Word Meanings - CANDLEMETER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance of one meter; -- used as a unit of illumination, except in Great Britain.

• Great-grandchild
  The child of one's grandson or granddaughter.
• Standard-wing
  A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing.
• Exceptant
  Making exception.
• Great-granddaughter
  A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.
• CANDLEBERRYTREE
  A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry.
• Exception
  The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
• Great-grandfather
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• CANDLECOAL
  See Cannel coal.
• Candleberry tree
  A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry.
• Exceptionable
  Liable to exception or objection; objectionable.
• Great-grandmother
  The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• CANDLEFOOT
  The illumination produced by a British standard candle at a distance of one foot; --used as a unit of illumination.
• Candlebomb
  A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.
• Exceptional
  Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior.
• Great-grandson
  A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
• CANDLEMETER
  The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance of one meter; -- used as a unit of illumination, except in Great Britain.
• Candle coal
  See Cannel coal.
• Exceptioner
  One who takes exceptions or makes objections.

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