- the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
- An utterance, especially a sudden one; an ejaculation.
- An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing.
- A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
- A sudden release of pressure or tension.
noun
- (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
- The eruption of molten lava from a volcanic vent.
- the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine
- an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation
- The exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues.
name
adj
noun
noun
- (geology) A volcanic plug, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
- (architecture) The gorgerin of a capital.
- The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
- (anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
- (informal, MLE, slang) A falsehood; a lie.
- (engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
- A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
- (slang) Fellatio
- (botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
- The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
- (now historical) A bundle of wheat used in certain English harvest ceremonies.
- (music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
- The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
- (figurative) A person's life.
- (folklore) A shapeshifting water spirit in Germanic mythology and folklore; a nix.
- (firearms) The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
- The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
- a cut of meat from the neck of an animal
- a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form
- an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck
- a narrow elongated projecting strip of land
- the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
verb
noun
- (geology) A tall mass of viscous lava extruded from a volcano.
- The narrow, bound edge of a book that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's and publisher's name.
- (neuroscience) Ellipsis of dendritic spine.
- Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.
- (botany) The heartwood of trees.
- (figurative) Courage or assertiveness.
- A linear payscale operated by some large organizations that allows flexibility for local and specific conditions.
- (zootomy, botany, mycology) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.
- (anatomy, zootomy) A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.
- The stiffness of an arrow.
- A central part which supports a whole; core.
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- any sharply pointed projection
noun
- An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
- (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of ventilation or ventilator.
- The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
- The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
- Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
- Ventriloquism.
- In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
- A slit in the seam of a garment.
- A small aperture.
- A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
- An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
- external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
- a hole for the escape of gas or air
- a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
- a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To express a strong emotion.
- (transitive) To allow to escape through a vent.
- To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
- To sell; to vend.
- (intransitive, video games, slang) To use a vent in the video game Among Us. [with to ‘to go (somewhere)’]
- (intransitive) To allow gases to escape.
- (transitive) To allow gases to escape from (a sealed space, container, etc.).
- (medicine, colloquial) To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
- (transitive) To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
- give expression or utterance to
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
noun
- Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
- Solid remains of a fire.
- (in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
- Alternative form of aush.
- (countable, uncountable) A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
- (countable, uncountable) Any tree of certain species of other genera.
- (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
- (chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
- The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.
- (figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.
- A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.
- (cellular automata) The resultant remaining more stable patterns that emerge from the evolution of a soup or a similarly random pattern.
- the residue that remains when something is burned
- strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
- any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
adv
verb
noun
- (geology) A pillow lava.
- (uncountable) A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
- (nautical) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
- (engineering) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
- The socket of a pivot.
- A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
- Any similar head support used for sleep, such as a neck pillow or a hard porcelain pillow. Example: She slept with her head on the pillow.
- a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
verb
noun
noun
adj
- relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
- Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.
- Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
- (figurative) Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
- Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies.
- explosively unstable
- igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt
noun
- a mountain formed by volcanic material
- a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
- A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.
- A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
verb
noun
- a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
- a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
- (astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
- (Scotland, Ireland) Alternative form of creature.
- (geology) The basin-like 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.
- (historical) Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”).
- The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
- (informal, by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
verb
noun
- Hardened volcanic lava.
- (in the plural) Fetters.
- An intermediate product in the manufacture of Portland cement, obtained by sintering limestone and alumino-silicate materials such as clay into nodules in a cement kiln.
- A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.
- Someone or something that clinks.
- A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.
- Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
- A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
- (nautical, chiefly attributive) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
- a hard brick used as a paving stone
- a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
verb
noun
- (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
- symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible
- a sudden very loud noise
- a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
- the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum
- the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
- An utterance, especially a sudden one; an ejaculation.
- An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing.
- A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
- A sudden release of pressure or tension.
noun
- (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
- The eruption of molten lava from a volcanic vent.
- the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine
- an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation
- The exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues.
noun
- (geology) A volcanic plug, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
- (architecture) The gorgerin of a capital.
- The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
- (anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
- (informal, MLE, slang) A falsehood; a lie.
- (engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
- A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
- (slang) Fellatio
- (botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
- The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
- (now historical) A bundle of wheat used in certain English harvest ceremonies.
- (music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
- The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
- (figurative) A person's life.
- (folklore) A shapeshifting water spirit in Germanic mythology and folklore; a nix.
- (firearms) The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
- The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
- a cut of meat from the neck of an animal
- a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form
- an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck
- a narrow elongated projecting strip of land
- the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
verb
noun
- (geology) A tall mass of viscous lava extruded from a volcano.
- The narrow, bound edge of a book that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's and publisher's name.
- (neuroscience) Ellipsis of dendritic spine.
- Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.
- (botany) The heartwood of trees.
- (figurative) Courage or assertiveness.
- A linear payscale operated by some large organizations that allows flexibility for local and specific conditions.
- (zootomy, botany, mycology) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.
- (anatomy, zootomy) A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.
- The stiffness of an arrow.
- A central part which supports a whole; core.
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
- any sharply pointed projection
noun
- An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
- (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of ventilation or ventilator.
- The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
- The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
- Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
- Ventriloquism.
- In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
- A slit in the seam of a garment.
- A small aperture.
- A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
- An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
- external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
- a hole for the escape of gas or air
- a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
- a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To express a strong emotion.
- (transitive) To allow to escape through a vent.
- To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
- To sell; to vend.
- (intransitive, video games, slang) To use a vent in the video game Among Us. [with to ‘to go (somewhere)’]
- (intransitive) To allow gases to escape.
- (transitive) To allow gases to escape from (a sealed space, container, etc.).
- (medicine, colloquial) To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
- (transitive) To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
- give expression or utterance to
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
noun
- Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
- Solid remains of a fire.
- (in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
- Alternative form of aush.
- (countable, uncountable) A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
- (countable, uncountable) Any tree of certain species of other genera.
- (uncountable) The wood of this tree.
- (chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
- The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.
- (figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.
- A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.
- (cellular automata) The resultant remaining more stable patterns that emerge from the evolution of a soup or a similarly random pattern.
- the residue that remains when something is burned
- strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
- any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
adv
verb
noun
- (geology) A pillow lava.
- (uncountable) A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
- (nautical) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
- (engineering) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
- The socket of a pivot.
- A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
- Any similar head support used for sleep, such as a neck pillow or a hard porcelain pillow. Example: She slept with her head on the pillow.
- a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
verb
adj
adj
- (of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
- engaged in full-time work
- disposed to take action or effectuate change
- exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- tending to become more severe or wider in scope
- taking part in an activity
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- in operation
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
- (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
- expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
- characterized by energetic activity
- (of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
- full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- Brisk; lively.
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
- (specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
- (electronics) Not passive.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- (computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
- Requiring or implying action or exertion
- (gay slang, of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
noun
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
- chemical agent capable of activity
- a person who is a participating member of an organization
- A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
- (electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
noun
adj
- relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
- Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.
- Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
- (figurative) Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
- Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies.
- explosively unstable
- igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt