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This week's theme: words to describe the Earth's features.

fumarole (FYOO-muh-rol) noun

A hole or vent in a volcanic region from which hot gases and steam are emitted.

[Via Italian or French from Latin fumariolum (smoke hole), diminutive of Latin fumarium (smoke chamber), from fumus (smoke).]

Picture of a fumarole.

-Anu Garg (garg AT wordsmith.org)

"Travel further round to the south to Fumarole and experience a sauna -- nature's way." Therms of Endearment; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); Dec 29, 2001.

"Pop open a bottle of champagne and pour yourself a glass. Take a sip. The elegant surface fizz -- a boiling fumarole of rising and collapsing bubbles -- launches thousands of golden droplets into the air, conveying the wine's enticing flavors and aromas to tongue and nostrils alike." Gerard Liger-Belair; The Science of Bubbly; Scientific American (New York); Jan 2003.

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