| fireflaire | <zoology> A European sting ray of the genus Trygon (T. Pastinaca). Synonym: fireflare and fiery flaw. Origin: Fire + Prov. E. Flaire a ray. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| fireflame | <zoology> The European band fish (Cepola rubescens). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| firefly | <entomology> Any luminous winged insect, especially. Luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae. The common American species belong to the genera Photinus and Photuris, in which both sexes are winged. The name is also applied to luminous species of Elateridae. See Fire beetle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fireplace | The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| firesetting behaviour | A compulsion to set fires. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fireside | A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| firetail | <zoology> The European redstart. Synonym: fireflirt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fireweed | <botany> An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned. The great willow-herb (Epilobium spicatum). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| firewood | Wood for fuel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| firework | 1. A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or coloured fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously coloured. The skyrocket is a common form of firework. The name is also given to various combustible preparations used in war. 2. A pyrotechnic exhibition. "Night before last, the Duke of Richmond gave a firework." (Walpole) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fireworm | <zoology> The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned. Synonym: cranberry worm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| firing | 1. The act of disharging firearms. 2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. 3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. 4. The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln. 5. Fuel; firewood or coal. Firing iron, an instrument used in cauterizing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| firkin | 1. A varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons. 2. A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, used for butter, lard, etc. Origin: From AS. Feower four (or an allied word, perh. Dutch or Danish) + -kin. See Four. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| firlot | A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000. Origin: Scot, the fourth part of a boll of grain, from a word equiv. To E. Four + lot part, portion. See Firkin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| firm | 1. Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood. 2. Not easily excited or disturbed; unchanging in purpose; fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily changed in feelings or will; strong; as, a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent. "Under spread ensigns, moving nigh, in slow But firm battalion." (Milton) "By one man's firm obediency fully tried." (Milton) 3. Solid; opposed to fluid; as, firm land. 4. Indicating firmness; as, a firm tread; a firm countenance. Synonym: Compact, dense, hard, solid, stanch, robust, strong, sturdly, fixed, steady, resolute, constant. Origin: OE. Ferme, F. Ferme, fr.L. Firmus; cf. Skr. Dharman support, law, order, dh to hold fast, carry. Cf. Farm, Throne. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fire |
open fire: start firing a weapon the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire" cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries" bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery" the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" go off or discharge; "The gun fired" a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked" drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism" intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" ardor: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" arouse: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) burn: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation" fuel: provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"
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| fire ant |
omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting
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| firearm |
a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
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| firewall |
(colloquial) the application of maximum thrust; "he moved the throttle to the firewall" (computing) a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack from crackers; commonly used on local area networks that are connected to the internet a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle
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| first aid |
emergency care given before regular medical aid can be obtained
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| FIR | the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke |
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| FIR | (archaic) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles) |
| FIR | Bake in a kiln |
| FIR | destroy by fire |
| FIR | cause to go off |
| FIR | go off or discharge |
| FIR | start firing a weapon |
| FIR | call forth |
| FIR | drive out or away by or as if by fire |
| FIR | provide with fuel |
| FIR | terminate the employment of |
| FIR | an alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke |