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Definition: Volcanic |
VolcanicAdjective1. Relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes; "volcanic steam"; "volcanic islands such as Iceland"; "a volcanic cone is a conical mountain or hill built up of material from volcanic eruptions". 2. Explosively unstable; "a volcanic temper". 3. Igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt; "volcanic rock includes the volcanic glass obsidian". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "volcanic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Volcanic \Vol*can"ic\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression volcanique, Italian vulcanico.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Characteristic of, pertaining to, situated in or upon, formed in, orderived from volcanoes. See also:extrusive. (references) |
Science | Of or like a volcano. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A volcano is a geological landform formed where magma comes close to the surface of a planet. On earth, this phenomenon tends to occur near the boundaries of the continental plates (see, however, hotspot volcanoes). The process begins when magma rises to near the surface deep beneath a volcano, occupying a magma chamber. Magma in the chamber is forced upwards and flows from a vent as lava, or can react with water in the surrounding landform and cause explosive discharges of steam, escaping gases from the magma, and ejection of rocks, cinders, volcanic glass, and volcanic ash.The study of volcanos is called vulcanology (or volcanology in some spellings).
Formation
Most volcanoes are formed at destructive plate margins, where oceanic crust sinks below the continental crust because oceanic crust is denser than its continental counterpart. Friction will cause the oceanic crust to melt, and the reduced density will force the newly formed magma to rise. As the magma rises it pushes through the continental crust, erupting as volcanoes. For example, Mount St. Helens is found inland from the margin between the oceanic Juan de Fuca Plate and the continental North American Plate.A volcano generally presents itself to the imagination as a mountain sending forth from its summit great clouds of smoke with vast sheets of flame, and it is not infrequently so described. The truth is that a volcano seldom emits either smoke or flame. What is mistaken for smoke consists of vast volumes of fine dust, mingled with steam and other vapours — chiefly sulphurous. What appears to be flames is the glare from the erupting materials, glowing because of their high temperature — this glare reflects off the clouds of dust and steam, resembling fire.
Perhaps the most conspicuous part of a volcano is the crater, a basin, roughly of a circular form, within which occurs a vent (or vents) from which magma erupts as gases, lava, and ejecta. A crater can be of large dimensions, and sometimes of vast depth. Very large features of this sort are termed calderas. Some volcanoes consist of a crater alone, with scarcely any mountain at all; but in the majority of cases the crater is situated on top of a mountain (the volcano), which can tower to an enormous height. Volcanos that terminate in a principal crater are usually of a conical form.
Volcanic cones are usually smaller features composed of loose ash and cinder, with occasional masses of stone which have been tossed violently into the air by the eruptive forces (and are thus called ejecta). Within the crater of a volcano there may be numerous cones from which vapours are continually issuing, with occasional volleys of ashes and stones. In some volcanoes these cones form lower down the mountain, along rift zones.
Volcano types and structural components
One way of classifying volcanoes is by the type of material erupted, which affects the shape of the volcano:
Volcanoes are usually situated either at the boundaries between tectonic plates or over hot spots. Volcanoes may be either dormant (having no activity) or active (near constant expulsion and occasional eruptions), and change state unpredictably.
- Shield volcano: Hawaii and Iceland are examples of volcanoes which extrude huge quantities of lava that gradually builds to form a wide mountain. Their lava is generally very fluid and solidifies in long flows as basalt. The largest lava shield on Earth, Mauna Loa, is 30,000 feet high (it sits on the sea floor) and 75 miles in diameter. Olympus Mons is a shield volcano on Mars, and the tallest mountain in the solar system.
- Smaller versions of the lava shield include the Lava Dome, Cone, and Mound.
- If the magma contains a lot (>65%) of silica the lava is called acidic and is very viscous (not very fluid) and is pushed up in a blob which will then solidify, Lassen Peak in California is an example. This type of volcano has a tendency to explode because it easily plugs. Mt. Pelée on the island of Martinique is another example.
