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Corona :: Corona (n.) A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon..

Thaumatrope :: Thaumatrope (n.) An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.

Star :: Star (n.) One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae..

Radiophone :: Radiophone (n.) An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of luminous or thermal rays. It is essentially the same as the photophone.

Luminous :: Luminous (a.) Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind..

Effulgent :: Effulgent (a.) Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid.

Fireball :: Fireball (n.) A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding..

Eclipse :: Eclipse (n.) An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, thoug

Relucent :: Relucent (a.) Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright; luminous; splendid.

Pargasite :: Pargasite (n.) A dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende..

Lustrous :: Lustrous (a.) Bright; shining; luminous.

Bright :: Bright (a.) Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark.

Draco :: Draco (n.) A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds.

Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent..

Sun :: Sun (n.) The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000..

Nebula :: Nebula (n.) A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope..

Luminant :: Luminant (a.) Luminous.

Incandescent :: Incandescent (a.) White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant..

Brightsome :: Brightsome (a.) Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant.

Triluminous :: Triluminous (a.) Having three light.

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