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foxfire7
2 nounn
noun

• Bioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood.

• (by extension) Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence; torchwood.

hellfire8
2 nounn
noun

• a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned

crossfire9
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions

• fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross

inspire7
2 verbv
verb

• heighten or intensify

• supply the inspiration for

• serve as the inciting cause of

• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

• fill with revolutionary ideas

• draw in (air)

retire6
2 verbv
verb

• go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position

• withdraw from active participation

• pull back or move away or backward

• withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

• break from a meeting or gathering

• make (someone) retire

• dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)

• lose interest

• cause to be out on a fielding play

• cause to get out

• prepare for sleep

afire5
2 verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj
adjective satellite

• lighted up by or as by fire or flame

rehires7
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• A former employee who has been hired again.

verb

• To hire again.

personifiers12
5 nounn
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aspire6
2 verbv
verb

• have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

fire4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• the event of something burning (often destructive)

• the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

• the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

• a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning

• once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile

• feelings of great warmth and intensity

• fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking

• a severe trial

• intense adverse criticism

verb

• start firing a weapon

• cause to go off

• bake in a kiln so as to harden

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• go off or discharge

• drive out or away by or as if by fire

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• destroy by fire

• provide with fuel

• generate an electrical impulse

• become ignited

• start or maintain a fire in

brushfire9
2 nounn
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esquire7
2 nounn
noun

• (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood

• a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name

admire6
2 verbv
verb

• feel admiration for

• look at with admiration

gunfire7
2 nounn
noun

• the act of shooting a gun

require7
2 verbv
verb

• require as useful, just, or proper

• consider obligatory; request and expect

• make someone do something

• have need of

desire6
2 verb, nounv, n
noun

• the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

• an inclination to want things

• something that is desired

verb

• feel or have a desire for; want strongly

• expect and wish

• express a desire for

haywire7
2 adjectiveadj
noun

• wire for tying up bales of hay

adjective satellite

• informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

• not functioning properly

mire4
1 verbv
noun

• a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

• deep soft mud in water or slush

• a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from

verb

• entrap

• cause to get stuck as if in a mire

• be unable to move further

• soil with mud, muck, or mire

shire5
1 nounn
noun

• a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county

• British breed of large heavy draft horse

inquire7
2 verbv
verb

• address a question to and expect an answer from

• have a wish or desire to know something

• conduct an inquiry or investigation of

squire6
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• young nobleman attendant on a knight

• an English country landowner

• a man who attends or escorts a woman

verb

• attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire

skier5
2 nounn
noun

• someone who skis

conspire8
2 verbv
verb

• engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

• act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose

hire4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a newly hired employee

• the act of hiring something or someone

verb

• engage or hire for work

• hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

• engage for service under a term of contract

ire3
1 nounn
noun

• a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

• belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

perspire8
2 verbv
verb

• excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin

spire5
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top

wire4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

• a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

• the finishing line on a racetrack

• a message transmitted by telegraph

verb

• provide with electrical circuits

• send cables, wires, or telegrams

• fasten with wire

• string on a wire

• equip for use with electricity

after5
2 adverbadv
adverb

• happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

• behind or in the rear

adjective satellite

• located farther aft

brother7
2 nounn
noun

• a male with the same parents as someone else

• (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address

• a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)

• a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

• used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement

ever4
2 adverbadv
adverb

• at any time

• at all times; all the time and on every occasion

• (intensifier for adjectives) very

later5
2 adverbadv
adjective

• at or toward an end or late period or stage of development

adverb

• happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

• at some eventual time in the future

• comparative of the adverb `late'

adjective satellite

• coming at a subsequent time or stage

mother6
2 nounn
noun

• a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

• a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar

• a term of address for an elderly woman

• a term of address for a mother superior

• a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation

verb

• care for like a mother

• make (offspring) by reproduction

never5
2 adverbadv
adverb

• not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; not ever; at no time in the past or future

other5
2 noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; quantifier, other

adjective satellite

• recently past

• belonging to the distant past

• very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected

quire5
1 nounn
noun

• a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets

reacquire9
2 verbv
verb

• Acquire again

dire4
1 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

• causing fear or dread or terror

expire6
2 verbv
verb

• lose validity

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

• expel air

another7
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• any of various alternatives; some other; entity, singular, other pronoun; quantifier, singular, another

remember8
3 verbv
verb

• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

• keep in mind for attention or consideration

• recapture the past; indulge in memories

• show appreciation to

• mention favorably, as in prayer

• mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship

• exercise, or have the power of, memory

• call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony

lyre4
1 nounn
noun

• a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment

sire4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority

• the founder of a family

• male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse

verb

• make (offspring) by reproduction

tire4
1 verb, nounv, n
noun

• hoop that covers a wheel

verb

• lose interest or become bored with something or somebody

• exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

• deplete

• cause to be bored

newswire8
2 nounn
noun

• A service used for the transmission of breaking news to the media or to the public

acquire7
2 verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

• win something through one's efforts

• gain knowledge or skills

• gain through experience

answer6
2 verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

• a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

• the speech act of replying to a question

• the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims

• a nonverbal reaction

verb

• react verbally

• respond to a signal

• give the correct answer or solution to

• understand the meaning of

• give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)

• be liable or accountable

• be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

• match or correspond

• be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of

• react to a stimulus or command

bother6
2 verbv
noun

• an angry disturbance

• something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

verb

• take the trouble to do something; concern oneself

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

• intrude or enter uninvited

• make nervous or agitated

• make confused or perplexed or puzzled

cancer6
2 nounn
noun

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

• any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream

• a small zodiacal constellation in the Northern Hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini

• the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

• type genus of the family Cancridae

center6
2 nounn
adjective

• of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually

noun

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher

• a building dedicated to a particular activity

• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• the object upon which interest and attention focuses

• a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

• the middle of a military or naval formation

• (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team

• (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

• a place where some particular activity is concentrated

• politically moderate persons; centrists

• (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team

• the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

• mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

• the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game

• (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play

• a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game

adjective satellite

• equally distant from the extremes

verb

• center upon

• direct one's attention on something

• move into the center

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