- If, on the other hand the magma contains relatively small (<52%) amounts of silica, the lava is called basic, and it will be very fluid, capable of flowing like water for long distances. A good example of this is the Great Þjórsárhraun lava flow which was produced by an eruptive fissure almost in the geographical center of Iceland roughly 8.000 years ago, and it flowed all the way down to the sea, a distance of 130 kilometers, and covered an area of 800 sq.kms.
- Volcanic cones result from eruptions that throw out mostly small pieces of rock that build up around the vent. These can be relatively short-lived eruptions that produce a cone-shaped hill perhaps 100 to 1000 feet high.
- Stratovolcanoes or composite volcanoes such as Mt. Fuji in Japan, Vesuvius in Italy, Mount Erebus in Antarctica, and Mount Rainier in the northwestern United States are tall conical mountains composed of both lava and rocks.
- Supervolcanoes are a class of volcanoes that have a large caldera and can potentially produce devastation on a continental scale and cause major global weather pattern changes. Potential candidates include Yellowstone National Park and Lake Toba, but are very hard to define given that there is no minimum requirement to be categorized as a supervolcano.
Volcanoes on land often take the form of flat cones, as the expulsions build up over the years, or in short-lived cinder cones. Under water, volcanoes often form rather steep pillars and in due time break the ocean surface in new islands.
Methods used in predicting eruptions
Science has not yet been able to predict with absolute certainty when a volcanic eruption will take place, but significant progress in judging when one is probable has been made in recent time.
Volcanologists use the following to forecast eruptions.
Seismicity
Seismic activity (small earthquakes and tremors) always occurs as volcanoes awaken and prepare to erupt. Some volcanoes normally have continuing low-level seismic activity, but an increase can signify an eruption. The types of earthquakes that occur and where they start and end are also key signs. Volcanic seismicity has three major forms: short-period earthquakes, long-period earthquakes, and harmonic tremor.
Patterns of seismicity are complex and often difficult to interpret. However, increasing activity is very worrisome, especially if long-period events become dominant and episodes of harmonic tremor appear.
- Short-period earthquakes are like normal fault-related earthquakes. They are related to the fracturing of brittle rock as the magma forces its way upward. These short-period earthquakes signify the growth of a magma body near the surface.
- Long-period earthquakes are believed to indicate increased gas pressure in a volcano's "plumbing system." They are similar to the clanging sometimes heard in your home's plumbing system. These oscillations are the equivalent of acoustic vibrations in a chamber, in the context of magma chambers within the volcanic dome.
- Harmonic tremor occurs when there is sustained movement of magma below the surface.
In December 2000 scientists at the National Centre for Prevention of Disasters in Mexico City predicted an eruption witihin two days from Popocatépetl, on the outskirts of Mexico city. Their prediction used reserarch done by M. Chouet, a Swiss vulacanologist, into increasing long-period oscillations as an indicator of an imminent eruption. The government evacuated tens of thousands of people.
Forty eight hours later, bang on time, the volcano erupted spectacularly. It was Popocatépetl's largest eruption for a thousand years and yet no one was hurt.
Gas Emissions
As magma nears the surface and its pressure decreases, gases escape. This process is much like what happens when you open a bottle of soda and carbon dioxide escapes. Sulfur dioxide is one of the main components of volcanic gases, and increasing amounts of it herald the arrival of more and more magma near the surface. For example, on May 13, 1991, 500 tons of sulfur dioxide were released from Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. On May 28--just two weeks later--sulfur dioxide emissions had increased to 5,000 tons, ten times the earlier amount. Mount Pinatubo erupted on June 12, 1991. On several occasions, such as before the Mount Pinatubo eruption, sulfur dioxide emissions have dropped to low levels prior to eruptions. Most scientists believe that this drop in gas levels is caused by the sealing of gas passages by hardened magma. Such an event leads to increased pressure in the volcano's plumbing system and an increased chance of an explosive eruption.
