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Adustion :: Adustion (n.) The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried..

Machicolation :: Machicolation (n.) The act of discharging missiles or pouring burning or melted substances upon assailants through such apertures.

Funeral :: Funeral (n.) The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural..

Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.

Flagrancy :: Flagrancy (n.) A burning; great heat; inflammation.

Ustulation :: Ustulation (n.) The burning of wine.

Deflagration :: Deflagration (n.) A burning up; conflagration.

Match :: Match (n.) Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium..

Grate :: Grate (n.) A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning..

Incendiary :: Incendiary (a.) Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime..

Conflagration :: Conflagration (n.) A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning..

Smudge :: Smudge (n.) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects..

Exustion :: Exustion (n.) The act or operation of burning up.

Incremation :: Incremation (n.) Burning; esp., the act of burning a dead body; cremation..

Sulphurize :: Sulphuring (n.) Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur..

Flame :: Flame (n.) A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire..

Ardent :: Ardent (a.) Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever..

Sutteeism :: Suttee (n.) The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.

Brazier :: Brazier (n.) A pan for holding burning coals.

Canoe :: Canoe (n.) A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder..

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