fireball
A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon.
A feisty, strong-willed person.
Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
A bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering an atmosphere.
A meteor bright enough to cast shadows; a bolide.
A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight.
A charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell with flames emitted from the top, or sometimes from the top, bottom, and on either side.
An emanation of St. Elmo's fire; also (later), of ball lightning.
A ball-shaped firelighter (“small block of a flammable substance, typically a combination of sawdust and wax, used to light fires”).
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing