fuse² or (esp US) fuze /fūz/

1. A train of combustible material in a waterproof covering, used with a detonator to initiate an explosion
2. Any device used to explode a mine, bomb, etc under specified circumstances or at a specified time

a short fuse

A quick temper

• blood-and-thunder
• blood bank
• blood banks
• bloodbath
• bloodbaths
• blood-bespotted
• blood-bird
• blood-birds
• blood blister
• blood blisters
• blood-boltered
• blood-bought
• blood brother
• blood brothers
• blood cell
• blood cells
• blood-consuming
• blood corpuscle
• blood corpuscles
• blood count
• blood counts
• bloodcurdling
• bloodcurdlingly
• blood diamond
• blood donation