Crossword clues for fireball
fireball
- Candy store offering
- The luminous center of a nuclear explosion
- A ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
- An especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
- A highly energetic and indefatigable person
- Bright meteor
- Core of atomic explosion
- Energetic person in sack dance
- Energetic person giving axe to bouncer
- Sack British concert artist, the possible end for a falling star
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fireball \Fire"ball`\, n.
(Mil.) A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen.
A rare phenomenon often associated with or caused by lightning, resembling a luminous ball of fire passing rapidly through the air or along solid objects, then disappearing, and sometimes exploding. It seldom lasts more than a few seconds. Also called ball lightning, globe lightning, globular lightning, or kugelblitz.
A large mass of fire caused by a large explosion, as of inflammable liquids or a nuclear device. The larger fireballs, as of nuclear explosions, rise seemingly intact into the air and may reach high altitudes while still glowing.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 A ball of fire. 2 An explosion, which results in a fireball. 3 (context astronomy English) A meteor bright enough to cast shadows. 4 A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
WordNet
n. an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) [syn: bolide]
a highly energetic and indefatigable person [syn: powerhouse, human dynamo, ball of fire]
a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
Wikipedia
A fireball is a somewhat spherical mass of fire.
It may also refer to:
Fireball is the fifth album by English Rock band Deep Purple, released in 1971 and the second with the classic Mk II line-up. It was recorded at various times between September 1970 and June 1971. It became the first of the band's three UK No. 1 albums, though it did not stay on the charts as long as its predecessor, Deep Purple in Rock.
Originally designed by Peter Milne in 1962, the Fireball is a one-design high-performance sailing dinghy. The Fireball is sailed by a crew of two, and sports a single trapeze, symmetric spinnaker and chined hull. The class is strictly controlled, but has adapted to advances in building techniques. The hulls ( plywood, FRP or composite) have a strict minimum weight limit of 175 lb (79 kg) (with correctors).
The Fireball is a highly competitive dinghy, with large fleets worldwide and state, national, continental and world championships held annually. Competitors of all ages help make this class enjoyable for everyone. The performance of the boat is very dependent on tuning as the Fireball's rig can be adjusted in numerous ways.
The 2010 Fireball World Championships were held in Barbados in May 2010. The 2011 Worlds were held in Sligo Yacht Club, Sligo, Ireland. The 2012 World Championships were held in Mandurah, Western Australia. The 2012 European Championships were held at Lake Bracciano in July. The Fireball celebrated its 50th year in 2012 and the 50th UK National Championships was held at Penzance in August.
The Fireball can also be sailed in a mixed fleet using the Portsmouth Yardstick handicap scheme. Its Portsmouth number is 980 in the UK and its D-PN (in the USA) is 85.6.
Fireball is the first book in the Fireball trilogy by John Christopher, published in 1981, exploring the adventures of two cousins when they are suddenly transported into an alternative history Earth through a mysterious fireball.
"Fireball" is the twenty-first single by B'z, released on March 5, 1997. This song is one of B'z many number-one singles in Oricon chart, but became their first single since Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night... not to sell over a millions copies, with 755,000 copies sold. It also became their first single since Itoshii Hitoyo Good Night... not to chart in the yearly top 20, charting at #24.
Fireball is an unfinished science fiction manga by Katsuhiro Otomo, created for Action Deluxe magazine and published in 1979. It is notable for establishing ground Otomo would later explore successfully in Domu and his best-known work Akira.
Fireball ( pronounced "Tar Chon") is a 2009 Thai martial arts action film. The film directed by Thanakorn Pongsuwan combines Muay Thai and basketball.
"Fireball" is a song by the English rock band Deep Purple, from the album of the same name. It was Deep Purple's second single release in 1971.
Unusually for Deep Purple, the song does not contain a guitar solo, but a bass solo played by Roger Glover. "Fireball (Take 1 - Instrumental)," a bonus track on the remastered album, features a guitar solo near the end, after the fade-out of the original version.
It is one of the few Deep Purple songs to feature Ian Paice using double bass drums. When performed live, a second bass drum is added to Paice's drum kit by a stagehand, and removed after the song's conclusion.
The song begins with the sound of an air conditioner being turned on, recorded by assistant engineer Mike Thorne. Roger Glover suggested to engineer Martin Birch that the sound of a machine starting up would be a good way to begin both the song and the album, but Birch could not think of anything available that would fit the purpose. Thorne suggested the sound of an air conditioning unit and duly recorded it to the band's delight. At the time, the members of Deep Purple claimed that the sound was produced by a "special" synthesizer.
The song was one of several based on Ian Gillan's real life experiences. "She was a complete mystery to me. This is another tale of unrequited love", was the singer's comment on the song's subject.