Ground Deformation
Swelling of the volcano signals that magma has accumulated near the surface. Scientists monitoring an active volcano will often measure the tilt of the slope and track changes in the rate of swelling. An increased rate of swelling--especially if accompanied by an increase in sulfur dioxide emissions and harmonic tremors--is a high probability sign of an impending event.
Volcanic activity
There are many different kinds of volcanic activity and eruptions:
All of these activities can pose a hazard to humans.
- phreatic (steam) eruptions
- explosive eruption of high-silica lava (e.g., rhyolite)
- effusive eruption of low-silica lava (e.g., basalt)
- pyroclastic flows
- lahars (debris flow)
- carbon dioxide emission
Volcanic activity is often accompanied by earthquakes, hot springs, fumaroles, solfatare and geysers. Low-magnitude earthquakes often precede eruptions.
Surprisingly, there is no consensus among volcanologists on how to define an "active" volcano. The lifespan of a volcano can vary from months to several million years, making such a distinction sometimes meaningless when compared to the lifespans of humans or even civilizations. For example, many of Earth's volcanoes have erupted dozens of times in the past few thousand years but are not currently showing signs of activity. Given the long lifespan of such volcanoes, they are very active. By our lifespans, however, they are not. Complicating the definition are volcanoes that become restless but do not actually erupt. Are these volcanoes active?
Scientists usually consider a volcano active if it is currently erupting or showing signs of unrest, such as unusual earthquake activity or significant new gas emissions. Many scientists also consider a volcano active if it has erupted in historic time. It is important to note that the span of recorded history differs from region to region; in the Mediterranean, recorded history reaches back more than 3,000 years but in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, it reaches back less than 300 years, and in Hawaii, little more than 200 years.
Dormant volcanoes are those that are not currently active (as defined above), but could become restless or erupt again.
Extinct volcanoes are those that scientists consider unlikely to erupt again. Whether a volcano is truly extinct is often difficult to determine. For example, since calderas have lifespans sometimes measured in millions of years, a caldera that has not produced an eruption in tens of thousands of years is likely to be considered dormant instead of extinct. Yellowstone caldera in Yellowstone National Park is at least 2 million years old and hasn't erupted for 70,000 years, yet scientists do not consider Yellowstone as extinct. In fact, because the caldera has frequent earthquakes, a very active geothermal system, and rapid rates of ground uplift, many scientists consider it to be a very active volcano.
Famous volcanoes include
- Mauna Loa
- Mauna Kea
- Mount Erebus
- Etna
- Hekla
- Krakatoa
- Vesuvius
- Mount Fuji
- Mount St. Helens.
Public domain picture from NASA of Tambora, Indonesia.
See also: Prehistoric volcano, List of volcanoes, Pacific Ring of Fire, Geomorphology, Earth science, Surtsey, Santorini, Novarupta, Io, Triton (moon), and Mount Baker, Volcanic Explosivity Index
References and External links
- Macdonald, Gordon A., and Agatin T. Abbott. (1970). Volcanoes in the Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 441 p.
- Ollier, Cliff. (1988). Volcanoes. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, UK, ISBN 0-631-15664-X (hardback), ISBN 0-631-15977-0 (paperback).
- The ISGS Volcano page
- Volcanoes, volcanoe pictures, eruptions
- Glossary of Volcanic Terms from USGS
- Volcanic and Geologic Terms from Volcano World - University of North Dakota (UND)
- Television program (BBC) on the prediction of Popocatepetl's 2000 eruption
Movie
Volcano is an action film of 1997, directed by Mick Jackson. Tommy Lee Jones stars as Mike Roark. Earthquakes and lava ravage Los Angeles, California from the La Brea Tar Pits. The movie was not based on any geological facts.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Volcano."
