firing material
1Firing pin — A firing pin or striker is part of the firing mechanism used in a firearm or explosive device e.g. an M14 landmine or bomb fuze. Firing pins may take many forms, though the types used in landmines, bombs, grenade fuzes or other single use devices …
2firing — n. 1 the discharging of guns. 2 material for a fire, fuel. 3 the heating process which hardens clay into pottery etc. Phrases and idioms: firing line 1 the front line in a battle. 2 the leading part in an activity etc. firing party a group… …
3firing cracks — Cracks appearing in a cooling material, caused by the tension from the different rates of its shrinking. For example, in clay after its firing, or in metal after it has been cast. Also see temperature …
4firing — Synonyms and related words: afflatus, agitation, alcohol, animating spirit, animation, animus, antiaircraft fire, archery, arousal, benzine, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, cashiering, casting, charcoal, chucking, coal, coke, combustible,… …
5firing — /fuyeur ing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that fires. 2. material for a fire; fuel. 3. the act of baking ceramics or glass. [1375 1425; late ME; see FIRE, ING1] * * * …
6firing — fir•ing [[t]ˈfaɪər ɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the act of a person or thing that fires 2) material for a fire; fuel 3) cer the act of baking ceramics • Etymology: 1375–1425 …
7firing — /ˈfaɪərɪŋ/ (say fuyuhring) noun 1. the act of someone or something that fires. 2. material for a fire; fuel. 3. the act of baking ceramics or glass …
8Writing material — refers to the materials that provide the surfaces on which humans use writing instruments to inscribe writings. The same materials can also be used for symbolic or representational drawings. Building material on which writings or drawings are… …
9Naturally occurring radioactive material — Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) and Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (TENORM) consist of materials, usually industrial wastes or by products enriched with radioactive elements found in the… …
10fuel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Combustible material Nouns 1. fuel, firing, combustible; inflammable, burnable; ignite; fossil fuel; solar, nuclear, etc. energy. See heat, power. 2. peat, turf; [bituminous, soft, anthracite, hard,… …
