Word Meanings - LIGHTYEAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The distance over which light can travel in a year's time; -- used as a unit in expressing stellar distances. It is more than 63,000 times as great as the distance from the earth to the sun.

• Light-foot
  Alt. of Light-footed
• Lightning
  A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thu
• Travelled
  of Travel
• EXPRESSRIFLE
  A sporting rifle for use at short ranges, employing a large charge of powder and a light (short) bullet, giving a high initial velocity and consequently a flat trajectory. It is usually of moderately large caliber.
• Earthenware
  Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.
• LIGHTHEELED
  Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.
• Earth-tongue
  A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.
• Expressmen
  of Expressman
• Greatness
  The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.
• Light-footed
  Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris.
• Light-o'-love
  An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters.
• Traveling
  of Travel
• EXPRESSTRAIN
  Formerly, a railroad train run expressly for the occasion; a special train; now, a train run at express or special speed and making few stops.
• Earth flax
  A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.
• LIGHTHORSEMAN
  A West Indian fish of the genus Ephippus, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and brilliant colors.
• Earthward
  Alt. of Earthwards
• Expressman
  A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon.
• 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.

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