Synonym: VolcanicSynonym: eruptive (adj). (additional references) |
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Calefaction | Inflammable, combustible; diathermal, diathermanous; burnt. Verb: volcanic, radioactive. |
Excitability | Impulsive, impetuous, passionate; uncontrolled, uncontrollable; ungovernable, irrepressible, stanchless, inextinguishable, burning, simmering, volcanic, ready to burst forth, volatile. |
Heat | Volcanic, plutonic, igneous; isothermal, isothermic, isotheral. |
Prodigy | Bursting of a shell, bursting of a bomb; volcanic eruption, peal of thunder; thunder-clap, thunder-bolt. |
Violence | Spasmodic, convulsive, explosive; detonating; Verb: volcanic, meteoric; stormy; (wind). |
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Screenplays | This is a really volcanic ensemble you're wearing (Pretty in Pink; writing credit: John Hughes) | |
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 | While hunting for volcanic plumes on Io, the Hubble telescope captured these images of the ... Credit: NASA. |  | This pair of images of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io, taken with the Hubble telescope, shows the ... Credit: NASA. |
 | New volcanic plume extending above Io's surface. Credit: NASA. |  | Volcanic hot spots and auroral emissions on Io. Credit: NASA. |
 | The so-called Richat Structure is a geological formation in the Maur Adrar Desert in the African country of Mauritania. Although it resembles an impact crater, the Richat Structure formed when a volcanic dome hardened and gradually eroded, exposing the onion-like layers of rock. Credit: NASA. |  | Pastoral scene on Guam Volcanic terrain, swaying palms, and water buffalo. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Crossing volcanic sand at Mono Lake White 1 and 1/2 ton truck Astro party of C.V. Hodgson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Molokini Island, a crescent atoll, is rim of volcanic crater opening to north Shore of Kahoolawe is visible in upper right. Over Alalakeiki Channel. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | River eroding volcanic ash flow. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Small sea anemone on volcanic rock off Hawaii. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
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| "Green and Blue Vocanic Reef" by Ruben Rodriguez Commentary: "Photo taken in Las Canteras Beach, around volcanic reef 'La Barra'." |
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Economic History | Equatorial Guinea | Annobon Island is volcanic. (references) |
Cape Verde | Terrain: Rugged volcanic islands. (references) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | Terrain: Two small, volcanic islands. (references) | |
Travel | Ecuador | Volcanic ash has fallen on Quito during some of the explosions, causing temporary closings of area schools and the airport. (references) |
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John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | The Atlantic Community grows, not like a volcanic mountain, by one mighty explosion, but like a coral reef, from the accumulating activity of all. |
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| "Volcanic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Volcanic" is used about 688 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 688 | 9,642 |
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Expressions using "volcanic": Lassen Volcanic National Park ♦ volcanic ar ♦ volcanic arc ♦ volcanic ash ♦ volcanic ashes ♦ volcanic bomb ♦ volcanic cone ♦ volcanic crater ♦ volcanic dome ♦ volcanic eruption ♦ volcanic foci ♦ volcanic glass ♦ volcanic mud ♦ volcanic neck ♦ volcanic rock ♦ volcanic rocks ♦ volcanic tuff ♦ volcanic wind. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "volcanic": volcanic-arc, volcanic-exhalative, volcanic-free, volcanic-hosted, volcanic-ophiolite-granite. | |
