fiery, igneous
(adjective) like or suggestive of fire; “a fiery desert wind”; “an igneous desert atmosphere”
igneous, eruptive
(adjective) produced by the action of fire or intense heat; “rocks formed by igneous agents”
igneous, pyrogenic, pyrogenous
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
igneous (not comparable)
Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
(geology) Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.
Source: Wiktionary
Ig"ne*ous, a. Etym: [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.)
Definition: Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
