Word Meanings - EARTHLIGHT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The sunlight reflected from the earth to the moon, by which we see faintly, when the moon is near the sun (either before or after new moon), that part of the moon's disk unillumined by direct sunlight, or "the old moon in the arms of the new."

• Earthdrake
  A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon.
• Earth shine
  See Earth light, under Earth.
• Reflectingly
  With reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully.
• AFTERSENSATION
  A sensation or sense impression following the removal of a stimulus producing a primary sensation, and reproducing the primary sensation in positive, negative, or complementary form. The aftersensation may be continuous with the primary sensation or fol
• EARTHWARDEARTHWARDS
  Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.
• After-image
  The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.
• After-wit
  Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use.
• Directorial
  Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive.
• Earthshock
  An earthquake.
• Reflection
  The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.
• AFTERWARDSAFTERWARD
  At a later or succeeding time.
• WHICHEVERWHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• Afterings
  The last milk drawn in milking; strokings.
• After-witted
  Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted.
• Directorship
  The condition or office of a director; directorate.
• Earthen-hearted
  Hard-hearted; sordid; gross.
• Earthstar
  A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
• Reflective
  Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.
• AFTERWIT
  Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use. "After- wit comes too late when the mischief is done." L'Estrange.

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