Word Meanings - OFFICEWIRE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.

• Lightman
  A man who carries or takes care of a light.
• Strongly
  In a strong manner; so as to be strong in action or in resistance; with strength; with great force; forcibly; powerfully; firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly fortified; he objected strongly.
• Wire-drawer
  One who draws metal into wire.
• LIGHTARMED
  Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
• LIGHTSIGNALS
  A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol, the arrangement in groups denoting numbers having a code significance.
• Copperworm
  The teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper.
• Lightermen
  of Lighterman
• Lighterman
  A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter.
• Light-minded
  Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate.
• Strong-minded
  Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said of women.
• Wire-heel
  A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast.
• LIGHTBOAT
  Light-ship.
• WIREDRAWER
  One who draws metal into wire.
• Coppery
  Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper.
• Light-fingered
  Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts.
• Lightness
  The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.
• Strong-water
  An acid.
• Wire-puller
  One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer.
• LIGHTFINGERED
  Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts. Fuller.
• WIREGUN
  = Wire-wound gun.

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