fire ball

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• fire|ball — «FYR BL», noun. 1. the great, luminous cloud of hot gases, water vapor, and dust produced by a nuclear explosion. 2. anything that looks like a ball of fire, such as a ball of lightning. 3. a large, brilliant meteor. 4. a ball filled with a… …   Useful english dictionary

• fire|ball|er — «FYR B luhr», noun. Baseball. a pitcher who relies principally on speed …   Useful english dictionary

• fire-ball — ugnies kamuolys statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Akinamai švytintis karštų dujų kamuolys, kuris susiformuoja per milijoninę sekundės dalį po branduolinio sprogimo ir iškart pradeda plėstis ir vėsti. atitikmenys: angl. fire ball pranc. boule de …   NATO terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

• fire|ball|ing — «FYR B lihng», adjective. 1. (of a baseball pitcher) throwing very fast pitches. 2. Figurative. characterized by great energy and enthusiasm: »his fireballing years, a fireballing politician …   Useful english dictionary

• fire ball — ball of fire; something resembling a ball of fire (i.e. meteor); flaming center of a nuclear explosion; energetic person …   English contemporary dictionary

• fire·ball — /ˈfajɚˌbɑːl/ noun, pl balls [count] : a huge mass of fire The house erupted into a fireball. a nuclear fireball …   Useful english dictionary

• Fire Ball court —    East out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (25 Eliz. 1583) (Lond. Inq. p.m. III. p. 64) to O.S. 25 in. 1880).    The name of this Court is derived, as appears from the Inquisition above mentioned, from a messuage which stood here formerly… …   Dictionary of London

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• Fire Ball Alley —    See Partridge Court …   Dictionary of London

• Fire Ball Court —    Near First (Aldermanbury) Postern, London Wall (Strype, ed. 1755 Boyle, 1799).    Not named in the maps …   Dictionary of London

• Ball — (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla, palla, G. ball, Icel. b[ o]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st {Bale}, n., {Pallmall}.] 1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English