10-letter words that end in 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)
- bete noire — If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire, you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal.
- brush fire — a fire in brushwood
- 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
- caquetoire — cacqueteuse.
- catch fire — to ignite
- cease-fire — a temporary cessation of warfare by mutual agreement of the participants; truce
- centerfire — designating a cartridge with the primer set in the center of the base
- cheesewire — a piece of wire used for cutting cheese
- coconspire — (intransitive) To conspire together with.
- cross wire — cross hair (def 1).
- cross-fire — lines of gunfire from two or more positions or combatants crossing one another, or a single one of such lines.
- crown fire — a forest fire that spreads along treetops, often at great speeds.
- cycle hire — a business which rents out bikes to tourists, travellers, etc
- debonnaire — courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm: a debonair gentleman.
- derbyshire — a county of N central England: contains the Peak District and several resorts with mineral springs: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the city of Derby, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Matlock. Pop (excluding Derby city): 743 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Derby city): 2551 sq km (985 sq miles)
- devonshire — 8th Duke of, title of Spencer Compton Cavendish. 1833–1908, British politician, also known (1858–91) as Lord Hartington. He led the Liberal Party (1874–80) and left it to found the Liberal Unionist Party (1886)
- directoire — noting or pertaining to the style of French furnishings and decoration of the mid-1790s, characterized by an increasing use of Greco-Roman forms along with an introduction, toward the end, of Egyptian motifs: usually includes the Consulate period.
- earth wire — a wire connecting an appliance to earth
- eau claire — a city in W Wisconsin.
- escritoire — A small writing desk with drawers and compartments.
- flintshire — a historic county in Clwyd, in NE Wales.
- frigidaire — (now historical) A refrigerator.
- go haywire — to behave or perform erratically
- greek fire — an incendiary mixture of unknown composition, used in warfare in medieval times by Byzantine Greeks.
- groundfire — small arms fire directed against aircraft from the ground.
- half-quire — 12 uniform sheets of paper.
- lampadaire — a pedestal of the Empire period for a lamp or candelabrum.
- lancashire — a county in NW England. 1174 sq. mi. (3040 sq. km).
- legionaire — Misspelling of legionnaire.
- leptospire — Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
- nairnshire — a historic county in N Scotland.
- necessaire — A small case for holding personal items.
- new empire — the period in the history of ancient Egypt, 1580–1085 b.c., comprising the 18th to 20th dynasties, characterized by the predominance of Thebes.
- non-satire — the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- perthshire — Perth (def 1).
- piano wire — a very thin steel wire of high tensile strength.
- point tire — drawn work.
- praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
- prerequire — to require in advance
- purgatoire — a river in SE Colorado, flowing NE to the Arkansas River. 186 miles (299 km) long.
- quick fire — rapid continuous gunfire, esp at a moving target
- quick-fire — firing or equipped for firing rapidly, especially at moving targets.
- rapid-fire — characterized by, delivered, or occurring in rapid succession: rapid-fire questions; rapid-fire events.
- razor wire — concertina wire.
- repertoire — the list of dramas, operas, parts, pieces, etc., that a company, actor, singer, or the like, is prepared to perform.
- rood spire — a spire over the crossing of a church.
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