molten
Liquid from heat
Molten describes material—usually metal, rock, or glass—that has been liquefied by intense heat: molten lava, molten steel.
The word carries connotations of dangerous heat and fluid movement.
Molten is the old past participle of melt, preserved in this specialized sense while melted took over general use.
Metal casting facility
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- castingShaping through liquid form
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- crucibleVessel for extreme heat
ingot · slag · flux · metallurgy · blacksmith · tongs · anvil · iron
Measured heat intensity
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- kilnOven for hardening clay
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
white-hot · red-hot · blazing · searing · radiant · thermal · combustion · burning
Intensely emotional or enthusiastic
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- intenseExtreme in degree
burning · heated · blazing · scorching · searing · white-hot · incendiary · volatile
Molten rock underground
- volcanicOf fiery mountain origin
- eruptionViolent sudden release
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- calderaCollapsed volcanic summit basin
basalt · obsidian · pyroclastic · mantle · volcano · flow · vent · igneous
Thick and slow-flowing
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- pourableCapable of being decanted
- drippingRendered cooking fat
- oozingLeaking viscously and slowly
liquefied · runny · streaming · pooling · glowing · incandescent · seeping · sloshing
foundry
Metal casting facility
crucible · ingot · slag · flux · metallurgy · blacksmith · tongs · anvil · iron · steel
temperature
Measured heat intensity
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- kilnOven for hardening clay
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
scorching · white-hot · red-hot · blazing · searing · radiant · thermal · combustion · burning · smolder
passionate
Intensely emotional or enthusiastic
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
intense · burning · heated · blazing · scorching · searing · white-hot · incendiary · volatile · explosive
magma
Molten rock underground
caldera · basalt · obsidian · pyroclastic · mantle · volcano · flow · vent · igneous · pumice
viscous
Thick and slow-flowing
oozing · liquefied · runny · streaming · pooling · glowing · incandescent · seeping · sloshing · splashing
glassblowing
Crafting molten silica by inflation
- blowpipeBreath-propelled projectile tube
- gatherBring or come together
- annealingHeat-softening of metals
frit · cullet · silica · furnace · shaping · lampwork · borosilicate · glory hole · kiln · artisan
- dessert qualitiessweet, creamy, rich, decadent, indulgent
- heat and fireignite, burn, flame, blaze, combust
- nonsolidsliquid, fluid, gas, plasma, vapor
- volcano wordsactive, dormant, extinct, eruptive, smoldering
- Elemental Qualitiesairy, earthy, fiery, watery, icy
- on fireablaze, alight, blazing, burning, engulfed
- molten metalHeated liquefied alloy
- molten glassHeated glass, workable state
- molten centerHot fluid interior
- molten steelLiquefied ferrous alloy
- molten lava cakeCake with runny interior
- molten rock
melt, melted, melting, melts, meltdown, smelt, smelter, melter, unmelted