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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.

• 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.
• 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.
• Lighting
  of Light
• Light-handed
  Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.
• Lights
  The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.
• Calliope
  The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.
• 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.

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