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light bulb collapse: electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity

starlike collapse: resembling a star; "they saw a starlike object in the sky"

enlightening collapse: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture"

lustrous collapse: brilliant; "set a lustrous example for others to follow"; "lustrous actors of the time"

shining collapse: the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it; "the shining of shoes provided a meager living"; "rbry Dunday he gave his car a good polishing"; marked by exceptional merit; "had shining virtues and few faults"; "a shining example"

orient collapse: (poetic) eastern; "the orient sun"; determine one's position with reference to another point; cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West"; be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"

incandescent collapse: emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent bulb"; characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance; "an incandescent performance"

starry collapse: abounding with or resembling stars; "a starry night"; "starry eyes"

gasoline collapse: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

paraffin collapse: (British usage) kerosine; from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings

kerosene collapse: a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters

luminary collapse: a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries"

electricity collapse: keen and shared excitement; "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it"; a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons; energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor; "they built a car that runs on electricity"

lamp collapse: an artificial source of visible illumination; a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs

torch collapse: a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance; burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"

beaming collapse: radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset"; cheerful and bright; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning"; pleased and proud; "beaming parents"

streaming collapse: exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts; "his streaming face"; "her streaming eyes"

taper collapse: the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone); a convex shape that narrows toward a point; diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

sun collapse: a typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system; "the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system"; any star around which a planetary system evolves; a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc; expose one's body to the sun; expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned"

candle collapse: stick of wax with a wick in the middle; the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin; examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

moon collapse: any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen moons"; the natural satellite of the Earth; "the average distance to the moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on the moon in 1969"; any object resembling a moon; "he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light"; "the clock had a moon that showed various phases"; United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920); expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience"; be idle in a listless or dreamy way

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