fireship.
A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.
Meaning & usage
A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.
Fireships were famously used by Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.
A diseased prostitute.
Where this word comes from
From fire + ship.
Try it on your idea.
fireship has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.