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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.
- 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. - 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. - 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. - Lights
The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.
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