Vocabulary : Lightning to Lightwood

Lightning : A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder. ;; The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers. ;; Lightening.
Light-o'-love : An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. ;; Hence: A light or wanton woman.
Lightroom : A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.
Lights : The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.
Light-ship : A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners.

Lightsome : Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. ;; Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.
Lightstruck : Damaged by accidental exposure to light; light-fogged; -- said of plates or films.
Lightweight : One of less than average weight; ;; In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighingnot more than 133 pounds (U. S. amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 140 pounds). ;; A person of small impotance or mental ability. ;; Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight.
Light-winged : Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting.
Lightwood : Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.

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