fir
(fûr)
(fûr)n.
1.
a. Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies, having linear flattened needles and erect cones with deciduous scales.
b. Any of several similar or related trees, such as the Douglas fir.
2. The wood of any these trees.
[Middle Englishfirre, probably of Scandinavian origin; see perkwu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
firryadj.
firwhite fir
Abies concolor
- contact
- contact dermatitis
- contact flight
- contact hitter
- contact inhibition
- contact language
- contact lens
- contact metamorphism
- contactor
- contact print
- contact sport
- contactual
- contactually
- contagia
- contagion
- contagious
- contagious abortion
- contagiously
- contagiousness
- contagium
- contain
- containable
- container
- containerboard
- containerization