Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural and collective of firework.
- n. An event or a display where fireworks are set off.
- n. figuratively An boisterous or violent situation or event.
Examples
“Watchin fireworks from the beach is not the same as watching from the balcony/window with ice cream and cold drinks right there:)”
““As a family we watched the fireworks from the yacht club dock in the 50s [today the T-dock in front of the Community Center, which is the former site of the earlier yacht club building], as it was at the foot of our street, Brigantine,” he said.”
Borough Fireworks a Decades-Long Tradition « Beachwood Historical Alliance
“When he gives free stuff to 51% of the population, and he continues to get re-elected, we will see the real fireworks from the other 49% who have to pay for the 51%.”
“He is seen on videotape buying boxes of fireworks from a Pennsylvania store, and authorities say he bought a rifle in Connecticut over the past three months with no apparent source of income.”
“Problem is, people bring in fireworks from Massachusetts and Connecticut.”
“Shahzad also was captured on video buying fireworks from a Matamoras, Pa., store.”
“Used in fireworks as oxidizing agents, they are cited as dangerous to human health in dust form by the Encyclopedia of Occupational Health, which says their effects include “sore throat … dizziness … they are an irritant to skin, eyes, and mucous membranes … they can cause haemolytic anemia … and liver and kidney injuries.””
Bright Lights and Big Bangs: The Chemical Composition of Fireworks
“The thing about shooting fireworks is that I can only tell if a display is worth shooting after it's too late.”
“(OK, technically this photo was taken on Canada Day, not July 4, but fireworks is fireworks, and you couldn't ask for a better picture of "bombs bursting in air"!)”
“Artsit in fireworks - José Zuñiga, castillero: Mexico Living”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fireworks’.
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Up In The Air @ Wordnik
List of words, terms, and phrases pertaining to or referencing anything that lives, traverses, moves in, uses, or otherwise occupies the space above the ground we walk on. Words and phrases contain...
aeroallergen, aerial, aerial mapping, aerial root, aerobe, aerobiology, aerobioscope, aelophilous, anemotropism, anemoclastic, anafront, antitrades and 273 more...
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fire place
place to place 'fire' words
fire eater, field of fire, campfire, backfire, cannon fire, cease-fire, crown fire, center-fire, direct fire, fire pit, cookfire, fire tongs and 111 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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color (multi)
tiara's color lists rebuilt :)
( visual, colors, multi, descriptive, randomness )pastel, rainbow, gemstone, crystals, ore, minerals, elements, neon, northern lights, fur, sunset, sunrise and 98 more...
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Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
http://www.genenames.org/
tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
It's a Small World After All
Things you see at Walt Disney World
mickey mouse, cinderella castle, kids, families, pirates of the ca..., main street usa, fireworks, pluto, goofy, flip flops, cameras, sunburn and 16 more...
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Fire when ready
Words and phrases containing fire.
fire ant, crossfire, fire and brimstone, spitfire, firepower, fireflower, firetower, firetrap, brushfire, fireworks, fire storm, fight fire with fire and 84 more...
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Pluralia Tantum
Nouns that are common in plural form but are non-existent or rarely used in singular form.
scissors, thanks, clothes, remains, tights, trousers, pants, news, billiards, means, mathematics, physics and 221 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Gaw
Words for things both tangible and anthropic. I'm in the process of spinning off hardware into ute, and people into oofy.
cum-twang, naumachia, yngling, juggernaught, bliss ninny, iliac crest, moistened bint, slumlord, spondoolies, classy lady, charnel house, electrodoméstico and 334 more...
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tragedy of the commons
insomnia, arabesque, carousal, lucifer, riot, submerge, initiate, indigo, existence, magenta, opus, sleeplessness and 145 more...
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Scriptie: The Fellowship of the Ring
the world is changed, much that once wa..., great rings, immortal, dwarf lords, miners, craftsmen, three, seven, nine, deceived, dark lord and 216 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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♡LOVE and things like it♡
dedicated to my man Steven, without whom i would be addicted to drugs, lying in a gutter, hating myself, or hooking somewhere :)
affectionate, amative, amatory, amiable, ammophilous, amorous, ardent, attached to, attracted to, beloved, bewitching, bitten and 404 more...
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Apples to Apples: Red Cards
A complete list of the red cards (things) from the popular word game.
bad haircut, carnival workers, grave robbers, Chinatown, a cheap motel, killer whales, UV rays, flat tire, Japan, Michelangelo, Alfred Hitchcock, Cindy Crawford and 734 more...
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Life's a beach
hot, tired, car, driving, radio, coast range, 101, neahkahnie mountain, gravel, crunching, shoes off, curtains drawn and 41 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for fireworks.
bilby "Other species highly intrigued by bright lights include moths and venison." Jul 3, 2009
chained_bear I am a big fan of fireworks, so I should be insulted by this article, "Fireworks Suck: They really do." But I found it amusing. Jul 2, 2009