| 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) |
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| 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) |