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Black
adjective · 78% connection
Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Blank
adjective · 78% connection
Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Blind
adjective · 78% connection
Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are bl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Bright
adjective · 78% connection
Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Daylight
noun · 78% connection
The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Diffraction
noun · 78% connection
when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Dingy
superl. · 78% connection
Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Dioptrics
noun · 78% connection
The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Drummond light
unknown · 78% connection
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,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Fluorescence
noun · 78% connection
That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color fr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Fretwork
noun · 78% connection
Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Fringe
noun · 78% connection
One of a number of light or dark bands, produced by the interference of light; a diffraction band; -- called also interference fringe.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Headlight
noun · 78% connection
A light, with a powerful reflector, placed at the head of a locomotive, or in front of it, to throw light on the track at night, or in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Illuminate
verb · 78% connection
To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Imponderable
noun · 78% connection
An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Interference
noun · 78% connection
The mutual influence, under certain conditions, of two streams of light, or series of pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Irradiation
noun · 78% connection
The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
Jaguar
noun · 78% connection
A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, light, dark.
