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freezer, deep freeze, dry ice freezer, liquid nitrogen freezer, refigerator-freezer.<br />

freezing mixture [refrigerating substances], ice, ice cubes, blocks of ice, chipped ice;<br />

liquid nitrogen, dry ice, dry ice-acetone, liquid helium.<br />

388. Fuel -- N. fuel, firing, combustible.<br />

[solid fuels] coal, wallsend † , anthracite, culm † , coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous<br />

coal, tar shale; turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log; cinder &c (products of<br />

combustion) 384; ingle, tinder, touchwood; sulphur, brimstone; incense; port-fire; firebarrel,<br />

fireball, brand; amadou † , bavin † ; blind coal, glance coal; German tinder,<br />

pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge [U.S.]; solid fueled rocket.<br />

[fuels for candles and lamps] wax, paraffin wax, paraffin oil; lamp oil, whale oil.<br />

[liquid fuels] oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas,<br />

juice [Coll.], gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil,<br />

number 2 oil, number 4 oil, naphtha; rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid<br />

hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox.<br />

[gaseous fuels] natural gas, synthetic gas, synthesis gas, propane, butane, hydrogen.<br />

brand, torch, fuse; wick; spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve † , vesuvian, vesta † , fusee,<br />

locofoco † ; linstock † .<br />

candle &c (luminary) 423; oil &c (grease) 356.<br />

Adj. carbonaceous; combustible, inflammable; high octane, high specific impulse; heat<br />

of combustion,<br />

388a. Insulation [Fire extinction] {ant.<br />

of 388} -- N. insulation, incombustible material, noncombustible material; fire<br />

retardant, flame retardant; fire wall, fire door.<br />

incombustibility, incombustibleness &c adj.. extincteur [Fr.]; fire annihilator;<br />

amianth † , amianthus † ; earth-flax, mountain-flax; asbestos; fireman, fire fighter, fire eater,<br />

fire department, fire brigade, engine company; pumper, fire truck, hook and ladder, aerial<br />

ladder, bucket; fire hose, fire hydrant.<br />

[forest fires] backfire, firebreak, trench; aerial water bombardment.<br />

wet blanket; fire extinguisher, soda and acid extinguisher, dry chemical extinguisher,<br />

CO-two extinguisher, carbon tetrachloride, foam; sprinklers, automatic sprinkler system;<br />

fire bucket, sand bucket.<br />

[warning of fire] fire alarm, evacuation alarm, [laws to prevent fire] fire code, fire<br />

regulations, fire; fire inspector; code violation, citation.<br />

V. go out, die out, burn out; fizzle.<br />

extinguish; damp, slack, quench, smother; put out, stamp out; douse, snuff, snuff out,<br />

blow out.<br />

fireproof, flameproof.<br />

Adj. incombustible; nonflammable, uninflammable, unflammable † ; fireproof.<br />

Phr. fight fire with fire<br />

389. Thermometer -- N. thermometer, thermometrograph † , mercury thermometer,<br />

alcohol thermometer, clinical thermometer, dry-bulb thermometer, wet-bulb<br />

thermometer, Anschutz thermometer [G.], gas thermometer, telethermometer; color-

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