8-letter words containing fir
- firesafe — being so constructed or protected as to be safe from destruction by fire.
- fireship — A ship loaded with burning material and explosives and set adrift to ignite and blow up an enemy’s ships.
- fireside — Also called hearthside. the space about a fire or hearth.
- firestop — any object built into a building frame to block a concealed hollow space through which a fire might pass from one part of the building to another.
- firetrap — a building that, because of its age, material, structure, or the like, is especially dangerous in case of fire.
- firewalk — An instance of firewalking.
- firewall — a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- fireweed — any of various plants appearing in recently burned clearings, as the willow herb, Epilobium angustifolium.
- firewire — High Performance Serial Bus
- firewood — wood suitable for fuel.
- firework — 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.
- fireworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Rhopobota naevana (black-headed fireworm) which feeds on the leaves of cranberries and causes them to wither.
- firmless — unstable, unsteady, not firmly fixed
- firmness — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- firmware — a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
- fox fire — the luminescence of decaying wood and plant remains, caused by various fungi
- fox-fire — organic luminescence, especially from certain fungi on decaying wood.
- gas fire — A gas fire is a fire that produces heat by burning gas.
- gunfires — Plural form of gunfire.
- hangfire — a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- hellfire — the fire of hell.
- infirmed — feeble or weak in body or health, especially because of age; ailing.
- infirmly — In an infirm manner; feebly.
- log fire — a fire on which logs are burned
- megafirm — A very large firm.
- misfired — Simple past tense and past participle of misfire.
- misfires — Plural form of misfire.
- needfire — spontaneous combustion.
- oilfired — (of central heating) using oil as fuel
- outfires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfire.
- portfire — (formerly) a slow-burning fuse used for firing rockets and fireworks and, in mining, for igniting explosives
- postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
- reaffirm — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- red fire — any of various combustible preparations, as one containing strontium nitrate, that burn with a vivid red light: used chiefly in pyrotechnic displays and in signaling.
- rim-fire — (of a cartridge) having the primer in a rim encircling the base. Compare center-fire (def 1).
- sea fire — a bioluminescent glow produced by phosphorescent marine organisms.
- spitfire — a person, especially a girl or woman, who is of fiery temper and easily provoked to outbursts.
- surefire — sure to work; foolproof: a surefire moneymaking scheme.
- wildfire — a highly flammable composition, as Greek fire, difficult to extinguish when ignited, formerly used in warfare.