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Illumination :: Illumination (n.) The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated..

Illumination :: Illumination (n.) Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.

Padella :: Padella (n.) A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome. Called also padelle..

Phase :: Phase (n.) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to quantity of illumination or form of enlightened disk; as, the phases of the moon or planets. See Illust. under Moon..

Theosophy :: Theosophy (n.) Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the

Reillumination :: Reillumination (n.) The act or process of enlightening again.

Lightness :: Lightness (n.) Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room..

Irradiation :: Irradiation (n.) Illumination; irradiance; brilliancy.

Illumination :: Illumination (v. t.) That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript..

Illumination :: Illumination (v. t.) The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration.

Penumbra :: Penumbra (n.) The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light..

Lumination :: Lumination (n.) Illumination.

Illuminating :: Illuminating (a.) Giving or producing light; used for illumination.

Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Persons in the early church who had received baptism; in which ceremony a lighted taper was given them, as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they has received by that sacrament..

Ligroin :: Ligroin (n.) A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170¡ Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for illumination in special lamps..

Illumination :: Illumination (n.) Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3..

Oil :: Oil (n.) Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol..

Sunshine :: Sunshine (n.) Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness.

Wick :: Wick (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned..

Irradiation :: Irradiation (n.) Fig.: Mental light or illumination.

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