8-letter words starting with FIR

8-letter words 31

• firearmsa portable gun
• firewoodwood used for fuel
• fireballan especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
• firewall
• firework(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.
• firebirdthe male is bright red with black wings and tail
• firesidean area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
• firmnessthe muscle tone of healthy tissue
• firebomba bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
• firmware(computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory
• firebasean artillery base to support advancing troops
• firetrapa building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire
• fireplugan upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
• fireworm
• fireable
• firedampa mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air
• firebugsa criminal who illegally sets fire to property
• fireboata boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront
• fireless
• fireweedtall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant
• firelocka muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock
• fireback
• fireclaya heat-resistant clay
• firehall
• firebratlives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces
• firedogsmetal supports for logs in a fireplace
• firefang
• firepans
• firepink
• firepots
• fireroom(nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired