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. produced by the action of fire or intense heat; rocks formed by igneous agents

    [ Syn: eruptive ]

  3. like or suggestive of fire; a fiery desert wind; an igneous desert atmosphere

    [ Syn: fiery ]

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