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Word Meanings - COUNTERGLOW - Book Publishers vocabulary database - An exceedingly faint roundish - selfpublishingguru.com
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Word Meanings - COUNTERGLOW - Book Publishers vocabulary database - An exceedingly faint roundish - selfpublishingguru.com

Word Meanings - COUNTERGLOW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An exceedingly faint roundish or somewhat oblong nebulous light near the ecliptic and opposite the sun, best seen during September and October, when in the constellations Sagittarius and Pisces. Its cause is not yet understood. Called also Gegenschein.

  • Oblongum
    A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
  • Callot
    A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte.
  • CAUSEWAYEDCAUSEYED
    Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
  • LIGHTWEIGHT
    Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight.
  • Durbar
    An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India.
  • Lighted
    of Light
  • Lightful
    Full of light; bright.
  • Lightroom
    A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.
  • Calligraphy
    Fair or elegant penmanship.
  • October
    The tenth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
  • Callous
    Hardened; indurated.
  • DURAMATER
    The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura.
  • LIGHTWINGED
    Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting. Shak.
  • Durukuli
    A small, nocturnal, South American monkey (Nyctipthecus trivirgatus).
  • Lighting
    of Light
  • Light-handed
    Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.

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