lucifers
Old-fashioned fire starters
Lucifers are friction matches—the kind you strike against a rough surface to ignite.
The name comes from the Latin for "light-bearer," a poetic term for the morning star before it became associated with the devil.
The word is old-fashioned; most people now just say matches.
He struck a lucifer and lit his pipe.
Resistance between touching surfaces
- sulfurYellow combustible element
- phosphorusGlow-in-dark element
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- igniteStart burning something
flame · matchstick · tinder · kindling · matchbox · safety · vesta · wooden
Judeo-Christian arch-enemy of God
- devilEvil supernatural entity
- fallenHaving dropped down
- MephistophelesSoul-bargaining demon
- BeelzebubPrince of demons
demons · hellfire · infernal · tempter · adversary · perdition · diabolical · prince
friction
Resistance between touching surfaces
- sulfurYellow combustible element
- phosphorusGlow-in-dark element
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
ignite · flame · matchstick · tinder · kindling · matchbox · safety · vesta · wooden · tip
Satan
Judeo-Christian arch-enemy of God
- devilEvil supernatural entity
- fallenHaving dropped down
- MephistophelesSoul-bargaining demon
Beelzebub · demons · hellfire · infernal · tempter · adversary · perdition · diabolical · prince · darkness
Venus
Love goddess, or planet
horizon · daystar · phosphorus · predawn · rising · twilight · celestial · brightness · herald · astronomy
lightbearer
One carrying illumination
heavenly · brilliance · archangel · luminous · cherub · divine · glory · splendor · ethereal · illumination
lucifersfire extinguisher
Portable flame suppression device
snuffer · damper · fire blanket · electric lighter · flint and steel