Related Words for light

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phosphorescent
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Adjective, Noun
luminescent
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
fluorescent
x/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
incandescent
xx/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun
sunlit
/x
Noun, Adjective
illuminated
x/xxx
Adjective, Adjective, Verb
illumination
xxx/x
Verb, Noun
diet
/x
Noun, Noun, Adjective, Verb
airy
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
clear
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
shallow
/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun, Verb
illumine
x/x
Verb, Verb
temperate
/x
Verb, Adjective, Verb
bright
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
short
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
spark
/
Verb, Noun, Verb
sandy
/x
Verb, Name, Adjective
luminance
/xx
Adjective, Noun
luminosity
xx/xx
Noun, Noun
brightness
/x
Noun, Noun
lightness
/x
Noun, Noun
lite
/
Noun, Noun, Adjective, Verb
digestible
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
sparkle
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
soft
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
powdery
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
white
/
Adjective, Adjective, Name, Verb
lightweight
//
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
buoyant
/x
Verb, Adjective
thin
/
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
ablaze
x/
Adverb, Adverb, Adjective
alight
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Adjective
pastel
x/
Adjective, Noun
wakeful
/x
Noun, Adjective
livid
/x
Adjective, Adjective
friable
xxx
Adjective, Adjective
loose
/
Adjective, Adjective, Verb, Noun
dismount
xx
Noun, Verb, Noun
flimsy
/x
Noun, Adjective, Noun
reddened
/x
Noun, Adjective
feathery
/xx
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
scant
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
inflamed
x/
Adverb, Adjective
tripping
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adjective
swooning
/x
Adjective, Noun
faint
/
Noun, Adjective, Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Verb, Noun
gentle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Noun
chiffon
x/
Noun, Noun
promiscuous
/xx
Noun, Adjective
lightly
/x
Adjective, Adverb
easy
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sick
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
casual
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
weak
/
Noun, Adjective
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective
fooling
/x
Adjective, Noun
ill
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
frivolous
/xx
Verb, Adjective
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
wanton
/x
Noun, Noun, Adjective, Verb
idle
/x
Verb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
insignificant
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
unimportant
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective
leavened
/x
Adjective, Adjective
pure
/
Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
perch
/
Noun, Noun, Verb
undemanding
xx/x
Verb, Adjective
clean
/
Adjective, Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
nonfat
//
Adverb, Adjective
unstressed
x/
Adjective, Adjective
fire up
/x/
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
get down
//
Phrase, Verb
get off
//
Phrase, Verb
inner light
/x/
Phrase, Verb, Noun
light up
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
light within
/x/
Phrase, Verb, Noun
dark
/
Adjective, Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adjective
obliterate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb, Adjective
glow
/
Noun
shining
/x
Verb
daylight
/x
Noun
sunlight
/x
Noun
lamp
/
Noun
beam
/
Noun
flash
/
Noun
blinding
/x
Adjective, Verb
dimming
/x
Noun
flashlight
/x
Noun
moonlight
/x
Noun
shadows
/x
Noun
radiance
/xx
Noun
reflective
x/x
Adjective
darkening
/xx
Noun
infrared
xx/
Name
ultraviolet light
xx/xx/
Phrase, Noun
spectrum
/x
Noun
black light
//
Name, Name
laser beam
/x/
Phrase, Noun
lumen
/x
Noun
sunbeam
/x
Noun
redshift
//
Noun
searchlight
/x
Noun
skylight
/x
Noun
ultraviolet
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
neon light
/x/
Phrase, Noun
speed of light
///
Phrase, Noun
laser
/x
Noun
insolation
/x/x
Noun
lambert
/x
Name
optic
