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Firewhirl 

Firewhirl aka Fire whirls, fire tornadoes or firenadoes, are whirlwinds of flame that may occur when intense heat and turbulent wind conditions combine to form whirling eddies of air. These eddies can tighten into a tornado-like structure that sucks in burning debris and combustible gases.
During the 2003 Canberra bushfires, a Firewhirl (fire tornado) with a diameter of nearly 500 metres (1,600 ft) with horizontal winds exceeding 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph) was documented. Another extreme example of a fire tornado from other than a vegetation fire is the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake in Japan which ignited a large city-sized firestormcitation needed and produced a gigantic fire whirl that killed 38,000 in fifteen minutes in the Hifukusho-Ato region of Tokyo.
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Firewhiner 

A man or woman firefighter that continually bitches and complains.
You really need to stop being such a firewhiner.
Firewhiner by e_eb August 4, 2014
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Firewhale 

A mix between a firewall and a whale, stands for an oversized female, guarding a group of hot females, which you need to bypass in order to interact with the hot group.
Look at that booty!
- Yeah, but the firewhale is in the way.. we need a wingman to draw its attention first
Firewhale by oNlyy June 4, 2017
Firewhips (also fire whip) are among the most spectacular and dangerous fire performance implements in use.

While popularized in the world of fantasy novels and role-playing games, firewhips do actually exist. In reality they are made of braided Kevlar or other similar aramid fiber, and a metal handle. These fibers are critical because they can withstand extremely high heat and remain flexible and strong.

The firewhip is soaked in a petroleum distillate like Coleman stove fuel and ignited. When the whip is cracked the fuel spray creates a fireball.

A skilled firewhip user can throw a fireball 10-15 feet and hit a target with a high degree of accuracy. Unskilled users light themselves on fire and can potentially die horrible screaming deaths.
He lit up the stage with his firewhip.
firewhip by fireninja June 18, 2006

FireWire 

High speed serial interface defined by Apple Computer in 1994. FireWire is a trademark; the interface may be referred to as IEE1394 withut paying royalties to Apple. FireWire allows the attachment of up to 63 devices to a single controller and allows for hub or daisy-chain topolgies. It was designed as a next-generation replacement for SCSI and is used to connect cameras, AV equipment, hard drives and optical drives to computer equipment.
FireWire can operat at 100,200,400 and 800 Megabits per second and there are 4, 6 and 8 pin variants on the physical connectors.
Sony have their own branding for FireWire - they refer to it as i.Link
The iMac has two FireWire ports on the back.
FireWire by Shalroth May 23, 2005

FireWire 

Failure of a Personal Computer interface designed to attach peripherals needing high bandwidth. Never achieved wide adoption and currently only supported by Apple fan-boys.
Hey look at my new Power iFail Pro 20x-t6......it has 6 FireWire ports.
FireWire by C0vetous April 16, 2009

Angry Firewire 

Man, that Red-head has an amazing figure but I don't think I'll ask her out, Angry Firewire really puts me off muff-diving....
Angry Firewire by Xalior September 28, 2009