Lava

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FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
B	AA	HLS	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe.
BK	AAS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe.
F	LAVA	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.
BG	LAZE	DS	[v. LAZED, LAZING, LAZES] [Wiktionary - Sense 5] Acidic steam created when super-hot lava contacts salt water.
—	ERUPT	S	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
F	LAVAS	H	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of lava
—	MAGMA	S	[n. -MAS or -MATA] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mixture of molten silicate rock, crystals, and gas within the earth, which may be erupted as lava or cool in place to form igneous intrusions.
—	PUMICE	DRS	[v. -ICED, -ICING, -ICES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.
—	LAPILLI	—	[n. -LI] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fragment of lava ejected from a volcano.
—	TORRENT	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
—	VOLCANO	S	[n. -NOES or -NOS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] 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.
—	AMYGDALE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An almond-shaped inclusion in igneous rock or lava
—	AMYGDULE	S	[n. -S] · a small gas bubble in lava / ----- { amygdale amygdule § amygdales amygdules }
—	ERUPTION	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
—	LAPILLUS	—	[n. -LI] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fragment of lava ejected from a volcano.
—	LAVALAVA	S	[n. -S] · a Polynesian~ garment
—	LAVALIKE	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Resembling lava in one or more characteristics, such as heat or viscosity
—	PAHOEHOE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A form of lava flow of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a smooth or ropey surface. It is one of two chief forms of lava flow emitted from volcanoes of the Hawaiian type, the other form being aa.
—	AMYGDALES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An almond-shaped inclusion in igneous rock or lava
—	AMYGDULES	—	[n. -S] · a small gas bubble in lava / ----- { amygdale amygdule § amygdales amygdules }
—	DOLERITIC	—	[a.] · © of the nature of dolerite; as, much lava is doleritic lava
—	ERUPTIBLE	—	[a.] · Derivative of erupt «to eject (steam, water, and volcanic material such as lava and ash) violently or (of volcanic material, etc~) to be so ejected»
—	PAHOEHOES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A form of lava flow of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a smooth or ropey surface. It is one of two chief forms of lava flow emitted from volcanoes of the Hawaiian type, the other form being aa.
—	AMYGDALOID	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, especially agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
—	CRATERLIKE	—	[a.] · Derivative of crater «the bowl-shaped opening at the top or side of a volcano or top of a geyser through which lava and gases are emitted»
—	VESICULATE	DS	[v. -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] · © to form vesicles in, as lava
—	AMYGDALOIDS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, especially agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
—	SHERGOTTITE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A type of meteorite composed of lava from a planet other than Earth.
—	VESICULATED	—	[v. -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] · © to form vesicles in, as lava
—	VESICULATES	—	[v. -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] · © to form vesicles in, as lava
—	VESICULATING	—	[v. -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] · © to form vesicles in, as lava
—	STRATOVOLCANO	S	[n. -NOS or -NOES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A tall conical volcano, composed of layers (or strata) of hardened lava, tephra and ash.
—	STRATOVOLCANOS	—	[n. -NOS or -NOES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A tall conical volcano, composed of layers (or strata) of hardened lava, tephra and ash.
—	STRATOVOLCANOES	—	[n. -NOS or -NOES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A tall conical volcano, composed of layers (or strata) of hardened lava, tephra and ash.

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