ignitor

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ignitor
    n 1: a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire [syn:
         {igniter}, {ignitor}, {lighter}]
    2: a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires;
       "do you have a light?" [syn: {lighter}, {light}, {igniter},
       {ignitor}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ignitor \Ig*nit"or\, n.
   One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, a
   contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like.
   [Written also {igniter}.]
   [1913 Webster]

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