Argand lamp
() A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame. |
Aristotle's lantern
() The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins. |
Bude light
() A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the center of a flame fed with coal gas or with oil. |
Camping
(p. pr. & vb n.) of Camp |
Camping
(n.) Lodging in a camp. |
Camping
(n.) A game of football. |
Carcel lamp
() A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork. |
Davy lamp
() See Safety lamp, under Lamp. |
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 |
Fresnel lamp
() Alt. of Fres'nel' lan'tern |
Jack-o'-lantern
(n.) See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack. |
Lamp
(n.) A thin plate or lamina. |
Lamp
(n.) A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus |
Lamp
(n.) Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally |
Lamp
(n.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent. |
Lamp-post
(n.) A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc. |
Lantern
(n.) Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. |
Lantern
(n.) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. |
Lantern
(n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. |
Lantern
(n.) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light |
Lantern
(n.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below). |
Lantern
(n.) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. |
Lantern
(n.) A perforated barrel to form a core upon. |
Lantern
(n.) See Aristotle's lantern. |
Lantern
(v. t.) To furnish with a lantern |
Lantern-jawed
(a.) Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws |
Light
(n.) That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous. |
Light
(n.) That which furnishes, or is a source of, light, as the sun, a star, a candle, a lighthouse, etc. |
Light
(n.) The time during which the light of the sun is visible |
Light
(n.) The brightness of the eye or eyes. |
Light
(n.) The medium through which light is admitted, as a window, or window pane |
Light
(n.) Life |
Light
(n.) Open view |
Light
(n.) The power of perception by vision. |
Light
(n.) That which illumines or makes clear to the mind |
Light
(n.) Prosperity |
Light
(n.) The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture |
Light
(n.) Appearance due to the particular facts and circumstances presented to view |
Light
(n.) One who is conspicuous or noteworthy |
Light
(n.) A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or colored flame |
Light
(superl) Having light |
Light
(superl) White or whitish |
Light
(n.) To set fire to |
Light
(n.) To give light to |
Light
(n.) To attend or conduct with a light |
Light
(v. i.) To become ignited |
Light
(v. i.) To be illuminated |
Light
(superl.) Having little, or comparatively little, weight |
Light
(superl.) Not burdensome |
Light
(superl.) Easy to be endured or performed |
| light adaptation | the process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination, the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative |
| light show | a display of colored lights moving in shifting patterns |
light reflex
pupillary reflex
miosis
myosis | reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller |
camping
encampment
bivouacking
tenting | the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp |
anomalops
flashlight fish | fish having a luminous organ beneath eye, of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico |
| flashlight fish Photoblepharon palpebratus | fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye |
lantern fly
lantern-fly | large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light |
brachiopod
lamp shell
lampshell | marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food, found worldwide |
| Aladdin's lamp | (Arabian Nights) a magical lamp from which Aladdin summoned a genie |
anchor light
riding light
riding lamp | a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor |
arc lamp
arc light | a lamp that produces light when electric current flows across the gap between two electrodes |
| ballast light ballast | an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps |
beacon lighthouse
beacon light
pharos | a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships |
blowtorch
torch blowlamp | a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame |
camper
camping bus
motor home | a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling |
candle
taper
wax light | stick of wax with a wick in the middle |
carbon arc lamp
carbon arc | has carbon electrodes |
| Chinese lantern | a collapsible paper lantern in bright colors, used for decorative purposes |
dark lantern
bull's-eye | a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light |
| discharge lamp | a lamp that generates light by a discharge between two electrodes in a gas |
electric-discharge lamp
gas-discharge lamp | an electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tube |
| electric lamp | a lamp powered by electricity |
| fairy light | a small colored light used for decoration (especially at Christmas) |
flash
photoflash
flash lamp
flashgun
flashbulb
flash bulb | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph |
flashlight
torch | a small portable battery-powered electric lamp |
| flashlight battery | a small dry battery containing dry cells, used to power flashlights |
flood
floodlight
flood lamp
photoflood | light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam, used in photography |
| floor lamp | a lamp that stands on the floor |
| fluorescent lamp | lamp consisting of a tube coated on the inside with a fluorescent material, mercury vapor in the tube emits ultraviolet radiation that is converted to visible radiation by the fluorescent material |
| gas lamp | a lamp that burns illuminating gas |
| glow lamp | a gas-discharge tube with a hot cathode, used in stroboscopes |
heat lamp
infrared lamp | electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation, the bathroom could be warmed by an infrared lamp |
hurricane lamp
hurricane lantern
tornado lantern
storm lantern
storm lamp | an oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high winds, candlestick with a glass chimney |
| jack-o'-lantern | lantern carved from a pumpkin |
| klieg light | carbon arc lamp that emits an intense light used in producing films |
| lamp | an artificial source of visible illumination |
| lamp | a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs |
lamp chimney
chimney | a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp |
lamp house
lamphouse
lamp housing | housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) |
lampshade
lamp shade | a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view |
| lantern | light in a transparent protective case |
lantern pinion
lantern wheel | a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks |
light
light source | any device serving as a source of illumination, he stopped the car and turned off the lights |
| light arm | a rifle or pistol |
light bulb
lightbulb
bulb
incandescent lamp
electric light
electric-light bulb | electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity |
light circuit
lighting circuit | wiring that provides power to electric lights |
light-emitting diode
LED | diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current, color depends on the material used |
lighter
light igniter
ignitor | a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires, do you have a light? |
light filter
diffusing screen | a transparent filter that reduces the light (or some wavelengths of the light) passing through it |
| light machine gun | a submachine gun not greater than . millimeter |