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Definition firewater

Etymology

fire +‎ water, a calque of a Native American language term, probably Ojibwe ishkodewaaboo (“alcohol”), from ishkode (“fire”) + aaboo (“liquid”, glossed in older works as “water”). A number of other Algonquian and Siouan languages also refer to whiskey with compounds that mean "fire-water".

So-called due to frequent inclusion of red pepper by traders in order to hide the taste of cheap, doctored alcohol, often including low-grade ingredients such as tobacco juice, molasses, etc, and due to the general distinctive "burn" of ingesting high-proof alcohol.

Noun

firewater (countable and uncountable, plural firewaters)

  1. (informal) High-proof alcohol, especially whiskey (especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans).
  2. High-temperature hydraulic condensate discharged from industrial boilers.
  3. (manufacturing) Water for use in firefighting.

Results 195 Words with the letters FIREWATER

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15 letter words with the letters FIREWATER ↑
WEATHERPROOFING 29
10 letter words with the letters FIREWATER ↑
FIREWATERS 16
9 letter words with the letters FIREWATER ↑
FIREWATER 15
8 letter words with the letters FIREWATER ↑
WATERIER 11
7 letter words with the letters FIREWATER ↑
FERRATE 10
FERRITE 10
REWRITE 10
TEARIER 7
WARTIER 10
WATERER 10
WEARIER 10
6 letter words with the letters FIREWATER ↑
AERIER 6
AFREET 9
ARTIER 6
FAERIE 9
FAIRER 9
FEARER 9
FEATER 9
FERIAE 9
FERRET 9
FRATER 9
IRATER 6
RAFTER 9
REFIRE 9
RETEAR 6
RETIRE 6
REWIRE 9
TEARER 6
TERRAE 6
WAFTER 12
WAITER 9
WARIER 9
WEARER 9
WRITER 9
5 letter words with the letters FIREWATER ↑
AERIE 5
AFIRE 8
AFRIT 8
AFTER 8
AIRER 5
ARETE 5
EATER 5
FARER 8
FERIA 8
FEWER 11
FIRER 8
FREER 8
FRERE 8
FRIAR 8
FRIER 8
IRATE 5
RATER 5
RAWER 8
REFER 8
REFIT 8
RETIA 5
RETIE 5
REWET 8
RIFER 8
TARRE 5
TAWER 8
TAWIE 8
TERAI 5
TERRA 5
TRIER 5
TWIER 8
WAFER 11
WATER 8
WIRER 8
WIRRA 8
WRIER 8
WRITE 8
4 letter words with the letters FIREWATER ↑
AIRT 4
AWEE 7
EWER 7
FAIR 7
FARE 7
FART 7
FATE 7
FEAR 7
FEAT 7
FEET 7
FERE 7
FETA 7
FETE 7
FIAR 7
FIAT 7
FIRE 7
FRAE 7
FRAT 7
FREE 7
FRET 7
FRIT 7
ITER 4
RAFT 7
RARE 4
RATE 4
REAR 4
REEF 7
REFT 7
REIF 7
RETE 4
RIFE 7
RIFT 7
RITE 4
TARE 4
TEAR 4
TIER 4
TIRE 4
TREE 4
TREF 7
TWAE 7
TWEE 7
WAFT 10
WAIF 10
WAIR 7
WAIT 7
WARE 7
WART 7
WEAR 7
WEER 7
WEET 7
WEFT 10
WEIR 7
WERE 7
WERT 7
WIFE 10
WIRE 7
WITE 7
WRIT 7
3 letter words with the letters FIREWATER ↑
AFT 6
AIR 3
AIT 3
ARE 3
ARF 6
ART 3
ATE 3
AWE 6
EAR 3
EAT 3
EFT 6
ERA 3
ERE 3
ERR 3
ETA 3
EWE 6
FAR 6
FAT 6
FEE 6
FER 6
FET 6
FEW 9
FIE 6
FIR 6
FIT 6
IRE 3
RAI 3
RAT 3
RAW 6
REE 3
REF 6
REI 3
RET 3
RIA 3
RIF 6
TAE 3
TAR 3
TAW 6
TEA 3
TEE 3
TEW 6
TIE 3
TWA 6
WAE 6
WAR 6
WAT 6
WEE 6
WET 6
WIT 6
2 letter words with the letters FIREWATER ↑
AE 2
AI 2
AR 2
AT 2
AW 5
EF 5
ER 2
ET 2
FA 5
FE 5
FI 5
IF 5
IT 2
RE 2
TA 2
TI 2
WE 5

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