Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
argand | (Fr.) a kind of gas or oil lamp. |
astral | related to stars (noun) a type of oil lamp |
bedlamp | a bedside lamp. |
booklight | a light that clips on to a book. |
bowat | (Scots) a lantern. |
bowet | (Scots) a lantern. |
buat | (Scots) a lantern. |
carcel | (Fr.) a French mechanical lamp, used in lighthouses. |
cruisie | (Scots) an open iron lamp with a rush wick. |
cruizie | an open iron lamp with a rush wick. |
crusie | (Scots) an open iron lamp with a rush wick. |
crusy | (Scots) an open iron lamp with a rush wick. |
cruzie | an open iron lamp with a rush wick. |
dashlight | a light illuminating the dashboard of an automobile, esp at night. |
davy | a safety lamp. |
diya | (Hindi) a small oil lamp used in Hindu worship, esp at Diwali. |
downlight | a lamp shining downwards. |
downlighter | a downward directed light-fitting, attached to or recessed in the ceiling. |
flambeau | (Fr.) a flaming torch. |
flashlamp | an electric torch. |
floodlight | lighting of a large area or surface by illumination from lamps situated at some distance; (verb) to illuminate by floodlighting. |
floodlit | illuminated by floodlights. |
foglight | a motor-vehicle light used in foggy conditions. |
gaslight | light made by burning gas. |
gaslit | illuminated by gas. |
glowlamp | an incandescent lamp, usually electric. |
headlamp | a light on the front of a car. |
headlight | a strong light on the front of a vehicle. |
holophote | an apparatus by which all the light from a lighthouse is thrown in the required direction. |
houselights | in a theatre, the lights illuminating the auditorium. |
kudlik | (Inuit) a soapstone seal-oil lamp. |
lamp | any appliance or device containing a source of artificial light; (verb, arch.) to shine. |
lampad | a lamp, candlestick or torch. |
lamphole | a hole for a lamp. |
lampion | an oil lamp, often in a decorative coloured-glass pot. |
lampless | lacking a lamp. |
lamplight | the light cast by a lamp. |
lamplit | lit by lamps. |
lamppost | a post supporting a lamp. |
lampstand | a stand for a lamp. |
lantern | a lamp or light in a case; (verb) to provide or light with lanterns. |
lanthorn | (Obs.) a lantern, from folk etymology deriving from use of horn in lanterns. |
lightbulb | a glass bulb containing a low-pressure gas and a metal filament which glows when an electric current is passed through it. |
lucigen | a lamp burning oil mixed with air in a spray. |
luminaire | (Fr.) the British Standards Institute term for a light fitting. |
luminaria | a traditional Mexican Christmas lantern orig consisting of a candle set in sand inside a paper bag. |
owler | (Obs.) a smuggler's lantern. |
penlight | a small torch. |
penlite | a small torch. |
photoflood | an incandescent tungsten lamp. |
pickwick | a device for raising the wick in oil lamps. |
pinspot | a small powerful spotlight; (verb) to illuminate with a pinspot. |
qulliq | (Inuit) a type of oil lamp used by the Inuit. |
roughie | a dry bough used as a torch. |
roughy | a dry bough used as a torch; a rough or rowdy person. |
searchlight | an apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light. |
spotlight | a light that projects a circle of light on to an actor; (verb) to put in the spotlight. |
stoplight | the brake light on a car. |
streetlamp | a streetlight. |
streetlight | a light usually mounted on a pole and constituting one of a series spaced at intervals along a public street or highway. |
sunlamp | a lamp that radiates ultraviolet rays. |
taillamp | a usually red light carried at the back of a train, tram, car or other vehicle. |
tead | (Spenser) a torch. |
teade | (Spenser) a torch. |
torch | a handheld device for giving light (verb) to light with a torch |
torcher | (Shakesp.) a light-giver. |
torchier | (Fr.) a floor lamp with bowl for reflecting light upwards. |
torchiere | (Fr.) a floor lamp with bowl for reflecting light upwards. |
torchlight | light given by torches. |
torchlike | like a torch. |
torchlit | lit by torches. |
troffer | a fixture for fluorescent lighting. |
underlit | lit from below. |
unlighted | not lighted. |
uplighter | a light-fitting that throws light upwards. |
veilleuse | (Fr.) a small, highly-decorated nightlight. |
yardlight | a strong light suspended on a pole, used to illuminate a farmyard. |