Ending with "volcanic": non-volcanic. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "volcanic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vullkanik (igneous, vulcanic), shpërthyes (detonating, eruptive, explosion, explosive, hair-trigger, plosive, volatile), i zjarrtë (ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, flamy, heated, hot, hot-blooded, inflammatory, passional, passionate, perfervid, sultry, vulcanic, warm, warm blooded). (various references) | |
Arabic | متفجر (explosive, fulminatory), عنيف (bitter, dragon's, drastic, fell, fierce, gory, heady, impetuous, knockabout, outrageous, passionate, rabid, rigorous, robust, rough, rude, ruthless, scurrilous, set, severe, sharp, shrewd, smart, stiff, stout, strenuous, stringent, strong, torricellian, tough, tumultuous, turbulent, vehement, violent), صخر بركاني, بركاني. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вулканичен (effusive, eruptive, igneous, plutonian, plutonic, pyrogenous, vulcanic). (various references) | |
Chinese | 火山 (volcano). (various references) | |
Czech | vulkanický (vulcanic), sopeèný (eruptive). (various references) | |
Danish | vulkanudbrud (volcanic eruption), vulkansk tuf (dust tuff, pyroclastic tuff, tuff, volcanic tuff), vulkansk støv (dust tuff, pyroclastic tuff, tuff, volcanic tuff), vulkansk bjergart (eruptive rock, volcanic rock, volcanite), vulkansk aske (volcanic ash), vulkanit (eruptive rock, volcanic rock, volcanite), tuf (dust tuff, pyroclastic tuff, tufa, tuff, volcanic tuff), askefald (eruption rain, volcanic rain). (various references) | |
Dutch | vulkanische uitbarsting (volcanic eruption), vulkanische tuf (dust tuff, pyroclastic tuff, tuff, volcanic tuff), vulkanisch gesteente (eruptive rock, volcanic rock, volcanite), vulkanisch as (volcanic ash), vulkaniet (eruptive rock, volcanic rock, volcanite), tufsteen (dust tuff, pyroclastic tuff, tuff, volcanic tuff), eruptieregen (eruption rain, volcanic rain), eruptief gesteente (eruptive rock, volcanic rock, volcanite), eilandenboog (island arc, island chain, magmatic arc, volcanic arc). (various references) | |
Farsi | تشفشانی , سنگ های تشفشانی , انفجاری . (various references) | |
Finnish | tuliperäinen. (various references) | |
French | volcanique. (various references) | |
German | vulkanisch (igneous). (various references) | |
Greek | ηφαιστειώδησ, ηφαιστειακός, ηφαιστειογενήσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | וולקני, געשי. (various references) | |
Hungarian | vulkanikus (effusive). (various references) | |
Italian | vulcanico. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 火山噴出物 (volcanic product), 御神火 (deified volcano or volcanic eruption), 環太平洋火山帯 (circum-Pacific volcanic belt), 火山帯 (volcanic zone or belt), 火山ガス (volcanic gas), 火山前線 (volcanic front), 火山弾 (volcanic projectiles), 火山岩 (igneous rock, lava, volcanic rock), 火山岩尖 (volcanic spine), 火山島 (volcanic island), 火山活動 (volcanic activity), 富士火山帯 (Fuji volcanic zone), 火山泥流 (volcanic mudflow), 陥没湖 (lake formed in volcanic caldera), 火山爆発 (volcanic explosion), 火山灰 (volcanic ash), 火山灰 (volcanic ash), 火山灰土 (volcanic ash soil), 火山脈 (volcanic range or chain), 火山雷 (volcanic thunderstorm), 火口丘 (volcanic cone), 火成岩 (volcanic stone), 火成岩 (volcanic stone), 灰土 (ashes and earth, poor volcanic soil), 火山性地震 (volcanic earthquake). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かざんかつどう (volcanic activity), ごじんか (deified volcano or volcanic eruption), かんぼつこ (lake formed in volcanic caldera), かんたいへいようかざんたい (circum-Pacific volcanic belt), かこうきゅう (volcanic cone), かせいがん (volcanic stone), かざんだん (volcanic projectiles), かざんとう (volcanic island), かざんみゃく (volcanic range or chain), はいつち (ashes and earth, poor volcanic soil), かざんらい (volcanic thunderstorm), ふじかざんたい (Fuji volcanic zone), かざんせいじしん (volcanic earthquake), かざんでいりゅう (volcanic mudflow), かざんばい (volcanic ash), かざんばいど (volcanic ash soil), かざんばくはつ (volcanic explosion), かざんふんしゅつぶつ (volcanic product), かざんがん (igneous rock, lava, volcanic rock), かざんぜんせん (volcanic front, volcanic spine), かざんたい (volcanic zone or belt), かざんガス (volcanic gas). (various references) | |