/x
Adjective
extinction
x/x
Noun
corona
x/x
Noun
spotlight
/x
Noun
cosmic ray
/x/
Phrase, Noun
starlight
/x
Noun
neon
/x
Noun
rainbow
/x
Noun
dust
/
Noun
rayleigh
/x
Name
aberration
xx/x
Noun
focus
/x
Noun
light pollution
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
photometry
x/xx
Noun
radiant
/xx
Noun
spot
/
Noun
albedo
x/x
Noun
intensity
x/xx
Noun
luminary
/xxx
Noun
halo
/x
Noun
cosmic microwave background
/x/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
first light
//
Phrase, Noun
cosmic background radiation
/x/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
focal point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
circularly
/xxx
Adverb, Adjective
fluffy
/x
Noun
intense
x/
Adverb
blinking
/x
Adjective, Verb
fading
/x
Adjective
reflected
x/x
Adjective
unpolarized
x/xx
Adjective
polarised
x/x
Adjective
masthead
/x
Adjective
sheds
/
Verb, Noun
polarized
/xx
Adjective, Verb
monochromatic
xxx/x
Adjective
agile
/x
Adverb
diffused
x/
Adjective
lantern
/x
Noun
flickering
/xx
Verb, Adjective
zodiacal
/xxx
Adjective
transmitted
x/x
Adjective
emitted
x/x
Adjective
gleams
/
Noun
candle
/x
Noun
unapproachable
xx/xx
Adjective
torches
/x
Noun
refracted
x/x
Adjective, Verb
amazingly
x/xx
Adverb
incredibly
x/xx
Adverb
glimmer
/x
Noun
incident
/xx
Adjective
blaze
/
Noun
stray
/
Adjective
wavelengths
/x
Noun
fill
/
Adjective
dappled
/x
Adjective
uncreated
xx/x
Adjective
ray
/
Noun
wan
/
Adjective
beacon
/x
Noun
extraordinarily
xxx/xx
Adverb
sliver
/x
Noun
collimated
/xxx
Adjective
diffracted
x/x
Adjective
throws
/
Verb
subdued
x/
Adjective
bathed
/
Verb
glinted
/x
Verb
shade
/
Noun
exceptionally
x/xxx
Adverb
accordance
x/x
Noun
account
x/
Noun, Verb
aftermath
/xx
Noun
against
x/
Noun
amid
x/
Noun
angle
/x
Noun, Verb
ashy
/x
Adjective
aspect
/x
Noun, Verb
attention
x/x
Noun
aura
/x
Noun
baby
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backdrop
/x
Noun, Verb
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
base
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
basis
/x
Noun
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bluish
/x
Adjective
bonfire
/xx
Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
brigade
x/
Noun, Verb
brilliance
/x
Noun
brown
/
Name, Adjective, Verb
bulb
/
Noun, Verb
burn
/
Verb, Noun
candlelight
/xx
Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
claire
/
Name
clarification
xxx/x
Noun
clarity
/xx
Noun
coke
/
Noun, Verb
cola
/x
Noun
colour
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
conformity
x/xx
Noun
conjunction
x/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun, Verb
consideration
xxx/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
continued
x/x
Adjective, Noun
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
dawn
/
Noun, Verb
day
/
Noun, Verb
disrepute
xx/
Noun, Verb
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
dusky
/x
Adjective, Noun
electricity
xx/xx
Noun
elucidate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
emphasize
/xx
Verb
enlighten
x/x
Verb
enlightenment
x/xx
Noun
ether
/x
Noun, Verb
extinguish
x/x
Verb
eye
/
Noun, Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
fact
/
Noun
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
feu
/
Noun, Verb
filament
/xx
Noun
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
firelight
/x
Noun
fixture
/x
Noun, Verb
flagship
/x
Noun, Verb
flame
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
flare
/
Noun, Verb
flood
/
Noun, Verb
fluorescence
x/x
Noun
fore
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
framework
/x
Noun
frothy
/x
Adjective, Noun
function
/x
Noun, Verb
fuse
/
Noun, Verb
gaslight
/x
Noun, Verb
gaze
/
Noun, Verb
given
/x
Noun, Adjective
glance
/
Noun, Verb
glare
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
glory
/x
Noun, Verb
grayish
/x
Adjective
greenish
/x
Adjective, Noun
handgun
/x
Noun
handy
/x
Adjective, Noun
headlamp
//
Noun
headlight
/x
Noun
hearing
/x
Noun, Adjective
heat
/
Noun, Verb
held
/
Verb
highlight
/x
Verb, Noun
hosted
/x
Verb
house
/
Noun, Verb
idea
x/x
Noun
ignis fatuus
/x//
Phrase, Noun
illuminance
x/xx
Noun
image
/x
Noun, Verb
indicator
/xxx
Noun
inform
x/
Verb, Adjective
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
headlines
/x
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
sop
/
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
nsa
x
Name, Adverb, Adjective