9-Letter Words Containing FIRES

• the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

• a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

• a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

• a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

• emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

• set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

• a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)

• An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.

• A sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet. Famously used by Englishman Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.

• A diseased prostitute.

• a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration

• intense and continuous artillery fire

• a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area

• an outburst of controversy

• a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration