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Words ending with ire

3 letter words ending with ire

  • ire — intense anger; wrath.

4 letter words ending with ire

  • aire — a river in N England rising in the Pennines and flowing southeast to the Ouse. Length: 112 km (70 miles)
  • cire — (of fabric) treated with a heat or wax process to make it smooth
  • dire — causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
  • eire — Ireland : also, the former official name (1937-49) of the country of Ireland
  • fire — combustion

5 letter words ending with ire

  • afire — If something is afire or is set afire, it is on fire or looks as if it is on fire.
  • baire — mosquito net.
  • faire — Obsolete spelling of fair.
  • haire — Obsolete spelling of hair.
  • heire — Archaic spelling of heir.

6 letter words ending with ire

  • admire — If you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much.
  • aquire — Misspelling of acquire.
  • aspire — If you aspire to something such as an important job, you have a strong desire to achieve it.
  • attire — Your attire is the clothes you are wearing.
  • bemire — to soil with or as if with mire

7 letter words ending with ire

  • acquire — If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
  • affaire — a love affair
  • aqcuire — Misspelling of acquire.
  • armoire — a large cabinet, originally used for storing weapons
  • astaire — Fred, real name Frederick Austerlitz. 1899–1987, US dancer, singer, and actor, whose films include Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), and The Band Wagon (1953)

8 letter words ending with ire

  • autofire — (video games) A feature on a joystick that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
  • ayrshire — a historical county of SW Scotland, formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now divided into the council areas of North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire
  • backfire — If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
  • balefire — a bonfire
  • barbwire — barbed wire

9 letter words ending with ire

  • acrospire — the first shoot developing from the plumule of a germinating grain seed
  • baignoire — a theatre box on the lowest level
  • berkshire — a historic county of S England: since reorganization in 1974 the River Thames has marked the N boundary while the Berkshire Downs occupy central parts; the county council was replaced by six unitary authorities in 1998. Area: 1259 sq km (486 sq miles)
  • blackfire — a disease of tobacco, characterized by angular, dark lesions on the leaves, caused by a bacterium, Pseudomonas angulata.
  • brushfire — a fire in bushes and scrub

10 letter words ending with ire

  • arthrodire — any of numerous fishes of the extinct order Arthrodira, widely distributed during the Devonian Period, having the anterior part of the body covered by a shield of bony plates.
  • banffshire — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland: formerly (1975–96) part of Grampian region, now part of Aberdeenshire
  • baudelaire — Charles Pierre (ʃarl pjɛr). 1821–67, French poet, noted for his macabre imagery; author of Les fleurs du mal (1857)
  • brush-fire — limited in scope, area, or importance, as some labor disputes or local skirmishes.
  • capillaire — a syrup flavoured with maidenhair fern or orange flower water

11 letter words ending with ire

  • apollinaire — Guillaume (ɡijom), real name Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki. 1880–1918, French poet, novelist, and dramatist, regarded as a precursor of surrealism; author of Alcoöls (1913) and Calligrammes (1918)
  • argyllshire — (until 1975) a county of W Scotland, part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute
  • billionaire — A billionaire is an extremely rich person who has money or property worth at least a thousand million pounds or dollars.
  • breconshire — (until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park
  • center-fire — (of a cartridge) having the primer in the center of the base. Compare rimfire (def 1).

12 letter words ending with ire

  • aide-memoire — An aide-memoire is something such as a list that you use to remind you of something.
  • bedfordshire — a county of S central England, administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the south: the geographical county includes Luton, which became a separate unitary authority in 1997. Area (excluding Luton): 1192 sq km (460 sq miles)
  • berwickshire — (until 1975) a county of SE Scotland: part of the Borders region from 1975 to 1996, now part of Scottish Borders council area
  • central-fire — center-fire.
  • chiantishire — a nickname for Tuscany

13 letter words ending with ire

  • aberdeenshire — a council area and historical county of N Scotland, on the North Sea: became part of Grampian Region in 1975 but reinstated as an independent unitary authority (with adjusted borders) in 1996: rises to the Grampian and Cairngorm Mountains in the SW: chiefly agricultural (esp sheep and stock raising). Administrative centre: Aberdeen. Pop: 229 330 (2003 est). Area 6319 sq km (2439 sq miles)
  • bazillionaire — (humorous) An incredibly rich person.
  • cardiganshire — a former county of W Wales: became part of Dyfed in 1974; reinstated as Ceredigion in 1996
  • communautaire — supporting the principles of the European Community (now the European Union)
  • conservatoire — A conservatoire is an institution where musicians are trained.

14 letter words ending with ire

  • brecknockshire — a historic county in S Wales, now part of Powys, Gwent, and Mid Glamorgan.
  • cambridgeshire — a county of E England, in East Anglia: includes the former counties of the Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and lies largely in the Fens: Peterborough became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Cambridge. Pop (excluding Peterborough): 571 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Peterborough): 3068 sq km (184 sq miles)
  • carnarvonshire — Caernarvon.
  • commissionaire — a uniformed doorman at a hotel, theatre, etc
  • concessionaire — A concessionaire is a person or company that has the right to sell a product or to run a business, especially in a building belonging to another business.

15 letter words ending with ire

  • buckinghamshire — a county in SE central England, containing the Vale of Aylesbury and parts of the Chiltern Hills: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Milton Keynes, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Aylesbury. Pop (excluding Milton Keynes): 478 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Milton Keynes): 1568 sq km (605 sq miles)
  • caernarvonshire — (until 1974) a county of NW Wales, now part of Gwynedd
  • carmarthenshire — a county of S Wales, formerly part of Dyfed (1974–96): on Carmarthen Bay, with the Cambrian Mountains in the N: generally agricultural (esp dairying). Administrative centre: Carmarthen. Pop: 176 000 (2003 est). Area: 2398 sq km (926 sq miles)
  • commissionnaire — Alternative form of commissionaire.
  • gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.

16 letter words ending with ire

  • clackmannanshire — a council area and historical county of central Scotland; became part of the Central region in 1975 but reinstated as an independent unitary authority in 1996; mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Alloa. Pop: 47 680 (2003 est). Area: 142 sq km (55 sq miles)
  • multimillionaire — a person who possesses a fortune that amounts to many millions of dollars, francs, etc.
  • northamptonshire — a county in central England. 914 sq. mi. (2365 sq. km).
  • retrocessionaire — a reinsurance company that accepts or takes a retrocession.

17 letter words ending with ire

  • multi-millionaire — a person who possesses a fortune that amounts to many millions of dollars, francs, etc.

18 letter words ending with ire

On this page, we collect all words that ending in IRE. To make easier to find the right word we have divided all 525 words to groups according to their length. So you should go to appropriate page if can’t find the word that ends in IRE that you are searching. Also you can use this page in Scrabble.

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