Fire Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Fire Information and Meaning
See also HEAT; SMOKE
- arsonist
- a person who destroys property by fire, for revenge, insurance, etc.
- empyrosis
- Obsolete, a large-scale fire or conflagration.
- incendiarism
- the deliberate destruction of property by fire; arson. —incendiary, n., adj.
- phlogiston
- Obsolete Chemistry. a hypothetical ingredient thought to be released during combustion. —phlogistic, adj.
- pyrogenous
- Geology. produced by the action of heat, hot solutions, etc. —pyrogenic, adj.
- pyrography
- the process of burning designs on wood or leather with a heated tool. —pyrograph, pyrographer, n. —pyrographic, adj.
- pyrolater, pyrolator
- a fire-worshiper.
- pyrolatry
- the worship of fire.
- pyromancy
- a form of divination involving fire or flames.
- pyromania
- a persistent compulsion to start fires.
- pyrophilia
- a love of fire.
- pyrophobia
- an abnormal fear of fire.
- tephramancy, tephromancy
- a form of divination involving the examination of the ashes remaining after a sacrifice.
- ustulation
- Rare. the act or process of burning or searing. —ustorious, ustulate, adj.
- vesuvian
- an early type of match that was difficult to extinguish.