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Word Meanings - LIGHTSTRUCK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Damaged by accidental exposure to light; light-fogged; -- said of plates or films.

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  • ACCIDENTALLY
    In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
  • LIGHT
    licht, OHG. lioht, Goth. liuhap, Icel. lj, L. lux light, lucere to 1. That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. Note: Light was regarded formerly
  • FOGGINESS
    The state of being foggy. Johnson.
  • LIGHTSOME
    1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness
  • LIGHTNESS
    The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace. Syn. -- Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility;
  • LIGHT-ARMED
    Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
  • LIGHTERAGE
    1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
  • LIGHT-O'-LOVE
    1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak. 2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl.
  • LIGHT-FOOT; LIGHT-FOOTED
    Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson.
  • LIGHTHOUSE
    A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.
  • LIGHTWOOD
    Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.
  • LIGHT-MINDED
    Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate. -- Light"-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • FOGGER
    One who fogs; a pettifogger. A beggarly fogger. Terence in English
  • DAMAGE FEASANT
    Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. Blackstone.
  • LIGHTABLE
    Such as can be lighted.
  • LIGHT YEAR
    The distance over which light can travel in a year's time; -- used as a unit in expressing stellar distances. It is more than 63,000 times as great as the distance from the earth to the sun.
  • LIGHTROOM
    A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.
  • LIGHTWEIGHT
    In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighingnot more than 133 pounds
  • LIGHTE
    of Light, to alight. Chaucer.
  • LIGHTNING
    1. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes
  • SLIGHTNESS
    The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
  • DELIGHTING
    Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
  • DRUMMOND LIGHT
    A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called
  • DELIGHTLESS
    Void of delight. Thomson.
  • SLIGHTEN
    To slight. B. Jonson.
  • LAMPLIGHTER
    The calico bass. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.
  • FLIGHTER
    A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor. Knight.
  • SUNLIGHT
    The light of the sun. Milton.
  • INDAMAGED
    Not damaged. Milton.
  • DROPLIGHT
    An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.
  • SLIGHTINGLY
    In a slighting manner.
  • INLIGHTEN
    See ENLIGHTEN
  • PASSIVE FLIGHT
    Flight, such as gliding and soaring, accomplished without the use of motive power.

 

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