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Photologist :: Photologist (n.) One who studies or expounds the laws of light.

Influx :: Influx (n.) The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light..

Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword..

Light-horseman :: Light-horseman (n.) A West Indian fish of the genus Ephippus, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and brilliant colors..

Acetylene :: Acetylene (n.) A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant..

Jog :: Jog (n.) A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt.

Alegge :: Alegge (v. t.) To allay or alleviate; to lighten.

Light :: Light (v. i.) To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a bird or insect..

Combust :: Combust (a.) So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun..

Radiator :: Radiator (n.) That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or heat; especially, that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat is radiated or diffused; as, a steam radiator..

Diorama :: Diorama (n.) A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced..

Lightening :: Lightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lighte.

Frivolous :: Frivolous (a.) Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument..

Phototonus :: Phototonus (n.) A motile condition in plants resulting from exposure to light.

Blight :: Blight (v. t.) Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects..

Spangly :: Spangly (a.) Resembling, or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light..

Acute :: Acute (a.) Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of acute eyesight, hearing, or feeling; acute pain or pleasure..

Scotoscope :: Scotoscope (n.) An instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light.

Obscure :: Obscure (superl.) Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim..

Albedo :: Albedo (n.) Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.

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