Korean | 화산. (various references) | |
Manx | volcaanagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | olcanicvay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vulcânico (vulcanic). (various references) | |
Romanian | vulcanic (ardent, igneous). (various references) | |
Russian | вулканический (igneous). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vulkanski (vulcanic). (various references) | |
Spanish | volcánico. (various references) | |
Swedish | vulkanisk (igneous). (various references) | |
Turkish | volkanik (igneous, pyrogenous, vesuvian, vulcanic), yanardağ gibi (vulcanic), taşkın (boisterous, disorderly, ebullient, effusive, excessive, expansive, exuberant, flood, gushing, intemperate, overflowing, rambunctious, rumbustious), hiddetli (angry, flamboyant, furious, hot-headed, in high dudgeon, vulcanic, wrathful, wrathy). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вулканічний (eruptive, igneous, vulcanic), бурхливий (blusterous, gusty, headlong, raging, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, wanton, wild, windy). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | hung hăng (aggressive, heady, scalp, swashbuckling, truculent). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "volcanic": volcanically, volcanicities, volcanicity, volcanics. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "volcanic": nonvolcanic. (additional references) | |
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"Volcanic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: villancico, vocanic, volcan, volcane. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "volcanic" (pronounced vÄlka"nik) |
| 5 | -k a" n i k | mechanic. |
| 4 | -a" n i k | botanic, galvanic, germanic, inorganic, manic, messianic, oceanic, organic, panic, satanic, Titanic, transoceanic, tympanic. |
| 3 | -n i k | allophonic, arsenic, avionic, beatnik, bubonic, calisthenic, carcinogenic, catatonic, chronic, clinic, conic, cynic, demonic, diatonic, Dominick, electronic, embryonic, ethnic, eugenic, ganglionic, gnomonic, hallucinogenic, harmonic, hedonic, hegemonic, histrionic, hydroponic, hypersonic, hypertonic, ionic, ironic, isoelectronic, isotonic, kibbutznik, laconic, leptonic, masonic, microelectronic, mnemonic, monoclinic, monophonic, multiethnic, neotenic, nucleonic, orogenic, ovonic, pathogenic, pharaonic, philharmonic, phonic, photogenic, planktonic, platonic, plutonic, pneumonic, polyphonic, polytechnic, psychogenic, pyrotechnic, refusenik, sardonic, scenic, schizophrenic, sonic, splenic, Sputnik, supersonic, symphonic, synchronic, technic, tectonic, telegenic, telephonic, tonic, transgenic, tunic, ultrasonic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-l-n-o-v" | |
-1 letter: conical, laconic, vocalic. | |
-2 letters: alnico, calico, clonic, cocain, oilcan. | |
-3 letters: aloin, anvil, avion, cavil, clavi, colic, colin, conic, covin, linac, nicol, nival, vinal, vinca, viola, vocal, voila. | |
-4 letters: anil, cain, calo, ciao, cion, clan, clon, coal, coca, coil, coin, cola, coni, icon, laic, lain, lino, lion, loan, loca, loci, loin, nail, naoi, noil, nova. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-l-n-o-v" | |
+1 letter: volcanics. | |
+3 letters: conceivable, conceivably, covalencies, nonvolcanic, volcanicity. | |
+4 letters: clairvoyance, concanavalin, conciliative, conjunctival, convalescing, convectional, intervocalic, postvaccinal, volcanically, volcanologic. | |
+5 letters: cavernicolous, clairvoyances, cocultivating, cocultivation, concanavalins, convocational, inconceivable, inconceivably, unconceivable, volcanicities. | |
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