The song shares similarities with Canadian band Warpig's "Rockstar," released on their self-titled debut album in 1970.
A promo clip was made for the song, consisting of the band miming to the studio recording in front of a dancing audience. The notes Jon Lord is seen playing do not correspond to the music, and Ritchie Blackmore plays his guitar with the back facing out.
Czech heavy metal band Arakain covered the song on their album Legendy in 1995, as "Karambol". This version is a half-step lower than the original, and does not feature keyboards.
is a series of CGI anime shorts created by Jinni's Animation Studios in conjunction with Disney. The designer is Hitoshi Fukuchi. It is animated entirely in 3D with no cel-shading of any sort, as would be typical for the medium.
The show takes place in the distant future of the 49th millennium, and revolves around the happenings inside a giant manor (named 'Tempest Tower') inhabited by two robots; the gynoid duchess Drossel von Flügel (title and full name: the 19th Lord of Uranos' Kingdom's Tempest Domain, Drossel Juno Vierzehntes Heizregister Fürstin von Flügel; voiced by Miyuki Kawashō) and her massive cyclopian arachnoid servant, Gedächtnis (voiced by Toru Okawa). The episodes are usually nonsensical in nature, normally showing the two characters making idle conversation in the midst of a war with humanity. A third character, a monkey-robot named " Schadenfreude", joins them later.
"Fireball" is a song by American recording artist Dev, released as a promotional single. It was produced by The Cataracs. A music video was released on May 31, 2011 and features Dev on a bike. The Cataracs also appear in the video.
"Fireball" is a song by American rapper Pitbull, featuring American singer John Ryan. It was released on July 23, 2014 as the second release from Pitbull's eighth studio album, Globalization (2014).
Fireball or the Fireball is a nickname for:
- Jim Colzie (1920–2010), Negro League baseball pitcher
- Fireball Roberts, Jr. (1929-1964), NASCAR driver
- Josh Urbiztondo (born 1983), Filipino-American Philippine Basketball Association player nicknamed "The Fireball"
- Fred Wenz (born 1941), former Major League Baseball middle relief pitcher
Usage examples of "fireball".
Of course when the wall yields and the breach has to be defended the warehouses will be held, and as the windows will command the breach they will be great aids to us then, and it would be a great disadvantage to us if the Spaniards now were to throw shells and fireballs into these houses, and so to destroy them before they make their attack.
Then the Bushmaster went off like a bomb, its fuel tank detonating as an orange-red fireball, twisted metal debris spewing outward.
The crippled Sealon attack craft, left behind in a low orbit when its two companions had raised their altitudes and shifted to polar orbits, had long since succumbed to drag, spiraling ever lower until it deorbited and screamed down through the atmosphere, a brilliant fireball, its remains impacting on a large, uninhabited island near the equator.
And now Cloud, as he studied through his almost opaque defenses that indescribably ravening fireball, that esuriently rapacious monstrosity which might very well have come from the deepest pit of the hottest hell of mythology, felt strongly inclined to agree with Carlowitz.
Cloud, as he studied through his almost opaque defenses that indescribably ravening fireball, that esuriently rapacious monstrosity which might very well have come from the deepest pit of the hottest hell of mythology, felt strongly inclined to agree with Carlowitz.
The flashover effect as she opened the door with one foot ignited a huge fireball, blowing her and her baby out into the snow where they mercifully died.
But dozens slid through the latticelike intricacies of her point defense lasers and immolated themselves against her drive field in fireballs which gouged at her gargantuan hull.
The Father Abbot wanted him to leap from the cliff, plummet to one particularly large tangle of powrie ships, enact the levitational malachite and the fire-shield serpentine, and then loose a fireball across the vessels.
They plopped onto the sand that roofed the combustion chamber and exploded simultaneously in a multilobed fireball.
The metal food cans inside were nonflammable, but they were packed in extruded cellulose that ignited in a red fireball.
He was aware of the fireballs from the MiGo just as he pulled the trigger and eased the pipper up.
The next fireball seemed smaller, slower, showing that Sammel was tired.
The image grew in him: a fireball twenty meters across, shimmering white, red, gold, royal blue, flames dancing like Medusa locks, cometary tail burning for a hundred meters behind, a shiningness, a glory, a piece of hell.
Fireball grown taller, solider and grizzled, the jaw firmed and controlled, the voice more powerful and sure.
Amid the darkening sky and belligerent uproar of the storm he watched the express train from StLincoln leave the tracks in a cloying oily fireball, saw the carriages jackknife and crumple, caught sight of the broken charred bodies sprawled along the side of the tracks.