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9-letter words containing f, i

  • firebrick — a brick made of fire clay.
  • firecrest — a European kinglet, Regulus ignicapillus, having a bright, orange-red patch on the top of the head.
  • firedrake — a mythical fiery dragon.
  • firefight — an exchange of gunfire between two opposing forces, especially a skirmish between military forces.
  • fireflies — Plural form of firefly.
  • firefloat — a boat used for firefighting
  • fireflood — a procedure designed to extract more oil from a well by injecting compressed air into the ground and burning some of the oil to increase the flow.
  • fireguard — a person trained in fire prevention and safety: We're looking for volunteer fireguards for Sunday's performance.
  • firehorse — a horse used to pull a horse-drawn fire engine.
  • firehouse — fire station.
  • firelight — the light from a fire, as on a hearth.
  • firelocks — Plural form of firelock.
  • firemanic — of or pertaining to firemen
  • fireplace — the part of a chimney that opens into a room and in which fuel is burned; hearth.
  • fireplugs — Plural form of fireplug.
  • firepower — the capability of a military force, unit, or weapons system as measured by the amount of gunfire, number of missiles, etc., deliverable to a target.
  • fireproof — resistant to destruction by fire.
  • firescape — to arrange the features of (a garden or other area of land) in a way that inhibits the spread of fire, for example by increasing the amount of open space and cultivating fire-resistant plants
  • firesides — Plural form of fireside.
  • firestick — A poker used to arrange coals etc in a fire.
  • firestone — Harvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.
  • firestorm — an atmospheric phenomenon, caused by a large fire, in which the rising column of air above the fire draws in strong winds often accompanied by rain.
  • firethorn — any of several evergreen, thorny Asian shrubs belonging to the genus Pyracantha, of the rose family, many species of which are cultivated for their foliage and ornamental fruits.
  • firetraps — Plural form of firetrap.
  • firetruck — (US) A vehicle equipped with fire fighting apparatus.
  • firewagon — (US) A fire engine.
  • firewalls — Plural form of firewall.
  • firewater — alcoholic drink; liquor.
  • firewoman — A female firefighter.
  • firewomen — Plural form of firewoman.
  • fireworks — Often, fireworks. a combustible or explosive device for producing a striking display of light or a loud noise, used for signaling or as part of a celebration.
  • fireworms — Plural form of fireworm.
  • firmament — the vault of heaven; sky.
  • firmicute — Any bacterium of the phylum Firmicutes.
  • firn line — the zone of a glacier between the lower region of solid ice and the upper region of névé, above which ablation occurs
  • firozabad — a city in Uttar Pradesh state, N central India.
  • first aid — emergency aid or treatment given to someone injured, suddenly ill, etc., before regular medical services arrive or can be reached.
  • first day — (among Quakers) Sunday.
  • first fit — (algorithm)   A resource allocation scheme that searches a list of free resources and returns the first one that can satisfy the request. For example, when allocating memory from a list of free blocks (a heap), first fit scans the list from the beginning until it finds a block which is big enough to satisfy the request. The requested size is allocated from this block and the rest of the block returned to the free pool. First fit is faster than a best fit scheme, but results in more fragmentation of the free space because it is more likely to split up a large free block when a smaller block could have been used.
  • first off — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
  • first run — the initial exhibition period for a film.
  • first-run — designating or of:
  • firstborn — first in the order of birth; eldest.
  • firsthand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
  • firstling — the first of its kind to be produced or to appear.
  • firstname — given name.
  • firstness — the condition or quality of being first
  • fiscalist — someone who believes that fiscal policy is of paramount importance in economic regulation
  • fiscality — Fiscal policy or considerations.
  • fish ball — a fried ball (or patty) of minced fish, often mixed with mashed potatoes
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