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fireweed
  • n  tall 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
  • n  an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers
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firewheel tree
  • n  eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers
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firewood
  • n  wood used for fuel
    they collected and cut their own firewood
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firework
  • n  (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.
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firing
  • n  the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
  • n  the act of discharging a gun
  • n  the act of setting something on fire
  • n  the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
  • v  start firing a weapon
  • v  cause to go off
  • v  bake in a kiln so as to harden
  • v  terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
  • v  go off or discharge
  • v  drive out or away by or as if by fire
  • v  call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  • v  destroy by fire
  • v  provide with fuel
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firing chamber
  • n  chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge
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firing line
  • n  the line from which soldiers deliver fire
  • n  the most advanced and responsible group in an activity
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firing mechanism
  • n  the action that ignites the charge in a firearm
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