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Volcano

A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain.

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Cleft 76% connected

of Cleave

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Crack 76% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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Crevice 76% connected

A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.

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Fissure 76% connected

A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

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Mount 76% connected

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

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Mountain 76% connected

A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an e…

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Scissure 76% connected

A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.

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Volcanic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat.

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Volcanic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat.

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Crater 70% connected

The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica i…

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Vent 92% connected

Sale; opportunity to sell; market.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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