fusee

fusee is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.
2. noun. A fuse. See Fuse, n.
3. noun. A kind of match for lighting a pipe or cigar.
4. noun. A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer.
5. noun. The track of a buck.
6. noun. The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring.
7. noun. A similar wheel used in other machinery.
8. noun. any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

   Synonyms: fuse, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming

9. noun. a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind

   Synonyms: fuzee

10. noun. a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains

    Synonyms: fuzee

11. noun. a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring

Synonyms

fuse, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming

Common word forms

fusees

Words from these letters

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