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alight
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adj 1: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze
(or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight
on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p),
afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on
fire(p)]
v 1: to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
[syn: alight, light, perch]
2: come down; "the birds alighted" [syn: alight, climb down]
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candlelight
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n 1: the light provided by a burning candle [syn: candlelight,
candle flame]
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crystallite
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n 1: any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of
unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock
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daylight
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n 1: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light
outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to
make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: day, daytime,
daylight] [ant: dark, night, nighttime]
2: light during the daytime
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delight
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n 1: a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; "his delight
to see her was obvious to all" [syn: delight,
delectation]
2: something or someone that provides a source of happiness; "a
joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car
is a delight" [syn: joy, delight, pleasure]
v 1: give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please
the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" [syn: please,
delight] [ant: displease]
2: take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn:
delight, enjoy, revel]
3: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport,
enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant:
disenchant, disillusion]
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penlight
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n 1: a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen
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stoplight
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n 1: a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals
when the brakes are applied to slow or stop [syn:
stoplight, brake light]
2: a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at
intersections [syn: traffic light, traffic signal,
stoplight]
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streetlight
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n 1: a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street
[syn: streetlight, street lamp]
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sunlight
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n 1: the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the
sun and wind" [syn: sunlight, sunshine, sun]
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taillight
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n 1: lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle
[syn: taillight, tail lamp, rear light, rear lamp]
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tantalite
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n 1: a mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and
manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an
ore of tantalum
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torchlight
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n 1: light from a torch or torches
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twilight
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adj 1: lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides
down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the
twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"
[syn: dusky, twilight(a), twilit]
n 1: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the
twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn:
twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall,
evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle]
2: the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the
horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the
earth
3: a condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight
of the empire"
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vermiculite
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n 1: any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals
having a micaceous structure
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zeolite
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n 1: any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar
containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium
or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in
plutonic rocks
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jacklight
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n 1: a light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night
v 1: hunt with a jacklight [syn: jacklight, jack]
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sodalite
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n 1: a vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate
and sodium chloride in crystalline form; occurs in igneous
rocks
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aerolite
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n 1: a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
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carmelite
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adj 1: of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite
monasteries"
n 1: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the
Carmelite order; mendicant preachers [syn: Carmelite,
White Friar]
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cellulite
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n 1: lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs
etc.
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chrysolite
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n 1: a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and
metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone
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cryolite
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n 1: a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and
sodium; a source of fluorine [syn: cryolite, Greenland
spar]
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rhyolite
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n 1: very acid volcanic rock
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spaceflight
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n 1: a voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere [syn:
spaceflight, space travel, spacefaring]
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peine
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phonolite
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corallite
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featherlight
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variolite
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perlite
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