Definitions for volcanic

volcanic vol·can·ic

Spelling: [vol-kan-ik]
IPA: /vɒlˈkæn ɪk/

Volcanic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 212 anagrams from letters in volcanic (accilnov).

Definitions for volcanic

adjective

  1. of or relating to a volcano:
  2. discharged from or produced by volcanoes:
  3. characterized by the presence of volcanoes:
  4. suggestive of or resembling a volcano; potentially explosive; volatile:

Origin of volcanic

1765-75; volcan(o) + -ic; compare French volcanique

Examples for volcanic

And in a moment the other shot off into one of his volcanic surprises.

Miles beneath the surface, in the absence of sunlight, animals derive energy from volcanic vents.

The part they miss is that the warming, tied to the volcanic phosphates, was fleeting.

The Colonel had seen his men safely to the bottom of the volcanic pit.

The general inclination was to follow the lead of this volcanic man.

This hidden Eden continues to baffle geologists with its oculus of volcanic stone.

His volcanic temper had become even more than usually uncertain.

And yet his music, to the end, although sometimes almost eerily serene, remained most often volcanic.

Picasso, that volcanic talker, filled volumes with his anecdotes, aphorisms, and witticisms.

Also, he knew the source of the red glow that had seemed like volcanic fires.

Word Value for volcanic
Scrable

15

Words with friends

20

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