Lava Definitions

Useful Words

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Aa : خشک لاوا , Pahoehoe : بہنے والا لاوا , Belch : آتش فشاں کا پھٹنا , Zeolite : کیمیا زیو لائٹ , Dross : گندگی , Reef : پتھریلا ساحل , Outcrop : باہر نکلا ہوا حصہ , Dirt : زمین کا وہ بالائی حصہ , Active : پھٹنے والا , Xenolith : کسی چٹان میں پائے جانے والے وہ ٹکڑے جو اس چٹان سے متعلق نہ ہوں , Scum : گندگی کی تہ , Adsorption : جازبیت , Taxi Strip : پرواز گاہ , Finalist : اختتام تک پنہچنے والا , Flower People : انتہائی آزاد خیال لوگ , Crutch : بیساکی , Sock : ٹخنوں تک جراب , Paint : رنگ , Spring : چشمہ , Consequential : اہم , Mandator : حکمنامہ جاری کرنے والا , Base Hit : بنیادی ضرب , Quarterly : سال کا چوتھائی حصہ , Monthly : ماہانہ , Semiweekly : ہفتے میں دو بار , Escape : محفوظ صمام , Reader : استعمال کنندہ , Think Factory : سوچ مرکز , Compromise Verdict : ناجائز فیصلہ , Pamphleteer : رسالہ لکھنے والا , Finding Of Fact : فیصلہ

Useful Words Definitions

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Aa: a dry form of lava resembling clinkers.

Pahoehoe: freely flowing lava.

Belch: become active and spew forth lava and rocks.

Zeolite: any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks.

Dross: the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.

Reef: a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water.

Outcrop: the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land.

Dirt: the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock.

Active: (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting.

Xenolith: (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded.

Scum: a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid.

Adsorption: the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid.

Taxi Strip: a paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport.

Finalist: a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition.

Flower People: a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music.

Crutch: a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking.

Sock: hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee.

Paint: a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating.

Spring: a point at which water issues forth.

Consequential: having important issues or results.

Mandator: an authority who issues a mandate.

Base Hit: (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely.

Quarterly: a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year).

Monthly: a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year).

Semiweekly: a periodical that is published twice each week (or 104 issues per year).

Escape: a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level.

Reader: someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication.

Think Factory: a company that does research for hire and issues reports on the implications.

Compromise Verdict: a verdict resulting from improper compromises between jurors on material issues.

Pamphleteer: a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues).

Finding Of Fact: (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment.