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Meaning of IGNEOUS

Pronunciation:  'igneeus

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  like or suggestive of fire; "the burning sand"; "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere"
  2. [adj]  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"
 

IGNEOUS is a 7 letter word that starts with I.

 

 Synonyms: fiery, hot, pyrogenic
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

2. (Geol.) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of
   fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.
 

 

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