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 |
carbon arc lamp carbon arc | has carbon electrodes |
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 |
flash photoflash flash lamp flashgun flashbulb flash bulb | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph |
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 fluorescent fixture | a lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp |
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 |
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 |
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 |
mercury-vapor lamp | ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor |
neon lamp neon induction lamp neon tube | a lamp consisting of a small gas-discharge tube containing neon at low pressure, luminescence is produced by the action of currents at high frequencies that are wrapped a few turns around the tube |
oil lamp kerosene lamp kerosine lamp | a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light |
pilot light pilot lamp indicator lamp | indicator consisting of a light to indicate whether power is on or a motor is in operation |
quartz lamp | a mercury-vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container |
reading lamp | a lamp that provides light for reading |
safety lamp Davy lamp | an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane) |
slit lamp | (ophthalmology) a lamp that emits a narrow but intense beam of light that enables an ophthalmologist, using a microscope, to view the retina and optic nerve |
sodium-vapor lamp sodium-vapour lamp | lamp in which an electric current passed through a tube of sodium vapor makes a yellow light, used is street lighting |
spirit lamp | a lamp that burns a volatile liquid fuel such as alcohol |
streetlight street lamp | a lamp supported on a lamppost, for illuminating a street |
student lamp | a reading lamp with a flexible neck, used on a desk |
sunlamp sun lamp sunray lamp sunay lamp | a mercury-vapor lamp used in medical or cosmetic treatments |
table lamp | a lamp that sits on a table |
taillight tail lamp rear light rear lamp | lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle |
ultraviolet lamp ultraviolet source | any source of illumination that emits ultraviolet radiation |
Nightingale Florence Nightingale Lady with the Lamp | English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (-) |
kerosene kerosine lamp oil coal oil | a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters |
fluorescein fluoresceine fluorescent dye resorcinolphthalein | a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted, used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed) |
fluorescent | emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source |
fluorescent | brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light, fluorescent colors |